Category Archives: Chinese Wedding Custom

The chinese bridal bed (安床)

Choose good quality bed sheets as you are going to spend time on it! Traditionally, chinese bridal bed sheets were red or pink embroidered with dragon and phoenix in gold threads, or with flowers such as peony or magnolias. Due to western influence, modern young chinese prefer modern designs in softer color such as pink, […]

Chinese wedding banquet

Chinese wedding banquets are traditionally paid for by the groom’s parents. The bride’s parents and relatives are invited guests. It is traditional for the bride’s parents to ask for a few tables at the wedding banquet during the wedding negotiations. It is considered as part of the bride’s price. The number of tables asked for […]

Betrothal 下娉/过大礼/纳彩

The betrothal gifts are delivered up to a month and at least three days before the wedding day. The groom and a friend or a matchmaker will deliver the gifts on the auspicious date chosen. Betrothal gifts 娉礼 The betrothal gifts are packed in a multi-tiered wedding basket that is borrowed from a chinese wedding […]

Chinese Wedding Customs — The Pre-Wedding Period

Selection of auspicious dates 看日子 Auspicious dates are required for the chinese wedding, the betrothal and the installation of the bridal bed. A chinese monk, a temple official or a fortune teller are able to advise on a suitable date based on the couple’s birth dates and times. Some may also refer to the chinese […]

Guide to Chinese wedding customs

Wedding customs vary from place to place. Even within China, different provinces have different wedding customs. Some places are more traditional while some are more opened. People even mix Chinese and western wedding customs together in Guangdong places like Hong Kong and Macau. Being a Macau citizen, let me introduce you some Chinese wedding customs […]