don’t take off your wedding shoes to enter the homes! Traditionally chinese wedding shoes were usually red or pink with embroidery of double joy [双喜], peony [牡丹] or other auspicious flowers. As shoes [鞋] “xie” sounds like harmony [偕] in mandarin and are of a pair [一双一对] they became an important icon in chinese weddings. […]
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Deliver the chinese dowry 送嫁妆 The chinese dowry may be delivered with the return gifts on the day of betrothal or delivered a few days before the wedding. Some people have the impression that chinese weddings are expensive affair for the groom’s parents since they have to pay for the betrothal gifts, bride price and […]
From choosing an auspicious wedding date to finding a good menu for Chinese and Western guests, we’ve got answers to your most important etiquette questions. Q. Is there a special hour when a Chinese couple should exchange vows? A. Chinese tradition says that couples should marry on the half hour so that they begin their […]