1. Wedding Proposals

Have you seen your parents or grandparents’ wedding photos and have you heard them telling you about their good of days of preparing for Customary Weddings? Well, as far as our generation is concerned, we have lost much of the...

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2. Betrothal Process 纳彩, 下娉 or 过大礼

In the first chapter, we touched on the initial proposal for marriage and once the outcome of the proposal is agreeable between both families were favorable they would proceed to prepare the betrothal gifts. For the older generations, some...

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3. Return of Gifts 回礼 and Bride’s Gifts 嫁妆

Hi everyone, it has been a long time since I have published Chapter 2, we have discussed about the Betrothal Process 纳彩, 下娉 or 过大礼 in the previous chapter and now we will go into the Return of Gifts回礼 and the...

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4. Setting up and Securing The Bridal Bed 安床

In the days of old, newly weds will buy new beds and mostly all the bed sheets used for Customary Weddings were either red or pink and comes with embroidered 喜喜 with dragon/phoenix龙凤or with flowers such as peonies. However, our...

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