Marriage customs in Qingyuan, Guangdong Province

In terms of marriage, all parts of Guangdong basically follow the customary procedures of "three books" and "six rituals". Among them, the "three books" refer to the "engagement letter" in which men and women formally enter into an engagement, the "gift book" detailing the types and quantities of gifts, and the "marriage book" on the wedding day.

"Six gifts" refers to the six steps before the wedding: accepting lottery, asking names, accepting gifts, inviting the bride, inviting the bride, and asking the matchmaker to propose with gifts. Second, ask names, propose marriage and exchange "birthdays" between men and women; On the third day, Najib, actually an engagement ceremony, asked for wine to congratulate him;

On the fourth day, it is called "trick" or "gift". This gift is thicker and more grand than the one given when winning the lottery. Fifth, the invitation period, after the bride price, the two sides agreed on the wedding date; On the sixth day, the wedding banquet is the last important procedure before the wedding. The man's family sent representatives to the woman's family to welcome the wedding banquet, and the woman's family received some gifts to thank them.

"After three books and six gifts, the bride officially went to the man's house." The bride and groom worship heaven and earth, their ancestors and their parents, both of them. Afterwards, the bride presented the man's parents, elders, relatives and friends with "heart hug" (that is, daughter-in-law) tea.

Before entering the bridal chamber, the bride and groom should also drink lotus seed soup (from the grace of "having children"), lily tea (from the meaning of "a hundred years of harmony" and "Qi Mei with white hair") and eat olive (from the meaning of harmony, smoothness and sweetness).

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Differences between Chinese and Western Weddings: Differences in Clothing

In traditional Chinese weddings, both the bride and groom wear red dresses, and even the bride's clothes are red from the inside out. What's more, the main pursuit of weddings in China is celebration, so wedding supplies are used to using big red to set off the atmosphere, and wedding supplies are all big red without exception.

But in western weddings, the bride always wears a pure white dress, because western white is a symbol of wealth (only nobles can wear it), and white also represents purity. White has a very good meaning in the west. After the concept of aristocratic class disappeared, the white wedding dress became an ordinary bride's dress in the west.

References:

Baidu Encyclopedia-Guangzhou Marriage Customs

References:

Baidu Encyclopedia-Guangdong Marriage Customs