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Western wedding introduction English version

It is necessary to introduce western-style weddings in spoken English. Western-style wedding originated from the Victorian era. The original text is: "old, new, borrowed, blue; Put a silver sixpence in one shoe. "

Old things

The bride may wear or carry some old things to represent her continuous connection with her family and past life. Many brides wear a family jewel as their old belongings. Some brides wear wedding dresses worn by their mothers or grandmothers. In many cases, old things may also be borrowed things.

New things

Wearing new clothes is considered to represent the bride's success and hope in her new life and marriage. If the bride buys a new wedding dress, it may represent her new items, but any new items can be used. "New" things are usually the easiest category to fill.

Borrowed things

Borrowed things should be borrowed from a happily married friend. It is said that their happiness will infect you and bring lasting happiness to your marriage. Some brides will borrow a dress, a jewel, a handkerchief or a beaded handbag.

Something blue

Wearing blue clothes can be traced back to biblical times, when blue wedding dresses represented purity, loyalty and love. With the passage of time, this custom has changed from wearing a blue wedding dress to wearing a blue belt at the bottom of the bride's wedding dress. In modern times, it is common for the bride to wear blue garters.

Six pence silver coin

Putting a sixpence silver coin in the bride's left shoe is said to be a symbol of wealth. This refers not only to economic wealth, but also to happiness and happiness throughout her married life. Since most brides may not even know what sixpence is, this part of tradition is not often used in modern times. However, if the bride wants to include it in her wedding, she can buy a silver sixpence from many companies that sell wedding supplies such as garters and invitations.

Some brides are more traditional than others and may choose an item for each category very carefully. Traditionally, women in the family wear the same piece of jewelry.

Other brides are not bound by tradition, but they can still choose to practice this custom at the request of others. If they don't want to bring too many handkerchiefs, they can simply bring two handkerchiefs in a small bead bag-they can choose to buy a new white handkerchief or borrow a blue one from a family member. This will provide them with new things-white handkerchiefs, and old, borrowed blue things-blue handkerchiefs. At the wedding, handkerchiefs can just be used to dry their tears of joy.