Differences between Chinese and American marriage licenses

China:

1 year: paper marriage; 2 years: cotton marriage; 3 years: leather marriage; 4 years: flower and fruit marriage; 5 years: wood marriage; 6 years: sugar marriage; 7 years: hand marriage; 8 years: antique copper marriage; 9 years: pottery marriage; 10 years: pewter marriage; 11 years: steel marriage; 12 years: silk marriage; 13 years: lace marriage; 14 years: ivory marriage; 15 years: crystal marriage; 18 years: garnet marriage; 20 years : porcelain wedding; 25 years: silver wedding; 30 years: pearl wedding; 35 years: coral wedding;

40 years: ruby wedding; 45 years: sapphire wedding; 50 years: gold wedding; 55 years: emerald wedding; 60 years: gold, steel, and diamond wedding; 70 years: platinum wedding; 80 years: diamond wedding.

United States:

1 year: paper wedding; 2 years: cloth wedding; 3 years: leather wedding; 4 years: silk wedding; 5 years: wood wedding; 6 years: iron wedding; 7 years: copper wedding; 8 years: electric wedding; 9 years: pottery wedding; 10 years: tin wedding; 11 years: steel wedding; 12 years: linen wedding; 13 years: lace wedding; 14 years: ivory wedding; 15 years: crystal wedding; 20 years: porcelain wedding; 25 years: silver wedding ; 30 years: pearl wedding; 35 years: jade wedding;

40 years: ruby wedding; 45 years: sapphire wedding; 50 years: gold wedding; 60 years: diamond wedding.

Traditional Chinese wedding tokens

1, red double happiness

Chinese weddings, can be seen everywhere in the big red double happiness character. Double happiness is made up of two characters "喜", which represents double happiness, different from the usual happy and festive, and also indicates that it brings good luck and happy life to the couple.

2, dragon and phoenix

In Chinese weddings, it is also common to see dragon and phoenix motifs, this is because in China, the dragon and the phoenix are symbols of good luck, representing nobility, magnificence, auspiciousness, as well as the couple's harmonious and fulfilling relationship.

The tradition comes from ancient Chinese myths and legends, and it is said that when Yu Shun was ruling the world, the music officer Kui composed a song called "Nine strokes" and presented it to him, and Yu Shun played it with golden dragons and colorful phoenixes appearing at the same time. In the poem "Shijing - Wen Wang Zhi Shi", there is also a record of Wang Ji of the Dragon Clan marrying Zhong Shi of the Phoenix Clan, which is considered to be a "match made in heaven" between the dragon and the phoenix.

3, Chinese wedding clothes

Traditional Chinese wedding, the bride to wear a very beautiful hanbok, hanbok is a traditional clothing with Chinese characteristics, with historical significance and serious marriage symbolism.

4. Flowers

Contrary to Western beliefs, white is a symbol of death and is generally only used in funerals, so white flowers should not be used as decorations in a wedding. Traditionally, Chinese weddings like to use peonies, orchids, lotuses and daffodils as decorations. This is because peony represents wealth, daffodil represents spring and new life, orchid is fragrant and beautiful, and lotus represents love. And lotus is a symbol of holiness in Chinese Buddhism.

5, firecrackers

In the traditional Chinese wedding, firecrackers is an essential item, the more firecrackers, the louder it will bring good luck. But because of the firecrackers will also produce a lot of negative consequences, so in the modern wedding, some people invented a new way to celebrate, with the balloon instead of firecrackers, but also the same for the wedding added a lot of festive atmosphere.

6, red beans

The traditional Chinese wedding token red beans is usually used as a dessert, red bean paste. It symbolizes the entanglement and sweetness of two people after marriage.

7. Blessed Food

The traditional Chinese wedding tokens of red dates, cinnamon, peanuts and lotus seeds all symbolize the continuation of children and grandchildren, the birth of a noble son, reunion, wealth and good fortune.

8, bun

"Bun", also known as "knot hair", is a traditional Chinese wedding token. The symbolic meaning of the "Hapun" is the harmony between husband and wife and the eternal bonding of the same heart. The specific operation of "knotting hair" varies from generation to generation. Pre-Qin, Qin and Han Dynasty "knot hair", is the bridegroom personally removed the bride in the mother's home when the knot of the wedding tassel, that is, tie the hair of the ribbon, re-combing the hair and then tied for it.

After the Sui and Tang dynasties, the "knotting of hair" is the cutting of a small amount of hair of each sex, pulled into a "bun", which is usually immediately handed over to the bride to be preserved. The Tang Dynasty poetess Chao Cai's "Song of the Night" says: "Yi has cut the hair of the clouds, and Lang has also split the hair of the silk. Seeking no one's place, I made it into a concentric knot." It is this practice that is described.

The world often uses the terms "hair knot" and "bun" as a synonym for the union of husband and wife, and even specifically refers to the "original match" (also known as the "original match") couple, indicating that the husband and wife have been married for a long time, and that they have been married for a long time, and that they have been married for a long time. ") couples, indicating the significance of mutual respect and love between husband and wife.