The Origin of Weddings

When it comes to traditional Chinese wedding customs, people will think of what "three books, six rituals", "three worship nine kowtow" and these complicated rituals. But the first mention of foreign wedding customs, people in addition to the thought of wedding dresses, churches, priests, there will not be much of an impression, in fact, due to the national and cultural differences, making the wedding customs around the world are showing a lot of different, and it is these colorful, colorful wedding habits constitute a bright landscape in human society.

France: white marriage

White is the main color of the romantic French wedding, whether it is the arrangement of flowers, or the bride's clothing, and even all the decorations are white, you can see that the French eyes of the marriage should be pure and unadulterated. Wedding, the bride will be prepared for the name "Weddingarmosre" cabinet for the dowry, cabinet engraved with fine handmade, symbolizing health and prosperity of the pattern, is also known as the "box of hope"; and the bride to use the cup also has a specific name, called "the cup of hope", "the cup of hope".

Germany: German "madness"

The German people have always been advocating the rationalization of the German people

Greece: Sugar in the gloves

Greek brides put some sugar in their gloves to represent bringing sweetness into married life. Greeks like to entertain their guests with a traditional round dance during the wedding. When the wedding takes place, one of the procedures is for the choir leader to instruct the groom to take good care of and protect his wife, while the bride taps the groom's paw as a sign of respect. Sugar-coated lentils are wrapped in a book of yarn and handed out to guests to symbolize abundance and beauty.

Italy: A marriage of sweetness and bitterness

Italian wedding customs are quite similar to those of the Greeks, who also like to receive their guests with a traditional dance called the "Tarantella", and who like to distribute sugared lentils to their guests, except that these lentils are wrapped in a veil and distributed to the guests. In addition, they also like to distribute sugar-coated lentils to the wedding guests, but the difference is that these lentils symbolize the sweet and bitter marriage in Italian culture. In addition, Italian brides are allowed to have a small bag called "busta" to carry cash and gifts.

Britain: the cake that lasts the longest

Traditionally, for a British wedding, the bride holds a horseshoe, a symbol of good luck, and, if the couple lives in the countryside, walks through the church with the guests and sprinkles orange blossoms on the way. British weddings tend to take place at midday, followed by a lunchtime gathering known as the wedding breakfast. The English wedding cake is made from a large amount of fruit and decorated with crushed lentils, and the top tier is called a "Christening Cake", which means "birth bottle" and is kept until the first baby is born.

Czech Republic: Here's your money

In Czech weddings, the maid of honor attaches sprigs of rosemary to the guests' clothes as a symbol of happiness and fidelity. After the ceremony, the priest hands the bride over to the groom outside the church and instructs the couple to try to fulfill each other's wishes. The couple then walks through a path covered with ribbons, and the couple's family and friends pay to let them pass.

Scotland: Tartan, bagpipes and firecrackers

The traditional Scottish tartan skirt is a must for the groom, and the bagpipes, a Scottish specialty, will be played throughout the wedding venue. Similar to the Chinese, the Scots also set off firecrackers to ward off bad luck and evil spirits.

Russia: peace year after year

The most special thing about the Russian wedding is that after the congratulatory speeches, the glass will be thrown to the ceiling after the toast, and the glass will fall into pieces, symbolizing that a new person will have a happy marriage, which means "peace year after year (broken)". In addition, from the bride and groom on the float head restraints on the decorations can know they expect the first baby is male or female, if it is a bear on behalf of wanting to give birth to a son, if it is a foreign girl on behalf of wanting to give birth to a daughter.

Switzerland and the Netherlands: environmentally friendly marriages

The most environmentally conscious couples in Switzerland and the Netherlands will plant a pine tree in their new home, which is a metaphor for good luck and a thousand grandchildren Japan: "Kimono" bridesThe Japanese like to celebrate their weddings with sweets "kimono" meaning "celebration". The Japanese like to entertain their guests at weddings with "Kyogashi", a candy that means "celebration". The bride wears a silk wedding kimono with the bride's family crest woven into it, as well as a wig ornament. During the wedding, elders and guests make congratulatory speeches during the toasts and tell the couple's love story.

Philippines: Eternal Love

The Filipinos usually hang a huge bell decorated with flowers at the wedding venue, which hides a pair of doves, and after all the procedures are completed, the couple will pull the ribbons tied to the bell, allowing the doves to fly free to symbolize eternal love. Guests take turns dancing with the bride and groom and pinning money to their clothes, and sometimes relatives and friends from both sides compete to see which side gets the most money.

South Korea: the 'two-dot' red bride

South Korea's grooms wear big tuxedos, and the bride's dowry is a colorful silk suit with long sleeves and a black silk crown. The bride's make-up will be two red dots on the cheeks, which are meant to resist evil spirits.

Arabia: "mourning" wedding

The bride will wear a richly decorated Turkish long-sleeved gown, and her hands and feet will be painted with a reddish-brown tartan pattern as decoration. The Arabs divide the guests into men and women, and the women who attend the ceremony customarily weep for the bride's marriage.

Argentina: flower bath

In some areas of Argentina, young men and women in the engagement or marriage, there is a "flower bath" custom, the so-called "flower bath", that is, in the bath before the whole blue flowers scattered on the water, sprinkled with petals when the bath, rubbing the whole body. Rub the whole body, they believe that the water is holy, flowers are festive, and "flower bath" can represent the beauty and good luck.

Mexico: Salt, Wine and Bread

Traditionally, in a Mexican gypsy wedding, the couple is fed wine and bread mixed with salt. This means that unless there is no more salt, wine and bread in the world, the couple's love will not die.

Indian: "expensive" marriage

The Indians believed that jewelry could resist hunger, fatigue, disease and bad luck, so the bride and groom would wear silver shells and turquoise jewelry. In Indian culture, water symbolizes cleanliness and purity, and the bride and groom will perform a hand-washing ceremony to wash away old memories of love and sadness. There are also Indians believe that the East is on behalf of the future aspects, so all the ceremonies of the wedding to face the East.

Africa: broom and marriage

African people's customs are simple, the bride to come up with braided hair, covered with a veil, as a cover of timid and skillful; involved in the wedding hosts, guests and observers must wear traditional African robes. According to African custom, the couple should cross the broom decorated with flowers to symbolize the transition to a new stage of life. In the wedding, Africans will be drums and kuga dance ceremony, and pour wine on the ground, dedicated to the gods.

Caribbean and Bermuda: Fruit Cake

Wedding food in the Caribbean and Bermuda is very special, and their traditional wedding cake is made of dark fruits, including liquor-stuffed limes and Buddha's hand oranges, and comes in a variety of shapes, with the garden being the most common. In Bermuda, couples also plant a tree to symbolize their children and grandchildren.