5 thoughts on “What are the traditional customs of Chinese and Western weddings you must understand?”
Jamie
Wedding is a sacred ceremony for two people to harvest love, and many warm and romantic links at the wedding have been preserved. But do you know what the meaning behind these romantic links? Let the wedding bazaar tell you the cold knowledge of these 10 Chinese and Western weddings.
1: Why do you need a diamond ring for proposal?
a: The earliest clear records used the diamond ring as a proposal in 1477. In 1477 In order to get the heart of the princess, Princess Mary of France summoned many conspirators to make suggestions. In the end, some people proposed that diamonds symbolize the eternal love and determination of the diamond, and we can get her love for the princess to wear a diamond ring. So the Duke put the diamond ring carved into the word "M" on the princess's left hand ring finger, and the princess nodded happily. The handed down love of this period of history has created a tradition of engagement and sending diamond ring. As the first woman to marry a diamond ring, Princess Mary also praised and envious of the world's happiness after her marriage. The diamond ring has since become a love token that couples cherish.
2: During the Western wedding, why is the groom standing on the right side of the bride? a: It is more popular about the station method of men's rights and women in Western weddings, because the grooms in ancient West were not snatched by others to protect the bride at all times. At the wedding ceremony, the groom will let the bride stand on his left. Once the rivals appear, you can immediately pull out the sword with the common right hand to repel the enemy bravely. 3: Why should the wedding ring wear on the ring finger of the left hand? a: The wedding ring originated in ancient Egypt. At that time, the engagement and wedding ring belonged to the same part of the contract. The wedding ring was worn on the bride's ring finger, indicating that the bride's loyalty and obedience to her husband. By the time of the ancient Rome, the law clearly stipulated that the newcomer must wear the ring on the left -handed ring finger. According to the traditional Western habits, the left hand is the luck given to you by God, so the ring is usually worn on the left hand. 4: Why do Western brides get married? Why do you want to hold flowers? a: When getting married, the bouquets also originated from the concept of the wedding customs of ancient Westerners: they believe that the strong flavor and vanilla can protect people at the wedding from doom and disease. As for the bride's bouquet at the wedding, the most widely circulated saying is that if the unmarried woman receives the bouquet thrown by the bride, she will be blessed and becomes the next married bride.
5: Why do brides in traditional Chinese weddings wear golden pigs? a: In Guangdong, Guangxi, Jiangsu and other regions, there are customs such as golden jewelry such as golden pigs as dowry and accessories when the bride is married. Gold has always been regarded as a symbol of wealth. The parents of the woman gave the bride gold jewelry as a dowry, which means that they have a rich life and worry -free life. This dowry is a "private house money" after marriage. Once any difficulty or change, You can take out "emergency". On the one hand, wearing gold jewelry at the wedding is to show the financial resources of the woman's family to avoid the woman's marriage after marriage, and on the other hand, it can also increase the atmosphere of festiveness.
6: Why do you want to hide wedding shoes when you get married?
a: "Tibetan shoe" is a classic reserved program in the welcoming session. One hundred pairs of newcomers can play a hundred tricks. The source of the "Tibetan shoes" custom at the Chinese wedding is different. One is that the groom needs to verify whether the bride needs to be a real "three -inch golden lotus". Therefore, you must spare no effort to find the wedding shoes and put it on the bride. The posture of looking for shoes is the best manifestation of "worshiping under the bride pomegranate skirt", so it must be affected at the wedding. Another saying is that when the bride is married, you must not take away his maid's dust, so wedding shoes must be brand new. Only after the groom puts the bride into the sedan, can you replace it for the bride. Generally speaking, the task of finding wedding shoes must be completed by the groom, which means that even if they encounter various difficulties after marriage, the groom can also ensure that the bride's life is happy after marriage. 7: Why can't the bride's feet in Chinese weddings be stained? a: In ancient my country, on the day of the bride's wedding, there was a saying that there was "no head to the sky, no foot", and the head of the sky was a red cloth on the fingers, and the foot was on the sedan. The foot of the feet represents a good luck. This custom has been following the present. The moment the bride goes out, the groom needs to be held or carried by the groom until he gets in a wedding car. When the bride goes out in some places, the bridesmaid will also support the red umbrella to protect the bride, and the meaning of opening his branches.
8: Why is there a wedding car when you get married? What should I do if I encounter a "blocking car"? a: In ancient times, there was a "crowded sedan". On the way to picking up the bride, the bride's sedan seeds could not be empty, because the most taboo on the day of the wedding was the word "empty". In modern times, it has evolved into a "press car", that is, a wedding car. In traditional concepts, marriage is a major event, and the wedding car is often the facade of the wedding, so many newcomers will choose to rent a wedding team. From the groom's house to the bride's house, there will be occasional blocking cars, which must be sugar, red envelopes and other conditions. According to traditional customs, the more you make trouble when you get married, it shows that the better after the marriage of the young couple's marriage. When you meet someone to stop a wedding car, you should be happy to face. The groom can prepare some candy and red envelopes to the "wedding car" in advance. However, if there is a bad situation such as deliberate embarrassment and porcelain, the newcomer can report to the public security organs according to law. 9: Is "Miss Miss" a traditional marriage custom? a: No. Although there were indeed a traditional wedding custom in ancient times, the folk also had the saying that "there is no size for three days of wedding", that is, the guests can surpass rituals and jokes regardless of their seniority. However, folklorers say that "Holy Cave House" is likely to come from the need for pre -marital education for newcomers in ancient times. In the traditional marriage, the marriage between men and women is unknown to go to even the other side. Furthermore, the bridesmaid is an exotic product of Western wedding, not the element of traditional Chinese weddings. The lady lady is a "pseudo -marriage custom" that is only available in modern times. Therefore, some harsh customs cannot be a defense reason for the troubleders. When preparing for the wedding, prospective newcomers should also pay special attention to the signs of welcoming the cave house to avoid unpleasant things.
10: Why do you want a honeymoon? a: There are two sayings about the word honeymoon. One is the "grab marriage" originating in the ancient British Toyon tribe. In order to avoid the wife being robbed by the other party, the husband will immediately take his wife to the other place after marriage. Been a period of travel. In this travel life, drinking a honey wine for three meals a day, commonly known as honeymoon. Another said that it is said that there is a wedding custom in a tribe in Ireland. Newlywed men and women have a wedding night. The leader in the head of the heads will be held. Drinks made of honey for 30 days continuously, which happened to be one month, so it is called "honeymoon". Later, people called the husband and wife a month after the wedding, and called the honeymoon. Now that "honeymoon" has become a must -have journey for all newcomers to enjoy the two worlds after marriage.
The in fact, whether it is Western customs or traditional Chinese wedding customs, most of them have the meaning of blessings for newcomers. If the newcomer intends to have a few weeks of weddings, then understand the meaning behind these 10 traditional Chinese and Western wedding customs, which may make you better understand the meaning of the wedding to you.
Every time I get married, there will be a lot of traditional customs, but I think this is related to the customs where everyone who is married, so I think this is difficult to generalize, but there are some people agreed to be a relative. Noisy groom and groom.
First of all, Western weddings must wear suit and western -style wedding dresses. The bride must hold flowers on their hands. At the wedding, there must be a ceremony to send bouquets. Chinese weddings must wear red dresses and bring a lot of buns.
During the Western wedding, the groom should stand on the right side of the bride. The wedding ring must be worn on the ring finger of the left hand. When you get married, you must use a diamond ring. Flowers, there will be customs of Tibetan shoes in some places, and the bride's feet cannot be stained with the ground.
Wedding is a sacred ceremony for two people to harvest love, and many warm and romantic links at the wedding have been preserved. But do you know what the meaning behind these romantic links? Let the wedding bazaar tell you the cold knowledge of these 10 Chinese and Western weddings.
1: Why do you need a diamond ring for proposal?
a: The earliest clear records used the diamond ring as a proposal in 1477. In 1477 In order to get the heart of the princess, Princess Mary of France summoned many conspirators to make suggestions. In the end, some people proposed that diamonds symbolize the eternal love and determination of the diamond, and we can get her love for the princess to wear a diamond ring. So the Duke put the diamond ring carved into the word "M" on the princess's left hand ring finger, and the princess nodded happily. The handed down love of this period of history has created a tradition of engagement and sending diamond ring. As the first woman to marry a diamond ring, Princess Mary also praised and envious of the world's happiness after her marriage. The diamond ring has since become a love token that couples cherish.
2: During the Western wedding, why is the groom standing on the right side of the bride?
a: It is more popular about the station method of men's rights and women in Western weddings, because the grooms in ancient West were not snatched by others to protect the bride at all times. At the wedding ceremony, the groom will let the bride stand on his left. Once the rivals appear, you can immediately pull out the sword with the common right hand to repel the enemy bravely.
3: Why should the wedding ring wear on the ring finger of the left hand?
a: The wedding ring originated in ancient Egypt. At that time, the engagement and wedding ring belonged to the same part of the contract. The wedding ring was worn on the bride's ring finger, indicating that the bride's loyalty and obedience to her husband. By the time of the ancient Rome, the law clearly stipulated that the newcomer must wear the ring on the left -handed ring finger. According to the traditional Western habits, the left hand is the luck given to you by God, so the ring is usually worn on the left hand.
4: Why do Western brides get married? Why do you want to hold flowers?
a: When getting married, the bouquets also originated from the concept of the wedding customs of ancient Westerners: they believe that the strong flavor and vanilla can protect people at the wedding from doom and disease. As for the bride's bouquet at the wedding, the most widely circulated saying is that if the unmarried woman receives the bouquet thrown by the bride, she will be blessed and becomes the next married bride.
5: Why do brides in traditional Chinese weddings wear golden pigs?
a: In Guangdong, Guangxi, Jiangsu and other regions, there are customs such as golden jewelry such as golden pigs as dowry and accessories when the bride is married. Gold has always been regarded as a symbol of wealth. The parents of the woman gave the bride gold jewelry as a dowry, which means that they have a rich life and worry -free life. This dowry is a "private house money" after marriage. Once any difficulty or change, You can take out "emergency". On the one hand, wearing gold jewelry at the wedding is to show the financial resources of the woman's family to avoid the woman's marriage after marriage, and on the other hand, it can also increase the atmosphere of festiveness.
6: Why do you want to hide wedding shoes when you get married?
a: "Tibetan shoe" is a classic reserved program in the welcoming session. One hundred pairs of newcomers can play a hundred tricks. The source of the "Tibetan shoes" custom at the Chinese wedding is different. One is that the groom needs to verify whether the bride needs to be a real "three -inch golden lotus". Therefore, you must spare no effort to find the wedding shoes and put it on the bride. The posture of looking for shoes is the best manifestation of "worshiping under the bride pomegranate skirt", so it must be affected at the wedding. Another saying is that when the bride is married, you must not take away his maid's dust, so wedding shoes must be brand new. Only after the groom puts the bride into the sedan, can you replace it for the bride. Generally speaking, the task of finding wedding shoes must be completed by the groom, which means that even if they encounter various difficulties after marriage, the groom can also ensure that the bride's life is happy after marriage.
7: Why can't the bride's feet in Chinese weddings be stained?
a: In ancient my country, on the day of the bride's wedding, there was a saying that there was "no head to the sky, no foot", and the head of the sky was a red cloth on the fingers, and the foot was on the sedan. The foot of the feet represents a good luck. This custom has been following the present. The moment the bride goes out, the groom needs to be held or carried by the groom until he gets in a wedding car. When the bride goes out in some places, the bridesmaid will also support the red umbrella to protect the bride, and the meaning of opening his branches.
8: Why is there a wedding car when you get married? What should I do if I encounter a "blocking car"?
a: In ancient times, there was a "crowded sedan". On the way to picking up the bride, the bride's sedan seeds could not be empty, because the most taboo on the day of the wedding was the word "empty". In modern times, it has evolved into a "press car", that is, a wedding car. In traditional concepts, marriage is a major event, and the wedding car is often the facade of the wedding, so many newcomers will choose to rent a wedding team. From the groom's house to the bride's house, there will be occasional blocking cars, which must be sugar, red envelopes and other conditions. According to traditional customs, the more you make trouble when you get married, it shows that the better after the marriage of the young couple's marriage. When you meet someone to stop a wedding car, you should be happy to face. The groom can prepare some candy and red envelopes to the "wedding car" in advance. However, if there is a bad situation such as deliberate embarrassment and porcelain, the newcomer can report to the public security organs according to law.
9: Is "Miss Miss" a traditional marriage custom?
a: No. Although there were indeed a traditional wedding custom in ancient times, the folk also had the saying that "there is no size for three days of wedding", that is, the guests can surpass rituals and jokes regardless of their seniority. However, folklorers say that "Holy Cave House" is likely to come from the need for pre -marital education for newcomers in ancient times. In the traditional marriage, the marriage between men and women is unknown to go to even the other side. Furthermore, the bridesmaid is an exotic product of Western wedding, not the element of traditional Chinese weddings. The lady lady is a "pseudo -marriage custom" that is only available in modern times. Therefore, some harsh customs cannot be a defense reason for the troubleders. When preparing for the wedding, prospective newcomers should also pay special attention to the signs of welcoming the cave house to avoid unpleasant things.
10: Why do you want a honeymoon?
a: There are two sayings about the word honeymoon. One is the "grab marriage" originating in the ancient British Toyon tribe. In order to avoid the wife being robbed by the other party, the husband will immediately take his wife to the other place after marriage. Been a period of travel. In this travel life, drinking a honey wine for three meals a day, commonly known as honeymoon. Another said that it is said that there is a wedding custom in a tribe in Ireland. Newlywed men and women have a wedding night. The leader in the head of the heads will be held. Drinks made of honey for 30 days continuously, which happened to be one month, so it is called "honeymoon". Later, people called the husband and wife a month after the wedding, and called the honeymoon. Now that "honeymoon" has become a must -have journey for all newcomers to enjoy the two worlds after marriage.
The in fact, whether it is Western customs or traditional Chinese wedding customs, most of them have the meaning of blessings for newcomers. If the newcomer intends to have a few weeks of weddings, then understand the meaning behind these 10 traditional Chinese and Western wedding customs, which may make you better understand the meaning of the wedding to you.
Every time I get married, there will be a lot of traditional customs, but I think this is related to the customs where everyone who is married, so I think this is difficult to generalize, but there are some people agreed to be a relative. Noisy groom and groom.
First of all, Western weddings must wear suit and western -style wedding dresses. The bride must hold flowers on their hands. At the wedding, there must be a ceremony to send bouquets. Chinese weddings must wear red dresses and bring a lot of buns.
During the Western wedding, the groom should stand on the right side of the bride. The wedding ring must be worn on the ring finger of the left hand. When you get married, you must use a diamond ring. Flowers, there will be customs of Tibetan shoes in some places, and the bride's feet cannot be stained with the ground.
Try to wear gloves, be sure to wear white wedding dresses, wearing veils, and white dresses. The wedding cake must be specially customized.