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Wedding etiquette and customs

The origin of the word marriage

Marriage was also called "faint marriage" or "faint cause" in ancient times. Generally speaking, there are three versions of the origin of the word marriage:

Zheng Xuan in Han Dynasty said that marriage refers to the ceremony of marriage. In ancient weddings in China, the man usually went to the woman's house to meet the bride at dusk, and the woman went out with the man. This custom of "men faint and women welcome, and women come because of men" is the origin of the words "faint" and "cause". In other words, marriage refers to the process of a man marrying a woman.

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Wedding photos are photos taken by couples before and after marriage (or several years later). The groom usually wears a straight suit while the bride wears a gorgeous wedding dress. Couples often hang wedding photos on the wall after marriage to show happiness and sweetness. Generally speaking, wedding photos refer to going to famous photo studios or studios and wearing suits and wedding dresses provided by them. Let professional photographers and makeup artists dress themselves up. According to the theme, you can set different scenes, use your own different shapes, and leave unforgettable photos against some beautiful scenery.

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The Chinese nation has rich cultural connotations and national traditions. In China culture, wedding tokens have a very profound and important significance, and wedding tokens represent auspiciousness and joy. China has the following traditional wedding tokens:

Double happiness can be seen everywhere at weddings in China. The word "double happiness" consists of two words, which means double happiness, extraordinary happiness and celebration, and also means bringing good luck and a happy life to the couple.

Dragon and phoenix are often seen in Chinese weddings, because in China, both dragons and phoenixes are auspicious symbols, representing nobility, brilliance, auspiciousness and harmonious and happy relationship between husband and wife. This tradition comes from ancient myths and legends in China. It is said that Yu Shun ruled the world when he was in power, and Yue Guankui wrote a song called "Nine strokes". During Yu Shun's performance, Golden Dragon Cai Feng also appeared. In The Book of Songs, there is also a record that Ji Wang, a dragon, married Zhizhong, a phoenix family, which is considered to be auspicious.

Chinese Wedding Dress In the traditional Chinese wedding, the bride should wear very beautiful Hanfu, which is a traditional dress with China characteristics and has historical significance and serious marriage meaning.

Contrary to the western concept, white is a symbol of death, which is generally only used at funerals, so you can't use white flowers as decorations when you get married. Traditional weddings in China like to use peonies, orchids, lotus flowers and daffodils as decorations. Because peony represents wealth, daffodils represent spring and new life, orchids are fragrant and beautiful, and lotus represents love. In China, the lotus is a sacred symbol of Buddhism.

Firecrackers China people like to set off firecrackers at festivals to increase the festive atmosphere. On major festivals, such as Spring Festival and Lantern Festival, firecrackers and fireworks are set off to express people's happy mood. At the same time, China people think that setting off firecrackers can drive away evil spirits. Setting off firecrackers is an essential part of traditional weddings in China. The more firecrackers are set off, the louder the sound, which will bring good luck. However, because setting off firecrackers will also have many adverse consequences (such as polluting the environment and injuring people), people have been banned from setting off firecrackers in some places in China. Therefore, in modern weddings, some people invented a new way to celebrate, using balloons instead of setting off firecrackers, which also added a lot of festive atmosphere to the wedding.

Red bean China traditional wedding token Red bean is usually used as dessert, red bean paste. It symbolizes the sweetness of the two people after marriage.

China's traditional wedding souvenirs, such as red dates, longan, peanuts and lotus seeds, all symbolize the continuation of future generations, the birth of babies, reunion, wealth and good luck.

Heji

"Heji", also called "hair extension", is a traditional wedding token in China. The symbolic meaning of "knot" is that husband and wife are harmonious and United forever. The specific operation mode of "knot hair" has been different in past dynasties. The "knot hair" in the pre-Qin, Qin and Han dynasties was that when the bride was at her parents' home, the groom untied the bride's wedding vows himself, that is, tied the ribbon of her hair and tied it again after combing her hair. After the Sui and Tang Dynasties, both men and women cut off a little hair and tied it into a "bun", which was usually kept for the bride immediately. There is a cloud in the poem "Midnight Song" written by a female poet in the Tang Dynasty: "As long as the cloud is cut, Lang will also make hair. No one asks, tie a knot. " Is a description of this practice. The world often uses "knot hair" and "knot bun" as pronouns of husband and wife combination, and even refers to "original match" (also called "yuan match") husband and wife, which means that it is of great significance for husband and wife to respect and love each other.