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Traditional Chinese marriage ( Chinese: 婚姻; pinyin: hūnyīn) is a ceremonial ritual within Chinese societies that involves not only a union between spouses but also a union between the two families of a man and a woman, sometimes established by pre-arrangement between families.
It is a composed of a jacket called gua (Chinese:褂) and a long qun (Chinese:裙) which could be straight in cut or have pleated sides. The tradition of wearing the qungua as a wedding dress originated in the Qing dynasty during the 18th century.
Fengguan xiapei (Chinese: 凤冠霞帔) is a type of traditional Chinese wedding set of attire categorized under Hanfu, which was worn by Han Chinese women in Ming and Qing dynasties. The fengguan xiapei attire was composed an upper and lower garment following the traditional Chinese yichang clothing system.
In Western weddings, Chinese brides or brides marrying into a Chinese family will often wear cheongsam for a portion of the wedding day. It is common for many brides to have both a traditional white wedding dress and a cheongsam or a guaqun (another kind of wedding attire) to be worn during the tea ceremony .
The six traditional rites involved in a Chinese wedding are as follows: naahp chói (nacai) – formal proposal; muhn mìhng (wenming) – giving of the eight characters of prospective bride to the groom's side; naahp gàt (naji) – placement of the eight characters at the ancestral altar to confirm compatibility
Bride and groom in traditional Chinese wedding dress holding the Concentric knot. In the Tang and Song dynasty (960–1279 CE), the love-based knot became an important symbol, as evidenced in many of the poems, novels, and paintings of the era.
Qing dynasty style wedding dress. Chinese clothing includes the traditional hanfu and garments of ethnic minorities, as well as modern variations of indigenous Chinese dresses. Chinese clothing has been shaped through its dynastic traditions, as well as through foreign influences.
Fengguan (Chinese: 鳳冠; pinyin: fèngguān), also known as phoenix coronet or phoenix hat, is a type of guan (a type of Chinese traditional headgear) for women in Hanfu. It was worn mainly by noblewomen for ceremonies or official occasions.
Chinese bride wearing cheongsam with a honggaitou covering her face for wedding ceremony. The qungua is different from the cheongsam which can also be worn as a Traditional Chinese wedding dress. The qungua is a two-piece garment composed of jacket and skirts while the modern cheongsam is currently a one-piece robe.
Most Southern Chinese weddings follow the main Chinese wedding traditions, although some rituals are unique to southern regions of China (華南), particularly Guangdong, Guangxi, Macau, Hong Kong, Fujian, Taiwan and Hainan, and in Chinese communities in Southeast Asia.