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  2. Photography in Taiwan - Wikipedia

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    Bridal photographs are a status symbol in Taiwanese culture. [9] Things such as the backgrounds, the makeup and the quantity of bridal photos are a status symbol. [9] The more bridal photographs that are displayed and the more albums a couple purchases is a sign of the couples and their family's wealth. [9]

  3. High-Heel Wedding Church - Wikipedia

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    Completed. 10 January 2016. Cost. US$686,000 [1] Other information. Seating capacity. 100 people [2] The High-Heel Wedding Church ( Chinese: 高跟鞋教堂; pinyin: Gāogēnxié Jiàotáng) is a high-heel -shaped building in Budai Township, Chiayi County, Taiwan. It is managed by Southwest Coast National Scenic Area Administration.

  4. Taiwanese indigenous peoples - Wikipedia

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    Taiwanese indigenous peoples are Austronesians, with linguistic, genetic and cultural ties to other Austronesian peoples. [7] Taiwan is the origin and linguistic homeland of the oceanic Austronesian expansion, whose descendant groups today include the majority of the ethnic groups throughout many parts of East and Southeast Asia as well as Oceania and even Africa which includes Brunei, East ...

  5. Traditional Chinese marriage - Wikipedia

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    Traditional Chinese marriage. A Qing dynasty wedding. The groom's parents are seated. The bride is the one in the centre wearing a red dress and blue headpiece, presenting tea to her mother-in-law. The groom usually wears a sash forming an "X" in front of him. Sometimes the "X" includes a giant bow or flower, though not in this picture.

  6. Soong Mei-ling - Wikipedia

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    Soong Mei-ling (also spelled Soong May-ling; March 5, 1898 [1] – October 23, 2003), also known as Madame Chiang Kai-shek ( Chinese : 蔣介石夫人) or Madame Chiang ( Chinese : 蔣夫人 ), was a Chinese political figure who was First Lady of the Republic of China, the wife of President Chiang Kai-shek of the Republic of China.

  7. Taiwanese cuisine - Wikipedia

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    Common ingredients of Taiwanese cuisine are pork, seafood, chicken, rice, and soy. [14] Traditionally, rice formed the basis of most Taiwanese diets. Before the Japanese colonial period, most rice grown in Taiwan was long-grained indica rice.

  8. Chinese ghost marriage - Wikipedia

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    In Chinese tradition, a Ghost Marriage ( Chinese: 冥婚; pinyin: mínghūn; lit. 'spirit marriage') refers to a marriage in which one or both parties are deceased. [1] : 99 In mainland China, the practice of ghost marriages involves two deceased individuals. Meanwhile, in special administrative regions, Taiwan and South East Asia, it involves ...

  9. Chinese pre-wedding customs - Wikipedia

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    Chinese pre-wedding customs are traditional Chinese rituals prescribed by the 禮記 ( láih gei ( Book of Rites ), the 儀禮 ( yìh láih ( Book of Etiquette and Ceremonial) and the 白虎通 ( baahk fú tùng) ( Bai Hu Tong) condensed into a series of rituals now known as the 三書六禮 ( sàam syù luhk láih) (Three Letters and Six Rites). [1] Traditionally speaking, a wedding that ...

  10. Same-sex marriage in Taiwan - Wikipedia

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    Same-sex marriage has been legal in Taiwan since 24 May 2019, making it the first country in Asia to legalize same-sex marriage. On 24 May 2017, the Constitutional Court ruled that the marriage law was unconstitutional, and that the constitutional right to equality and freedom of marriage guarantees same-sex couples the right to marry under the Constitution of the Republic of China. The ruling ...

  11. Wedding photography - Wikipedia

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    Wedding photography is a specialty in photography that is primarily focused on the photography of events and activities relating to weddings. It may include other types of portrait photography of the couple before the official wedding day, such as a pre-wedding engagement session, in which the photographs are later used for the couple's wedding invitations. On the wedding day, the photographer ...