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2. Wedding invitation - Wikipedia

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   Wedding invitation. A wedding invitation is a letter asking the recipient to attend a wedding. It is typically written in the formal, third-person language and mailed five to eight weeks before the wedding date. Like any other invitation, it is the privilege and duty of the host—historically, for younger brides in Western culture, the mother ...

3. Traditional Chinese marriage - Wikipedia

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   In modern weddings, the bride generally picks red (following Chinese tradition) or white (more Western) for the wedding, but most will wear the red traditional garment for their formal wedding banquet. Traditionally, the groom is not responsible for the cost of the wedding invitation sweet treats (often pastries), the banquet invitations, and ...

4. Chinese pre-wedding customs - Wikipedia

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   Chinese pre-wedding customs. Chinese pre-wedding customs are traditional Chinese rituals prescribed by the Book of Rites, the Book of Etiquette and Ceremonial and the 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 ...

5. Double Happiness (calligraphy) - Wikipedia

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   Double Happiness is a ligature, "囍" composed of 喜喜 – two copies of the Chinese character 喜 (xǐ ⓘ) literally meaning joy, compressed to assume the square shape of a standard Chinese character (much as a real character may consist of two parts), and is pronounced simply as xǐ or as a polysyllabic Chinese character, being read as 双喜 (shuāngxǐ).

6. Red envelope - Wikipedia

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   Red envelopes containing cash, known as hongbao in Mandarin and laisee in Cantonese, are gifts presented at social and family gatherings such as weddings or holidays such as Chinese New Year; they are also gifted to guests as a gesture of hospitality. The red color of the envelope symbolizes good luck and wards off evil spirits. [2]

7. Wedding customs by country - Wikipedia

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   Decorations at a traditional Chinese wedding banquet. Traditional Chinese marriage is a ceremonial ritual within Chinese societies that involve a marriage established by pre-arrangement between families. Within the traditional Chinese culture, romantic love was allowed, and monogamy was the norm for most ordinary citizens. A band of musicians ...