1、Chinese Wedding Ceremony,Part 1,Traditional Chinese Wedding,Match-making（說媒）,Engagement （定親）,Betrothal presents（聘禮）,Meeting the bride（迎娶）,Three bows （拜堂）,Drinking wedlock wine（喝交杯酒）,Six necessary procedures:,Hair combing ceremony,At the dawn of the wedding day, the brides hair needs to be combed fou

2、r times and each has a special meaning: First combing, together all your lives.一梳梳到尾 Second combing, harmony in your marriage.二梳百年好合 Third combing, blessed with many children and grandchildren.三梳子孫滿堂 Fourth combing, blessed with longevity.四梳白發(fā)齊眉,Crying marriage哭嫁,The bride, covered by a red head-ker

3、chief, must cry with her mother. It means to thank parents for raising her up.,Kick the curtain of the sedan chair踢轎門,It means to kicked off the brides pride.去傲氣,Stride the fire pan 跨火盆,It means to counteract evil force. 辟邪,Obeisance,Three worships： worship the heavens and the earth 拜天地 worship the

4、grooms ancestors and parents拜高堂 worship each other 夫妻對拜,Into the bridal chamber,Lift the veil掀蓋頭,Lift the veil by the weighbeam. It means well-content and everything is going well as wishes.,Cross-cupped wine交杯酒,It means never to be separated . 永不分離 All In One合為一體,Part 2,Modern Chinese Wedding,Weddi

5、ng photo,Before the Chinese Wedding Day for bride,In preparing to leave her home, the prospective bride was permitted to retreat from regular household chores. She lived in a separate part of the house, accompanied by her closest friends. This was a time when the bride and her young women friends mo

6、urn the brides separation from her family.,Before the Chinese Wedding Day for groom,How different the bachelor party of todays American society is from the traditional Chinese custom of preparing the bridal bed. It was the grooms job to oversee the installation of the bridal bed on the day before th

7、e wedding.,After the bed was in place, as an omen of fertility, children were invited to pile onto it. Red dates, oranges, lotus seeds, peanuts, pomegranates and other fruits were scattered on the bed and the children had the joyful task of scrambling for the goodies.,1、 The Wedding Parade,On the we

8、dding day, a fleet of “nuptial cars” is organized by the bridegrooms family to escort the bride from her parents house to the wedding reception. From a functional perspective, these cars are a modern substitution of bridal sedan chairs used in ancient times.,2 、Door-Blocking,The groom must pass thro

9、ugh a game known as door-blocking” before he can pick up the bride to go to the wedding party.,When the groom, together with his best man and other friends and relatives, arrives at the brides house, the door is locked from the inside by her friends who would then challenge the groom with some deman

10、ding tasks, recounting the couples romantic tales. To persuade them to open the door, he must satisfy all his “judges” with the answers. Or, he may resort to bribing the panelists with hong bao (red envelops with cash gifts). Normally, the judges will not overdo it and the game lasts only for a shor

11、t period of time.,3、Entry of the Happy Couple (fireworks),To further highlight the festival atmosphere, fireworks are set off on the wedding day either when the couple arrives at or enters into the ceremony site. However, this custom is increasingly on the wave nowadays owing to the fact that many C

12、hinese cities have banned firework display based on environmental considerations. As a result, confetti is often used in the place of fireworks.,4 、Gai Kou Cha,The couple is guided by the host to serve tea to each others parents. After this, they will start to address their parents-in-law as father

13、and mother, rather than uncle and aunt as they used to call them. The parents would then present cash gifts wrapped in red envelops, known as gai kou fei, to their son/daughter-in-law, and the amount of cash contained should have auspicious implications.,5、 Taking the Union of Wine Cups,Another impo

14、rtant part of a typical Chinese wedding is taking the union of wine cups. This is how it works: the bride and groom, each holding a glass of wine, cross their forearms and drink the wine from one aonthers glasses, meaning that they will remain loyal to each other through thick and thin for the rest

15、of their lives.,6、Change Wedding Dress,During modern day Chinese weddings, the bride changes her dress at least oncethe white gown in which she enters the ceremony hall will be changed later on during the banquet to a red Cheongsam. She, as the spotlight of the wedding, needs to make the most of her

16、 special day to impress the guests with her multi-faceted beauty.,7、 The Wedding Banquet,Chinese weddings culminate in the wedding banquet which is also the highlight of the entire proceedings.,7、 The Wedding Banquet,The banquet is normally organized by the grooms family. Marriage is regarded by Chi

17、nese people as an once-in-a-lifetime event, and the wedding banquet, therefore, means a lot to both families. For the parents, dishes served during the banquet and the number of tables are directly related to their reputation among relatives and friends. As a result, the dishes are often lavishly prepared to the highest standard possible in both quantitative and qualitative terms.,whats more,Today, honeymoon has become popular all across