1. Chinese traditional wedding ceremony
Wang yuanyuan
王媛媛
15th. July.2015.

2. What’s your imagination about Chinese wedding?

3. Marriage wedding 婚礼（hūnlǐ）
昏（hūn）——nightfall
Red 红 hóng

4. State of ceremonies Zhou dynasty—— marriage etiquette
“Six etiquettes”：template of Chinese traditional marriage ceremony
Three books: betrothal letter，gift letter，wedding letter
三书：聘书、礼书、迎书
six etiquettes: proposing、birthdate matching、 presenting betrothal gift、presenting wedding gift、picking a wedding date、wedding ceremony
六礼：纳言、问名、纳吉、纳征、请期、亲迎

5. Cultivate individual moral character, run the family unison, manage the nation in order, and peace will prevail throughout the universe

6. proposing ——父母之命，媒妁之言 （fùmǔ zhī mìng，méishuò zhī yán）
to arrange a match by parents' order
and on the matchmaker's word
What do girl and boy do ?
Filial obedient

7. matchmaker
contact
Coordinate

8. Dwell in deep seclusion and rarely come out.
Camphor——camphor box

9. Proposing birthdate matching

10. ？ Chinese Zodiac 生肖 1960年1984年 1996年 1985年 1987年 1986年 1988年 1989年
1990年
1991年
1983年
1995年
1992年
1993年
1994年

12. Exchange genealogies：engagement promise who will do it?

13. presenting betrothal gift——betrothal letter
picking a wedding date——even number“double happiness”

16. Wedding ceremony wedding letter presenting wedding gift
迎亲（yíngqīn）：go to the bride’s home to escort her back to the wedding—— grandest ceremony
presenting wedding gift

17. Wedding ceremony Sedan:4-8 people
Shouldn’t go backward for the coming road.
Cover the temple, well, river with red scarlet, exorcise evil spirits
If meet a group to carry a coffin to the cemetery,
we have to say a sentence that “today is lucky ,because we meet valuable”
——coffin，棺材guāncai
——valuable，观财guāncái

18. ——Red scarf 红盖头（hónggàitou）
Cover up one’s embarrassment

19. ——go across the firing basin
Burn all the bad things
Symbol of good luck， indicates the days after marriage is booming
Fire：火huǒ
红红火火
hónghónghuǒhuǒ

20. Perform formal wedding ceremony
拜堂（bàitáng）：
From Song dynasty came popular
Bride will be member of husband’s family.
1.The first bow is for the heaven and earth, —— respect to nature
一拜天地——yī bài tiāndì
2.the second for the parents ——to parents （ancestor）
二拜高堂——èr bài gāo táng
3.and the third for each other!——courteous to each other like“guests”
夫妻对拜——fūqī duì bài

21. First time to see each other
Lift the bridal veil／red scarf
掀盖头xiān gàitou
秤杆（chèng găn）——Weighbeam
称心如意（Chèn xīn rú yì）——To ones heart desire

22. 合卺酒 héjǐnjiǔ 葫芦húlu：lagenaria siceraria 同甘共苦：tóng gān gòng kŭ
Share happiness and woe

23. 敬茶 jìng chá：Serve tea to parents
respect

24. The first bow is for the heaven and earth 一拜天地——yī bài tiān dì
1.拜堂（bàitáng）
The first bow is for the heaven and earth
一拜天地——yī bài tiān dì
the second for the parents
二拜高堂——èr bài gāo táng
and the third for each other
夫妻对拜——fū qī duì bài
2.掀盖头（xiān gàitou）
——称心如意（Chèn xīn rú yì）
To ones heart desire
3.喝合卺酒（hē héjǐnjiǔ）
——同甘共苦（tóng gān gòng kŭ）
Share happiness and woe
Matchmaker
New couple
Wedding host

25. blessing ——早(zǎo) red dates红栆(hóngzǎo) Peanut 花生(huāshēng) ——生(shēng)
Longan 桂圆(guìyuán）
Chestnut 栗子(lìzi)
（filbert榛子/melon seeds瓜子）
——早(zǎo)
——生(shēng)
——贵(guì)
——子(zǐ)

26. Key elements still be reserved：
——presenting wedding gift：house（房子fángzi）
——Return wedding gift：car（车子chēzi）
——Bow three times：
——drink cross-cupped wine
——serve tea to parents

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