1. 传统婚礼
Traditional Weddings

2. 传统婚礼
According to traditional values, a key point of a successful marriage is that the husband and wife should come from similar families.
In ancient time, the newly-married couple will live with the husband’s family after the wedding.
Before the wedding, the husband’s family needs to give a fair amount of money to the wife’s family. If the wife comes from a wealthy family, she will also bring a lot of dower with her.

3. Procedure of a wedding
On the day of the wedding, the bridegroom rides a horse and bring a sedan chair with him and go to the bride’s house to pick her up.
The bride’s head is covered by a red cloth since she’s not supposed to be seen by other people.
The bride should walk over a pot of fire to get rid of bad luck.
The bride and bridegroom bow (or kotou) to 天地, parents and then each other.

4. Procedure of a wedding
A huge feast will be held and the bridegroom may end up drinking a lot of alcohol, but the bride will not attend the feast; instead, she will go to their bedroom and wait for the bridegroom.
After the feast, the bridegroom goes to the bedroom and take the red cloth away from his wife – in ancient time, this might be the first time the husband and wife see each other.
They will drink “交杯酒”.