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Wedding is the most important thing in the life, In China a traditional wedding is simple
and lively, ceremonious, and joyful. There are some unique features in this ceremony,
but in modern society, especially in the city, it is hardly seen any more.

The bridal sedan is the core of the traditional wedding. In wedding, the bride should sit
in the sedan, then be lifted from her mother’s home to her husband’s home. Generally,
there are two kinds of sedan, that is, four-lifter and eight-lifer, also divided into “dragon
sedan” and “phoenix sedan”. There are so many suites who hold gongs, umbrellas,
fans and so on, besides lifters. In group, there are more than ten people at least, and
the occasion is very magnificent. In a traditional wedding, accompanied with a bridesmaid,
the bride wearing a red veil and led along by the bridesgroom who holds a red silk in
his hand, enters the bridal sedan. On the way to the husband’s home, lifters jolt the
sedan as it is necessary in a joyful wedding. Lifters swing the sedan from left to right,
causing the bride to sit unsteadily inside. Sometimes the bridegroom has to substitute
for his bride or beg to everyone else, while, all laugh to adding to the jubilance.

The wedding ceremony is the most important part of a traditional Chinese wedding.
The newlyweds go to the table for heaven and earth where there is a dou
(a kind of basket) full of grain. The dou is written with “gold and jade fill the dou” on
the brim and is sealed with red paper. There are many coins placed in the four corners
of dou to provide the “luck” meaning to the guests. There is cypress branch, called
“ready source of money”, decorated with copper coins. Besides, one steelyard, a mirror,
a loom, a lamp or a candle are also placed near the dou, Afterwards, the groom
stands on the left side, the bride right by his side, while the director prompts, “First
bow to the heaven and earth; second bow to the parents; third bow to each other”.
According to the folk saying, they will not be the formal couple until bowing to the
heaven and earth. As a result, people pay a great attention to this ceremony. An
interesting custom is that if the groom cannot come to this ceremony, he should
ask his sister to hold a cock instead.

After taking the bridal sedan, bowing to the heaven, it’s time for the newlyweds to
go to the bridal chamber. According to custom, their relatives and friends get
together in the bridal chamber to banter the newlyweds will never get angry even if
the teasing games are a bit outrageous, but will try to skillfully dissolve since the
relatives and friends intend to delight them.

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