One Kind Of Wedding Traditions In East China
China, a developing country with its economics and sciences emerging fast day by
day among all other countries in the world, has a very big boundary of 960 thousand square kilometer and 56 kinds of peoples. Chinese territory is made up of 23 provinces, 5 autonomous regions, 4 municipalities directly under Central Government, and 2 special administrative regions that are Hong Kong and Macao. Now you can imagine how big this country is and how many different kinds of customs there are in different places. I am not so experience to introduce all these kinds of traditions, but I intend to show one wedding tradition in east China.
Among all the provinces and municipalities in China, for many years Zhejiang, an eastern city in China, has held a very important position in Chinese economic development. There are various kinds of industries and export & import companies in Zhejiang due to its geographical position beside the eastern sea and Chang Jiang River. Many people from poorer provinces go to Zhejiang, at the same time many Zhejiangers go to other places to make senses. Thanks to the human resources exchanges, it brings with the culture exchanges and I know the story of my close friend from such kind of exchange. One of my dear friends is from the northwest of China, the same province as mine; she met her boyfriend who is from Zhejiang and they planned to get married.
They agreed to give their wedding ceremony following the custom of Zhejiang. Although they fell in love follow their own feelings, they should get an introducer for both sides. The strange thing is, we should give presents to introducers in my hometown, but the custom in Zhejiang is that the introducers will give big surprises to the two who get married. It is absolutely opposite from the traditions in many cities in China. There is another interesting thing during the wedding ceremony, that is, all through the wedding receptions, the bride should not even walk one step and her feet should not touch the floor, by the way of the brides brother holding her with both arms to the wedding car and letting the groom to set her down in the car. Then when they arrive at the grooms house, the groom should carry the bride in breast to the marriage room. The bride should sit in the bed waiting for friends and relatives to come and have a look. Then all of them go to the wedding venues to have the wedding meal and enjoy the fun of entertaining the two who get married.
Strange enough right? There are many other funny things about wedding in other places of China and if you are interested in it, do not hesitate to come to China and explore them by yourself.
by: lowin
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