Cultural Implications of Traditional Chinese Wedding Ceremony

Traditional Chinese weddings have spread to today. Modern people's wedding gifts and etiquette pursuit of simplicity have many rituals have long been ignored. Ancient folk rituals were very elaborate and revealed different cultures.

Comb: The so-called "a comb comb in the end, the second comb white hair Qi Mei, three Combs full of children", the comb has "yellow hair" meaning, especially the White Prime Minister Zhuang, refers to the couple love each other and stay together, and grow old.

Ruler: The measuring tool, the standard for measuring happiness in married life, refers to one hundred sons and one hundred grandchildren. It has a long history of happiness, and it is also a blessing for the new people's rising career in the future.

Embroidered shoes: The shoes are homonym with “偕”, which means that the spouses love each other, they look like each other, and they spend time in the beautiful and colorful years, and they enjoy the magnificent and fragrant life.

Ruyi: From the traditional wedding ceremony for the bride and groom to open the bride's red hijab wishful scales, now as a parent sent her married daughter's wedding treasure, hoping that her daughter's future life satisfactory, husband and wife wishful.

Mirror: A beautiful, full, and beautiful bride with beautiful appearance is a sweet and happy wish for the bride's married life. Even if time passes, it will still be a beautiful place for youth and flowers.

Dudou: It was originally a device for measuring food. It was used in wedding etiquette to demonstrate that the man’s wealth is abundant and his family is well-off. After his daughter is married, she can also enjoy a rich and well-to-do life.

Scissors: It is one of the “six cards” in traditional weddings. It is mainly used for tailoring garments in life, and in wedding etiquette, it means the bride and dad’s satin in the married life.

Abacus: The calculation tool used to calculate income and expenses in life, and the thousands of gold abacus in wedding etiquette, which means that the new people's ideals and plans for a peaceful and prosperous life in the future, can be reasonable, and win the financial resources of Guangmao.