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Winter 2015

Celebration

Chinese wedding banquet table setting

It is important for two people to know each other before getting married. I think that includes three points. First, they should understand each other's past. Second, they should understand each other's feelings, and third they ought to know about each other's plans after marriage. Before getting married, you must learn more about each other's past, instead of forcing your partner to change for you. Understanding is more difficult than love. Even two people who love each other may not have the patience to understand each other, let alone two people who do not love each other. So, before getting married, it is very important to know more about the other party's heart for you. The more you know each other, the happier you will be. In China the groom wears a suit and the bride wears a white wedding dress, but the guests can wear whatever they want as long as it is formal. The ceremony lasts all day from 7:00 am to 5:00 pm. The raw materials of traditional wedding dishes are chicken, which symbolizes auspiciousness and festivity and fish, which symbolizes abundance. Depending on the region, there is also seafood in some places. The wedding music is generally pop music. The celebration lasts 4-5 hours. The bride and groom go on a honeymoon afterwards. They decide whether to go abroad or somewhere in China according to their financial situation. Another very important thing is that the man needs to give the woman money, generally ranging from 200,000 to several million Yuan, depending on the region and the economic ability. This is my country's wedding ceremony.