What's a Chinese wedding like?
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- If you've ever been curious what a Chinese wedding is like - this video is for you! HUGE thanks to m'boi Shady for snagging me an invite!
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other than religious weddings, the "point" where couples are considered married in traditional Chinese wedding is when they bow three times in sequence. First bow is to pay respect to heaven and Earth, second bow paying respect to elders, and last bow is to pay respect to each other "husband and wife". So, after the third bow they're considered married. Nowadays, how much people respect this tradition is anywhere in between.
Yep. 一拜天地，二拜高堂，夫妻对拜。
There's also 合卺交配杯 where the couple intertwine their arms around the other person's arm to drink from their own cup
I've seen the bowing and the Love Shot but wouldn't the "point" technically be when they register their marriage? Because in China you go before the wedding and get the marriage certificate and pictures taken. Maybe I guess you were talking about a "point" during the actual wedding? because I thought legally they may be already married
Vioteen you are right. The bowing stuff is from the ancient Wedding style. That’s how couple gets married legally in ancient China. But a lot of people is still doing it. The three bows means the thanks and respect to nature, parents, and each other.
@@camille744 true...but that is legally...and they (the family) really only considers you're married with the 3 bows and tea drinking.
Without the bows, and only relying on the legal documentation, (at least in malaysia), the family basically lose face. (Might be becoz only remarrying divorcee does that or smt...)
Im no expert tho.
Fuzhou style wedding to be exact. China is so diverse tho..
She already said that at the end of the video.
but red envelopes, hiding shoes...are universal in China
So are wedding celebrations. Most cultures partake in food and drink and be merry. It is also not right to say you wear trackkies to wedding because if you value the invitation and respect the couple, you wear your Sunday best. Amy indescribile is as spelt I think and not with an 'a.'
When I wore white to my grandma's birthday I was told to change by my mum as white is only worn to funerals in Chinese culture, so I don't think wearing white to a Chinese wedding would be appropriate either
@@teenytinyT The fact is that usually the bride wears white western-style wedding dress during the ceremony, and wears a Chinese-style red dress during the after-party or banquet, just as the bride did in this video. So it's pretty common to wear white in a wedding in China.
Wait whaat? I'm from Bulgaria and I have to say that 99% of the Chinese wedding traditions are exactly the same as the ones we have here. Pretty mind-blowing!
emmm... that's interesting
Wow, serious?
One of my friends is from Bulgaria. He believes his ancestors might be able to be traced back to the Eurasian nomads, e.g. the Huns. Who knows? Maybe Eurasian people had been migrating and interacting a lot more than we know today.
@@henryw.1319 wow, I don't know what to say, so interesting
Indian weddings are very similar as well!
This was pretty similar to my husband and I’s wedding. He is from Yunnan, China. There were a few differences; e.g., my husband had to wash my feet after finding my shoes and carry me back to his home (my feet couldn’t touch the ground)! We also had a ceremony at the dinner, during this we bowed to each other’s parents and called them mom and dad. I think this is the point where my husband considered us married. Anyways, it would have been great to have seen this video before I got married because I had no idea what I was in for until it actually happened! 😳
Don’t be nervous, relax and enjoy the ceremony, wish you happy wedding.
Yes, likewise with the Chinese diaspora and it is when the couple kowtow to both sets of parents and that is then considered married.
Oh forgot to mention that you served them each a tea cup filled with tea.
@Shengrong Wu 洗脚背新娘，很多地方都是新娘脚不能离地的，从车里面出来都要新郎背
对，虽然说中国各个地方婚礼流程各不相同，但基本上每个地方都有改口这个流程吧，就是媳妇儿叫公婆爸妈。。。这个应该是从姑娘迈向媳妇儿的节点吧
I'm from Hong Kong and the barricading part is so accurate and it's very fun. Not every time large sum of money are sent, it's more about having fun and making it difficult for the groom to get to the bride
Omggg, I never knew Chinese weddings are soooooo similar to Indian weddings 😍 We also have the shoe hiding custom but here the bridesmaids hide the shoes of the groom while they are taking the wedding vows in the temple and then they demand huge amounts of money to give them their shoes back. So many such customs and traditions in India with lots of food, drinking and dancing here 🙈❤️
I don't think people are aware of how similar India and China are but the more I learn about China, the more similarities I see.
Happy to know that! Thx for kindness. I got an Indian friend too, hope we can avoid war and get peace.
Haha interesting to know! As chinese I truly hope people in our 2 countries can have more solidarity and collaboratiom :D
Really?
A lot of Asian culture are very similar......... why so surprised lmao????
@中華傲訣 ya I always think that’s is so messed up in a way. It should be the male giving dowry to the bride side, bzc in a way the groom is taking the bride away from her family. I felt that’s why females in countries like that are so under appreciated by their family. A lot of the Asian culture wanted son over daughter in the first place and to the traditional family if they have a daughter they have to raise them and at the end they are getting marry off and the female family have to pay dowry. To the female family it’s not a worthy business in a way.
The traditional specific point are "3 bows" : first bow the the ancestor, second bow to the parents, third bow to each other". after this three bows, they are considered as offical couple.
14:53
Do they not make the first bow to the heaven 拜天地?
The first bow is to the heaven and the earth.
Quite interesting. I like the concept of making the wedding difficult for the bride & groom so that they don’t want to divorce & do it again.The game part is a nice way to keep all the guests involved in the festivities.
During a chinese ceremony wedding, the specific point in time when the bribe and groom are officially married is when they bow to each other in front of the family.
Cool! Thanks for sharing that!
From weddings that I experienced, they also need to bow to parents, then kneel down in front of them, and finally serve tea to parents. After the parents drink the tea and give red envelopes(money) to the couple, the wedding ritual is done.
@@PT-ve1fl LOL, we see that lot in TV plays...and more often the third party comes in to stops "夫妻对拜" and takes the bride away...oh dramatic
@@BlondieinChina Yes, I agree! So traditionally there are 3 formal bows: 1) bow to gods and ancestors; 2) to the parents; and 3) to each other. Then you are admitted as a couple (although you still need to go for a marriage registration to make it official). Also, we have to serve tea to our parents. This , I think, is the most important part for a Cantonese wedding. Only after they have your tea and give you a red pocket can you call your parents-in-law "Dad" and "Mom".
And tea ceremony, when the parents drink the tea offered by the bride and groom, it means they approve the marriage.
I got married around the same time in Canada with just a short ceremony. Thanks for sharing! It almost feels like I shared the excitement of the wedding with this nice couple.
I always find Chinese weddings more fun the closer you are to the groom or the bride, but I think this is probably universal. Like, if you're a distant cousin or just an acquaintance, these wedding dinners are just long, long hours of sitting and watching people play these games with the groom and bride. The weddings I've been to (friends & family from Hong Kong) are more or less the same. The groom has to get to the bride via "challenges" and then it involves a banquet. The ones I've been to as a young child are at huge restaurants of about 20 so odd tables. I remember one time it was the wedding of a VERY distant cousin's daughter of my father's. We were seat so far away from the bride and groom that we honestly had no idea what was going on the whole night. No one in our table knew each other - so it was just kind of awkward and mostly just about eating. TBF this is just bad planning and getting bragging rights of having hosted a huge banquet, mostly.
Most of the southeast asian chinese or their ancestor used to be came from Fujian province and eastern Guangdong province so yes the dish had similarity with southeast asianee.
In Eastern and South Eastern Europe we also barricade the doors, play ridiculous games, bargain for money 😅 my cousin had to pay 300€ just to open the door and then they gave him the old uncle of the bride covered in a wedding veil 😂
Hahaha so fun
300 for a door?🤣
Will check Yugoslavia soon
@@镖师 Lmfao
It's same in southeast asia also🤣
@12:21: Hey! They actually *toasted you as "to the great beauty"* , but you must've been *too humble with the subtitles* , simply calling yourself "Blondie"! Such humility from a great beauty!
美女/帅哥 are very popular forms of address in china, you don’t have to think too much about it. It’s just like a more appreciative form of “dude”
@ @@lifesabeach5405 As it happens, I've only ever dated non-Asian women : who are usually Middle Eastern or North African :
it just happened that way. And fyi, *French-Canadian, European, and North African women* are especially *open to Asian men.* Unless you change your attitude, you may face extinction : *this channel is not really for you if you are "triggered" by Amy not being oblivious to where she is and who chooses to learn another culture.* My maternal uncle married two French-Canadian women and had families with them, and he is a role model to me.
Looks like u wasn't in china in the last few years. If you visit a restaurant or any shop they will adress you with 美女(Měinǚ)/帅哥(shuàigē), its currently the most common form to address people.
In some of Amy's earlier videos she would call shopkeepers "meinü". She clearly knows it's a polite way to refer to a woman you don't know.
Bride specifically called her 大美女 instead of 美女, and one only uses that when she genuinely thinks you are pretty.
This is amazing! :000
As a Chinese American, a Chinese person born in America, I also want to marry in accordance to Chinese tradition! :)
挺好的。很多红包哈哈哈。 也有很多白酒
get more gold gold is expensive now
Try hanfu wedding. Highly recommended.
@@lifesabeach5405 what a poor moron got brainwashed
@@lifesabeach5405 brainwashed moron
There isn't necessarily so much a "ceremony" that solidifies their marriage but "festivities" whose purpose is to announce the marriage to friends and relatives and celebrate with them.
Tons of different wedding traditions exist and people can even follow the same line of tradition differently anyway.
As a Chinese I enjoy this channel very much!! Seeing mom and dad experiencing all the Chinese food with you, it’s very nice and I love it!!
Girl~ I'm holding up my wedding until you're back in China and I'm inviting you (of course all cost included) cuz I'll be doing a real deal traditional Chinese wedding which is the Tang/Song Dynasty style, from the ceremony to clothing and everything!
Traditionally, the couple becomes officially married after the 'tea ceremony' has taken place at the bride's house. This event takes place immediately after the groom has secured the bride from her room and together they serve Chinese tea to the elders of the bride's family -- from the ancestors' alter down to her cousins who are older than her. When the couple serves tea they will bow & address the elders by their seniority in the family as an *initiation ceremony for the groom into the family & as a mark of respect,* & in return receive blessings, jewelry in gold (optional & usually to the bride from her grandparents, parents, uncles and aunties) and ang pows (red packets).
A similar tea ceremony is held at the groom's family house immediately after the bride has "entered the door." Only those who are older than the groom gets the honor, too. The dinner receptions are held as 'witnesses' of the marriage.
The specific time of the wedding in my hometown that is serving tea to both the bride and bridegroom's parents. When their parents take the tea from them that means the family accepts this marriage.
Serving tea to the elders is probably the custom of the Southern Chinese, all Chinese in South East Asia do have this tea serving ceremony.
@@lifesabeach5405 You want to hire some mercenaries to fix the problem. I know a good one.
@@seebauong9593 nah. I'm from Beijing we all do this. It's definitely not southern China thing only. Northern Chinese drink tea as well ok
this is so interesting! i'm part of the chinese diaspora (Singaporean Chinese) and our weddings are pretty much almost all Western-style but most still retain the gatecrashing and the hongbaos!!
A little different to what I'm used to seeing. The bride and groom normally serve cups of tea whilst kneeling on cushions in front of seated elders (most senior first). After drinking the tea the elders (usually a couple) would say a few congratulatory best wishes and then give them either red packets or gold jewellery or both. The other seated guests normally just receive a simple toast from the couple when they go round thanking each table.
There's no right or wrong routine...so a big YAY to variation!
Oh, and I hope those who drunk weren't the ones who had to drive seven hours! :D
probability a local Fujian style variation
Cantonese style.
3:52, 15:44 and more, is called huaquan (划拳), it's a "fist guessing" game that tests your sobriety and fast response after alcohol drinking, basically if you lose one guess, you are "punished" to drink one cup, or, one sip, depending on the rules.
Being able to feel like I experienced this with you was amazing and beautiful. I’m so glad you had the opportunity to make this video. I never knew how Chinese people (or at least in that province) did their weddings
Thank you for the efforts made in sharing. It does varies.
It is indeed amazing. In SEAsian countries, maybe it has standardised. It is now about serving 10 courses wedding dinners. And yes, guests are served Chinese tea, for non-alcoholic drinkers, too.
Cheers
I think the Baitang(拜堂) part in a Chinese wedding or Han style wedding is, to some degree, an equivalent to the "I do" part in a Western wedding.
Ohhhh got it!
@@BlondieinChinaAnd if Shady ask, tell him you've never seen me. 😂
Yes， 拜堂 including the first bow to the heaven and the earth , the second bow to the parents, and the last bow to each other. It is like agreement from heaven, parents and each other to become a couple.
I love how open you are to Chinese culture
It’s the same in Eastern Europe with the barricades for the grooms 😂
Alison W 😂😂😂
😂Really？That's new for me.
Sihou Hisou yes, but mostly it’s not for money, but for fun 😄
lmao....
Alison w it's same in south and south east Asia also😅
14:12 Actually traditionally, the new couple would go through the ceremony called 拜堂 "Bai Tang" which involves "performing formal bows by bridegroom and bride in old custom; worship of the heaven and earth by the bridegroom and the bride at their wedding" there are three bows, first bow to the heaven and earth; second, bow to the parents; third, bow to each other. However, this goes varied in different families,or places.
You're Lucky Blondie. I wish the couple a Happy Life! (Hidding shoes, jackets and blocking entrance are practised in Nepal, too. Only cash can win hearts! haha)
Blonde is one of the only china youtubers that do not turn their focus to criticizing China’s politics
Hi, I am from Malaysia Chinese ethnic. More or less the same culture in China however, to be more specific a couple is married is where both have served a tea ceremony towards their parents and elderly relatives from both sides.
I've been to a Chinese wedding myself where there were extensive barricade activities before the groom can pick up the bride in the morning, including some uncomfortable moments such as the groomsmen having to split a spaghetti noodle using their mouths only. There were also tea ceremonies where the groom and the bride offer tea to the parents and other elders later in the morning or in early afternoon....
wow! Would have loved to have been there to watch the spaghetti game haha
14:50 古时候的specific point是拜堂，“一拜天地，二拜高堂，夫妻对拜，送入洞房”，完了就是正式夫妻了，所以古时候要抢婚就要抢在他们拜堂成为正式夫妻前😂😂
对！那家伙听不懂再说什么。但中式婚礼如果传统一点的都会保留这个环节，拜过之后就算正式成为夫妻了，跟“我愿意”差不多。
Banja 1 还搁这抢婚呢，太吓人了吧。😱
@@ruiwang8024 古装剧看多了。。。。。不过的确明确成为夫妻的时间点就是夫妻对拜完
thats what I want to say！
@@topaz173 估计小哥理解为法律保护的夫妻，很多国家夫妻并不是领证就是夫妻。但对中国人是这样说。不过很多婚礼上的有主婚人的那种是象征意义的成为夫妻，走过场
I don't know why...but I just love watching these wedding videos...can't get enough of them😂
oh my, you can feel their joy from the screen!
yes!
Thank you for sharing that with us. I have never been to a wedding in China so it's an eye opener. That was a lot of fun to watch but you must had a better time live. Thanks.
The last time my friends attended a a Chinese wedding in rural China, they were all kidnapped and on sold as brides somewhere in the wilderness of China. Despite putting up reward money by their parents, they are yet to see their daughters again and this was in 1949. 🤣
I got to go to four weddings during my time in China. One was in Inner Mongolia and it was traditional and had similar tests as shown. One was a girl who worked for me and my girlfriend and I only went to feast for that one which was in Pingsha Town Zhuhai. I also went to one in Zhuhai for a couple from work. His father was a party official so it was an expensive event of thirteen courses one of which was a suckling pig on each table. The other was a more Western style in Hong Kong. Great memories. Unfortunately I missed the wedding i wanted to go to which was my nephews wedding in DaQing which was a couple of days after I arrived in China so I went to his Western wedding here in Australia instead.
As a Chinese, my understanding is that the couple became officially married when they signed papers and registered at the Ministry of Civil Affairs. The wedding feasts were just ceremonies, mostly for announcing the marriage to relatives, friends and neighbors.
不仅仅是仪式，结婚婚宴是向亲朋好友还有乡亲，表明自己已经结婚，就算没有拿结婚证，也算事实婚姻，再去结婚可能构成重婚罪。
Thank you for sharing such a lovely wedding, traditions are so amazing!
In Bulgaria we have exacrly the same tradition of not letting the groom in if he doesn't pay enough
Blocking the door and hiding the shoes are both traditions to show that the family of the bride's sorrows against the leaving of the bride. And the groom needs to prove that he is willing to do anything to show his love.
To both Amy and whoever is interested,
As a part of courtesy, people tend to avoid dressing something that is too spotlighted in the wedding such as red in order to not take away attention from the bride. Traditionally white colour would be an absolute taboo for wedding because that’s only wore for funerals, but due to impact of European culture for the last two hundred years now this has become less and less sensitive
thanks Jason!! It's super helpful advice!
Yes I was also gonna say avoid red, but especially white and black which I'd say goes for western weddings as well a little re red? Casual wear is more acceptable at weddings because many people come after work and if you're going to a tonne of weddings, some people just can't afford buying a fancy outfit everytime, maybe also depends on how well you know them, but obviously the better you dress, it also shows more respect.
When I got married in the USA, my sister-in-law was trying to play those traditional Chinese wedding games on me. At that time I got no idea what was going on because I left China in very young age and grew up in Hong Kong then USA. It is nice to know such light hearted games during the wedding.
So interesting! Thank you Blondie and thank you to the couple for allowing us to attend their wedding! Wish them a very happy life ! (And Blondie, your earrings are so pretty ! )
Chinese weddings are so EXPENSIVE! 2 dinners, 2 dresses. You should definitely give the couple a huge hongbao to help them cover their expenses. Malaysian Chinese wedding traditions are similar. When my cousins got married they played that game where the groom has to give enough hongbao to meet the bride too.
Now I understand why Chinese weddings are so culturally important, cost so much and are planned over a very long time. Must be exhausting though for everyone concerned. Thanks for making everything so personal and interesting 🙌🙌
What an amazing experience you had being there! I wish I could experience these kinds of cultural experiences... The closest I have experienced to a cultural shock like that was my friends wedding.It wasn't an asian wedding, but there was a Japanese woman there. I spoke a few words of japanese so I talked with her for a while, then to my surprise, the bride had hired a Taiko band because she knew my friend was big into Japan. So we watched the show, and after that, we went and talked with them, in Japanese as much as possible of course. That was so much fun, even though it was only a small part of the night!
You are such a good video maker! Just binge-watched your videos for the past 3 hours
You are so accepted and respected by both side .. and you speak great Chinese ... Great video, and now I know about China Wedding . I am Indonesia Chinese, and yes, the wedding here for Indonesia Chinese not far different.. it is always White, Red, Red envelopes, Bowing to elders ....
Another awesome video Amy... absolutely love your personality and openness amongst welcoming strangers... great content too! Keep it up🙂
Our weddings are some way, similar to the Chinese. In our custom, you are declare married before the wedding even started. Most of what's going on during the ceremony was just a challenge for the husband to declare his true love to his wife. The 200+ bows to the bride's side of the family was to accept and respect every single body, and it pretty much seals the deal. It's not easy, and certainly very costly. Most men wouldn't wanna go through it twice. Traditional couples are set for life!
15:20 it depend on where is wedding take place, if its a 5 star hotel. you may need wearing formal dressing. as I can see this wedding is more family style.
I love the Hello kitties & the priceless look on your face when you got to taste firecrackers. Only you😀I luv it💕💕💕💕
Lovely bride and groom. May they bear many children and good life of health and prosperity.
You meant bear like the Panda bear and not bare as not being able to give birth. Quite different proposition.
@@hangtuah888 I stand corrected,. Many thanks
On the one hand, the relationship between husband and wife in China needs the confirmation of marriage certificate at the legal level, and on the other hand, it needs the wedding ceremony in terms of customs. Weddings are different all over the country, but in general, some of our processes are no different from those in the west, there will be a master, there will be some promises between husband and wife, and so on.
Hey Amy.. I have to said your channel has to be one of my favourite find so far!!! I can totally binge on it! Love your videos and the topics you are doing.
Can I ask how your interest in China started?
Usually in different part of China we all have diffenrent wedding culture, thank you for sharing this video which surprised me a lot, I have never seen a lot of things even I am Chinese. But as I know, most Chinese couple will sign the marriage certificate before the wedding party.
It seems way more fun than western wedding :D !
Firstly a couple registers their marriage at a government office. They receive a health check and are considered officially married after all the paperwork is signed and you pay the fee of 19 RMB (8 years ago in Shenzhen). You receive your officially stamped marriage certificates. The government office provide a red rose for the woman and the couple can take a photo in front of the official red wall (no wedding ceremony takes place). Even though the couple are now officially married by Chinese law the celebration will take place later with the families at the wedding. The couple will then go on to their big wedding plans at whatever date is convenient for them.
It’s all thanks to you that i get to witness these amazing things. Man this was so cute and beautiful. I hope to go to china one day too
I have a Chinese wedding to go for the first time next week. Excited for this experience.
In a Cantonese wedding, the groom picks up the bride at her maternal home. The Bowing and ceremonies takes place at home not at the restaurant.
I was just going to say that too, as a Vietnamese. All of the rituals should be done at both of the bride and groom's homes rather than in a public space like a restaurant.
Le Huy-Anh they did the bowing in the grooms garage haha. So that whole segment with the dinners and eating is at the grooms house
@@BlondieinChina Haha! Wow! It totally looked like some kind of public space like an inn!
SEA Chinese also practices this custom.
A lot of traditions have roots in the past. Today it might be all games played the bride's female friends, but in the past it was to show that the bride have a lot of families that got her back. A symbolic way for the bride's family to show their love.
Sometimes its decided when the groom ask their brides parents for her hand and dowry ks negotiated.
They usually have a tea and bowing ceremony to honour the parents, ancestors, heaven and earth (gods)
This all depends on how the family's customs like.
Legally, you sign the marriage certificate to be formally married; Traditionally, you still need to have a wedding banquet and when you bow to parents as a couple, you are now married. Lots of places in China still accept the second form of marriage, although it is more popular to have both nowadays.
Hong konger here: We do the same. But here they don't need to bow to anyone. Just both parents and serve them tea.
And i must say, if they celebrated a traditional chinese wedding. Wearing white is a total no go, because we only wear complet white on funerals.
yea yea, you HKers know everything, you make people sick!
I'm a northern Chinese, we also don't bow to anyone. U know China is big, the traditions or the custom also are different in different parts.
Anya Liu is this really necessary?! It’s like you are trying hard to smell fart 💨
Wooooo I knew nothing about chinese weddings ! And now after watching this video , i am going to watch more about their traditions related to marriage... Being an Indian , i found alot similarities... and also dissimilarities.... but the point is traditional asian weddings are literally festivals with so many traditions !!
天啊，越来越喜欢你的频道了。竟然可以这么深入了解中国民间文化。
yes it is, these Chinese Ceremonial Customs were even brought forward and followed by most Chinese populations in southeast asia, even though we're 3rd, 4th or even 5th generations since our first generation fathers migrated here
I was visiting my friend’s place today and my friend was trying to show my boyfriend (British) how Chinese traditional wedding looks like, so he randomly researches it and found your video. It really shocked me because I am from FUDING, we are now living in Dubai. It's so amazing to see such a coincidence. Got the goosebumps. 😆
Actually these multi-wedding thing is happening with more couples having diverse background, and not only to Chinese. I am from Shanghai so you know lots of Chinese from out of town, the common sense is to have three weddings: two in each other's hometown for families relatives and friends, another one at Shanghai for colleagues and friends. I currently live in Montreal and one newly wed couple I know the guy is from Toulouse France and bride comes from Southern India, so they had two weddings too but decided to skip Montreal since first being already exhausted and second they don't have too much friends here.
I'm from southwest China. Almost every wedding custom mentioned in the video is similar with ours, We do those too. 😃😃
Fan of your personality, fitness, optimism, cheerness etc etc. Keep going
中国太大了，十里不同俗。每个村都有独特的习俗。随着社会的进步。趋同越来越接近。但还是每个地方不一样的东西。
蒙古族婚礼、西藏婚礼、回族婚礼、等！南方北方也不一样！
Great video! Some info for you. There is usually a tea ceremony where the couple serves tea to their parents. This would be the "official moment" when they become married, traditionally speaking. Also wearing white to Chinese wedding is not very appropriate, because wearing white is for funerals. Red is festive in Chinese culture.
@8:30: I guess that was *literally the groom's "bride price" (聘礼)!* Now, *I wonder what the dowry (嫁妆) is going to be!*
If anybody else also speaks *Vietnamese* , you might also know that while our *word for "bride price" is the same (sính lễ)* , but for some reason there's a *different word for "dowry" (hồi môn / 回门).*
Rất thú vị
The bride and groom are such a lovely couple!
I’m almost fall in love with you 😍😍😍when I watching your videos in China 🇨🇳 you look real.. humble..pretty..not ego & pretending...which is i really like about you.. i wish I can travel around the world together with you amy...
The complicated scissors, cloth and rock is called 划拳. A traditional game when drinking.
There is specific point of time a couple is pronounced married: 一拜天地，二拜高堂，夫妻对拜 礼成。But today maybe most of them have omitted this formality in the wedding.
You are so beautiful .
And I love the way you immerse in chinese culture .
@@hangtuah888 *Germany's top model* is an *Afghan named Zohre Esmaeli* , and not one bit of her is "covered" at all.
@@Suite_annamite What has that got to do with the price of fish? Nothing, zilch. In Afghanistan especially during the days of Taliban it is an offence not to wear the burqa. Read my comment as I said in Afghanistan and not Afghanis in Germany. Note the point of reference before jumping on a keyboard.
what you described at 4:17 ish is equivalent to the military version's "The Grog". A mixture of every alcoholic beverages in the mess night, difference kinds of meat, variety of sauce, variety of spices and some other extreme items such as a old boot. It really test your gag reflex, highly recommended.
Gurl, let me tell you, you've saved my bacon! My partner's cousin is getting married in three weeks and this is legit the video my white ass needed. (It's also my first time meeting his family, eep!) . Thank you so much! xx
It's pretty similar in Hong Kong! Barricading the door and getting laisees (red packets), doing games and challenges before being allowed to see the bride (I haven't heard about hiding shoes as much). In HK they also usually do a tea ceremony in the morning before the banquet - the bride and groom will visit each of the family and present tea to their parents and older relatives (and receive red packets and gold jewelry in return). Then the banquet tends to be more defined here - the food is usually similar with certain dishes always happening and in a certain order (steamed fish, abalone, roasted meats, etc and ending with fried rice and fried noodles) during the banquet the bride and groom will go around and toast every table. The guests will all bring Lai see packets but usually there is a sign in welcome table where they will give the gifts.
I do have to disagree with Shady, because you absolutely can't go to a wedding in white in rural China. It is what you wear when attending a traditional Chinese funeral.
Times are modernising, traditions are modernising.
salty X I don’t think wearing white in marriage is considered a part of modernization....
In india too.
I asked my mother and she said most of the Chinese weddings are like this she said was super super fun 🤩 👰
Amy, I was meant to be going to China this year after my final exams but due to the recent outbreak I am scared I won’t be able to go, what has the news in China been saying about this virus, will they be able to contain it and get rid of it?
I am really worried for everyone’s health as well!
Please stay safe Amy! Always wear a mask and try and limit your exposure outside
Do not worry, now all fine. But if you come.from abroad, have to.quantitine 14days in hotel. This policy for all person from abroad , include chinese students study in.abroad
lots of similarities with Turkish weddings too!! I guess most of the eastern countries have similar traditions, I didn't know that.
btw just discovered your channel and LOVED it!!
Welcome to Fujian, welcome to Fuzhou, I hope here can bring you good memories
The Chinese weddings I’ve attended in China are the similar and I’m in dong bei but they walk down the aisle and say vows and say I do. And the getting drunk and drinking beers also happens here. The friends of the couple try to make them drunk.
I've never seen anyone wearing a hoodie and sweats at a Chinese wedding in the West or Asia. Personally, I find it disrespectful. I don't care if it's trendy/fashionable, expensive designer street wear. You just don't wear it for certain events like a wedding or funeral.
Attended a wedding in a Shanxi village hick town. The pre-wedding game is much more intense as the groom's side are actually barging through the door to get to the bride and we're actually pushing against the door and poking sticks out the crack to keep the groom out. After they barge in, it's followed by an intense negotiation of red packets for the location of the shoes while the groom's men searched the room. Good times
can someone gave me an explanation of what are the traditions in a Hebei style wedding? or a North Chinese wedding? The only videos I find about Chinese weddings are always from the South
Northeast, Northwest, Central, Southeast and Southwest China are all different because China is so diverse and so vast. I think we should go back to the past if we want to know the difference reason likes different kingdom culture and assimilation process.
even different towns or different citys have different type of wedding or traditions and culture...
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This is Lanzhou, kind of a north Chinese wedding but its northern west, maybe a bit different with Hebei style
In south China like Guangdong and Fujian, old traditions are well kept, more than north.
People in north China,they really good at drinking,especially in wedding time, lol
omg my cousin got married last summer in china, and i was so confused about the door games lmfao. like no one told me about this, and why aren't we letting the groom in again? LMFAO OMG THE DANCING IS A CUSTOM???? LMFAO i was so confused when the groom's party started dancing with hula wreaths...for the "i do" part, i do remember that in the wedding i attended, the bride walked down the aisle with her father, but there wasn't a "i do" moment. anyways, love the video!
In the old days, the games were an excuse to have his friends meet her friends. Break the ice. Make friends. Hopefully, find love.
Nah it’s to let the groom feel the hardship getting the bride so he should treat her more precious.
A traditional chinese wedding is usually done on the same day, the first part at the brides parents house (and by the way, the bride does not appear until it is finished), then on completion the bride is brought down by the groom (who does eat with guests), and following bowing to parents, to each other and to the ancestors, they depart in the bridal cars to the grooms house, where the whole process is repeated.
I live in Australia right now. FUDING is very close to my hometown. It’s about 1 and half hour drive. Thank you for showing China to the Rest of the World. Sexy!
Free HK
Taiwan No 1
@@ethanlyu5978 LOL. So stupid
Ethan Lyu the earth is keep spinning no matter how you think of free hk thing or stupid
@@ethanlyu5978 脑残
Ethan Lyu we own HK’s ass, come get it with nukes, lol 😂
My Chinese friend asked me to be her bridesmaid for her wedding in October, I've never been to a wedding before. I think I have an idea of what to expect...Thank you..xx
好可爱，福建广东那边的婚礼习俗是最好玩的了哦
福建礼金太贵了
@@phonoodles7002 福建的礼金是给新娘的，作为夫妻两人以后的本钱
Awesome! Thanks for your video introducing Chinese traditional wedding in details!