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Chinese style marriage!
Dec 29, 2007 21:38
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Cross-culture marriage has become very common in China. Yesterday, a guy from England got married with his bride with a total Chinese style wedding ceremony.

Source: Xinhua News Agency.

No.1 Riding a horse to meet his bride.

Dec 29, 2007 21:41
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No.2 At the wedding ceremony, the bride prepares to step over the saddle and brazier accompanied by the groom.

Dec 29, 2007 21:42
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No.3 On the way to his bride's home.

Dec 29, 2007 21:44
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No.4 At the wedding ceremony, the groom is using chopsticks to feed his bride peanut.

Dec 29, 2007 21:45
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No.5 I am going to get married.

Dec 29, 2007 21:47
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Do you know why does the bride step over the saddle and the brazier and eat peanut? Just make a guess.
Dec 30, 2007 02:00
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I have a slight idea that the stepping over saddle would mean stepping over the threshold of grooms house. ?
Peanut, not a clue.

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Dec 30, 2007 02:13
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Is it a test of his kills with chopsticks? Or to be able to proved for his family?
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Dec 30, 2007 18:52
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Wow, that looks so elaborate. Seems like even more expensive than a western style wedding with all those costumes and horses. ^_^”

Thanks for the info and pics!
Dec 30, 2007 20:15
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Quote: Is it a test of his kills with chopsticks? Or to be able to proved for his family?

I guess not. They key is peanut. In Chinese, it is called　花生 (Hua 1 Sheng 1). Perhaps, it has a symbolic meaning---早生贵子（giving birth to a baby early）.
Jan 1, 2008 20:16
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My brother and his wife had a very similar wedding two years ago in Xiamen.
Same costumes, tradition etc. They even made the front page of a Xiamen newspaper.
There were many people involved in the ceremony parade.

Fortunately they have much of it on video to remember the event.
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