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[quote=YINDUFFY,291316]In Western society (like America) a father pays the groom and this most often takes the form of the girls father paying for the elaborate wedding festivities. in traditional Chinese society the Groom pays for the wedding festivities and gives gifts to the girl and her parents. These gifts can be specified in the negotiations for the bride. In both societies the girls father is handing the girl from his family to her new family. In old China, the girl would not see her parents again but become handmaiden to the boys mother. Modern China still has arranged marriages but they are not as common. A lot depends on how much money the families have. China is changing fast and no one can say for sure which traditions will remain.[/quote]
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