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Thread: Foreigners, did you experience “joking in bridal chamber (闹洞房)"?

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[quote=RAINDROP,444639]Joking in bridal chamber is the last procedure as well as the climax of a wedding ceremony. When the night falls, the relatives and friends sit in the bridal chamber to tease the bride and the groom, expressing their congratulations to them, The bride and the groom usually are required to make performances in front of their relatives and friends. No matter what happens, the bride can not become angry.

According to the folk customs, people joke the bride and the groom to expel the evil things in the chamber. Old people believe that there are fox spirits, ghosts and other things in the bride and groom’s room. Thus, many people come into the room to tease the bride and expel the evil things.

Today, Chinese people are still observing this old tradition. But some people do it too far, I mean, joking the bride and groom. Look at this couple: the groom has a bag of food in front of his chest with several ring-pull can tied to his feet. His face was also painted in red. See, he is distributing cigarettes to the people on the street.

I am curious to know whether you guys who are married to Chinese girls were teased when you got married. 
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