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[quote=JSUMMERS83,285613]Living here in China I have attended a couple weddings. I think it's fascinating all the different similarities and differences that there are between Chinese and American weddings - but that's talk for another thread. What I can't seem to gather from merely observing is how a couple gets engaged and when a couple is actually married in China. The reason for the question is this: I have Chinese friends who applied for and received what they translate as a "marriage book" a full year and a half before their actual wedding ceremony (actually, they had two ceremonies over a two and a half year span). I have another set of friends who have had a ceremony but waited to apply for this marriage book for reason unclear to me. When are they officially married? It also seems to me that there is no "engagement" as we would know it in the west. It's almost like they just decide over dinner one day to get married. They buy a home together, and when it is finished and furnished they get the marriage book and have a ceremony. Is this correct?[/quote]
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