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		<description><![CDATA[In ancient China, it is a custom for parents to prepare a dowry for their daughters. The dowry will be sent to the groom&#8217;s family a few days before the wedding. The dowry consists of an amount of practical items, including money, clothes, bed, etc. It is not only a blessing to the parents&#8217; own [...]
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		<description><![CDATA[The day following the wedding ceremony, the bride would serve tea to the groom&#8217;s family. At that time, she would be formally introduced to all the members of the groom&#8217;s family. She would serve tea in order, starting from the groom&#8217;s parents then proceeding from the oldest family members to the youngest ones. Lucky red [...]
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		<title>Ancient Chinese Wedding Custom &#8211; Wedding Night Ritual</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[On the night of the wedding, a dragon and a phoenix candle would be lit in the bridal room to drive away the evil spirit. Usually, the groom had to entertain the guests attending the banquet and the bride would sit on the bridal bed and waited for the groom. On the night, with arms [...]
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		<title>Ancient Chinese Wedding Custom &#8211; The Wedding</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Compared with the complicated preparations, the wedding ceremony was quite simple. The newlyweds were conducted to the family altar, where they had to kneel three times. First, they would kneel to the heaven and the earth, then to the ancestral tablets and their parents and at last they would kneel to each other. This official [...]
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		<title>Ancient Chinese Wedding Custom &#8211; Arriving at the Groom&#8217;s House</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 14:09:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A good luck woman, who was employed by the bride&#8217;s family, would look after the bride carefully during the journey to the groom&#8217;s house. Firecrackers, which were used to frighten away evil spirits, would be set off just before the procession arrived. There, the groom’s entire household was waiting to receive the bride. A red [...]
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