CHINESE WEDDING CUSTOMS

CHINESE WEDDING CUSTOMSGroup 10:Bagus Wahyu H.Dessy Rahma Dianti S.Sustikaning DhinarProposal MakingBirthday MatchingMarriage DivinationBetrothal Gifts PresentingWedding Date FixingDowry UrgingWelcoming The Bride to The WeddingPerforming the Formal Wedding Ceremony.8 MAJOR PROCEDURES OF A WEDDINGImportant role in the application process is a matchmaker. Typically, the matchmaker comes from the groom. He or she is someone who is usually appointed or elder.1. Proposal Making

The boys parents would send the girls family to enquire about her name and date of birth. They send the girls and their sons name to a matchmaker.2. Birthday Matching

The matchmaker begin to see if the marriage between the two would be appropriate. If according to Chinese astrology, the couple was compatible and both families agreed to the marriage, the boys family would then send Betrothal Gifts to the girls family. APPROPRIATE

BETROTHAL3. Marriage Divination

4. Betrothal Gifts

Clothes and Jewelries

Gold

Silver and CashIn addition, a gilded silver coin bearing the word Qiu (meaning proposal) was among the gifts.

The girls family would send back another coin bearing the word Yun (meaning agreed) among their gifts presented in return. Thus, the marriage was CONFIRMED

When everything was ready, the boys family would invite a fortune teller to choose a wedding date believed to bring the most luck to the couple based on Chinese calendar mythology.5. Wedding Date Fixing

6. Dowry Urging