Chinese wedding invitations are usually presented in a long red envelope similar to the traditional hongbao in which money is gifted to people at weddings during chinese new year etc.
Chinese wedding door games money.
The wedding reception was pretty similar to the one the previous night except it was indoors and a little fancier and once again the married couple and maids of honor did not get to eat much of the food as they were too busy paying respects to the relatives.
With only six days left until our wedding luke and i are looking forward to breathing huge sighs of relief when the big day finally arrives and also wondering how it passed by so fast.
The shoe game.
Photo by holly clark 11.
Chinese pre wedding customs are traditional chinese rituals prescribed by the 禮記 láih gei book of rites the 儀禮 yìh láih book of etiquette and ceremonial and the 白虎通 baahk fú tùng bai hu tong condensed into a series of rituals now known as the 三書六禮 sàam syù luhk láih three letters and six rites.
The grooms men are also supposed to carry little red pockets of money called lai see to bribe the bridesmaids to let them in.
The standard gift.
Although there are no official door games it s common for pranks to embarrass the grooms men i ll give an example of that in another post.
The fact that you are putting the money into the traditional red envelope is what counts.
Door blocking wedding games the most popular game is to bargain for a red packet either of huge amount or of amounts that requires a difficult mixture of notes and coins.
That s because in lieu of gifts chinese wedding guests typically give a red envelope called hóngbāo 紅包.
There is no lucky amount well maybe if you want to go up to 800.
999 or 99 99 as 9 has the same sound as long jiu for a long marriage.
This tradition of blocking the door demonstrates their unwillingness to marry off the bride because of their love for her.
The attendants will immediately open the envelope count the money inside and record it on a register next to the guests names.
The newlyweds take a seat in front of their guests sitting back to back.
If you go to a wedding the money in the red envelope should have a value equivalent to a nice gift that would be given at a western wedding.
At a chinese wedding there is a table at the entrance of the wedding reception where guests give their red envelopes to attendants and sign their names on a large scroll.
The double happiness character 囍 shuangxi 双喜 appears on the envelope which back in the day was hand delivered to the guests a few days before the.
No wedding games were played nor bouquets thrown much to my disappointment.
