9:00AM- groom and his groomsmen go to bride's house and she's locked up in her room and he has to persuade her to open the door for about an hour with songs, sayings, and accomplishments of certain tasks- then finally she opens the door!
10:00AM- bride and groom goes to the bride's grandparents house and does a traditional tea ceremony with all the relatives on that side. they offer food and incense to ancestors and then poor tea on the floor (i'm still not sure why.) then the bride and groom offer baby cups of tea and relatives give them "hong bao's" (red envelopes)... this continues for another hour with pictures and video taping
11:00AM- bride and groom and their party depart in a 7 car wedding line up to go to the groom's relatives house and repeat the tea ceremony
12:00PM- off to lunch (dim sum) with a few members of the bride's side of the family... minus the bride.
1-4:30PM- went shopping with my mom's cousin and her cousin... bargained a bunch but ended up not buying anything. haha
5:00PM- arrive at the ritz carlton (talk about ritzy!) and took pictures for another hour or so while other guests trickled in...(some were dressed up.. A LOT and others were wearing jeans, i was somewhere in between that scale haha)
6:30PM- bride and groom arrive into the ballroom with a carriage and then walked down the aisle and then listened to some speeches from their company boss, fathers, and groom
7:00PM- eat, toast, eat, and eat some more of the 12 course meal! :)
9:00PM- bride goes around to each table to offer tea in exchange for more red envelopes!
9:30PM- the night wouldn't be complete without more family pictures on the official stage :)
it's so hard to describe events like this with words and pictures.. it's just not the same. haha so key tips for a successful chinese wedding: traditional ceremony, lots of food, bring red envelopes, and take lots of pictures :)
3 comments:
i think this is one of my favorite blog posts you've written! what an amazing experience, and the pictures are awesome! what a fancy wedding. i love the family picture, especially, and your huge smile. :)
incredible event.. what an experience. so glad you got to go and be with the fam, but we're also glad you're back home!
coooooooool! i've been to a mexican wedding before and they had mariachi music at the reception =0) and the food was DELISH.
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