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Bible of traditional wedding

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Chinese people have a preference of the color of red, as it symbolizes happiness, prosperity, good luck and elegance. It is especially favored in weddings, Chinese weddings make full use of red to create an atmosphere of harmony and delight.
Generally speaking, there are several steps of the wedding as follows:
1.The emcee announces the couples’ names and then the sedan heads to the bride’s house.
2.Arrive at the bride’s house and give her relatives some red pocket with a little sum of money in it to get in.
3.The bride puts on a red veil and leaves for the bridegroom’s house in the sedan; it is supposed to play trumpet and drums on the way as well.
4.After getting out of the sedan, the bride is supposed to walk on the red carpet with peanuts and longans, which symbolizes an abundant posterity of the couple.
5.The couple then begin their ceremony, three bows, also called Bow to Heaven and Earth, is the most important rite in the ceremony.
6.And after the ceremony, the dinner will begin and the couple should go around to propose a toast to the guests to thank their presence.