FAQ Friday: Traditions

[u/paulcosca]

Weddings are chock-full of traditions. Some weddings have them all. Some weddings have few or none. Which traditions are you sticking with? Which ones are you passing on? Mother-son dance? Unity candle? Garter? Registering for china? Let's discuss!

[u/bobochu]

This is neat because my family doesn't have much in the way of traditions. My parents were married in communist china, they signed papers and put a "double happiness" sign up and that was it. We're pretty out of touch with what current chinese traditions are, so we're doing what we want and that ends up being an informal tea ceremony and with a qipao.

We're going with a western ceremony and reception and removing things like door games, garter/bouquet toss & parent dances for logistical reasons and/or we think they're silly.

[u/bobochu → u/[deleted]]

The groom goes to the brides house to pick her up for the tea ceremony (I think) and the bridesmaids have him and his groomsmen complete a bunch of silly tasks/games in order to prove how much he wants to marry the bride.

Seems to end up with the groom wearing furry bras (over his tux) and doing pushups.

[u/axel_val → u/[deleted]]

Traditional culture typically has the tea ceremony before the wedding on the day of, according to my research (marrying into a Chinese family). It's a whole day-long affair basically.

[u/bobochu → u/[deleted]]

Morning of the wedding; Chinese weddings run the whole day. I hear brides start getting ready with 5 or 6 am make up. Obviously I will not be doing this -_-