Chinese wedding reception process
First, the preparation before departure:
1, four bride price: divorced mother meat (2 ribs), 2 fish, 4 green onions and 4 vermicelli.
Cover the big well behind the new building with red paper.
3. The bride-to-be wears guest flowers, and the bride and groom corsage and wedding corsage are not worn for the time being.
4. The bride and groom should have even numbers (generally 8 people, 10, 12).
5. The total number of wedding motorcades (excluding video cars) should be even (generally 6,8, 10).
Second, the specific process of picking up relatives
(A) get up early to prepare
The wedding day is very busy, so the bride and groom have to get up early to prepare for the next day.
(2) Knock on the door
The groom knocked at the door and told his parents to open the door. A family can be a little embarrassed in the house. It won't be long.
Present a bouquet of flowers.
The groom presented a bouquet of flowers to the bride, and the photographer and cameraman began their busy work.
(4) Looking for shoes
After entering the bride's room, you can't leave immediately. You need to find the bride's wedding shoes. Generally, two pairs of wedding shoes will be hidden in an inconspicuous place in the room by relatives and friends. The groom wants to find it quickly, but don't be stingy with the red envelope.
After finding the shoes, the bride's relatives carried the bride downstairs, and the bride and groom got on the wedding car and went to the wedding room. At the same time, the groom should inform his parents in advance to wait in the new house.
(5) Propose marriage
The groom got down on one knee and proposed to the bride, saying a few romantic words that could impress her. The bride can embarrass the groom, but not for too long.
(6) Wear corsage with each other
The bride and groom wear corsage to each other, and the groom wears corsage to his parents-in-law and takes a group photo as a souvenir.
(7) Recognize relatives
The bride's parents stood at the door to meet the man's relatives, and the groom introduced them to his parents-in-law. After shaking hands, the two sides went into the house and sat down. The bride's parents and relatives treated the man's relatives to something to eat.
The groom changed his mind.
When the bride's parents are seated, the bride and groom stand facing their parents. The groom officially changed his mind to call his father and mother and bowed three times. The groom lit a cigarette for his father and gave his mother a piece of candy. Parents reward the groom for changing his mind (one parent each, each 10 10 yuan, representing a thousand good sons-in-law). Parents say a few words of exhortation, entrustment and blessing to the future life of the bride and groom. The groom promised his parents-in-law that he would be kind to the bride.
(9) Eat noodles
A bowl of noodles, two eggs, and the bride and groom give each other food.
(10) Change a pair of high heels.
It is usually done by the bride's sister (if there is no sister, it can be replaced by other relatives of the same generation or younger generation). The groom carried the bride into the car, and a piece of red cloth was laid under the new shoes. After my sister dressed the bride's shoes, she put away the old shoes. The groom rewarded his sister for changing shoes.
(1 1) Go out
Relatives of both sides get on the bus, the bride's family gets on the bus first, and the man's relatives get on the bus later. Empty cars are not allowed. Bride, bride and co-pilot are bridesmaids. The second car is the groom's parents and the co-pilot is the best man. The third car is the bride's parents.
(12) Setting off fireworks and firecrackers
When the wedding car leaves the bride's house, it will set off firecrackers.
Church wedding process
The most common western-style weddings are generally held in two ways: one is to hold a wedding ceremony in the afternoon or evening; The second is to hold a wedding at around 0: 00 a.m. on 165438+, and then hold a luncheon. The wedding banquet in the evening is usually held in the city, which is more formal. Lunch and wedding banquets are mostly held in outdoor places such as gardens and lawns, which is relaxing and enjoyable. For the convenience of guests, weddings are usually held on weekends or public holidays.
First, the final preparation of the couple
A few hours before the wedding is a time when couples are busy dressing up. Bridesmaids and bridesmaids gather at the bride's house early to help her change her wedding dress. At this time, the makeup artist also arrived and began to make up the bride and change her hair style. The bridesmaids put on bridesmaid dresses one after another to help the bride sort out the items to be taken to the wedding scene.
At the groom's house, the groom and the groomsmen are also busy putting on their dresses and making final preparations. Bouquets, corsages, baskets and petals for flower girl at the wedding were sent to two houses and distributed to everyone. After all the arrangements are made, the members of the wedding group and the parents of the bride and groom set off for the wedding. The bride and parents usually leave last, because they can't show the guests the bride's dress before the ceremony, so they arrive at the last minute.
Second, guests are present.
About half an hour before the official start of the wedding, guests arrived one after another. Seats at weddings are usually divided into two rows. Traditionally, the left row is the seat where the woman has relatives and friends, and the right row is the seat where the man has relatives and friends. As guests, the wedding banquet members will invite the arrivals to sign their names at the entrance of the seat and then guide them to their seats. Right in front of the guest seat is the wedding table. If it is a church wedding, then the chaotic podium is the usual pulpit.
If it is a non-religious wedding, it is often an arch decorated with flowers. At the Jewish wedding, the chaotic platform is a curtain ceiling set up by four poles, and the curtain is made up of many small square rags the size of ceramic tiles. And these small rags are all drawn in advance by relatives and friends attending the wedding, and then put together after writing their blessings. The first row of seats in the aisle in front of the wedding table is reserved for the parents of the couple, and no one else can sit.
The woman's parents' seats are two places on the left near the middle aisle, and the man's parents are on the right. As time went on, the seats gradually filled with guests. This is, the band of the string quartet began to play slow and cadence classical music. People's conversation gradually died down. Many people are looking forward to it, because the wedding is about to begin.