The Chinese marriage perpetuates and ensures the survival of the family 

                 

 --Chief Objectives in the Chinese Wedding:

1- Joining and enhancing the two families and ensuring succession with numerous descendants.

2- Reverence to parents and ancestors.

3- Omens to encourage fertility and wealth.

4- The bride’s incorporation into her husband’s family.

  

   Since ancient times, Chinese wedding are steeped in traditions that add happiness to the wedding. It also gives blessings that no other wedding customs can replace. The Three Letters and Six Etiquettes have been a basic principle to marriage. It has been practiced since 206 BC making traditional wedding both impressive and unforgettable;

             

           --Three Letters:

  1-The Betrothal Letter . Formal document of the engagement.

  

 2-The Gift Letter  (It would be given to the girl’s family)

. a list of the types and quantity of gift’s designated for the wedding.    


3- The Wedding Letter  (It was prepared and presented to the bride’s family on the day of the wedding)

       . a document that confirmed and commemorated the formal acceptance of the  bride into the bridegroom's family. 

                                                                                                      

                         

                                                                                                              

                                                                                                                   
                              --Six Etiquettes:

  1- Proposing:

         . The boy’s parents identify a girl as their future daughter-in-law through a matchmaker.

   2- Birth Date Matching:

         . The matchmaker assures the compatibility of the potential bride and bridegroom.

   3- Presenting Betrothal Gifts:

         . The bridegroom’s family present betrothal gifts and a betrothal letter to the bride’s family.

   4- Presenting Wedding Gifts:

         . Send wedding gifts to the bride’s family (depending on local customs and the family wealth).

   5- Picking a Wedding Date:

         . To select an auspicious date to hold the ceremony.

   6- Wedding Ceremony:

       . The bridegroom departs with a troop of escorts and musicians to the bride’s home, and after that

          she is escorted to the bridegroom’s home and the wedding ceremony begins: The couple vows to   

          Heaven and Earth, the family ancestors, and parents successively.

Citation:

-           www.chcp.org/wedding.html

-          www.chinatour360.com/culture/marriage-customs.htm