Asian Wedding Traditions
It is the quintessential chinese wives wedding tradition: the tea ceremony. This time honored exchange
was created to show respect for a asian wife. Historically, after they exchanged vows, the couple would serve tea to the groom's
family the bride would have served tea privately to her own family in chinese chat. Today, many Chinese singles choose to
honor both the bride and groom's families by hosting tea ceremonies for both sets of parents. If you are hosting two separate
ceremonies, traditionally, it is appropriate to honor the groom's family first. Likewise, if you are holding an all inclusive
tea ceremony, the groom's family should be served first. During the ceremony, the asian singles serves tea to the groom's
parents and elders in order of seniority. The groom's parents are served, followed by his paternal grandparents and then
his maternal grandparents. Next, are his oldest uncles and aunts, and finally his oldest brother is served. After each elder
takes a sip, they hand the couple a lai see a lucky red envelope, which usually contains money or jewelry. The envelopes are
placed on the platter that holds the teacups. The ceremony is then performed in the same manner for the asian wives family.
The tea ceremony is also the time when the Asian chat wedding contract should be witnessed and signed with a traditional signature
seal or personalized stamp. The tea ceremony traditionally takes place following the wedding ceremony. Today, some asian personals
wait to host the tea ceremony until the day after the wedding. Others host the ceremony just before the wedding, during the
cocktail hour, or just after the ceremony. When the tea ceremony takes place usually depends on the amount of privacy chinese
personals wishe to keep. If you just wish to include immediate family, you could serve your parents before the wedding ceremony,
in the privacy of home. Another option is to perform the ceremony during the cocktail hour, while your guests enjoy hors d'oeuvres
and cocktails. If you want a chinese mail order bride to pay witness to your tea ceremony, build in time between the ceremony and cocktail hour for this event to take place.
If you want to host a private tea ceremony, you can choose to have it just about anywhere. To add contrast to a formal indoor
reception, a private outdoor tea ceremony is the perfect way to incorporate a breath of fresh air into your day. Host the
ceremony in a nearby garden while your guests enjoy predinner cocktails at the reception. If you want to keep it more low
key, opt to have a small ceremony with family at home. If you wish to include your entire chinese wife list, you will need
to reserve a space big enough to accommodate everybody. Find out if there is a big enough outdoor patio at your reception
venue, or perhaps the hotel has a smaller banquet room near your reception space. You could even set up the tea ceremony in
your reception room and then have the room turned over before dinner is served.
