Matchmaker’s mixed role
4 november 2013
Actually, in ancient China when matchmaker is a necessary part of a marriage, matchmakers were mixed group of people. Alongside with official matchmakers, the majority of matchmakers were married women who worked as peddlers or..
Ontdek meerThe profit of being a matchmaker
4 november 2013
Matchmakers were supposed to be paid when they succeeded in arranging a marriage. If it happened that the in-laws were on good terms, the couple enjoyed a happy married life and the wife gave birth..
Ontdek meerThe bad fame of the matchmakers
4 november 2013
For their own benefits, matchmakers would try their best to negotiate a positive outcome for each marriage proposal, even through cheating. In reality, there were numerous matchmakers who forgot what was right to get the..
Ontdek meerChinese wedding preparations: The chamber pot
4 november 2013
The chamber pot could not be carried on the dowry table. It is called “happy pot” or “offspring pot” to express good wishes to the couple and their children. Inside it people often put some..
Ontdek meerChinese wedding preparations: Wine brewed for the daughter
4 november 2013
In Shaoxing of Zhejiang Province, after a daughter was born, her parents would brew wine with polished glutinous rice and refined malt. After the wine was made, they would store the wine in several jars..
Ontdek meerChinese wedding preparations: A dowry gift of twin bamboo plants
4 november 2013
Ethnic minority groups were also particular about dowries. For example, the Miao people’s dowries include a pair of twin bamboo plants, which were covered with red cloth. They were carried to the bridegroom’s home by..
Ontdek meerChinese wedding preparations: The lucky southeast direction
4 november 2013
Before sending the dowries to the bridegroom’s home, the bride’s family would display all the dowries in the courtyard or on the empty ground. After the display, the trousseaux would be loaded onto the dowry..
Ontdek meerChinese wedding preparations: Unloading the dowry
4 november 2013
When procession bearing the dowry reached the bridegroom’s family, there would be a great din of drums, pipes and fireworks over the sky to welcome its arrival. It was a complex process for people to..
Ontdek meerWomen in Henan Opera
4 november 2013
The people in Henan Province like the TV program “Spring in Theater” very much. It’s an opera singing competition. All the contestants were amateurs and most were women. The lead roles in most Henan operas..
Ontdek meerThe Luoyang Water Banquet
4 november 2013
A water banquet has two requirements and the first one is that soups are the only hot dishes allowed to be presented. The second requirement is that once a dish is finished, it is immediately..
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