Paper-Cut in Wedding

At wedding ceremony，paper-cut“Fish playing around lotus，”“Fish biting lotus，”“Lotus bearing seeds”and“Happy dolls”（baby with coiled hair holding a pair of fish）are pasted on the ceiling of the bridal chamber.

Fish，being a proliferous legendary animal，is often used to symbolize having multiple children.A yin-yang paired fish became a cultural code in Chinese folk art works.

Procession from the Groom’s House to Obtain the Bride

Because traditions varied from region to region，there were some cases in which the groom stops to have dinner with the bride’s family.There he would receive a pairof chopsticks and two wine goblets wrapped in red paper.These gifts were symbolic ofhis receiving the joy of the family in the person of their daughter.

In some regions，the groom would be presented with other symbolic gifts such as sweet longan tea，two hard-boiled eggs in syrup and transparent noodles.Yet another regional custom was the groom’s given soup with a soft-boiled egg.He was expected to break the yolk of the egg as a symbol of breaking the bride’s ties with her family.

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