Chinese Wedding Dress and the Outfit of the Groom
1 min readThe color red is considered good luck，a strong color that can keep away evil spirits.The traditional Chinese wedding dress in northern China usually is one-piece frock named Qi Pao，embroidered with elaborate gold and silver designs.Brides from southern China usually wear two-piece dress named Qun Gua，Kwa or Cheongsam，also elaborately adorned with golden phoenix and dragon.
In the old days，a piece of red veil is part of the bride’s costume to cover her face during the wedding ceremony.Newlyweds would see each others face for the first time on their wedding night.
Dragon&Phoenix Bridal Dress is a tradition to wear Cheongsam with red dragon&phoenix design at the wedding day.Dragon&Phoenix design symbolizes the balance of male and female power.
The groom’s costume is a black silk coat worn over an embroidered dragon robe of dark blue.The headgear is a black hat with red tassels.Nowadays，most groom’s wear has been simplified to a set of traditional outfit without the overcoat.
