chinese traditional wedding

The Chinese life is colorful with many interesting folkways. The Chinese wedding may be a focus of interest. There are many differences between the Chinese and the West in weddings, as the people in the West go to church while the Chinese celebrate with a feast. Westerners hope that God will bless them while Chinese thank heaven and their parents. Westerners wear white wedding dresses while the bride and groom wear red according to Chinese tradition, because red symbolizes good luck. In China, a traditional wedding is simply and lively, ceremonious and joyful. There are some features in this ceremony, but in modern society,especially in the city, it is hardly seen any more.
The bridal sedan is the core of the traditional wedding. In wedding, the bride should sit in the sedan, then be lifted from her mother's house to her husband's home .There are two kinds of sedan: four-lifter/eight-lifter . The wedding ceremony is the most important part of a traditional Chinese wedding. Fist bow to the heaven and earth;second bow to the parents; third bow to each other. According to the folk saying, they will not be the formal couple until bowing to the heaven and earth. An interesting custom is that if the groom cannot come to his ceremony, he should ask his sister to hold a cock instead.
That is about chinese traditional wedding.China also have many interesting folk customs ,such as One-Month-Old Feast and One-Year-Old Catch of Babies , Lion Dance and so on.If you like them ,then come to China!