Wedding traditions and customs vary greatly between cultures, ethnic groups, religions, countries, and social classes. Most wedding ceremonies involve an exchange of marriage vows by a couple, presentation of a gift (offering, rings, symbolic item, flowers, money, dress), and a public proclamation of marriage by an authority figure or celebrant. Special wedding garments are often worn, and the ceremony is sometimes followed by a wedding reception.
Chinese cuisine
Every dishes of Chinese cuisine has its blessing words for the bride and groom, symbolize happiness, prosperity, longevity or fertility. Chinese prefers 8 or 9 total courses on the menu because 8 is a lucky number meaning well off or getting rich and 9 represents longevity.
When it comes to the Chinese culture, superstition plays an important role. Sometimes people are not really believing in any supernatural forces, it is simply tradition. Fish is a symbol of abundance (“yu” which is fish in Chinese also means excess), fat choy (black moss) literally means wealthiness in Cantonese, and abalone (“bao yu” = assurance of excess in wealth) signifies prosperity, noodles for longevity, prawn (“ha” = haha) symbolizes happiness/ laughter, ‘tong sui’ (sweet soup) such as red beans, sea coconut, longan is a symbol of sweet life. You must have good symbolism to supposedly bring about luck, prosperity, success and all the goodness in the world.
wedding menu
