1. Do not take off your shoes until your chinese wedding ceremony is over.

2. The bride and groom will first enter the groom's family home under the pants of the groom's unmarried elder brother.

3. Parents are served tea before grandparents at the chinese wedding tea ceremony.

4. The bride must change clothes before her home visit to symbolize the passage of 3 days.

5. A whole roast pig with tail is given to the bride's family at the bride's home visit to declare that she was a virgin before marriage.

So you are having your chinese wedding soon?

You are having your chinese wedding soon and everyone start telling you bits and pieces of chinese wedding customs and traditions.

Some sound like they are just pulling your leg and some are just downright silly. You are not sure which you want to believe and follow, and which to chuck out.

May be your Mum is not very convincing either, she is probably calling up all her friends and relatives to check with them what to do.

Confused about what to do?

Well... it was just as confusing and amusing during my wedding, my brothers' wedding and my cousins' weddings.

It also goes to show that we, modern day chinese educated by the western education system, are losing our chinese heritage and culture.

Hey! Don't worry, I know something about chinese wedding traditions!

I have decided to put down all that I know of chinese wedding as my effort in helping to preserve some chinese heritage and culture. I have interviewed my mum, mum-in-law, aunts and relatives, researched at museums, read books and trawled the web for chinese wedding traditions and customs, and their significance for this website.

I then blended these with the practical aspect of organising a chinese wedding, such as the recommended timeframe, the items and persons needed to perform the various ceremonies and rituals.

You will find

• sample wedding day program
• free sample wordings for chinese wedding invitation
• extract of uspicious dates Yr 2007 and Yr 2008 for chinese wedding from the chinese calendar

Hopefully you will find them helpful to you while you are planning your chinese wedding.

Remember to have fun!

Have fun organizing your chinese wedding and you can contact me if you have any comments, queries or just to bounce some chinese wedding ideas!

Timeline/Program | Wedding invitations | Site-Blog

Here's what some of our brides and grooms say about this website!

Thank you! Your comments gave me the motivation to maintain the website!

21 June 2007

"Many thanks for providing so much important information on the wedding preparations!!

I have little knowledge on the chinese wedding customs & as I am the first in the family to married off, my mum has no idea on the traditional stuff too.

Cheryl, Singapore"

10 Aug 2006

"Definitely super informative for me. Thank God who guided me to this website. I knew nuts about the chinese wedding traditions but your website gave me a very good overview of what I need to do.

More importantly, my mother-in-law to be will be so impressed by me after doing all these homework!

This is awesome stuff!

James, Singapore"

26 May 2006

"Hi, I would like to say "Thank You So Much" for sharing your knowledge and research on the internet.

You have provided a good overview of the things that modern brides and grooms need to know, but often have difficulties confirming, even with relatives and friends.

I was originally worried that I would have to make do without a lot of traditional and cultural practices for my own wedding, because my mother passed away a few years back, and my mother-in-law is also rather 'lost'.

The information you have at the website will help us all navigate this tricky, yet oh-so-exciting, business of preparing for a wedding. Thank you so much again! I look forward to visiting the shops you mentioned. =) Thanks!

Roanne, Singapore."