Wedding Bed Installation

Wedding Bed Installation/ Setting is one of the traditional Chinese wedding customs, the couple need to buy a new bed before marriage, choose an auspicious day, and then ask the groom's elders or friends- a "lucky man" (the best "lucky man"'s parentshave to be alive,he is happy marrige and have children) This lucky man has to move the bed for the couple to the new home.
After then need a "lucky woman" (bride's friends or family elders, same as lucky man, parents have to be alive, happy marriage and have children) The lucky woman will help to put on the dragon phoenix duvet set and help to put things on the bed, like:
- Dried Red Dates, Peanut with shell, Dried Longans with shell,Lotus Seeds, Bulbus Lilii and 2 Dried persimmon
- Chain of 8 coins (Well-organized for future) x4
- Chain of Gold Peanuts (meaning of have baby very soon) x2
- Baby Dolls x2
-Wooden Rules (Fertile hills) x1
- Hexagon Classic Red Envelops Tray x1 (place the tray of auspicious items on the bed)
The lucky woman also help to turn on the bedside lamp in Chinese known as 点灯 which has similar pronunciation as 添丁.There after, no one should lie or rest on the bed except the bride and bridegroom on the big day itself.
The bride and Groom also can invite kids to jump on the bed and put the candy on the bed for the kids to eat, meaning the bride and groom will have lot of Sons and Grandsons.
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Auspicious day (in yellow) for Wedding Bed Installation 2014

Refference: http://www.zdic.net/nongli/2014yiE5AE89E5BA8A.htm

What Do Rings on Each Finger Mean?

LEFT HAND
1. Mercury (The Little Finger)：Never wanna Fall in Love Again
2. Apollo (The Ring Finger)：Married
3. Saturn (The Middle Finger)：Engaged
4. Jupiter (The Index Finger)：Single and waiting for Love


RIGHT HAND
5. Mercury (The Little Finger)：Never wanna get marry
6. Apollo (The Ring Finger)：In Relatinship
7. Saturn (The Middle Finger)：In Serious Relationship
8. Jupiter (The Index Finger)：Not Married

9. Thumb：Represent power, the meaning of self-confidence


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Traditional Chinese Wedding (Firecrackers, Wedding foods and Joining of Hair)

5. Noisy Procession to Fetch the Bride


Chinese people like the festival firecrackers to increase the festive atmosphere. At major festivals such as the Spring Festival, Lantern Festival, will set off firecrackers and fireworks, people used to express joy, but also because of Chinese people believe that firecrackers can use to frighten and ward off evil spirits. After the evil had been purged people were able to express their happiness.

Firecrackers are often found in Chinese weddings. The more powerful and loud the explosion, the more good luck is brought to the bridal couple.

Gongs, drums and plenty of noise marks the start of the wedding procession from the groom’s home to the bride’s home, frightening away any evil spirits that may interfere with the couple.
After collecting the bride, the procession snakes its way back to the groom’s house, symbolizing the transition from her own family to her husband’s.

However, due to the firecrackers will generate a lot of negative consequences (such as environmental pollution and wounded people, etc.), some local Chinese people have been banned firecrackers, so in the modern wedding, some people invented a new way to celebrate, which is step on the balloon to instead of firecrackers, this also helps to add a lot to the festive atmosphere to the wedding.

6. Traditional Wedding Foods

Red beans
  Red dates

Dried longans
, Peanuts
   lotus seeds.


Specially selected foods as tokens of traditional Chinese marriage include red beans, red dates, dried longans, peanuts, and lotus seeds.

Red beans are used to make bean paste as a sweet desert, representing  wishes for a happy life for the couple.

Red dates, dried longans, peanuts, and lotus seeds all  symbolize long life, fertility, harmonious marriage, and auspicious prosperity.

The words “seed” and “son,” and “date” and “early” are homophones-they are pronounced the same way but differ in meaning and spelling.

Following the ancient traditions, red dates, dried longans, peanuts, lotus seeds together with fruits like oranges and pomegranates are placed or scattered on the bridal bed, the more, the merrier, with wishes for the conception of a healthy baby.
 
7. Joining of Hair

In traditional Chinese culture, hair is often taken as pledge of love or token of marriage, as one’s hair represents oneself.

The bride and groom each cut off a piece of their own hair, which is then tied together and put into a bag for the bride to keep.

This token of marriage signifies the two people tying their knot, becoming inseparable, and spending the rest of their lives together.