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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Wedding Bed Installation Set/Package:

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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 (Chinese Costume & Wedding Flowers)

3 Traditional Wedding Costume

Historically, the bride and groom’s very unique wedding outfits play the most significant part in the wedding.
Despite a wide variety of style and element choices in Chinese regions, typically, wedding clothes for the bride and groom include red as the base color with a dragon and phoenix design.
The bride’s dress is a Chinese-style long gown called a Cheongsam/ qípáo, which features an embroidered phoenix and embodies the beauty of a Chinese traditional costume, while the groom’s clothing often has two pieces, a coat over a long robe embroidered with a dragon.

4 Wedding Flowers
Peonies Orchids
Lotus Narcissus
Contrary to the idea of ​​Westerners is that white flower is a symbol of death, generally only used in the funeral, and therefore white flowers can not be used as a decorative marriage. Traditional Chinese Wedding likes to use peonies, orchids, lotus and narcissus as decoration. Because peonies on behalf of wealth, and narcissus represent the new life of spring, orchids on behalf of, the beautiful and fragrant, lotus represents love, also lotus is a symbol of holiness in Chinese Buddhism.

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Traditional Chinese Wedding ‘Articles (Double Happiness and Dragon and Phoenix)

The Chinese nation has a long history of 5000years, rich cultural connotations and national traditions. In Chinese culture, the wedding articles has a very deep and important meaning in the wedding. They represent auspicious, joy and so on.

Let’s have a look The traditional Chinese wedding auspicious:

1. Double Happiness

The Chinese Weddings, everywhere can easily to see a bright red double happiness character. Double Happiness is created by attaching two single Chinese characters “happiness” together, it represents the wedding have doubled happy and festive, also mean to bring good luck and happiness to the couple.

In a traditional Chinese wedding, red is considered an auspicious color, representing love, happiness, and wealth.

The red double happiness symbol is included on invitations, and is used throughout the ceremonies, at receptions, banquets, and celebrations. It symbolizes the newlyweds’ union, and is considered good luck.

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2. Dragon and Phoenix

In traditional Chinese culture, the dragon and the phoenix, are considered auspicious symbols.

According to ancient records, the dragon was commonly referred to as “the Ruler of Beasts” and the phoenix as “the King of Birds.” As such, the mighty dragon became a symbol of the Chinese Emperor, while the virtuous phoenix was an embodiment of the Empress of China.

Passed down through the ages, the images and patterns bearing the dragon and phoenix have become highly-revered cultural treasures, representing auspiciousness, nobility, peace, and prosperity. They are still used in today’s traditional Chinese wedding ceremonies.

In Chinese history, any recorded appearance of dragon and phoenix was regarded as an extremely auspicious sign, foretelling a peaceful and prosperous period for the people and the country.

Emperor Ku from the period of the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors (24th-23rd century BC) was said to enjoy music with such appealing tones that it attracted golden dragons and colorful phoenix to appear and dance to the delightful music.

The harmonious co-existence of these two mythical creatures signifies marital harmony, with good blessings bestowed upon the bridal couple.

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