Tag: wedding
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Understanding China’s Bridal Gift(Cai Li) Culture: A Window into Tradition and Modern Controversy
Cai Li, or bridal gifts, is an ancient Chinese tradition where the groom’s family offers money or gifts to the bride’s family as a gesture for their daughter’s hand in marriage. Historically, Cai Li has reinforced social norms, family honor, and the groom’s commitment to his future family. In modern times, while its practice varies…
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What is a typical modern Chinese wedding like? Or does it even exist?
Coming to a wedding is not free food and drink. Most people need to prepare “share money”, which must be at least several hundred yuan-in short, it must be more expensive than the food and drink they enjoy at the wedding.
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For Chinese people, getting married is a hassle
In fact, backward areas ask for high betrothal gifts with great exaggeration-as we have already said, it is not a traditional Chinese custom-but also out of pure economic considerations.