A surprise glance at a wedding-bed.

Red is the color for most Chinese-festivals, including of course a wedding. The color red represents luck and fortune. During one of my visits to the home of a bride and groom, they permitted me to see their very private room. The night of the wedding, the couple will climb into a bed of red sheets and red covers.

#92 Teaching at Taizhou Teachers College, China (Chinese Weddings in Taizhou)

January 16th 2008
My time in Taizhou has been made more "colorful" by many invitations to Chinese weddings, especially among the English-staff of our college as well as some of Arthur's friends. The occasions have become wonderful introductions into the changing trends of China's ancient customs, as Western tradions enter and begin to permiate many aspect of China's thousand year old traditions. As in the Uni ... read more

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