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The "go-betweens" or "match-makers" are all smiles, having brought bride and groom to this special evening.  
   

The "go-betweens" or "match-makers" are all smiles, having brought bride and groom to this special evening.

These two "go-betweens", who brought the bride and groom together, are celebrated by sitting at the head table, surrounded by the smoke of their ciggarettes.
#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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Chinese Flag For centuries China stood as a leading civilization, outpacing the rest of the world in the arts and sciences, but in the 19th and early 20th centuries, the country was beset by civil unrest, major famines, military defeats, and foreign occupation. A... ... read more
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