After the groom fetch the bride from the bride’s house, they will head to the groom’s house before the “appropriate” time passed.

The groom’s family and friends will hide in the house to avoid clashing of luck before the bride reaches the house. When the bride has entered the bridal room, the family and friends will return to the family hall.

If an elder brother is unmarried and the groom is the younger brother, then the bride and groom will enter the groom’s home under the elder brother’s pants hung across the main door. The elder brother will leave the house to avoid the couple when they first enter the groom’s house.

This act of humility is to symbolise that they will not spite his unmarried status. The chinese believes that the proper sequence for marriage is the elder sibling should marry before the younger sibling. If an elder brother is unmarried the younger groom is considered to have overtaken him. They will still serve him tea during the tea ceremony to recognize his more superior position in the family.

Even if the newly married couple is not staying with the groom’s family after the wedding, a bridal room is still decorated. The bride will rest and change in the bridal room.

In the olden days, the bride will enter the bridal chamber right after the traditional Chinese wedding ceremony. She won’t be able to leave the bridal chamber until the next morning. She would not be entertaining the guests but stayed in the bridal chamber to wait for her groom.

Don’t you feel that you are very lucky nowadays?

 

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