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Traditional Chinese marriage. A Qing dynasty wedding. The groom's parents are seated. The bride is the one in the centre wearing a red dress and blue headpiece, presenting tea to her mother-in-law. The groom usually wears a sash forming an "X" in front of him. Sometimes the "X" includes a giant bow or flower, though not in this picture.
Socialist period. Upon the establishment of the People’s Republic of China in 1949, the Chinese Communist Party enacted the Marriage Law in 1950. This law allowed couples to divorce if they both agreed to it, but if they couldn't agree, they had to try mediation and ultimately go to court for a decision.
Chinese pre-wedding customs. Chinese pre-wedding customs are traditional Chinese rituals prescribed by the 禮記 ( láih gei ( Book of Rites ), the 儀禮 ( yìh láih ( Book of Etiquette and Ceremonial) and the 白虎通 ( baahk fú tùng) ( Bai Hu Tong) condensed into a series of rituals now known as the 三書六禮 ( sàam syù luhk láih ...
Patterns of courtship are changing in China, with increased modernization bumping into traditional ways. A 2003 report in China Daily suggested that courtship for most Chinese university women was "difficult", required work, stole time away from academic advancement, and placed women in a precarious position of having to balance personal ...
Mosuo girl weaver in Old town Lijiang. Clothes of religious ceremonies of Moso, photo taken at Moso's Folk museum. The Mosuo ( Chinese: 摩梭; pinyin: Mósuō; also spelled Moso, Mosso or Musuo ), often called the Naxi[ 1], are a small ethnic group living in China 's Yunnan and Sichuan provinces.
In Chinese, the system is called the "rear palace system" (後宮制度; hòugōng zhìdù ). [3] No matter the dynasty, the empress (皇后; huánghòu) held the highest rank and was the legal wife of the emperor, as well as the chief of the imperial harem and "mother of the nation" (國母; guómǔ ). She was also known as the "central palace ...
The People's Republic of China Marriage Certificate ( Chinese: 中华人民共和国结婚证) is a legal document issued by the Chinese Marriage Registration Authority to prove the valid establishment of a marriage. Two marriage certificates are issued for both parties of the marriage [1] People's Republic of China Marriage Certificate.
Heqin, also known as marriage alliance, refers to the historical practice of Chinese monarchs marrying princesses—usually members of minor branches of the ruling family—to rulers of neighboring states. [1] It was often adopted as an appeasement strategy with an enemy state that was too powerful to defeat on the battlefield.