Dear Steemit friends,
A few days ago, I attended my friend's wedding in Beijing; it immediately reminded me of the wedding which I attended in the UK. Although the final goal is to bring together two people in union, there are stark differences in how weddings are run between the West and Asia. I took some pictures from both weddings so lets take a look and see what these differences actually are..
Foreign weddings are usually held in a church or outdoors, but Chinese weddings prefer to be held in a large dinning room.
I attended a wedding held outside on the grass in Cambridge.
Here is a picture of me with the bride.
——Cambridge Hilton hotel
Here is a picture of me with the bride.
——Cambridge Hilton hotel
This is me at the indoors wedding in Beijing.
——JW Marriott Hotel Beijing
The wedding layout in Cambridge
The attendee chairs are arranged in orderly rows on the grass by the river. Quite similar to concert seating arrangements.
Under the tent and infront of the chairs is the table for the official signing ceremony.
The guest sign-in area: After the signing ceremony, guests come into the dining room where they first sign the guest book.
The wedding layout in Beijing.
In a Chinese wedding, guests are seated around big round tables, 10 people per table. Just like in a restaurant.
At the front of the hall, there is a grand stage. Either side of the stage there are two big screens to show the presentations and prepared videos. It's like a live show.
The guest sign in area: Just outside of the dining room there is a long table for guests to sign their name and for the couple to receive gifts (usually cash!). The sign in area is usually at the entrance of the dining room.
Opposite the sign in area, there is a wall with wedding photos of the bride and groom. Guests can take pictures with the bridge and groom here as well.
These are pictures from another wedding. Sometimes the background wall itself is used as the guest sign-in book.
Most western weddings are small in size. Normally the guests are close friends and relatives. The bride and groom will put more emphasis on sharing their feelings and being romantic. However, Chinese weddings are usually very big events. Most attendees at these weddings will not know most of the other guests. The host of the wedding will also try to keep the atmosphere lively and pay less attention to the making it romantic. These are the clear distinctions that i've experienced personally from attending weddings in the West and in China.
前几天，我参加了朋友在北京举办的婚礼，这让我想起之前我在国外参加亲戚的婚礼的场景，我意识到原来东西方的文化差异也在婚礼上有实足的体现...今天我想通过我在中国和英国参加的婚礼，来讲一讲中西方婚礼的差别，现在就请Steemit的朋友跟我一起去婚礼现场看一看吧。
国外婚礼喜欢在教堂或者室外草坪举行婚礼，而中国的婚礼喜欢在酒店餐厅内举行。
西方的婚礼规模大多比较小，主要是邀请亲朋好友的婚礼，新人比较注重自己追求浪漫的感觉。
而东方的婚礼规模比较大，婚礼的嘉宾经常互相都不认识，室内婚礼，会有更好的灯光音响来营造浪漫的感觉，也是为了让来宾感受到现场的震撼和气派。
我还有发不完的中西方婚礼照片，可惜这个帖子已经很长了，那我们就在下个帖子见吧!
If you are interested in my other blogs related to Culture Exchange please check out these other blogs below^^
The Anti-social way of Socializing in Asia.Why you don't see Chinese girls wearing Bikini's at the beach?
Standing at the crossroads of different cultures: Relationships (Guan Xi)
Lost in Translation - Filial Piety
A primer to the etiquette of dining.
