A Beauty's Traditional Chinese Wedding

  

At the first day of 2010, in a small mountain village, Shanxi province, with the sun shining on the Loess Plateau, a rustic marriage lured a large amount of shutterbugs within and without Shanxi province. People in Shanxi province, an ancient land and the origin of Chinese agriculture civilization, have created a splendid culture during thousands of years.

The bride was not allowed to see the stone mill and the stone roll of her family, so they were covered by red paper.

First Step. Wear the wedding makeup

The bride’s face was unhairing with a red string, which was called “open face” or “strand face”

After the process of unhairing, a boiled egg with its shell shed would be rolled on her face to make her skin more smooth and tender

Women in the village tend to hold a sheet of red paper within lips to color their lips instead of lipstick.

Second Step. Escort the bride to the groom’s home

Different villages choose different people to hold up the bride into the sedan. In this village, the bride’s big brother took the role for they believed this would make the life easier for the bride

The bride strode a  brazier and a saddle in accordance with traditional wedding custom, suggesting that their life would be booming and safe.

The groom leaded the bride around a blazing bunch of hay, which was called “prosperous hay”, three times wishing the family would also be prosperous.

Third Step. Perform the formal wedding ceremony

After entering into the groom’s home, the groom and the bride were going to perform rituals of the traditional wedding ceremony, which was called “ bai tang” or “bai tian di”. Usually, an altar is set in front of the room for the newly-wed couple, on which are memorial tablets for the sky, earth, emperor, ancestors and teacher. The bride and the groom kneel three times with their heads touching the ground three times in each kneeling. The three kneeling are to the sky and earth, the ancestors, and the parents. Then the couple kneel to each other, the groom in the west and the bride in the east.

The bride served tea to her father-in-law saying auspicious words and received  a red envelope containing money from her father-in-law. Then the bride did the same thing with her mother-in-law.

Fourth Step. Enter the room for the new couple

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Price Your Girlfriend ---- How Much Does She Deserve

Base price is 1000

One positive 100 for every centimeter more than 168 centimeters in height
One negative 100 for every centimeter less than 160 centimeters in height

One positive 100 for dimples

One positive 150 for long hair

One positive 100 for dancing

One positive 100 for singing

One negative 200 for bizarre appearance

One negative 100 for A or B cup
One positive 200 for C or D cup

One negative 100 for every 5 kilograms more than 55 kilograms or less than 50 kilograms

One negative 100 for every diopter more than 3 diopters

One positive 100 for double eyelid
One positive 50 for single eyelid

One positive 100 for every time dumping others
One negative 100 for every time being dumped
One negative 100 for never involving in a relationship

One positive 300 for first kiss
One negative 200 for already losing her first kiss

One positive 500 for virginity
One negative 400 for already losing her virginity

One positive 300 for you being her first love

One negative 100 for every year older than 22

One negative 100 for every disease

One positive 100 for swimming

One positive 100 for not drinking alcohol
One negative 200 for addiction to alcohol

One positive 200 for good academic performance

One positive 100 for respecting the elder

One positive 100 for sewing

One positive 200 for not being ostentatious and not leaving you during your hard days

One negative 200 for addiction to cigarette

One negative 300 for cursing

One negative 100 for loving dyeing hair

One positive 100 for keeping pets
One positive 50 for cultivating flowers

One positive 100 for loving children

One positive 300 for cooking

One positive 100 for being courteous and virtuous

One negative 200 for immaturity and waywardness

One positive 100 for keeping telling you that she misses you

One positive 100 for telling you what she thinks

One positive 200 for keeping space with other men

One positive 100 for consideration and keeping you out of smoking, drinking

One positive 100 for not poking her nose into your lifestyle

One negative 200 for always keeping you accompanying her on shopping and spending your money

One positive 100 for giving you gifts made by herself

One positive 200 for concerning your study or work

One positive 100 for dressing up the way you like

One negative 200 for not doing housework

One negative 200 for scolding you in the face of your friends

One negative 100 for threatening to break up

One negative 200 for quarreling with you over trifles

One positive 100 for contacting you first despite that which one is wrong

One positive 100 for needing you to lure her into sleep

One positive 100 for phoning you everyday

One positive 100 for coquetry

One positive 200 for being obedient only to you

One positive 100 for crying for you
One negative 100 for making you cry

One positive 200 for independence

One positive 100 for not being wayward in front of your friends

One positive 100 for being good at makeup

One positive 100 for washing your clothes

One positive 100 for maturity

One negative 200 for seldom laugh when with you

One negative 200 for asking you to cut a class for her

One negative 100 for every F in examinations

One positive 100 for buying you things

One negative 200 for saying that you are ugly

One negative 200 for never take a photo in a  photo booth

One negative 200 for flirting with other men

Never marry those under 1800
those fall in 2000-2800 are normal
those fall in 2800-3500 are excellent
those fall in beyond 3500 you need to marry then as soon as possible

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How To Price Your Boyfriend ---- Never Marry Those Under 1500

The base price is 1000.

One positive 100 for every centimeter high than 170 centimeters.
One negative 100 for every centimeter lower than 170 centimeters.( The height standard is based on Chinese male’s height.)

One positive 100 for the ability of dance
One positive 100 for the ability of sing

One negative 100 for every 5 kilograms more than 70 kilograms or less than 60 kilograms.

One negative 100 for every 1 diopter larger than 3 diopters

One positive 100 for every time dumping a girl.
One negative 100 for every time being dumped.
One positive 100 for never involving in a relationship.

One negative 100 for every year older than 25.

One negative 100 for every disease.

One positive 100 for not drinking alcohol.
One negative 200 for addiction to alcohol.
One negative 200 for smoking.

One positive 100 for keeping a pet
One positive 50 for loving pets

One positive 300 for cooking

One positive 100 for humor

One positive 100 for accompanying you on shopping

One negative 200 for immaturity and willfulness

One positive 100 for keeping telling you that he misses you

One positive 100 for taking you to his classmate reunions

One positive 100 for consideration and keeping you out of smoking or drinking

One positive 100 for not poking his nose into your lifestyle

One positive 100 for tricking out himself in the way you like

One negative 200 for knowing not how to wash clothes

One negative 200 for frequent quarrels

One positive 100 for talking to you first after quarrels despite that which one is wrong

One positive 100 for luring you into sleep everyday

One positive 100 for obedience or positive 200 for being obedient only to you

One positive 100 for cring for you
One negative 100 for always making you cry

One positive 200 for buying everything you want

One positive 100 for never making your embarrass in the presence of your friends

One positive 100 for being romantic

One positive 100 for washing your clothes

One positive 100 for maturity.

One negative 200 for rare laugh when with you

One positive 100 for giving you gifts made by himself

One negative 200 for saying you ugly

One negative 200 for never taking photos in a photo booth

One positive 200 for buckling your shoes


Never marry those under 1500
1500 -- 2500 is fine
2500 -- 3500 is excellent
Over 3500 is the one you should marry at once

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That ‘s how we fall in love. Several interesting ways to express love by Chinese netizens

   Acquaintance, mutual dependent, fall in love, intimate, keep together forever. Do you remember how we get together being a couple? Suddenly hold you hand on the way to your dormitory? Hug you deeply before train departure? Text you at a midnight “Hey, do you want to be my boyfriend? ”. Or alter the signature on MSN into “Do you love me ?”

   Let’s talk about our love equation!

By the book, I’ll tell mine : 

I have a male best friend who told me out of the blue that he was gonna die. 

“Really? What happened?” I asked.

“I love you too much to say it. I fear when I tell you I’ll be killed by you wooers, which I don’t care. I am only afraid that no one would love you more after my death.

I said nothing.

“ I told you at the risk of my life. I deserve a reply.”

Then I said yes.

It’s been 5 years now.

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