For a Chinese wedding, there are six rituals couples traditionally follow before they make it down the aisle: guo da li (also known as the betrothal ceremony); preparing the bride’s dowry ...
how many sets of clothes should be in the bride’s dowry and why children need to jump on the bridal bed – see our previous article about Chinese wedding rituals.
BEIJING: Respecting traditions is important at a Chinese wedding. There are many that couples can engage in, from tea ceremonies to a hair combing custom that symbolises the transition into adulthood.
She disappeared days after the wedding, with a dowry of THB 200,000 (Sh617,700) and never came back. Prasarn, who is now remarried, told police that his ex-wife added him on Facebook in February ...
Chinese cabbages are available all year, look for fresh, firm heads that feel heavy for their size. Tiny black flecks on the leaves are normal and harmless. Reject heads that look wilted, limp or ...
The FIR states that there was no demand for dowry before the wedding. Quashing the FIR against Pranjal, the court said, "In the considered opinion of this court, the instant FIR is nothing but a ...
He assured her he wouldn't be asking for a dowry. "And I believed him. I didn't realise I should never have done that," she says. A number of different cultures within Australia have dowry ...
Japan’s leaders demanded answers. The Chinese government, calling the attack an “isolated incident,” told Japan to calm down and stop “politicizing” the killing. Some Chinese people ...
China’s property crisis is expected to worsen as new home sales plummet and indebted developers struggle to find funds to complete projects. WSJ’s Jonathan Cheng traveled to an abandoned ...