Show CHINESE MARRIAGE marriages in china ire celebrated at the home of the bridegroom not of the bride sab s a writer in the may hlay wide world magazine before quitting her ber own house the bride is is arrayed hi iu her best dress and jewels her hair is elaborately arranged and ani ehe wears a large hat A mantle is then thrown about her head bead and a red silk cloth is placed over her ber face her mother then puts her in a gilt sedan chair used only for weddings wedding a and locks her in giving the key to one of the attendants who celiven de livera it to the br degrood de groom acu the pro cession arrives at tho latter home borne no priest or magistrate officiates et the marriah marri marriage ac the happy pair the brida still L ill veiled enters the ancestral hall ball together r and bow three times to fo the family tablets after ward sitting down to a table oi on which arc are two cups of wine an of fering intended to propitiate the ancestors of the gic f family they next en ter the reception charrier chair charr ber nh where ere the husband removes the veil teil and mantle from his wife seeing her face per haps for the first time the guest guests and friends then enter the room gaze upon the blushing ati bride P le and convey their felicitations to the happy happye pair A wedding banquet is it held in the evening at which th bride very tactfully pays especial ut attention to her ber parents in law |