Our Wedding 08.04.08 - The Tea Ceremony & Photos
Posted on June 20, 2008 in the Real Weddings category
It is tradition to burn incense at the beginning of the Tea Ceremony as a mark of respect to my grandfather.
The Tea Ceremony started with me and Dave kneeling down in front of my grandma. We then offer my grandma a cup of tea from each of us, in return she hands us a lai see (lucky red envelope) and says words to wish us well in our marriage.
In Chinese Wedding Traditions, the tea ceremony would start off with the eldest in the family and continue in desending order.
My Dad giving me a big lai see
My mom receiving her tea
Dave offering tea to my aunty
My aunty & uncle
My uncle giving me a gold bracelet on behalf of my aunty
Tea for my sister and her husband
Because my sister and I are of the same generation, me and Dave don’t have to kneel down in front of them. We all just stand up for the ceremony.
Some family pictures
Exiting my home with a red umbrella over my head
Handing out lai see to the kids who were at my house
Me & Dave with our best men and bridesmaids
All the guys
Comments
3 Responses to “Our Wedding 08.04.08 - The Tea Ceremony & Photos”
Leave a Comment
Hi Sally,
Can you tell me where you got the red teacups for your tea ceremony from?
Many thanks.
Kind regards.
Jo
Hi Jo,
The red tea cups were from John Lewis
Many congratulations to you and your husband.You look as though you have a fab holiday. I am geeting married in Sept and apparently the Maldives at that month is not good as it is monsoon weather!!!!
Anyway thanks for your blogs they have been really informative.A questions I have for you is….I am getting married to a “gwai-lo” and therefore unsure whether to undertake the traditional chinese tea ceremonies. I would like to participate in these traditions as my family will be attending.Another spanner in the works is that we are getting married and having the reception at the same place.Any ideas of how I can get around this.
I have informed my husband to be’s family about the process, but unsure of how I can carry out the tea ceremonies.help!!!!