The Traditional Chinese Marriage
As you know, in traditional Chinese culture, marriage decisions were
made by parents. In the past, if young people is marriageable age,
parents will entrust a matchmaker to find a appropriate spouse.
The matchmaker in marriage play the role of a bridge in China.
The matchmaker will play the role of a middleman since engagement
to get married. Now the matchmaker in marriage is becoming more
and more unimportant, modern people are more inclined to express
affection. In Chinese traditional marriage, the characteristics of the
spouse should be suitable, including social status, education, age even
treasure. This one of things that people did in the past that they do not
do now. There a proverb in China for marriage ,“Love is thing between
two teenage, Marriage is thing between two family.” That mean if you
marriage he or her, you have to deal with the relationship between the
family with each other, if you can't handle, your marriage will be
struggling. The tradition haven’t changed for many years.
made by parents. In the past, if young people is marriageable age,
parents will entrust a matchmaker to find a appropriate spouse.
The matchmaker in marriage play the role of a bridge in China.
The matchmaker will play the role of a middleman since engagement
to get married. Now the matchmaker in marriage is becoming more
and more unimportant, modern people are more inclined to express
affection. In Chinese traditional marriage, the characteristics of the
spouse should be suitable, including social status, education, age even
treasure. This one of things that people did in the past that they do not
do now. There a proverb in China for marriage ,“Love is thing between
two teenage, Marriage is thing between two family.” That mean if you
marriage he or her, you have to deal with the relationship between the
family with each other, if you can't handle, your marriage will be
struggling. The tradition haven’t changed for many years.
That's right, you're not just marrying the bride, you're marrying her family too! I imagine that would be even more difficult in an arranged marriage, when you have no chance to meet the bride's family first.
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In the past, if young people were of a marriageable age, parents would entrust a matchmaker to find a appropriate spouse.
The tradition hasn't changed for many years.
I completely agree,“Love is thing between
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Nice pictures! Actually the matchmaker are still working?
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