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🇻🇳 Wedding traditions of Vietnam

12 traditions from Vietnam, best known first, across 12 cities and towns.

A wedding in Vietnam, stage by stage

The customs written up so far, in the order a wedding unfolds.

Wedding timeline of Vietnam by stage
Finding a match	Traditional Vietnamese wedding
Engagement and betrothal	Bride buying, Marriage coin charm, Traditional Vietnamese wedding, Heqin, Teeth blackening
The weeks before	Traditional Vietnamese wedding, Double Happiness, Bài Chòi, Teeth blackening, Tugging rituals and games
The ceremony	Phu Thê Cake, Marriage coin charm, Traditional Vietnamese wedding, Double Happiness, Áo nhật bình
The wedding feast	Red envelope
Reception, dance and gifts	Double Happiness

Cities, towns and villages of Vietnam

Huế 2 Đà Nẵng 1 Hanoi 1 Ho Chi Minh City 1 Hội An 1 Quảng Nam 1 Biên Hòa Cần Thơ Da Nang Haiphong Hue Thủ Đức

🇨🇳 China and 3 moreMarriage coin charm夫妇和合花钱 (fū fù hé hé huā qián) Numismatic amulets from East Asia that carry wedding blessings and fertility symbols.Adornment · Engagement and betrothal

🇨🇳 Beijing, China and 4 moreHeqin和親 (Héqīn) A historical Chinese policy of uniting imperial families with neighboring rulers to secure peace.Betrothal · Engagement and betrothal

🇯🇵 Kyoto, Japan and 5 moreTeeth blackeningohaguro A traditional practice of dyeing teeth black to signal adulthood and beauty in parts of Asia and Oceania.Adornment · Engagement and betrothal

Photo credits on this page

The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.

Teeth blackening: momo, CC BY 2.0, source
Marriage coin charm: Scott Semans, CC BY 3.0, source
Heqin: पाटलिपुत्र, CC BY-SA 4.0, source

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