Wedding traditions of East Asia
Tea ceremony and red packets, san-san-kudo and the pyebaek, the lucky day and the double happiness. 58 traditions on EveryShaadi so far.
Countries
π¨π³ China 44ππ° Hong Kong 7π―π΅ Japan 23π²π΄ Macau 1π²π³ Mongolia 7π°π΅ North Korea 4π°π· South Korea 21πΉπΌ Taiwan 4
Cities and towns
On the calendar
Japan, the spring wedding seasonJapan, the autumn wedding seasonChina, the autumn wedding seasonTaian, the luckiest daySon-eomneun-nal, days without evil spirits8/8, the double luck date9/9, the long-lasting date520, "I love you" day10/10, the perfect date2/22 and other repeated datesThe Chinese almanac and lucky wedding daysGhost Month
π―π΅ Tokyo, JapanMizuhikiζ°΄εΌ
The knotted paper cord that adorns Japanese wedding gifts and envelopesAdornment Β· Engagement and betrothal
π¨π³ China and 3 moreDouble Happinessεε (shuΔngxΗ)
The red calligraphy symbol made of two joy characters that marks Chinese wedding celebrations.Adornment Β· The weeks before
π¨π³ ChinaHebaoθ·ε
(HΓ©bΔo)
A traditional Chinese embroidered pouch used for gifts, medicine, and romantic tokens.Adornment Β· Engagement and betrothal
π―π΅ 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 Β· Engagement and betrothal
π°π· South KoreaHahoe byeolsingut talnoriννλ³μ κ΅Ώνλμ΄
A rare Korean masked dance-drama performed to appease the village deity Seonangsin in Hahoe.Rite Β· The weeks before
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
- Mizuhiki: User:FA2010, Public domain, source
- Double Happiness: kanegen, CC BY 2.0, source
- Hahoe byeolsingut talnori: Ian Sewell, CC BY-SA 2.5, source