Re: OFFICIAL Chinese Brides Thread! - updated w/ cake, traditional attire pics

if you so a search for 'asian brides' you will get some older threads that might have some good info for you!

Re: OFFICIAL Chinese Brides Thread! - updated w/ cake, traditional attire pics

thanks kewl! love that we got an official chinese bride thread now, yay!!!!

Re: OFFICIAL Chinese Brides Thread! - updated w/ cake, traditional attire pics

*awesome* to see there's some support

hope there'll be some more support out there!!!

Re: qi pao

Not to say that the Qi Pao isn't beautiful because it is! During the late Qing dynasty, the classic Manchurian Qi Pao took a lot of textures, fabric design and Han embroidered silk to make their Qi Pao's. Because most of these textiles were traded in the Canton (busiest port area), Qi Pao became very standard for Cantonese folks. Here's a friend of mine who got married in a Qi Pao at the Brooklyn Botanical Garden's Palmhouse:

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Re: OFFICIAL Chinese Brides Thread! - updated w/ cake, traditional attire pics

very nice qi pao, although i still love the hanfu!

it's so hard to look good in a qi pao unless you got a great body! it's so form fitting!

Re: OFFICIAL Chinese Brides Thread - VENDOR LIST

Here's a list of vendors in the chinese community that have worked with chinese brides. Feel free to add to the list!!!

WEDDING PACKAGE VENDORS (includes e-pics, w-pics, limo, bm dresses, all tuxes, videographer and dress changes)

Flushing:
Eternal
True Love
Wedding Box
Wedding One (customizable into wedding package)

Chinatown:
Fa Ga

DJ:

OUOentertainment.com
Chinesemc.com
Sangalong
Dynasty

CHINESE INVITATIONS:

Flushing:
Wedding Hill in Sheraton Mall (also does deco)

Chinatown:
h2cards.com
Zeechow Press

BAKERY:
Fei Da
Tai Pan
Red Leaf (Hong Ye) - awesome green tea cake

Re: ***~OFFICIAL Chinese Brides Thread!~***- updated w/ cake, traditional attire pics and vendors

thanx itslaurie! i guess am going to try and pull together all the useful info from the past asian bride threads and put it here so that it's consolidated in one place any kind souls willing to help??

Re: ***~OFFICIAL Chinese Brides Thread!~***- updated w/ cake, traditional attire pics and vendors

I'm not Chinese but I had to tell you that I LOVE the pictures!

Great thread idea Okkkk...bye

Re: ***~OFFICIAL Chinese Brides Thread!~***- updated w/ cake, traditional attire pics and vendors

I am not Chinese but the cakes are fabulous!

Re: ***~OFFICIAL Chinese Brides Thread!~***- updated w/ cake, traditional attire pics and vendors

Hello again!

I am a caucasian woman who married a Chinese man. We didn't incorporate a lot of Chinese traditions into our wedding ceremony but there were some.

We had our rehearsal dinner in Flushing Chinatown. It was a traditional Chinese Wedding banquet with all of the required dishes. Our non-Chinese guests were SO surprised and LOVED the food. I have some interesting pictures of the guests playing with duck and chicken heads. LOL

Also, we used a Chinese elder to choose our wedding day. They consulted the Chinese almanac relating to our horoscopes and gave us a list of approved wedding days. (our wedding date was 6/18/06)

Also, I wore a Cheong Sam that was custom made for me in Manhattan Chinatown. It is a beautiful dress but it was NOT cheap! I was not a 'skinny' bride but somehow they created my Cheong Sam so that it was flattering. My guests LOVED it when I came back into the reception wearing my dress.

I was very careful to honor Chinese superstitions, since my mother in law is very traditional. We didn't have any white candles or white flowers. We made sure to eat noodles and chicken on our wedding day. Lots of other little things that probably weren't noticed by others but were appreciated by my in laws.

Here is a pic of my husband and I on our wedding day, in my Cheong Sam.



Here I am dancing with my brother.



With the jacket off, throwing the bo-k.



Dancing with my uncle (another shot with the jacket off)

Re: ***~OFFICIAL Chinese Brides Thread!~***- updated w/ cake, traditional attire pics and vendors

wow, thanks so much to all the ladies (chinese and non-Chinese!!) who are keeping this thread alive!
just as a disclaimer, this thread for sure is not limited to just chinese gals!

there really is alot in the chinese tradition though if you want to really get married strictly by the book. and actually, there really is a book! it's called the '3 rites and 6 letters' - dictates the whole marriage tradition and what not...

superkat: your cheongsham is *BEAUTIFUL*!! i don't know what you are talking about by not being a skinny bride though because i think you've got a really nice bod i can tell that the sham definitely was not cheap too because the cutting is very intricate. that style is called the 'yup bok' (in canto) or 're bo' (in mandarin) style. i think the closest translation would be 'halter top like' in english. it is very flattering and just gorgeous!

i do have to say though that a lot of people get confused with chinese tradition and culture as religion. much of what developed as chinese tradition developed as a way to celebrate the different seasons and markings of an agrarian lifestyle/harvest cycle. for instance, mid-autumn, winter festival, chinese new year... all take place on the 15th double 15th (30) of the lunar calendar, which are days that mark a crop harvest or seed planting. by extension, almost all chinese festivals are celebrated with ALOT of food. depending on which locality of china you're in and the local crops, the type of food and dishes change but it's always a LOT of food.

it wasn't until buddhism entered china that much of chinese traditional practices got 'merged' or infused with buddhist and taoist beliefs. burning incense to pay respects to your ancestors became something more like a religion. but festivals and important life events remain distinct from religion though, subject to tradition. that's what anthropologists now call 'popular chinese religion.'

that's really a very very short and nutshell version... and i prob did a horrible job of trying to explain the diff but there's so much depth to the chinese tradition that there are literally libraries full of books on them. (harvard yenching library is awesome for that!) you are talking about a culture that's about ~4000 years old, one of the first civilizations out there! :P

well, that's enough nerdiness from me for today i wonder if i can make biz in chinese wedding planning

here are some pics of the dragon and phoenix - very important traditional drawings used to symbolize a chinese marriage....interestingly, a kung fu school also used the first drawing as their mascot

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Re: ***~OFFICIAL Chinese Brides Thread!~***- updated w/ cake, traditional attire pics and vendors

more double happiness characters in different font

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Re: ***~OFFICIAL Chinese Brides Thread!~*** updated w/ centerpieces

trying to keep this thread alive with ideas... help here are some centerpiece ideas for chinese weddings~

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Re: ***~OFFICIAL Chinese Brides Thread!~*** updated w/ centerpiece ideas

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I am actually have a wedding in New York and Shanghai. In Shanghai, we are going to have a traditional ceremony and in NY we will have a Western ceremony.

I am actually kind of excited. We have already booked a NY venue and a Shanghai venue.

I love seeing all these pics.

Re: ***~OFFICIAL Chinese Brides Thread!~*** updated w/ centerpiece ideas

Love the picturesof the lantern with lotus flowers. My wedding's next week, and I'm using mooncakes and tea as favor, since it's mid-autumn festival. ^_^

Re: ***~OFFICIAL Chinese Brides Thread!~*** updated w/ centerpiece ideas

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Posted by kittymannering

Love the picturesof the lantern with lotus flowers. My wedding's next week, and I'm using mooncakes and tea as favor, since it's mid-autumn festival. ^_^

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wow, that's SUCH a cool idea!!!! please post some pics after you get them!!!!

Re: ***~OFFICIAL Chinese Brides Thread!~*** updated w/ centerpiece ideas

Here is a link to Fan Program pics!

http://www.liweddings.com/chat/topic-339873-1.html

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WOW!! You are doing a great job by keeping this post alive!!!!
I also booked eternal wedding group as well for the whole package except for my wedding dress.
I'm sort of worried about the selections they have for bridesmaid dresses.

I recently took my indoor pics. Did you take them yet?? I'm suppose to take my outdoor pics this Friday but the rain is making it not happening...so I'm gonna have to reschedule!!!!

You should check out weddingbee.com as well!!!

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YEA!!! another Eternal gal!!!

i think their bm dresses aren't going to be anything stellar but i heard from CoCo that she's going to be ordering some cool light green ones in october!!! i took my outdoor pics in www.sibg.org i love the chinese gardens - so pretty!!! we're thinking of taking our indoor pics in january b/c i'm not in NY right now. but i can't wait to take them!!!

did u see your indoor pics yet? don't worry abt the rain~ on the day we were going to take outdoor pics, it was overcast, drizzling until 2pm but at 12pm, we decided to take the risk and go for it. when we got to sibg, the skies cleared up and the sun even came out unless the forecast is for t-storms or something, i wouldn't worry about it

hmmm... lemme check out weddingbee and see do u have any eternal pics to post? i'll post some when i get mine too who are you going with for a DJ?

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WOW....the Staten Island Botanical Garden actually has a Chinese Garden!!!! It's amazing....
I actually postponed my outdoor pic to 10/26. I figured the leaves are starting to change color soon, so mind as well wait until they turn color. I really hope it won't rain AGAIN!!!
I just took my indoor pic last Thursday so I won't be getting them until mid to end October.
What did you think of their make-up skills? At first, I didn't like it. I guess it was because I'm not seeing myself with so much make-up in pictures. After a while, I'm starting to like it (or maybe I'm getting use to it!! Hahahhaha). I had my make-up done by Hellen when I had my engagement party. For my indoor shoot I had Ivy who did my hair and make up! Who did you have?
I noticed that you are getting married in a church rather than your hall. Recently, I've been wondering about other places I can get married. Does your church allow nondenominational couples to get married there? I noticed it's not a Catholic Church? It's actually really pretty too!!
For DJ, I'm using In the Mix. My MC is Donny and he actually did a lot of weddings in East Manor a while back. He's really funny and the price is actually not that bad. If you want, FM and I'll tell you the details.
I'm so glad I found another Asian bride with almost the same vendors!!!
Oh yeah, I can't wait to see your studio pictures!!!!