{"id":18369,"date":"2020-02-24T03:51:01","date_gmt":"2020-02-24T03:51:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/chinese-culture\/chinese-wedding-decorations\/"},"modified":"2020-02-24T03:51:01","modified_gmt":"2020-02-24T03:51:01","slug":"chinese-wedding-decorations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/my\/chinese-wedding-decorations\/","title":{"rendered":"Chinese Wedding Decorations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>  \tMost Chinese Wedding Decorations are supplied by the banquet hall or hotel reception hall. Present at nearly all Chinese weddings is the character for happiness \u559c (x\u01d0):. It is often hung upside down because the Chinese word \u5012 (d&agrave;o, upside down) sounds the same as \u5230 (d&agrave;o, arrive). Therefore, it symbolizes the arrival of happiness.<\/p>\n<p>  \tSome betrothal gifts and dowry gifts may include pillows and blankets embroidered with double happiness. Chunlian are also hung on the doors and windows of the new couple&rsquo;s home to usher in happiness and good fortune.<\/p>\n<p>  \tOther Chinese wedding decorations include lights, candles and flowers similar to those found at Western weddings. Nearly all wedding banquets have a stage for the bride and groom to stand on while an emcee or master of ceremonies makes announcements, a toast and leads the wedding festivities.<\/p>\n<div class=\"chine-tie-zi-nei-rong-zhi-hou\" id=\"chine-2356581497\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1889418300638825\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1889418300638825\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"7273022922\" \ndata-ad-layout-key=\"-gw-3+1f-3d+2z\"\ndata-ad-format=\"fluid\"><\/ins>\n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Most Chinese Wedding Decorations are supplied by the banquet hall or hotel reception hall. Present at nearly all Chinese weddings is the character for happiness \u559c (x\u01d0):. It is often hung upside down because the Chinese word \u5012 (d&agrave;o, upside down) sounds the same as \u5230 (d&agrave;o, arrive). Therefore, it symbolizes the arrival of happiness.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,2875],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18369","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-chinese-culture","category-chinese-customs"],"views":161,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/my\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18369","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/my\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/my\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/my\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/my\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18369"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/my\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18369\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/my\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18369"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/my\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18369"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/my\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18369"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}