Traditional and Modern Marriage in China

         In the past, according to traditional Chinese culture, marriage between men and women should be determined by their parents. Most young people had no choice to select a spouse. The purpose of marriage was to produce a healthy son who kept the family name alive. In modern marriage in China, however, young people should be free to choose their own marriage partners. The parents didn’t consider the sons or daughters who the couple produced. Even though there are a lot of changes from tradition to modern marriage, Chinese people have remained some advantage and perfect customs such as Chinese red.  Red is the Color of Weddings in China. In the past, a bride have to wear a red dress. Nowadays, most of brides still choose the red dress on a wedding ceremony. If the bride and groom choose the western wedding, the bride should wear white wedding dress. After finishing the wedding ceremony, the bride will wear the red mandarin dress or other red dress to toast with the groom. Maybe different areas, especial some villages, will have the different requests in China, but most of brides in wedding ceremony will have a happy, perfect and beautiful performance in a whole day.