Chinese Wedding Dress

By Neta E. Talmor | July 9, 2009

One will find that the traditional Chinese wedding dress is a little different from the typical American dress. It is generally much more decorative, and much more work is put into it. The type of dress that is worn usually has something to do with the region that the family is from. Those who are in the north may wear the Qi Pao, and those who are from the south would wear the Cheongsan. There are many other examples from within china which are shown in the styles of dress, which could be Mongolian, Tibetian, or even Taiwanese. There are many other groups as well which we will not have time to go into.

The dress’s color is especially significant. Most Chinese women wear red at their weddings, because red signifies happiness. In China, white symbolizes death, so this is not a suitable color for a wedding dress. However, Western sensibilities have leaked into tradition, and Chinese brides have begun to wear white, which symbolizes that they have begun to accept Western culture.

The men at a traditional Chinese wedding would likely wear black or gray, which on a woman would be a sign of grief, but for the men this is perfectly acceptable. They may also wear the colors that pertain to their station, which is a lot like western wedding ceremonies. It is very interesting that they would not wear red, but would instead wear the colors of those in grieving. That is just the way it is though.

Most Chinese wedding dresses are also embroidered with golden decorations, and it is important to note that not just every tailor can work with golden fabric. For this reason it may be necessary to call in a highly skilled cloth worker, and for this reason it may only be the very wealthy Chinese who use any sort of gold embroidery on their wedding dresses.

It is said that the modern Chinese wedding dress tradition comes from the ancient Qing Dynasty which was actually the last ruling dynasty in china. They ruled from 1644 to 1912, and were founded by the Manchu Clan that still exists today in northeast China.

It’s quite amazing to look back on the past in China and see everything that has occurred, and that still influences who we are today. This is true for every culture, not just China’s. Every culture has as its base tradition, so that if you look at your own traditions more closely, you may find that they aren’t that much different than they were several hundred years ago.

There’s a lot more you can find out about this, and you can find a lot more information about the traditional Chinese wedding dress just by looking back in time and doing a lot of reading. There is an utterly fascinating story behind all of this, just waiting to be discovered.

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