Chinese wedding traditions 14: The hazing of the wedding couple – Naohun

Back in 2017, my husband and I, along with some friends from Belgium, attended our traditional Chinese wedding in Huainan,

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Happy Chinese New year! 祝大家猪年快乐,诸事顺利!

今年超级特别,爸爸妈妈不远万里来到比利时和我们过新年,他们第一次坐这种长途飞机,先天就晕车晕机的妈妈休息了一整天才缓过来呢。 This year is really special, my parents came all the way from China to Belgium to spend 2019 Chinese

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2018: My crazy year 我的疯狂2018

I know it is already late to write a year review for 2018, I wasn’t planning to, but since I

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Video of our Chinese wedding

Finally got the wedding video, click on the below picture to view: 优酷视频在这里 More about Traditional Chinese wedding: 0. Introduction

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Lost in translation of Chinese language

When talking about loan words or translated words in Chinese language, we can immediately distinguish if a Chinese word is

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Chinese wedding traditions: 12. Our wedding program 2 – 婚宴The lunch ceremony

There are quite some rituals on the lunch or dinner ceremony of a Chinese wedding, most of the time the

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Chinese wedding traditions:11. 接亲流程 Our wedding program 1 – Fetch the bride

“Fetch the bride” is an important step on a Chinese wedding, the process is groom departure, gate crash (door blocking

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Chinese wedding traditions: 10. Our wedding lunch menu

Depending on the regions in China, the lunch/dinner menus on a Chinese wedding are different, the venue we reserved provides

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Chinese wedding traditions: 9. Wedding planner

My Chinese wedding preparation is a bit special and complex since my fiance and I both live in Belgium while

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Things you don’t know about taxis in China

If you are planning to visit some cities in China, taxi is a very cheap and convenient mean of transport

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