First, the final preparation of the couple
A few hours before the wedding is a time when couples are busy dressing up. Bridesmaids and bridesmaids gather at the bride's house early to help her change her wedding dress. At this time, the makeup artist also arrived and began to make up the bride and change her hair style. The bridesmaids put on bridesmaid dresses one after another to help the bride sort out the items to be taken to the wedding scene.
At the groom's house, the groom and the groomsmen are also busy putting on their dresses and making final preparations. Bouquets, corsages, baskets and petals for flower girl at the wedding were sent to two houses and distributed to everyone. After all the arrangements are made, the members of the wedding group and the parents of the bride and groom set off for the wedding. The bride and parents usually leave last, because they can't show the guests the bride's dress before the ceremony, so they arrive at the last minute.
Second, guests are present.
About half an hour before the official start of the wedding, guests arrived one after another. Seats at weddings are usually divided into two rows. Traditionally, the left row is the seat where the woman has relatives and friends, and the right row is the seat where the man has relatives and friends. As guests, the wedding banquet members will invite the arrivals to sign their names at the entrance of the seat and then guide them to their seats. Right in front of the guest seat is the wedding table. If it is a church wedding, then the chaotic podium is the usual pulpit.
If it is a non-religious wedding, it is often an arch decorated with flowers. At the Jewish wedding, the chaotic platform is a curtain ceiling set up by four poles, and the curtain is made up of many small square rags the size of ceramic tiles. And these small rags are all drawn in advance by relatives and friends attending the wedding, and then put together after writing their blessings. The first row of seats in the aisle in front of the wedding table is reserved for the parents of the couple, and no one else can sit.
The woman's parents' seats are two places on the left near the middle aisle, and the man's parents are on the right. As time went on, the seats gradually filled with guests. This is, the band of the string quartet began to play slow and cadence classical music. People's conversation gradually died down. Many people are looking forward to it, because the wedding is about to begin.
Third, the wedding ceremony.
The officiating person entered the meeting.
After the music stopped, the host was the first person to walk down the aisle and onto the wedding platform. He walked to the center of the wedding table and stood facing the guests.
The groom and his parents enter the stadium.
Next up is the groom. Traditionally, the groom's parents are guided to the reserved seats by ushers before the wedding. However, more and more young people feel that such a ceremony cannot highlight the important position of parents. So many grooms will choose to walk down the aisle with their parents and stand in their seats. Then, after the groom kissed his mother, his parents sat down, and the groom went to the left of the wedding ceremony (that is, the right of the guests) and stood facing the guests.
Best man and maid of honor enter.
After the groom enters, before the bride enters, the groomsman and bridesmaid enter. There are several ways for the groomsman and bridesmaids to enter the venue: 1, the groomsman files in first, and then the bridesmaids walk into the wedding aisle one by one in the music; 2. The best man and the groom enter the venue together, the other best men and bridesmaids walk side by side, and finally the best man and bridesmaids walk alone; The best man and the maid of honor walk in the wedding aisle in pairs. On the wedding platform, the first groomsman and bridesmaids stand at both ends of the tail, and the bridesmaid and groomsman stand in the nearest position to the main wedding groom.
Flower girl and street children enter the stadium.
After the groomsman and bridesmaid went in, before the bride went in, Hua Tong and Jie Tong went in. Before Hua Tong and Jie Tong enter the venue, the usher will unfold the long white carpet rolled in front of the stage to the last section of the wedding venue. Flower girl holds a flower basket full of petals, and the ring boy holds a small ring pillow (usually the fake ring is used here, but the real ring is hidden in the best man's pocket). On the way, flower girl scattered petals on the white carpet where the bride would pass. Before the wedding ceremony, the female flower girl stood behind the bridesmaid, and the male ring boy stood behind the best man.
The bride and parents enter the stadium.
At this time, the most exciting scene came, and the bride was about to enter. Traditionally, the bride is accompanied by her father. The mother of the bride, like the parents of the traditional groom, was taken to her seat by the usher before the entrance ceremony. However, at weddings nowadays, more and more brides think that mothers are as important as fathers in their lives. Therefore, accompanying parents at the same time has become a new fashion.
When the bride and parents appear at the end of the wedding white carpet, they will pause for a while. The bride holds the bouquet in both hands, her father stands on the bride's right hand side, and her mother stands on her left hand side. Their arms gently hold the bride. When the band plays the wedding March, all the guests will stand up and face the bride to show their respect. In the music, the bride and parents slowly walk to the wedding stage to stand, and the groom steps forward.
The father lifted his daughter's veil and kissed her on the cheek. Then the bride turned her head and kissed her mother. Since then, the bride's veil has been unveiled until the end of the wedding. The bride stepped forward and moved the bouquet to her left hand and her right hand to the groom's arms. The bride's parents returned to their seats. The bride and groom walked to the wedding table and stood facing the wedding ceremony in the form of female left and male right. The wedding is about to begin.
Fourth, the wedding ceremony
1. Speech by the officiating party
The couple exchanged wedding vows.
Step 3 exchange rings
4. Candle lighting ceremony
5. Flower ceremony
6. Wedding reading
Step 7 sign an engagement
8. announce marriage
In my opinion, church wedding is very solemn and sacred. With the blessing and witness of parents, flower girl and guests, this sense of ceremony will make people feel very happy and full of romance, which is a blessing ceremony. It means accepting God's blessing. Western church weddings have gradually become a fashion.