First, the North-South difference
1. In the south, wedding banquets are usually held in the evening.
In fact, it is an ancient tradition in China to hold a wedding in the evening, because the ancients thought that dusk was the moment when Yin and Yang met alternately, which was the most suitable for marriage. Moreover, it took a long time to pick up the bride in ancient times, and the wedding ceremony was the bridal chamber, while the south continued this custom. It won't take long to pick up relatives now. The process of southern wedding has also become to pick up relatives in the morning, have dinner at noon and hold the wedding at night.
In the northern area, the wedding banquet is usually held at noon.
There is an unwritten rule in the north: at noon, the newlyweds sit down and the guests eat. Because the sunrise and sunset are earlier in the north, especially after sunset in winter, the weather is colder, so the wedding in the north keeps the tradition of holding at noon. If the wedding banquet is held in the evening, it is generally regarded as a "second marriage". Therefore, northerners usually choose to hold a wedding at noon. The sunshine at noon is enough to resist bad luck, and sunny people will be in a good mood. However, due to seasonal and time factors, it is not suitable to hold a wedding at night in the north. Another reason why the wedding was held at noon was to avoid the bridal chamber, which was very helpless for the newlyweds. If the wedding is held at noon, it can be avoided subtly.
2. When does the wedding reception usually start?
Generally speaking, every region has different habits. In the north, most people pay attention to the wedding before 12, and the wedding banquet is usually eaten at noon. Most southerners are used to holding wedding banquets at night. Of course, for rural areas, wedding banquets are more lively, basically eating Chinese food and dinner, and even eating breakfast the next day. Choose the wedding time according to different regions. Generally speaking, when a wedding banquet is held in a hotel, the guests are expected to arrive in advance, so newcomers should pay more attention to the time when inviting guests. The whole wedding process went on faster, so the wedding reception started earlier. So the specific time of the wedding banquet should not be too strong. Of course, if the wedding reception starts too late, you should try to prepare snacks, cakes and the like, so as not to make the guests hungry. If lunch is chosen, newcomers prefer 1 1: 58, 12:08, 12: 18. If you choose dinner, you generally like to choose 5:58 and 6: 08-6: 58. Considering that some wedding banquets are working days, generally 6: 38 and 6: 58 are better choices. Just use auspicious numbers, such as 9:58, 10:08 or 10: 18. The wedding reception is usually held at noon, and the start time of the wedding ceremony is usually set at 1 1: 28, 1 1: 38,1:48, etc. Weddings are usually held between half an hour and fifty minutes, and the wedding reception begins after the wedding. In order to avoid the delay of the wedding banquet, the wedding banquet usually starts before 12: 30, so the wedding usually starts about an hour in advance.