Difference 1: wedding arrangements
Chinese style: Chinese weddings are usually arranged in antique Chinese buildings, such as quadrangle-style Chinese hotels. The wedding arrangements will also be very China. The bride will wear cheongsam, and a big red happy word will be posted at the wedding scene. The wedding layout style will also be biased towards festive red, and there will be a table of heaven and earth.
Western-style: Western-style weddings usually choose to hold the wedding in the church, the banquet is placed outdoors, or the wedding ceremony table is also located outdoors. Decoration, more casual, usually in addition to crystal chandeliers and thick carpets, there is not much decoration. In the wedding arrangement, we will choose more creativity to make some decorations to set off the atmosphere of the wedding.
Difference 2: Choose dishes for the wedding banquet.
Chinese style: Chinese wedding banquet dishes are generally Cantonese cuisine, Shanghai cuisine, Sichuan cuisine, Hunan cuisine and other cuisines, and special seafood may be added in coastal areas. In wine matching, beer, red wine, white wine, fruit juice and other drinks are usually prepared. At the wedding reception, the couple should propose a toast to the guests table by table.
Western-style: Western wedding dishes are generally cakes, desserts, steaks and so on. Of course, some western-style weddings now also provide Chinese food. In terms of wine matching, red wine and champagne are usually provided, as well as cocktails.
Difference 3: Dress
Chinese Style: In the traditional wedding in China, red is the symbolic color of the wedding dress of the newlyweds, representing auspiciousness and celebration, and it is also the color that best reflects the traditional wedding in China. The styles of clothes are very different. Newcomers can choose Hanfu, Tangzhuang, Guan Feng Bi Xia, He Xiu and Qipao.
Western-style wedding: In western-style wedding, the bride wears a white wedding dress. Westerners believe that the white color of the bride's wedding dress symbolizes purity and loyalty. As for the groom's dress, it is a gentleman's black tuxedo, with gray vest, white shirt, gray or black striped trousers, lapels, gray tie and black shoes.
Matters needing attention in preparing for the wedding:
1, first determine the number of people and the wedding style.
To hold a wedding, we must first determine the number and style, because only by determining the number and style can we choose a venue. This is also decided by the bride and groom through consultation. After confirmation, follow-up preparations can be started.
2. Determine the time and place as soon as possible.
The two should reach an agreement on the date, specific time and place of the wedding as soon as possible, choose the most relaxing time of the year or the festival that can bring friends and relatives together, and then further consider the time suitable for the guests. After determining the wedding date, you should book a hotel. It is best to book a hotel one or two months in advance, especially in the wedding season.
3. Distribute invitations in time.
After determining the time and place of the wedding, you can prepare to write the invitation, but you should also pay attention to the issuing time of the invitation. Generally speaking, it is reasonable to choose to distribute it one to two months before the wedding, so that guests can arrange their own schedules, determine the number of guests as soon as possible, and coordinate in the hotel.