Chinese Wedding: Types of Chinese Wedding

SIBLINGS MARRIAGE

Even this marriage is being prohibited in Chinese culture but it already been reported in Chinese Folk History long time ago. There have 2 persons who were Nuiwa( woman) and Fu Xi(man). Both of them were siblings. Long time ago, this world did not have many humans alive and these siblings have a great intention to marry each other but they felt ashamed. Because of that, they went to Kunlun Shan Hill and prayed to heaven to allow them to get married. They also said, “If You allowed us to get married, please covered us with mist to ensure we were not shy anymore. Nuiwa then, was covered her face with a fan as a symbolic to cover her shy. Nowadays, bride and as well as bridegroom at certain area in China still practicing this culture which was hiding their face with a fan.

CLAN MARRIAGE AND ANTITHESIS MARRIAGE

Inses marriage was the marriage between woman and man who having the same family name and this marriage has a risk to get the handicapped child and been strictly prohibited according to Chinese community. However, marriage between a son with relatives on the mother is not seen as inses. Different clans may have more than one surname. For example, there are many important clan who live along the Yellow River in ancient China, such as those that have the name of Huang Di Ji family, the family name common people, and Yan Di family who having family name, Jiang. Sometimes, these families were marriage with one generation to another generation.

Antithesis marriage is marriage outside the clan. This type of marriage is still happening in modern China. In Yunnan, men and women in minority groups, known as Nakhi form temporary pair and they hold each other as "Ahchu" instead of "husband and wife".


PERENNIAL MARRIAGE

In the perennial system of marriage, a man who became daughter’s husband will be living in his wife’s home. He also has to change his family name to his wife surname. This occurs in the transition from a monogamous marriage antithesis to indicate growth and decline of perennial system genes control system (ie system power father) in ancient China. When husband and wife died, were buried separately in the clan cemetery respectively.