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Wedding Taboos /
Superstitions
Below is a list of common wedding
taboos / superstitions. You are at
your discretion to observe them.
Taboo / Superstition
1
The groom and bride should not attend
a funeral or wake, attend a wedding
or visit a woman who is going to give
birth within three months (or 100
days) of their marriage (ROM and wedding).
Taboo / Superstition
2
If the groom or bride is in mourning
(either parent or a close family member
passes away), the marriage (ROM and
wedding) should be conducted within
100 days of the death or 3 years after
the death.
Taboo / Superstition
3
Once the bridal bed has been installed,
no one should be allowed to sleep
or sit on it.
Taboo / Superstition
4
A person whose animal sign shows a
clash with the groom's or bride's
animal sign should stay away in the
room when the groom and bride enter
the house. The person can come out
of the room to meet the groom and
bride after they have entered the
house.
Taboo / Superstition
5
All red packets given at the wedding
should contain amounts in even number.
Taboo / Superstition
6
The bride and groom should not meet
each other the day before the wedding.
Taboo / Superstition
7
Marriage should not take place during
Qing Ming (清明)
period.
Taboo / Superstition
8
Marriage should not take place during
ghost festival month.
Taboo / Superstition
9
Marriage should not take place in
a "Widow Year". Click here
to read article Marriage and the "Widow
Year".
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