Several countries have their own culture deeply rooted with history and tradition when they celebrate the cultural wedding. A marriage of Thailand and China also are extremely complicated ceremony celebrated with various processes since the beginning until the end. While some countries have practiced similar ceremonies, some other countries have practiced different and similar directions. In Thailand, 12% of the Thai people are Chinese or have some Chinese ancestors. The community is estimated to have been 230,000 in 1825 and 792,000 by 1910. By 1932, 12.2% of the population of Siam was Chinese (Michael). Thai Chinese are called Thai of Chinese origin who consist of Thai people of partial or full Chinese ancestry which is especially Han Chinese.
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In Thai Chinese wedding ceremony are combined the ceremony of Chinese and Thai wedding ceremonies one full day, The tea ceremony of Chinese traditional wedding ceremony is one of the most significant events. It includes actual formal introductions of the bride and groom and represents them respect to their families. During a Chinese wedding tea ceremony, the groom should stand on the right hand side and the bride should be on the left hand side. Their parents should sit on chairs and await for the new couples’ fall on their knees and tea serving. The sequence of serving tea is the main important. It shows how the bride and groom respect their seniority. The parents will be served first, then the grandparents, grand uncles and aunts, uncles and aunts, and then elder siblings. After tea ceremony, Thai Chinese marriage will begin the traditional wedding ceremony by water pouring and after dowries (Sin Sod) ceremony. The water pouring is the most important ceremony of the Thai wedding ceremony as during this ceremony the couple officially become husband and wife. The water pouring area where the couple have to seat at the traditional water pouring tables, with the bride sit to the left of the groom. They will wear a ceremonial headdress that made from one piece of cotton forming a circle and signify the joining of …show more content…
Although both cultures are different and similar anyways Thai Chinese still provides good consequences to people who value and practice it properly. Hence, we should keep our own culture alive but not discriminate against other cultures. Getting married will change your lives. Not just in some grand poetic shot-by Cupid’s-arrow way, gut rather in a number of distinct, measurable differences you will notice once you stop living life as two single individuals and begin living it as one married couple. These include legal changes, social change, and in the way you lead your day-to-day
In Thai Chinese wedding ceremony are combined the ceremony of Chinese and Thai wedding ceremonies one full day, The tea ceremony of Chinese traditional wedding ceremony is one of the most significant events. It includes actual formal introductions of the bride and groom and represents them respect to their families. During a Chinese wedding tea ceremony, the groom should stand on the right hand side and the bride should be on the left hand side. Their parents should sit on chairs and await for the new couples’ fall on their knees and tea serving. The sequence of serving tea is the main important. It shows how the bride and groom respect their seniority. The parents will be served first, then the grandparents, grand uncles and aunts, uncles and aunts, and then elder siblings. After tea ceremony, Thai Chinese marriage will begin the traditional wedding ceremony by water pouring and after dowries (Sin Sod) ceremony. The water pouring is the most important ceremony of the Thai wedding ceremony as during this ceremony the couple officially become husband and wife. The water pouring area where the couple have to seat at the traditional water pouring tables, with the bride sit to the left of the groom. They will wear a ceremonial headdress that made from one piece of cotton forming a circle and signify the joining of …show more content…
Although both cultures are different and similar anyways Thai Chinese still provides good consequences to people who value and practice it properly. Hence, we should keep our own culture alive but not discriminate against other cultures. Getting married will change your lives. Not just in some grand poetic shot-by Cupid’s-arrow way, gut rather in a number of distinct, measurable differences you will notice once you stop living life as two single individuals and begin living it as one married couple. These include legal changes, social change, and in the way you lead your day-to-day