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30th March, 2001

Chinese Wedding Banquet Includes Roast Pork And Fish. Married Couple Visit Each Table To Toast Their Guests.


The Bride and Groom seated at the Groom's family table, an indication that the Bride has joined her husband's family.

Table of the Groom's family
Bride in pink dress The bride having changed her white wedding dress for a traditional Chinese pink dress, before the banquet begins.
The traditional first dish at a Chinese wedding banquet, roasted belly pork with a crispy skin, a symbol of virginity. Dish of belly pork
The banquet begins The banquet begins.

Another traditional dish. In olden days in the poorer parts of China, where fish was not available or not affordable, fishes carved out of wood were brought to the tables, with much ceremony, as they are a symbol of abundance.
Traditional dish of fish
The Bride's nephew. The Bride's young nephew enjoys himself.
The Bride and Groom visit each table during the course of the banquet to toast their guests. Couple toast their guests.
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