Tipps wenn man eine Chinesische Hochzeit besucht:
- Nimm dir Zeit vorher gut und ausgiebig zu essen.
- Dresscode: gibt's nicht. Frauen sind meist mit einem schönen Kleid schon overdressed deshalb würde ich zu einer Jean und einem netten Oberteil greifen. Für Männer gilt Jeans und Polo - kann wahlweise auch mit Jogginghose kombiniert werden... ehrlich.
- Wenn du aufs Klo gehen musst, dann trainiere deine Blase dies bereits zu Beginn zu erledigen. 400 Leute auf 4 Toiletten kann in China nichts Gutes bedeuten.
- Als Ausländer gibt man im Durschnitt zwischen 500 und 1000 RMB. Eine genaue Auflistung findest du noch im Anhang.
Die Aufschlüsselung des Geldgeschenkes nach Bekanntheitsgrad mit dem Brautpaar:
Bekannte & Arbeitskollegen = 200 RMB
Freunde = 300 RMB
gute Freunde = 400 RMB
Familie = 500 RMB
Ausländer = 500 - 1.000 RMB (wenn man im oberen Management angesiedelt ist, sollte man so viel springen lassen, denn Chinesen haben eine ungefähre Vorstellung von dem, was Expats hier verdienen und alles andere wäre unhöflich)
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Last weekend we were invited to a Chinese wedding. It started at 9.28 in the morning and ended at 11.05 - also in the morning. Everything is about food, money and lots of bling-bling.
I was a little bit disappointed, because I didn't even felt a spark of romantic. It was much more like a marathon for bride and groom. At a typical Chinese wedding there are a few hundert people invited - pretty much all the people the happy couple knows. After a couple short speeches the (cold) food is served. During that the just married couple is wandering from table to table and handing out cigarettes or sweets in exchange for a red envelope with money - the wedding present.
It was a little bit strange, that the decoration was already removed while the food was served. A lot of marriages are taking place in China, so it is used some place else and POUF the romantic was gone... finally. At 10.30 I wanted to order a glas of water, but there was no water or juice available anymore. This was the official sign: the party is over!
A few advices for attending a Chinese wedding:
- Eat before you take off to the wedding.
- There is no dress-code. If you want to wear a nice dress: that's already to much. Stick with a jeans and a nice top. For men: a jeans and a polo will do it. If you like it more comfy, you can also wear sweatpants.
- If you need to go to the toilet, do it in the beginning of the wedding. 300 people and only 4 toilets cannot work out.
- As a foreigner you are supposed to give them an amount between 500 and 1000 RMB.
Breakdown of how much money you should give to the happy couple:
colleagues & acquaintances = 200 RMB
friends = 300 RMB
good friends = 400 RMB
family = 500 RMB
foreigner = 500 - 1000 RMB (if you are a manager you should spend that amount of money. Chinese know that expats are earining good money here and anything under 500 RMB would be inappropriate)
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