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Tea Ceremony?

kathleen.a.rileykathleen.a.riley
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Hello all!

I am newly engaged, planning a Sept '14 wedding on Cape Cod, MA. (I know, kind of far away to be planning, but I'm excited). My fiancee is Chinese, and I know it would mean a lot to his parents to have a tea ceremony. Does anyone have any tips to incorporate this into our day? I don't want to change dresses but I would like to do some version of it. 
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Re: Tea Ceremony?

  • redheadfsuredheadfsu member
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    I would post this on the Chinese board (it is under Cultural Wedding boards on the left hand side)

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  • kathleen.a.rileykathleen.a.riley
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    AHH, thanks! I somehow missed that :)
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  • kizzniblekizznible
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    Do you have a theme already? what are your colors? I am doing green tea toast instead of a champagne toast. I know you can get oriental tea pots in many different themes. My theme is Cherry Blossoms, I am not of any asian decent but I love the culture and it may not be anything traditional, I still love the idea of using tea instead. 
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  • kathleen.a.rileykathleen.a.riley
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    Unintentionally- I chose red as one of our wedding colors without even thinking about it. (Robin's Egg Blue & Poppy Red). I like the idea of a tea toast... it's so unique! 
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  • niknar90210niknar90210 member
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    I have the same problem, My fiance is also chinese and i am half chinese, you should totally do the tea ceremony it is a very unique experience, and has alot of background culturally.

    What i am actually hoping to do is have the tea ceremony as the civil wedding reception because a hell of alot of chinese people will be coming and they'll be jammering off in mandarin i dont want my other guests feeingl uncomfortable not understanding them.

    consult your future mother in law.. if she's chinese she will know a heck of a lot about it ..BUT lol if shes anything like my (to be)  mother in law remind her its your wedding not hers well from the start!!

    And i wouldnt go with cherry blossoms as that i feel is more a japaneese thing, i'm having crysanthemums thats a typical chinese flower and i just so happen to love them

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  • carlenenicolecarlenenicole
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    My fiance is Chinese and we thought about doing the tea ceremony, but neither one of us really understand it nor do we feel like it would work in our reception environment since 99% of the guests are not chinese and therefore would not understand it. BUT, what I am doing with our wedding is having a red cake with the gold double happiness symbol on it, also including our chinese names next to our english names on the front of the wedding invite, and having both chinese and american food at our reception. We are trying to blend both of our tastes: I want lace and vintage, and he wants dragons and red. So we are just using different touches of each for different things and making it work. It may not be perfect, but it will be totally us :)

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