It is said that love is the same in the world, well I have no objection, but what is interesting is that people in different areas have got different characters, and different countries have got different culture, so it is natural that marriage culture should be different.
France—the forever core of love is romance
Is the country of France can not be left without romance and jewelries in your impression? Actually each part or moment will be witnessed by jewelries among lovers in there, which is just like life can’t leave without air and water. At first, a couple of lover once set love through their eyes, the boy will give a ring as a token of love present to capture the girl’s heart, which is called by French as bague de promesse, Then if the two want to have a life long pure love, the boy thus will give the proposal ring (baque de ancaille), if the girl agrees, she will send back a watch to express her Yes.
Greece—religion leads the main stream of wedding custom
As the birthland of European jewelries, Greek wedding is still traditional on selecting the wedding rings, those old and exquisite carven patterns of olive branches and laurels will distinguish themselves as the Greek style, and there must have lover’s name cut inside the ring, Greek has the custom to wear the wedding ring on their right hand instead of the left hand!
China—the most traditional one with gold and jade fill the hall
Chinese weddings have now accord with the world, there can’t be missed with western style of diamond ring and wedding dress, but as a woman I think it is more meaningful to celebrate the unity of a new couple with the most traditional wedding style, which requires a pair of golden hairpins, golden bracelets and golden rings, in Hong Kong where the old customs of Guangdong, China were carried on as before, the husband’s family need to present the bride nine golden jewelries as gifts, the weight of which should be the multiple of nine, taken as the implied meaning of forever. Jade and gold jewelries were the choices of many areas in China, taken as the meaning of gold and jade fill the hall, which implies a rich and harmonious big family.
India—bride covered all over with gold
It is said that India is the country which consumes the most part of gold on the earth, wedding is always the oldest traditional culture of India, at the lucky day the bride needs to be drawn with gorgeous pattern of mignonettetree on her hands, and wear the red sari and gold jewelries. And in the ceremony to pray for the newly weds, the bridegroom will wear the wedding ring of Minji on his bride’s toe. The more the gold jewelries wore by the bride, the more respect she will receive in her husband’s family, the grandest dowries of the bride’s side are called villepin gold, which could be explained as the bride should wear the gold the same weight as she was born on the wedding day.
