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every body knew that Chinese marriage culture always have 双喜shuāngxǐ (double happiness) with red color and put on wall very big, red gold color everywhere, red dress with ancient hair accesories, etc. but i will explain here. help me to correct if i did wrong ^^

双喜shuāngxǐ Double Happiness
or double happy

stand from 喜xǐ (joy). this symbol also often found all over the wedding ceremony, as well as on gift items given to the bride and groom. The color of the character is usually red, occasionally black.

Zhou Dynasty Wedding Dress (周代婚姻古装）
characteristic of Zhou Dynasty weddress is seriousness & solemnity. color system basically from Xuan Xun(玄纁) which means Black & Light Red representing heaven & earth, also Zhou's ppl awe of nature.

The bridegroom was wearing a JueBian (爵弁, a kind traditional formal hat ), a blue and black coat (with a pure black-rimmed), a light red dress. The bride is wearing a decorated wig woven with real hair, and the top and the bottom are all black, representing the single-minded.

Wei & Jin Dynasty Weddress (魏晋时代婚姻古装)
In a period of time, the white wedding dress was advocated, which was mainly due to the influence of the atmosphere of “returning to the basics”. This kind of full-length white wedding dress is the same as the modern white weddress.

In the Wei and Jin Dynasties, the wedding dress was mainly made up of cross collar or straight necked wide-sleeved shirt and Duijin wide-sleeved Ruqun. those are modern couple Wei&Jin Dynasty wedding dress which is has more color on its.

Han Dynasty Wedding Dress (汉代婚姻古装)

the style of the wedding dress in the Han Dynasty is “Quju-Shenyi (曲裾深衣)”, which can be worn by both men and women,long and not showing feet, and it shown the gentle elegant of woman & man in Han Dynasty.

Tang Dynasty Weddress (唐代婚姻古装)
In the prosperous period of the Tang Dynasty, with the improvement of people’s life quality and level, and the improvement of dyeing skills, people began to pursue gorgeous beauty in this period.

The bridegroom wears a red dress, while the bride wears a dark blue dress, decorated with gold, silver, and other hairpin decorations, which is a typical red with green. Such bold color matching supports the prosperous beautiful of Tang Dynasty

Song Dynasty Weddress (宋代婚姻古装)
The Song Dynasty advocated simplicity. red&phoenix coronet&robes of rank have gradually become important elements of wedding dress, the phoenix coronet has been officially designated as the dress and included in the “crown clothing system”.

In terms of color, the color of women’s wedding dress in the early Song Dynasty is generally green, and the color of the dress is generally the same as that in the Tang Dynasty.
2 pics are from The Story of Ming Lan with Song dynasty weddress

Ming Dynasty Weddress (明代婚姻古装)
in ancient times, there're strictl regulations about wearing and color selection for wedding.
However, the wedding ceremony of the Ming Dynasty became an exception.

The common men of the Ming Dynasty can wear ninth-rank officer’s costume when they marry their wives. The bride is also allowed to wear a phoenix coronet and robes of rank, but only for weddings. In the Ming Dynasty, the Han wedding dress formed a more typical and mature shape,

Qing Dynasty Weddress (清代婚姻古装) to Modern Chinese Weddress (现代婚姻古装)
Qing Dynasty dress basically from Manchu style with qipao and changshan.

The most popular modern Chinese style wedding dress is Dragon Phoenix Gua (龙凤褂, long feng gua). The Dragon Phoenix Gua can be traced back to the Ming Dynasty. Under the feudal monarchy system at that time, the royal family can use the dragon and phoenix pattern.

Dragon Phoenix Gua, also known as Gua skirt (褂裙), is a traditional dress of Han nationality, which is the style of Duijin collar + Horse-face skirt. Traditional Dragon Phoenix Gua sews gold and silver threads on the clothes with a red cloth as the bottom.

so, after read this, do you know it clearly about Chinese marriage? next time i will upload more about Chinese marriage ceremonials. are you ready to get married with our Xiao Zhan??
hope it will help u more to know about Chinese culture. here's ur husband wanna-be