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Chinese Ancestor

October 14th, 2008

Angie

Chinese Ancestor

Devotions At An Altar Photo Mugs

A pious Chinese man honours his ancestors at a domestic altar ….

Honourable Ancestors- Photo Mugs

Honouring the ancestors in a Chinese household ….

Ancestors in the Americas, Part 1: Coolies, Sailors, Settlers (CET Educational Video)

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Educational film by Loni Ding: Part One of the Asian American history series…

China: The Mandate of Heaven

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An Evening of Martial Arts: Southern Kung Fu Masters Volume 1

If you’re looking for authentic Southern Kung Fu–those quick-hand, low-kick, ferocious-technique styles–turn your eyes towards Malaysia! Some of the finest and most traditional arts are still being practiced there, and this two-DVD collection is the first of its kind to honor this Kung Fu heritage. Just look at what’s contained in volume one:

* Zhou Jia Singapore
* Zhou Jia Penang
* Northe…

Different elements in a Chinese wedding invitation

Today, there are different styles of wedding invitations. Indeed wedding invitation is a must "items" for a wedding. It is used to announce the wedding and spread the joy and happiness of the couple. Invitation Marriage may well designed to give an impression unexpected guests. It is in fact marking the beginning of a wedding ceremony. According to different cultures, different elements can be seen on a wedding invitation. For example, traditionally, in China, wedding invitations are usually red, with the famous Chinese character "double happiness" printed on the whole a traditional wedding invitation in Europe or the USA is generally white. Of course an Indian wedding invitation will have Lord Ganesh printed, which means a blessing from God, it may not be applicable to Most of us well. In this article, it is tempting to explain the different elements forming a Chinese wedding invitation, which can inspire couples who are planning their Big Day.

The elements common to the Chinese wedding invitation
As discussed, one major elements of a Chinese wedding invitation is the color red. "Double Happiness" is also very common on such invitations. Apart from these famous elements, sometimes a pair of dragons and phoenixes is on a Chinese wedding invitation. Another element, which may seem surprising to some readers, is a pair of chickens.

Red Color
Like most of us know, an invitation Chinese wedding is usually red. However, few people know why it is in this color. In fact, the color red is not just for marriage, it is also the main theme of Chinese festivals such as Chinese New Year. Regarding the wedding invitations, Chinese wedding invitations are of different colors some thousands of years. Chinese used black color wedding invitations a few thousand years ago. It is believed that there were five emperors, Red, Blue, Yellow, White and Black Emperors in Chinese history. They are indeed the ancestors of Chinese people. The black color of the wedding invitation may probably come from the concept of the five emperors. The red color came at the invitation of Chinese marriage and other festivals in the Han dynasty. The first emperor of the dynasty Han expressed as the son of Red Emperor. From this legend, the red color became the main theme of different celebrations and festivals. This theme also became the main color of wedding invitations. It is doubtful that this gold and yellow were not adopted as the color Main wedding invitations because it can still be seen in traditional Chinese palaces. In fact, gold and yellow are also meant to be something lucky and joyful. It is also interpreted as a symbol of the royal family or the emperor. The only one who could use these colors is the emperor. This is why the colors yellow and gold are not the primary colors of a wedding invitation. However, culture changes from time to time. Plus People are starting to take gold and yellow color of China designs wedding invitation.

Double Happiness
In Chinese culture, marriage is always linked to the notion of double happiness. This double "happiness" is an interesting character Chinese. It looks like two people side by side. In fact, we can interpret as a couple standing together. From here you can get a hint of the reason for printing the character "double happiness" on the wedding invitation. This character carries the meaning to meet. It states that a man and a woman, and two families will be united as one. The character "double happiness "is usually printed on the invitations red gold with hot stamping.

Dragon and Phoenix
Dragon has long been the symbol of China and Chinese people. When Dragon and Phoenix come in pairs, the dragon represents men and women is Phoenix. Dragon and Phoenix can be interpreted as a perfect couple. Similar to "double happiness", this pair is an element that is usually seen in the design wedding invitation, with Golden hot stamping.

A pair of chickens
In Chinese, chicken is pronounced as "Ji", the pronunciation is similar to another Chinese character meaning good luck. A pair of chicken becomes a blessing for the couple. It blesses them good luck the rest of life after marriage. This pair of chickens are usually printed in color on the invitation. It looks a traditional paper cutting. This provides quality of Chinese-style logo heat can not be replaced.

Why the Chinese are more numerous than all the other Asians by at least 2-1?

I mean Asians as in those of us with narrow eyes, you know! Now, my ancestors came from China long ago if this is not a racist issue at all, I wonder how historical events, came to be that way, so that nowadays the time when many people see an Asian person, they will remain but to assume they are Chinese.

China is the largest country in Asia so they will have a larger population. So the Chinese were the first Asians to immigrate to the U.S. for some time, the Americans did not know Asians were Chinese.