People of the Western World go to church for their weddings while some tribes in Africa hold their weddings in the open with a camp-fire and much dancing. In China, weddings are different from those abroad. In the past people in our countryside used to carry the bride with a sedan chair from her parents' house to her new home. Now sedan chairs are seldom seen. In-stead,the bridegroom may take the bride to their own new house by bicycle or by tractor. In our cities the bride prefers a taxi decorated with flowers and a Chinese character that means"double-happiness" on the taxi's win-dow. However, both in the countryside and in cities a wedding feast is in-dispensable. Relatives and friends are invited to the feast to eat and drink to the happiness of the bride and bridegroom.
