The wedding in Hong Kong is quite different from that in Singapore. Though we are all Chinese, there tends to be differentiation in custom according to the dialect groups. Especially for Cantonese dialect groups, they are extremely particular about the wedding custom especially in choosing an auspicious date, time and hours.

When a couple has decided to settle down, the first thing they’ll do is to ask a professional fortune-teller, feng shui master, or Chinese almanac expert to select an auspicious wedding date. As a rule, Chinese do not schedule wedding on the seventh month of the Lunar Year – the month of the Ghost Festival. Likewise, any renovation of the house or the bedroom will not be done in this month.

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3 more months to go…or even less…I’m very excited aboout my wedding day…many people ask me why did I want to set up this blog? I should have spent more time resting or doing other things I enjoy.

I enjoy sharing…sharing my knowledge with friends and relatives…in Singapore, I can’t really find a one-stop website where I can find the infomation. I have to literally fish?every bits of information from my friends who are getting married or had just gone through marriage.

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?Chinese Brides Must Avoid Eggplant!
Chinese grandmothers say that certain foods must definitely be avoided at a Chinese wedding banquet. The bride cannot eat any form of eggplant as that can result in sterility.

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