By studying the differences between Chinese and Western wedding， I understand their characteristics: Western wedding is pure romantic， and China is happy wedding; Western wedding is feeling valued， and China values the In the West because of their different customs， have also formed their own characteristics wedding Though， have different customs， but no matter where the wedding was all full of blessings and Wedding days are often considered the most important day of many people’s For this reason alone， throughout the past and into modern day， numerous customs and superstitions have developed around the wedding event， in hopes of creating ‘The Perfect Day!’ A very common custom still honored today is in reference to a time-old saying， ‘Something old， something new， something borrowed， something blue， and a silver sixpence inside your shoe’ So old is this that tracing it back to its origination is nearly Some contribute it to Victorian times， others say it is even older than The ‘old’ is believed to be the friends and family attending the The ‘new’ is represented by the couple themselves， as a ‘new’ The ‘borrowed’ is something from the families that is to be returned， such as the bride's wedding dress， or the veil， borrowed from her own Something ‘blue’ is often interpreted to represent the bride’s virginity， as in the opposite of red， which throughout time has come to represent a woman of many Modern day brides often wear a bit of blue material tucked out of The sixpence can be any form of money， tucked into the bride's shoe， this to bring wealth， both in monetary means and love， to the
