As of yesterday we have finally received our official chinese customary wedding date. I'm very relieve indeed been waiting for 3 months!. There tends to be differentiation in custom according to the dialect groups. Especially for Hakka dialect groups, they are extremely particular about the wedding custom especially in choosing an auspicious date, time and hours but luckily my wife and I had no problems with this. Both our parents agreed on the date that was given to us.
I know for a fact when we decided to settle down, the first thing that was on my mind to do is to ask a professional fortune-teller, feng shui master, or Chinese almanac expert to select an auspicious wedding date. As a rule as i've known for this past few months, Chinese do not schedule wedding on the seventh month of the Lunar Year, the month of the Ghost Festival. Also middle of month like June is not prefered because we chinese say "Half Year Marriage". ikewise, any renovation of the house or the bedroom will not be done in this month. To further complicate things, we want to get married on the same date, one of the several auspicious days in the Chinese Almanac to ensure good Karma!
I've learned everyday, marital preparation does teaches us something and I'm trying to do everything by the book the best I can. We both are trying to get it done quick and in perfect order. Not a perfect score yet but I know we can get there. But we will always try to improve ourselves as we go along this path.
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