Newlyweds’ wedding ceremony held in classical garden of Suzhou
A newly married couple held their traditional Suzhou wedding ceremony in the Master-of-Nets Garden on Nov 4.
4日下午，古朴典雅的苏州网师园内，一对新人在这里举办原汁原味的苏式传统婚礼。
With her hand held by groom Mr. Wang, the bride Ms. Jin slowly walked down stairs in her red dress, and then, with the classical music, they went to a wedding hall, where a relative handed Wong a steelyard, and Wong used it to lift up the red veil swiftly from the bride’s head.
在新郎王先生的搀扶下，身穿大红嫁衣的新娘金小姐缓步走下楼梯，随着古典音乐的节奏走上喜堂，亲友随即呈上秤杆，新郎用秤杆挑起新娘头上红色的喜帕。
Then, the couple performed the “three bows” ceremony, served tea to both parents, and exchanged tokens of love - an ancestral jade pendant for the bride and an elaborately prepared perfume satchel to the groom. Finally, the newlyweds drank the “cross-cupped wine” and went to the bridal chamber, with their relatives and friends’ blessings.
接着，新人举行拜堂仪式，为双方父母敬茶，互相交换信物，新郎为新娘戴上了祖传的玉佩，而新娘则为新郎准备了精心绣制的香囊，最后新人共饮了合卺酒，在亲友的祝福声中迈入洞房。
Both Wang and Jin are Suzhou locals. Wang works for a cultural department and Jin a garden department. Both of them yearned for a traditional wedding, so they decided to hold it in classical gardens of Suzhou.
新郎王先生和新娘金小姐都是苏州人，王先生在文化系统工作，金小姐在园林部门工作，两人都非常向往传统婚礼，所以决定在苏州园林内举办结婚典礼。
