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The details you must know about "Wedding Tea Etiquette".

1. Selection of tea sets.

As the most important tool in making tea, the choice of tea cup is very particular. Generally speaking, when serving tea, the first tea set to use is a tureen cup. It is best to use simple and elegant flowers, birds, and Chinese characters, or choose a festive single color. The color of the tea set should avoid patterns such as longevity, dulong, green pines and cypresses, and cannot be replaced by red or white paper cups.

2. Selection of tea ingredients.

It is generally safer to use tea leaves such as Yiguanyin and Pu'er for open tea. With the addition of red dates and lotus seeds, the essential ingredients for good intentions, the portion is like "good things come in pairs".

Note: According to folk custom, the core of red dates cannot be removed, because the core is the seed, which represents descendants; lotus seeds should not be cut, let alone peeled, they must be intact, because cutting them in half will separate them. meaning.

3. The posture of serving tea.

Kneel down on both knees to open the tea: The newlyweds kneel down in front of the open tea, with the groom on the left and the bride on the right. The father sits in front of the groom and the mother sits in front of the bride.

Serve tea while standing: When you offer tea to your parents, you need to bow your upper body, and the purity should reach 90 degrees to show sincerity~ Send the tea to the parents’ chests 40 centimeters away with both hands forward, so that the parents do not move their bodies You can receive the tea cup with both hands. When opening the tea cup, the newlyweds should hold the middle part of the tea cup with both hands. Do not serve tea with one hand. Remember not to put your fingers on the rim of the cup or immerse it in it. After the parents drink tea, the newlyweds must take the tea cups with both hands.

4. The process of serving tea.

Generally, the groom first presents the first cup of tea, opens the tea to his father-in-law, then changes his mind, and then opens the tea to his mother-in-law, then changes his mind. Then the bride offers tea and walks in sequence like the groom. After the parents drink tea, the couple takes the teacup with both hands and hands it to the etiquette staff. At this time, parents often give gifts in return to the newlyweds to express their acceptance and blessing. The newlyweds should take them with both hands to express their gratitude.

5. Kneeling mat when serving tea.

When serving tea, most newlyweds will prepare two red kneeling mats, mainly to prevent the newlyweds from injuring their knees when kneeling. Newlyweds can choose to buy their own, and the style is generally red with festive patterns. Patterns such as "Happy", "Happy Together" and "Happy Marriage" are all good choices.

6. Change fee.

Serving tea to parents at the wedding is also known as "Change of mouth and serve tea". At the wedding ceremony, the bride and groom meet each other's parents and change their mouth, which symbolizes that the two families will be harmonious and close as one family. At the same time, the parents will also send red envelopes for the "change of mouth" prepared by the couple.