Giving gold to the bride during the wedding is a part of the ritual ceremony
A wedding is a troublesome and difficult business. And sometimes in the truest sense. Recently, a high-profile event took place in China. The groom gave the bride a lot of gold jewelry right at the wedding. And the poor thing had to wear them.
Gold is good. And when there is a lot of gold – even better!
The tradition of gifting the bride with gold bracelets is part of the ritual ceremony, and is designed to show the generosity of the husband’s family. In this case, each of the newly married spouses are from a wealthy family, with a good education and a very well-paid job. So, there should be more bracelets than usual.
We do not know the weight of the bride, but with 60 kg around her neck, she could not get out of the car on her own.
60 bracelets of 1 kg each were hung on the girl. Yes, gold is a very heavy material. She was repeatedly offered help, or even to remove the burden, the photos have already been taken. But the proud (and greedy) beauty refused. What is presented is mine, or else they will change their minds! So she spent the whole ceremony like that.
Most Chinese reacted negatively to the news. Firstly, showing off and bragging about your wealth. Secondly, the custom itself is harmful, it really prevents poor young people from getting married, so why promote it? Well, and banal envy – what will this girl do with such a pile of gold?
