<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/23a947c9-36ab-4de1-b2a4-7c7b3d125c74/62944E80-B526-4D32-99DB-D2EFA79F031C/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://myweddingplanningtips.com/2009/02/26/chinese-wedding-traditions-the-qun-kwa/" href="http://myweddingplanningtips.com/2009/02/26/chinese-wedding-traditions-the-qun-kwa/" style="font-size: 11px;">myweddingplanningtips.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://myweddingplanningtips.com/2009/02/26/chinese-wedding-traditions-the-qun-kwa/"><H1 class="entry-title">Chinese Wedding Traditions – The Qun Kwa</H1></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://myweddingplanningtips.com/2009/02/26/chinese-wedding-traditions-the-qun-kwa/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/myweddingplanningtips.com/img/79B4EE81-30D8-4C1A-9A37-D39557DBB3CD" alt="Embroided Dragon and Phoenix" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://myweddingplanningtips.com/2009/02/26/chinese-wedding-traditions-the-qun-kwa/"><P>The qun kwa is always embroided with a dragon and phoenix down the front. The dragon in the Chinese culture represents the male while the phoenix represents the female. Having them side by side symbolizes the perfect balance of yin and yang of the bride and the groom.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://myweddingplanningtips.com/2009/02/26/chinese-wedding-traditions-the-qun-kwa/"><P>Traditionally, the qun kwa was worn with a red headcloth covering the bride’s face as the groom was not allowed to view his bride until after the marriage. Today, many modern Chinese brides have done away with the red cloth but still choose to preserve their Chinese heritage by wearing the auspicious qua during their wedding.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://myweddingplanningtips.com/2009/02/26/chinese-wedding-traditions-the-qun-kwa/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/myweddingplanningtips.com/img/272F3ACA-4F22-4954-A64A-DEEE8E2953CE" alt="Traditional Qun Kwa" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://myweddingplanningtips.com/2009/02/26/chinese-wedding-traditions-the-qun-kwa/"><P><IMG alt="Modern Chinese Qun Kwa" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2230/2330985021_44b332e875_o.jpg" class="aligncenter" /></P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://myweddingplanningtips.com/2009/02/26/chinese-wedding-traditions-the-qun-kwa/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/myweddingplanningtips.com/img/4B7C205D-FDBD-4831-92AF-75AC441C3D23" alt="Traditional Chinese Wedding Shoes" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://myweddingplanningtips.com/2009/02/26/chinese-wedding-traditions-the-qun-kwa/"><P>Pretty red heels will go very well with the qun kwa. Otherwise, the traditional flat embroided Chinese wedding shoes will match it beautifully. In ancient times, brides had to sew their own wedding shoes and the beauty of it would be a test of their embroidery skills!</P></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/62944E80-B526-4D32-99DB-D2EFA79F031C/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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