Jasper County Democrat, Volume 9, Number 17, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 July 1906 — Chinese Wedding Superstitions. [ARTICLE]

Chinese Wedding Superstitions.

No other country bus so many sujierstltions about marriage as China. The Chinese never marry within a hundred days after a death has taken place in the family of either the bride or groom, for if they do they believe domestic troubles are sure to follow. There seeius to be no reason for tills belief, and the Chinese do not attempt to explain It. but are willing to let It go as an undisputed fact. A Chinese bride may lie brought to the house of the groom while there is a coffin in the house, but not within a hundred dflys after it has been taken out. If a bride breaks the heel of her shoe while she' is going from her father's to her husband’s home it is ominous of unhappiness to her new relations. A side of bacon and a piece of sugar are hung on the back of a bride’s sedan chair as a peace offering to evil spirits, and when ahe Is dressing for the wedding ceremony she stands all the while in a round wicker basket. When a bride is eating her last meal at the table of her father before going to live with her husband she is allowed to consume only half a bowl of rice, lest she be followed by continual scarcity tn her new abode.