As the Spring Festival approaches, many in China may see it as an ideal time to propose marriage and discuss the traditional ...

Weddings often bring a unique excitement among families, especially when a marriage is arranged. Families thoroughly investigate the backgrounds of both the bride and groom, looking into their status, ...

MARRIAGE IN CHINA can be mercenary. “Is 380,000 yuan a lot for a bride price?” a woman in Guangdong asks on a social-media site. She is thinking of getting married, and wants to know how much her ...

Bridal boutiques and wedding dress designers are getting squeezed by steep tariffs on China, which is a major manufacturing hub for bridal and special occasion dresses and accessories. Some wedding ...

What Mr Xu cannot manage is what comes next. His son will seek a wife, and Mr Xu will be expected to pay the woman’s family a bridal price – a custom known as caili that has shaped rural marriages ...

In rural Wuhan, a pair of chopsticks is placed inside chamber pot, representing swift birth of son An old Han Chinese wedding custom mandates that the bride brings her own "toilet," typically filled ...

Centuries-old custom to settle big day nerves degenerates into displays of ritual humiliation. — SCMP Harrowing images of a bride in China who was taped to a telephone pole by several friends as part ...

You're currently following this author! Want to unfollow? Unsubscribe via the link in your email. As if planning a wedding wasn't already stressful enough, President Donald Trump's trade war could ...

Love isn't the only thing sending couples down the aisle anymore. A region in eastern China is now offering newlyweds cash "rewards" as long as the bride is aged 25 years or younger, as a way to ...

BEIJING (Reuters) - Runaway "bride prices" are making marriage unaffordable in rural China and need to be capped, and professional matchmakers should be stopped from overcharging, says a village ...