Sunday, November 25, 2007

Combining the Old with the New

Today, the Chinese marital customs has changed, in a sense, to adapt to the modern lifestyle. The essences of the traditions still remained the same but the execution of these rituals might take on another form.
The matchmaking of couples are still practiced today but not to the extent of the past. Today, the couples are still being introduced through a relative or dating services, but the matching of the astrology signs, birthdates, and family backgrounds are not taken to the same degree of consideration as in the past. Couple's have more freedom, today, on who they choose to marry and the superstitions of matching of astrology signs are not that big of an obstacle as it once was. This information is merely a reference just to look at as a form of a ritual rather than an underlying marriage requirement.

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