The multimedia screen behind the couple changed scenery throughout the ceremony.
The dessert area was designed as a Chinese garden-style scene, with a specially customized fondant cake shaped like a pavilion as the highlight.
The immersive entrance reception area welcomed guests and prepared them for what they were about to take part in.
“This grand wedding was a spectacle of traditional Chinese wedding elements, multimedia technology, and artistic ceremony.”
On the day of the wedding, everyone played a role by dressing in ancient costume. Not only the couple, but all the actors, staff, wedding party, parents of both families, and other participants wore traditional Chinese costumes, playing the parts of matchmakers, hosts, guards, dragon dancers, fairies, and other characters. There was more than theater bringing this wedding to life; the whole event was threaded through with traditional Chinese cultural elements, such as red and gold coloring, tea ceremony performances, guzheng (a Chinese stringed instrument) playing, Chinese drums, burning incense, the offering
of sacrifices to heaven and earth, a fanning ceremony, and drinking gourd wedding wine. The wedding opera was a beautiful nod to the cultural heritage and interests of the couple, welcoming them into their marriage through the use of theatrical performance, literary influence, and tradition. That’s a wedding fit for an ancient emperor! Congratulations to Wei Zhang for receiving the 2025 Gala award for both Best Wedding and Total Decor for this wedding (titled He Sheng Chao·Bo Yue Ge )!
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