guo da li
Double Happiness: Each half of the symbol is the standard character for happiness, written "hsi" or "xi," and pronounced something like "she" in Mandarin (high level tone –; the first tone). Therefore, two "hsi" graphs together represents the wish for the two young newlyweds to have happiness together. The double happiness graph (pronounced "shuang-hsi" in Mandarin) is a special Chinese character used for marital happiness. It’s not used in regular Chinese writing or printing.
from left:
[1] with baby jia ying. my dad's cousin married an englishman, which explains the blonde hair. a pretty doe-eyed baby girl who loves her broccoli.
[2] a snap shot of the wedding bears currently sitting in their display cabinet. oh they also appeared in the wedding photo shoot.
[3] chicken rice balls! i don't think you see rice balls anymore these days, according to my relatives, chicken rice is still eaten this way back in hainan.
[4] airflown chicken and goose! they were brought fresh from hainan, and mother actually bothered to cook for the occasion although there was already so much catered food. traditional hainanese chicken rice is actually made using older and plumper birds, as compared to the more tender versions we have now in singapore - which is why i have some trouble eating them... too tough, but yes, more flavourful.
[5] the groom with our six-year old niece from hainan. backdrop is actually the buffet lunch catered (for 50 people!), and yups, we had those for dinner too.
[6] see me disturbing another baby cousin xihan who's trying to hide his face. what a shy boy...and another doe-eyed fellow.
[7] i didn't know shampoo and toothbrushes part of the betrothal gifts.
[8] naughty niece with the chocolate cupcakes... she likes to pinch off the pink icing flower!
[9] so typical of me, i displayed all the gifts for photo-taking. there's tea set, lamps, candles, hard liquor, f&n orange drinks, mandarin oranges, etc etc. according to my bro, this is already the simplified version.
[10] bride and groom with their close friends.
[11-12] relatives - you'll notice the men and women automatically split into two groups when they meet.
[13] grandparents (who gave a huge ang pow). haha.
what a tiring sunday.
scribbled at 2:30 pm
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Double Happiness: Each half of the symbol is the standard character for happiness, written "hsi" or "xi," and pronounced something like "she" in Mandarin (high level tone –; the first tone). Therefore, two "hsi" graphs together represents the wish for the two young newlyweds to have happiness together. The double happiness graph (pronounced "shuang-hsi" in Mandarin) is a special Chinese character used for marital happiness. It’s not used in regular Chinese writing or printing.
from left:
[1] with baby jia ying. my dad's cousin married an englishman, which explains the blonde hair. a pretty doe-eyed baby girl who loves her broccoli.
[2] a snap shot of the wedding bears currently sitting in their display cabinet. oh they also appeared in the wedding photo shoot.
[3] chicken rice balls! i don't think you see rice balls anymore these days, according to my relatives, chicken rice is still eaten this way back in hainan.
[4] airflown chicken and goose! they were brought fresh from hainan, and mother actually bothered to cook for the occasion although there was already so much catered food. traditional hainanese chicken rice is actually made using older and plumper birds, as compared to the more tender versions we have now in singapore - which is why i have some trouble eating them... too tough, but yes, more flavourful.
[5] the groom with our six-year old niece from hainan. backdrop is actually the buffet lunch catered (for 50 people!), and yups, we had those for dinner too.
[6] see me disturbing another baby cousin xihan who's trying to hide his face. what a shy boy...and another doe-eyed fellow.
[7] i didn't know shampoo and toothbrushes part of the betrothal gifts.
[8] naughty niece with the chocolate cupcakes... she likes to pinch off the pink icing flower!
[9] so typical of me, i displayed all the gifts for photo-taking. there's tea set, lamps, candles, hard liquor, f&n orange drinks, mandarin oranges, etc etc. according to my bro, this is already the simplified version.
[10] bride and groom with their close friends.
[11-12] relatives - you'll notice the men and women automatically split into two groups when they meet.
[13] grandparents (who gave a huge ang pow). haha.
what a tiring sunday.