British people should wear dress to get married. The bride will wear a white shirt, white skirt and wear a white garland, meanwhile, the bride should also cover the long white gauze and carry the white flowers. In a word, the British are usually advocating the white color, this kind of color symbolizes the pure love and good lucky for the bride and groom. Otherwise, the custom of wearing a veil can be traced back to the 10th century BC, at that time, Tigris and Euphrates have been prevalent for woman to wear a veil. In ancient Greece, while the wedding ceremony is holding, not only the bride should wear the veil with flax or woolen, at the same time, the new couples also need to wear crowns. In Roman times, people with the different religious beliefs need to wear the different veil to show different color as a kind of distinction. After Middle Ages, the corolla decorated with pearls have been appeared during the Palace and Noble, next, it has become a kind of white veil, and the size also extends increasingly, even extends across the whole Europe.
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After finishing the wedding ceremony, the bride and bridegroom will come out of the church, people will congratulate the new couples, this kind of congratulation is not only presented as kissing, hugging and shaking hands, but also they will scatter their colorful confetti. This kind of wedding custom is originated from scattering wheat. In 1491, England's king Heinrich VII traveled to Bristol with his queen. During their travel, baker's wife scattered the wheat to them through the window, and shouted: "you are welcome, your majesty! I wish you happiness and long life." It had become a much-told story, this custom has been widely circulated until the 16th century, people will scatter the wheat to the bride and groom, sometimes, the wheat even will be dyed with all sorts of colors. Wheat is a symbol of harvest and rich life, at the same time, it also congratulates the newlyweds have a long and happy life with many children and grandchildren.
Their honeymoon is also one of the important content for the youth around the UK in their marriage. They usually will use their saved money for travel, traveling after getting married is named as “ Honeymoon”. It is an ancient custom, the bride and groom must drink a special drink with honey in their newly wedding, which used to symbolize the happy family, sweet love and happy life. And this kind of beverage should drink for 30 days since starting from the marriage, so people call the first month as the wedding honeymoon. In ancient times, honey is a symbol of the life, health and fertility. "The honeymoon" is a period of sweet time when they are alone together for the new couples before recovering their daily life.
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