Description
- Includes: 2 gaiwan sets, 2 bowls, 2 pairs of chopsticks, 2 spoons and a tray.
- Honors your parents with not only good tea, but also also served in 2 beautiful gaiwan cup sets.
- Comes with a pair of pretty bowls for serving glutinous sesame rice balls or other wedding related desserts.
- Traditional design with ‘double happiness’ that perfectly suits a Chinese wedding.
- All gaiwans and bowls display ‘double happiness’ characters, which is perfect for wedding ceremonies.
About the double happiness character “囍”
The Chinese have a long history of combining existing characters to make new ones. One one of the most famous ones is the double happiness character “囍” for which 2 ‘happiness’ characters “喜” are combined into one. This character is traditionally used as decoration during lunar new holiday celebrations and weddings and it’s often displayed in red background as you can see on our wedding gaiwan cup.
<!–
Yuanyang Birds / Mandarin Duck Meaning
Mandarin ducks are birds that are native to Japan, but also present in Russia, China and Taiwan. In China they’re referred to as ‘Yuan Yang’ (鸳鸯), where ‘yuan’ (鸳) and ‘yang’ (鸯) respectively mean ‘male’ and ‘female’. Unlike other species of ducks and birds, Yuan Yangs are believed to be life long couples. This view is supported by the fact that when the couple get separated, they die not too long after.
Because of this romantic fact, Mandarin Ducks are used as a Chinese Wedding symbol.
Chinese Paper Cutting
Because paper has always been affordable, the art of paper cutting became an important type of Chinese folk art. Such art is also often described ‘window flowers’ because they’re used to decorate windows and doors to bring luck. Usually paper cuts are made with red paper (as displayed on our wedding cups).
Frequently used Chinese paper cutting characters are “福” (lucky) and “囍” (double happiness). The first is often used during Chinese New Year, while the latter represents happiness for newly weds.
Symmetry is important for paper cuts, and you can clearly see this rule applied to the red print of this gaiwan.
NOTE: chopsticks and spoons are NOT included.
Both gaiwans display the Chinese ‘double happiness’ character on 4 sides and on the nob of the lid in red ‘Chinese paper cutting’ style. In addition, it’s well decorated with lots of wedding symbols including lotus flowers and yuanyang birds (or ‘mandarin ducks’).
–>
