Interesting Wedding Traditions

[Taualumna]

Have you come across any interesting wedding traditions? I have recently been asked to be a bride's "sister" for a wedding to take place in two months. The bride is originally from Hong Kong but has lived in Taiwan as well as the United States. This is a Chinese tradition (probably modern, as in 1920s or later). What I am supposed to do is to prevent the groom from greeting the bride and taking her to the church for the ceremony unless he pays cash to the sisters, as a symbol of letting her go. Sometimes, the women will make the groom (and his "brothers") sing or say an impromptu poem.