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RAG.780.168
28 Sep 1780:22,23 (309)
Description of the Persons, Manner, &c. of the Chinese
Ladies.
. . . [Descriptions of Chinese tastes, fashions and marriage
ceremonies]
When the day of the nuptials is come, they put the bride
into a chair magnificently adorned, and in which she is hid
from the sight of the spectators. A train of hired persons
accompany her with torches and flambeaux, even at noon day.
Her chair is preceded with fifes, drums, and hautboys, and
followed by her relations and particular friends. . .
In the Northern parts of China, where the women are not
under such severe restraints, their marriages are more
natural and agreeable. . .
When a young man is inclined to matrimony, and he has
found a lass whom he likes, he goes for several days after
with a musical instrument to her door. If she likes him,
she goes out to meet him, . . .
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