The Story of Rose - miscellaneous details

1. General information

•  Liu Yifei (Crystal Liu) 刘亦菲   (Weibo)  170cm as Huang Yimei  黄亦玫  
• Tong Dawei 佟大为 (Weibo) 180cm as Huang Zhenhua  黄振华, Yimei's elder brother 
• Wan Qian  万茜 (Weibo) 166cm as Su Gengsheng  苏更生, Yimei's best friend and Huang Zhenhua's wife 
  
  
• Peng Guanying 彭冠英 (Weibo)  189cm as Zhuang Guodong   庄国栋, Yimei's first love  
  

• Lin Gengxin  林更新 (Weibo) 188cm as Fang Xiewen 方协文, Yimei's husband  

• Huo Jianhua (Wallace Huo)  霍建华 (Weibo) 177cm as Fu Jiaming  傅家明, Yimei's soulmate  

• Lin Yi   林一 (Weibo) 187cm as He Xi   何西  

3. Music

5. Miscellaneous details

5.1. Money

MONEY  (ep.2) when Yimei wants a mobile phone because pagers are outdated in the early 2000s, her father gives her some money from a stash of 100 yuan banknotes concealed in a bag at the bottom of a flowerpot !

In 2008, at the time the article showing the two visuals to left was published, 1yuan,  5yuan, 10yuan, 50 yuan banknotes came in two designs and different colors. So, the 100-yuan banknote  had two types -- one in gray blue which debuted in 1990 while the other in red  was first released in 1999. "The 1990-type note has a portrait of four former Chinese leaders, namely Mao Zedong, Zhou Enlai, Liu Shaoqi and ZhuDe, on its obverse while its reverse is the Jinggangshan Mountain in South China. Very few of the 1990-type 100-yuan paper notes are currently (2008) circulated in China."

Numismatic info further informed that the grey blue note was introduced in 1988 (even when printed with 1980 date) and finally retired on May1, 2019.

"As of 2023, there have been five series of renminbi banknotes issued by the People's Republic of China: ....  The fourth series of renminbi banknotes was introduced between 1987 and 1997, although the banknotes were dated 1980, 1990, or 1996 (includes BLUE GREY ¥100 ). They were withdrawn from circulation on 1 May 2019.  ....The fifth series of renminbi banknotes and coins was progressively introduced from its introduction in 1999. This series also bears the issue years 2005 (all except ¥1), 2015 (RED ¥100 only) and 2019 (¥1, ¥10, ¥20 and ¥50). (Wikipedia)

5. Miscellaneous details

5.3.  Cars and class differences ; license plates details

How to curb traffic congestion. The Beijing government imposed  in the mid 2000s an odd-even license plate system to reduce the number of the cars on the roads during special events and extreme weather conditions. Cars have to drive on alternate days, based on the license plate number. Cars not from urban areas are only allowed to drive in the city at certain hours. (This alternate system and out-of-town one unfortunately also pushed car owners to buy a second car, so the quota system reinforced the limits to cars on the congested capital streets. )

A quota system was introduced since 2011 : only 240,000 license plates were issued that year, compared with 700,000 the previous year. The license plates were issued only for permanent residents of Beijing.

Today, "Beijing is one of the most restrictive cities in China for car purchases, given its highly dense population and severe traffic congestion problems. For residents who previously did not own a vehicle with a local plate, they would need to first obtain a vehicle purchase quota in a lottery system before they could purchase a vehicle. For residents who have previously owned local license plates, they can continue to use their past plates when replacing their vehicles. -- Beijing had more than 6 million cars as of the end of June 2022, and 70% of new license plates were for electric cars," the license plates of which use black lettering on Gradient green.    (Desirable/undesirable license plates :  Some combinations of letters or numbers are very desired, but some, on the other hand, rather rare, are not, i.e. "USA 911 or 250 (an insult in spoken Chinese: 250, èr bǎi wǔ means “idiot”).

In Beijing, taxis are spotted by their 京B license plates. Other colors are used for other types of vehicles : 京A black on yellow for buses, 京WJ red on white for military and police, red on black for embassies, 京A, 京LB, 京LC white on black are foreign owned. In addition, 京V is military and 京O.A is for Ministry of Public Security, 京O or D are for police or other authorities.

Although one might think universities and hi-tech district Haidian vehicles might have a 京H license plate, or cars in more residential Chaoyang might have a 京C one, this is not so sure as a clue to district (unlike in other Chinese cities), because Beijing residents move about within the city, but once they acquired a car, they can keep the license plate for new car and new address.  This may also explain Tina's unusually "old" license plate: possibly an imported brand new car via Hong Kong, where her old and rich husband lived, new luxury car inheriting the old number plate from a previous car.

5. Miscellaneous details

5.5. Luxury bags and items, fashion

Huang Yimei's crystal bag in 2004 (date given by a radio snippet in ep.4 where Zhuang Guodong/Eric remembers his view of their first meeting in ep.3)

After her first tryst with ZGD on her return from Shanghai, Huang Yimei opened her Valextra handbag to fix her makeup before returning home to her family in Tsinghua university of Haidian district. 

The Malaysian-born designer unites a refined aesthetic with a deft understanding of structure and materials that has propelled the brand’s meteoric rise and upended the contemporary fashion market.

Designed in London, made for the world - Self-Portrait believes in celebrating and empowering women with clothes. Femininity ensured by elegant functionality, reflecting a sincere engagement and appreciation for a contemporary way of life." (self-portrait website)

The brand has 12+ outlets stores in Mainland China (flagship S8-12, 19 Sanlitun, Beijing), Taiwan, Macau, Thailand, London...

This is a man/women’s garments notorious luxury brand.

The founders are designer Ennio Capasa and his brother Carlo, who is the brand's executive director. The brand's creators presented their first collection at Milano Fashion Week in 1986 and debuted in Paris in 1991.

In the late 1990s, the brand opened boutiques in Rome, New York, and Los Angeles and launched footwear and accessories. The brand's minimalist, slightly rock 'n' roll style with a predominance of dark colors and laconic shapes was influenced by Ennio Capasa's years of work with Yoji Yamamoto. (website)

7. Cultural notes : the Korean ethnic group in the PRC

Despite the geographical proximity of the countries, most Koreans who immigrated to China were historically absorbed by the Manchu, Mongol, or Chinese, so “the overwhelming majority of today's ethnic Korean population in China are descendants of recent Korean arrivals. "  Many are descendants of those who fled famines in the 19th century or Japanese rule after 1910, or those who sided with the CPC during the Japanese invasion, or who were volunteers to defend the DPRK (North Korea) against the international coalition led by the USA in 1950. 

Yánbiān  (43,474 km2) is in a valley along the Túmén Jiāng (图们江) river facing the DPRK,  has a population of 2.15 million, with 36% : 780,000 people of Korean ethnic group.   Chángbái, just south of Yanbian in Jilin, is in the mountainous part (Chángbái Shān 长白山).  Both are sparsely populated with relatively stable numbers since 2007

The Korean ethnic group lives mostly in Yánbiān 延边  (established as Korean Autonomous Region since 1952, or Korean Autonomous Prefecture after 1955) and Chángbái  长白 (Chángbái Korean Autonomous County since 1958).  The Korean Chinese or the Korean residents from across the border do not live only in the “autonomous” county or prefecture :  important Korean communities are also to be found in other regions, including in the South of the PRC and in Shanghai.

The designation of an autonomous prefecture gives certain benefits to the ethnic groups there, such as education and legal processes in their languages, funding for culture promotion and the guarantee of certain positions in government for minority individuals :  half of the government seats are reserved to Koreans In Yanbian and Changbai, and both Korean and Chinese languages are used while performing governmental duties, with Korean being the principal language used, along with encouraging the use of Korean in local primary and middle school.  “A local law requires every street sign in the prefecture to be written in both Korean and Chinese, and it explicitly stipulates that Korean letters should not be smaller or placed below the Chinese characters. This even applies to advertisements.” (Lankov, 2007).  Nevertheless, the spoken Korean language in use among the PRC Korean is different from the one used in South Korea (ROK) or in North Korea (DPRK) ; the ROK also has many different dialects, and the differences are big enough to sometimes make them unintelligible for other Korean dialect speakers.

The Korean minority is generally well educated, they have a higher level of education than many other Chinese ethnic groups.   Yanbian University located in Yanji city is a comprehensive university offering bachelor to doctoral degrees. The university is one of the Project 211 national key university and a member of the Double First Class University Plan.

But despite being exempt from the "one child policy", ethnic Koreans have had a low fertilty rate. The Koreans' birth rate has always been lower than that of the Han Chinese. "In 2000, the average Korean woman in Yanbian had 1.01 births in her lifetime. This again reflects the higher education levels of the ethnic Koreans: better-educated groups tend to have less children." (Lankov, 2007)

In September 1994, Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture was selected by the State Council of the People's Republic of China as a "Model Autonomous Prefecture". Yanbian was the first autonomous prefecture in China to receive this title and it had continuously received this title five times. According to a 2012 University of North Carolina honors thesis, the Chaoxianzu are seen as a model minority and have good relations with both the Chinese government and Han majority.

Yanji city is 150 kilometres (247 miles) from Buxian Shan or Mt Paektu in Korean, which is of paramount importance in North Korean culture and lore. Yanji sits across the small Tumen river from a DPRK town, which used to be the second point of entry from the PRC into the DPRK (the first being Dandong, which has a railroad bridge connection between the countries).  "Yanji is the principal commercial hub of the Yanbian Chaoxianzu Autonomous Prefecture and is a collecting point for local agricultural products. It is also an industrial centre of the region, with food- and timber-processing operations and factories manufacturing textiles, pharmaceuticals, electronic equipment, and electrical appliances as economic mainstays. Agricultural implements are also manufactured. There is a secondary industrial centre some 9 miles (15 km) to the south at Longjing, where there are machinery works, a power station, and a paper mill. 

"Since it is the capital of the autonomous prefecture, Yanji is also an important cultural centre for the ethnic Korean population, providing radio and newspaper services in Korean and maintaining extensive cultural and economic relationships with both North and South Korea. Yanbian University (founded 1949) is the largest institution of higher education in the city; over the years, several colleges and schools (including those for medicine, agriculture, and teacher training) have been merged into the university, which itself was reconstituted in 1996." (Britannica)

Yanji is served by Yanji Airport. It is a small, regional airport that typically takes flights from nearby cities in the provinces of Jilin, Liaoning and Heilongjiang. However, your likely route into the city will be facilitated by the main Railway Station. Daily trains run from the provincial capital, Changchun, and can be attained for less than 100 RMB. Additionally, a sleeper train ticket from Beijing will usually cost less than 200 RMB. (Young Pioneers)

Touristic villages. 

"Yanbian Korean National Minority Folk Custom Garden (southwest of Yanji city) is a place that has actively sought to preserve its Korean heritage. The village is rather like stepping back in time to a period before the cold war radically changed both ‘official’ Koreas towards their respective blocs. The buildings are traditional, the clothing is traditional, the practices are traditional and you get the point. For those looking to get a brief glimpse into a Korea largely removed from its homeland over the decades of industrialization and conflict, this may be what you’re looking for.  Hongqi village (红旗 in Antu county) offers a similar project. Located 140 kilometers away from Yanji and 150 kilometers away from Mt Paektu, this village has done a similar job at trying to preserve its traditional Korean nature, particularly in its architecture, cuisine and cultural practices." (Young Pioneers) Hongqi Korean Folk Village is located at Wanbao village, Antu county, Jilin province and known as the No 1 Korean folk village in China. Hongqi Village is also near the main way leading to the Changbai Mountain, a well-known tourist destination in Northeast China.

Distrust and cultural or political tensions.   

The Chinese consider that the Koreans have an arrogant mentality : they generally display a condescending attitude when facing the Chinese and Chinese information. 20-30 years ago, the Chinese chose to endure it because they needed South Korea's capital, investment and technology (the same goes for other developed countries). However, in the past 20 years, China's economy has grown rapidly. The economic level of the eastern region has been comparable to that of South Korea, and it far exceeds South Korea in terms of scale. Chinese literary and artistic works and fashion elements have gradually surpassed South Korea. --  In Confucianism, "the golden mean" is a key moral quality. Confucius urged the Chinese people to "not be arrogant when they are rich, and not to feel inferior when they are poor." The Korean people's characteristic of "becoming proud as soon as they become rich" happens to fall in the worst range of China's moral values. 

The Chinese resent the cultural appropriation by the Koreans of anything from Chinese festivals, cultural artifacts, clothing, even legendary figures such as Confucius or Li Bai.  

There have also been several instances of political rifts that have left scars  (listed on Wikipedia) It goes  back to the Korean traitors who abetted Japanese invasion of China in the 1930s and supported the Japanese occupation of their home country where many were reduced to slavery by the Japanese, and Korean "comfort women" were used by the Japanese soldiers. The ajumma tight curls hairdo for mature women dates back to that era...   Chinese people will hardly mention anything positive about South Korea. Most Chinese people think South Korea is useless. This sentiment eased somewhat during the Park Geun-hye years, but has since gotten worse. “  

After the 2000s it became almost a love-hate relationship, with Chinese young people who had gone to train in K-pop groups  often returning with mixed feelings, after a few years, sometimes with legal suits to break the unreasonable contracts imposed on them (Exo-M members) and feeling that they had been discriminated and looked down on when they lived in Korea. "In addition, South Korea's capital and technology are outdated in the eyes of the Chinese. They were unwilling to tolerate this kind of attitude from Koreans anymore, so they turned this mentality into contempt for South Korea."  (Aya Shawn, Quora) 

Huang Yimei's Cháoxiǎnzú mother in law (played by Xia LiXin) did not accept her son's demand that she speak putonghua instead of the dialect that her daughter in law could not understand. This caused a major rift adding to Fang's highhanded behavior about Huang Yimei's job and income. (ep. 22)

The Ajumma knot perm.   “For many Korean women, there comes a time when they decide that they must undergo a rite of passage as they approach the latter half of their lives. They do away with their longer, younger hairstyles, and have their hair bobbed and curled into the iconic ‘ajumma perm.’ Many middle-aged Korean women, called ajummas (아줌마), can be found wearing their hair in this manner. ... .  As many Korean women lead busy lifestyles both at home and at work, the ajumma perm has become a popular look for women that are always on the go. Reasons for making the change to a perm vary, including wanting to conceal hair loss and thinning, being tired of longer hair getting in the way, or simply to try a new look. The root of this trend dates back to the Japanese occupation of Korea, when in 1937 the first perm was available at a department store in Seoul, and reportedly cost as much as two bales of rice - a luxury only a handful could afford. At the time, the perm was an object of envy for women, and was only sported by the rich and famous, despite being viewed as a decadent, Western trend by their Japanese subjugators. Initially, irons were used to shape hair into its curled form.”

Huang Yimei and Fang Xiewen's  Korean betrothal + wedding banquet. (ep.20)

 HYM met her future mother in law for first time, and a number of relatives, including one "sister" dressed in Hanbok (Korean dress).  HYM dived rashly into this different culture without preparation, in the three days they took off for their project to marry with minimum fuss.  The mother-in-law and Huang Yimei's own father and brother were very critical (albeit for very different reasons) about this "shotgun marriage" that was in fact not justified by more than Fan's insecurity and jealousy about Yimei's former lover, just returned from France.

It felt as though Huang Yimei traveled to another country ! The people spoke a language she did not understand, despite the Korean phrasebook she took along and the help with interpreting that her husband-to-be readily gave her. They had decided to forgo a formal wedding, so the first meeting with Fan’s family was part betrothal, part wedding dinner thrown into one, in rushed way, to the annoyance of Fan’s mom, who did not appreciate the “Beijing girl, not used to home making” and resented the low yield of red envelope gifts from relatives. To add to her annoyance, she was asked by FXW to hand over a fat envelope to her daughter in law (he provided the money, but the mom hoped it was to cover the dinner expenses). The couple was only going to register marriage in his birth town in Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture, not even spending a few days for honeymooning in the famous mountains. Cultural and other distrust piled up from start between the Chinese Korean ethnic mom and HYM.

KOREAN WEDDINGS

From the description below (copied from a selection of websites, linked), we can see that Huang Yimei and Fang Xiewen's mixed marriage  broke traditions not only from excessive haste. The results was a mix of Chinese modern marriage banquet with extended family attending and Chinese decorations of "double happiness" characters, and getting money gifts in red envelopes like for the New Year festival. 

"In Korean tradition, the marriage in itself is not the union of two persons but the union of two families. Many Korean wedding customs reflect this unity of families and demonstrate respect for parents. Taking into account this concept, it’s easier to understand such Korean traditions as matchmaking, an engagement celebration before the official wedding, the Korean bowing for parents, and the Paebaek ceremony."  (Sergey Green)

When attending a Korean wedding, cash is usually brought as a gift. Similar to other cultures, the amount given varies depending on the social status of the gift-giver and their relationship to the bride and groom.

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  Hanbok  

                                                    Photo by Flora & Fauna

 Korean brides will most likely wear hanbok, or Korean traditional formal clothing, historically made of silk, while the groom may wear hanbok or a suit. During the paebaek and the formal Korean traditional wedding, a bride may choose to wear a wonsam, an intricate upper garment embroidered with designs in silk thread, along with a full skirt called a chima. A less formal but still traditional bride wears the chima and a jeogori, a long-sleeved upper garment that is generally shorter and cropped higher compared to the wonsam. The more formal groom or a groom attending a paebaek wears a samogwandae, the court attire of the Chosun Dynasty. His attire consists of a long, elaborate robe-like vestment on top of pants and a jacket, along with a belt and a headpiece called a samo, a black cap with wings on the sides. The less formal groom might opt to simply wear pants called baji and a jacket called a jeogori.

+Note : "A Korean bride will surely expect a ring for her engagement. However, in South Korea, there are no strict rules to wear on an engagement ring or even a marriage ring. Many older couples don’t wear wedding bands and young Korean couples wear rings, although they are not married at all. Korean couples’ rings can be a sign of being in a committed relationship or it can be a gift for a memorable couple event."

"Red dots the size of coins are painted on the bride’s cheeks to ward off evil spirit"

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  Luxury Gift Exchanges  

In the past, grooms would provide a "hahm" before the ceremony, which refers to "the groom's family's gift to the bride," explains wedding planner MJ Seo. "It is often presented before the wedding ceremony as a symbol of the groom's sincerity and commitment. The 'hahm' typically consists of various items, including money, jewelry, or other valuable gifts." She continues by sharing. "The act of presenting the 'hahm' is a meaningful gesture that showcases the groom's appreciation for the bride and signifies his readiness to take on the responsibilities of marriage. The "hahm" tradition isn't commonly practiced today, and most modern Korean weddings have substituted luxury gift exchanges by both families. This can include items such as designer goods, jewelry, or other high-end presents, symbolizing the union of two families through the celebration of love and prosperity."

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  Specific Colors  

 

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  Processional Parade  

Before the traditional ceremony begins, couples will engage in a processional parade where traditional Korean music will play. Historically, the groom would parade to the bride’s house on a horse, but now, an officiant will enter and begin to explain the wedding, guiding the audience through the sequence of events. The two mothers will then walk in first, each with their own candles; the bride’s mother carries a red candle and the groom's mother carries a blue candle. Just like the red and blue clothing, these two colors symbolize the balance of cosmic forces that occur in nature. When the mother reaches the end of the processional, they light one single candle, symbolizing the beginning of the Korean traditional wedding.

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  Explanation of the Table  

 

After the processional parade, the officiant will then begin to explain the contents on the table, which include Mandarin-style wooden ducks (won-ang seteu), pinecones, bamboo, dates, chestnuts, persimmons, red beans, gourd cups, and a copper bowl. The copper bowl is for the handwashing of the couple to symbolize their cleansing and purity for one another. Pinecones and bamboo represent loyalty for life, while dates and chestnuts represent fertility and how many children the couple will have.

The newlyweds eat at their table and then greet the guests table by table. It’s important to greet every guest and express gratitude for coming. At the end of the banquet, the couple is solemnly seen off. The party in Western-style with drinking and dancing may occur later in the evening, with just the couple and friends going out on the town.

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  Jeonanyrye  

 Jeonanyrye is the “presentation of the wild goose." Historically, the groom would gift a wild goose to his mother-in-law to symbolize his commitment to his new wife, showing he would be loyal to her for life just like geese, which mate for life. In modern times, the groom’s family will gift wooden ducks to the bride's family.

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  Gyobaerye  

 Historically, a Korean wedding was an arranged marriage in which the bride and groom would see one another for the first time at this point. First, the bride and groom, who would each have two attendants to assist in the ceremony, would walk to opposite ends of the wedding table and the attendants would spread out a rug for the bride and a rug for the groom. The attendants wash the bride and groom’s hands to symbolize cleansing themselves for the ceremony. Facing one another, the bride and groom bow to one another—the bride bowing twice to the groom, the groom bowing once to the bride, the bride bowing two more times, and then the groom bowing once more. Then, they kneel down and face one another.

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  Hapgeunrye  

 Hapgeunrye is the time when the bride and groom will drink from the same copper cup. Either the couple will drink from two separate halves of a gourd connected by a thread, from the same cup, or from a combination of both. The halves of the gourd symbolize that the pair are becoming one whole entity. In one tradition, the first sip from the copper cup represents the couple’s relationship with one another. The second sip is taken from the gourd cups, which are switched between the bride and groom after the second sip to represent an interchange. Finally, the couple bow together to show respect—to their parents, their ancestors, and their wedding guests.

+Note : "The highlight of the ceremony is when the couple share jung jong (Korean wine) together. The bride and groom sip the wine from their separate cups and then the wine is mixed together, poured once more into the cups and it's sipped again. This is their wedding vow, the kunbere," explains Shim.

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  Paebaek  

 Both sets of parents sit behind a low table full of food from the original wedding ceremony table. Nowadays, families try to incorporate as much food as possible on the table to make it look lush, but it was traditionally only three platters of food: a tower of chestnuts and dates, flat beef jerky, and a third platter of eight little appetizers called anju.

+Note :The parents of the groom take their places at a low table decorated with special food. The Pyebaek table setting usually has three items: a pile of dates connected with a red thread, a pile of beef jerky tied with red and blue yarns, and a bottle of distilled liquor. This food symbolizes yang, the positive of the two forces of ancient Oriental philosophy. The number of dishes must total an odd number which will bring good luck and prosperity for the new marriage. 

Paebaek foods are often plastic and merely for photographs. The couple enters, bows, and pours tea. They receive blessings and monetary gifts from their parents. The bride and groom do a grand bow, and then a half bow, then sit down. Holding a white fabric with flower embroidery, they catch dates and chestnuts that the two sets of parents throw. The number of dates and chestnuts the happy couple catch in the cloth represents the number of children they will have, with dates representing sons and chestnuts representing daughters. Then, photos are taken and the groom may or may not piggyback the bride once or twice around the table. If the groom is feeling confident, he may carry his mother and his mother-in-law around the table as well.

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  Post-Ceremony Meal  

According to Seo, "Traditional Korean weddings often involve a symbolic ceremony attended by close family and friends. After the ceremony, guests typically proceed to the dining room to enjoy the meal, and the event concludes. 

Seo adds, "Many couples choose to host their weddings at hotels or specialized wedding venues, where the culinary experience often blends..., creating a fusion of flavors. In the case of buffet-style weddings, there tends to be a diverse selection of Korean dishes alongside other international options. Examples of dishes served at such weddings may include Galbi (Grilled Short Ribs), Samgyetang (Ginseng Chicken Soup), Haemul Pajeon (Seafood Pancake), Bulgogi (Marinated Grilled Beef), Japchae (Stir-Fried Glass Noodles), and more. These dishes represent a harmonious blend of traditional Korean flavors with modern presentation styles, offering a delightful and culturally rich experience for wedding guests."

Traditional Korean Wedding Food, Drinks and Desserts 

• Korean Banquet Noodles 

	Korean wedding banquets can be very simple: Noodle soup is the only required dish. In fact, the wedding banquet is called kook-soo-sang, which means "noodle banquet." This festive dish is sometimes also referred to as Janchi Guksu, literally "party/banquet noodles." Long noodles, symbolizing a wish for a long and happy life, are boiled in beef broth and garnished with vegetables.  "Kook soo means noodles in Korean. Traditionally, noodles get served at weddings, which represent a long and happy marriage," shares Shim. "Kook soo sang is served at every Korean wedding as noodles symbolize a long and happy life together," adds Kim. "Usually a clear beef broth is garnished with vegetables and shredded eggs."
	Yaksik Yaksik, or yakbap, is a sweet Korean wedding food that literally translates to "medicinal food" or "medicinal rice." The rice dish is made with a mix of honey, sugar, nuts and spices and is very popular at traditional Korean wedding dinners.
	Dok Korean Wedding Dessert  Dok, a sticky rice cake, is served at most Korean events, especially weddings. It is the most common wedding dessert you can expect to see
	The Chinese end of the wedding party is the occasion for the distribution to guests of wedding candies or wedding candies boxes, like the one brought by FXW to Zhuang Guodong when they meet later in Beijing.