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Wedding stationery

Shan and Jim

Chinese wedding banquet

Cover for a menu that opened to four panels. The words happiness, longevity, and fertility are traditionally incorporated into the menu. The twelve course wedding banquet began with a lion dance and acrobats. At the end the lion drops a large melon from its mouth into the bride's lap symbolizing fertility. The menu explained the meaning associated with much of the food.