{"id":14766,"date":"2016-11-14T09:00:07","date_gmt":"2016-11-14T14:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.Centives.net\/S\/?p=14766"},"modified":"2016-11-13T11:19:26","modified_gmt":"2016-11-13T16:19:26","slug":"chinese-brides-are-hiring-professional-bridesmaids","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.Centives.net\/S\/2016\/chinese-brides-are-hiring-professional-bridesmaids\/","title":{"rendered":"Chinese Brides Are Hiring Professional Bridesmaids"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.Centives.net\/S\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/111316_1617_ChineseBrid1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"642\" height=\"429\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Weddings can be expensive affairs. In China you can add the cost of a professional bridesmaid to the list:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>At Chinese weddings bridesmaids are sometimes expected to drink on behalf of the bride. And since each guest might be toasted &#8220;bottoms up&#8221; individually, this has been known to lead to alcohol poisoning and death.<\/li>\n<li>It can also be tradition for the bridesmaid to stand between the groom and the bridal suite, acting as a final symbolic hurdle. With all the alcohol, the groom and the groomsmen can become rowdy and violent.<\/li>\n<li>Bridesmaids are subject to intense scrutiny, and may be objectified. The beauty of the bridesmaid is seen by some as a signal of the couple&#8217;s status and wealth.<\/li>\n<li>Still things are better now. In ancient times the bridesmaid would dress up like the bride and be her double, in case there was a kidnapping attempt by a rival clan.<\/li>\n<li>But the pressures remain strong enough that some close friends will decline the offer to be a bridesmaid.<\/li>\n<li>Enter the free market. Companies have sprung up that offer &#8220;professional bridesmaids&#8221; for about 800 yuan (US$120) per wedding.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Read more at <a href=\"http:\/\/qz.com\/818996\/its-so-dangerous-being-a-bridesmaid-in-china-that-some-brides-are-hiring-professionals-instead\/\">Quartz<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Weddings can be expensive affairs. In China you can add the cost of a professional bridesmaid to the list: At Chinese weddings bridesmaids are sometimes expected to drink on behalf of the bride. And since each guest might be toasted &#8220;bottoms up&#8221; individually, this has been known to lead to alcohol poisoning and death. It [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":14765,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14766","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-daily-bulletin"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.Centives.net\/S\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/111316_1617_ChineseBrid1.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.Centives.net\/S\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14766","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.Centives.net\/S\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.Centives.net\/S\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.Centives.net\/S\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.Centives.net\/S\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14766"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.Centives.net\/S\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14766\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14769,"href":"https:\/\/www.Centives.net\/S\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14766\/revisions\/14769"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.Centives.net\/S\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14765"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.Centives.net\/S\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14766"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.Centives.net\/S\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14766"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.Centives.net\/S\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14766"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}