Chinese wedding is famous for its elaborate preparation culminating ironically to a simple wedding ceremony on the wedding day. In Thailand, Chinese wedding remains popular especially among Thai Chinese or Chinese expats. The dim of firecrackers, loud gongs and drums marks the start of the procession from the groom’s home. The groom leads the procession accompanied by a child as an omen of his future sons, and the bridal sedan chair followed by attendants with lanterns and banners, musicians, and a ‘dancing’ lion or unicorn. According to Hsiang, "Several decades ago, when there was a wedding in Fukien, the groom would go to the bride’s house to fetch her, taking with him the bridal chair, which was completely covered with red satin and fresh flowers. He himself made the journey there and back in a blue and yellow teak sedan chair. " On arriving at the bride’s house, the groom’s party is met by the bride’s friends, who would not ‘surrender ’the bride until they are satisfied by red packets of money, ang pau from the groom’s representative. This is the occasion of much good-natured haggling before the two parties could reach an agreement. The ‘good luck woman’ or a dajin, employed by the bride’s family to look after the bride, carries the bride on her back to the sedan chair. Another attendant might shield the bride with a parasol while a third tossed rice at the sedan chair. Sometimes the bride is borne out in a wooden ‘cage’ with her feet padlocked –; presumably a remnant from rougher times with extremely reluctant brides. A sieve, shai-tse, which would strain out evil, and a metallic mirror, king, which would reflect light, are suspended at the rear of the bride’s sedan to protect her from evil influence. The bride might also attach a special mirror to her garment, which she would not remove until she was safely seated upon the marriage bed. Firecrackers are set off to frighten away evil spirits as the bride departed in the sedan chair. The physical movement symbolizes the transfer of the bride from her parent’s family to her husband’s. In contrast to the elaborate preparations, the wedding ceremony itself is simple. The bride and groom are conducted to the family altar, where they pay homage to Heaven and Earth, the family ancestors and the Kitchen God, Tsao-Chün. Tea, generally with two lotus seeds or two red dates in the cup, is offered to the groom’s parents. Then the bride and groom bow to each other. This completed the marriage ceremony, except in some regions, where both also drink wine from the same goblet, eat sugar molded in the form of a rooster, and partake of the wedding dinner together. Generally, separate wedding feasts are given by the parents of the bride and the groom for their respective friends and families. Even at the feast, men and women sit separately. There could be a single feast for each or a series of feasts over several days. However, the most important feast is that given the groom’s family on the day of the wedding. It is generally considered as public recognition of the union.