拜堂
baai3 tong4bài táng
English
- ritual kneeling to heaven and earth by bride and groom in a old-fashioned wedding ceremony
- for the bride and the bridegroom to kow-tow to the ancestors as part of a traditional wedding ceremony
- same as 拜天地
粵語 — Cantonese
- 中式嘅結婚傳統,婚禮嘅其中一環入面,新郎同新娘要對祖宗叩頭。
Examples
當你進入禮拜堂時,把你的帽子脫下來。
Take your hat off when you enter a house of worship.
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Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk