{"id":377,"date":"2010-03-16T14:27:06","date_gmt":"2010-03-16T22:27:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.embracelifephoto.com\/blog2\/?p=377"},"modified":"2025-04-27T19:29:48","modified_gmt":"2025-04-28T03:29:48","slug":"san-francisco-tea-ceremony","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.embracelifephoto.com\/blog\/wedding-photography\/san-francisco-tea-ceremony\/","title":{"rendered":"San Francisco Tea Ceremony"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Lindsey and Muki&#8217;s wedding day began with a beautiful, traditional Chinese tea ceremony.  Lindsey looked gorgeous in her red silk dress! <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.embracelifephoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/7_01.jpg\" alt=\"San Francisco Tea Ceremony Photographer - 01\" \/><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.embracelifephoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/5_02.jpg\" alt=\"San Francisco Tea Ceremony Photographer - 02\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.embracelifephoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/5_03.jpg\" alt=\"San Francisco Tea Ceremony Photographer - 03\" \/><\/p>\n<p>When Muki arrived, Lindsey&#8217;s bridesmaids and family put up a good resistance before allowing Muki to see his beautiful bride-to-be.  It wasn&#8217;t until he broke out the red envelopes (<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Red_envelope\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">H\u00f3ng B\u0101o<\/a>) and paid the right &#8220;bribes&#8221; that he was finally able to greet Linsdey in her room.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.embracelifephoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/4_04.jpg\" alt=\"San Francisco Tea Ceremony Photographer - 04\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.embracelifephoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/5_05.jpg\" alt=\"San Francisco Tea Ceremony Photographer - 05\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.embracelifephoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/4_06.jpg\" alt=\"San Francisco Tea Ceremony Photographer - 06\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.embracelifephoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/5_07.jpg\" alt=\"San Francisco Tea Ceremony Photographer - 07\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.embracelifephoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/5_08.jpg\" alt=\"San Francisco Tea Ceremony Photographer - 08\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.embracelifephoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/5_09.jpg\" alt=\"San Francisco Tea Ceremony Photographer - 09\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Lindsey and Muki knelt before their parents and other relatives to share loving words of gratitude, and a cup of tea, in a show of respect. Their relatives gave them wishes of good luck and generous gifts in the same red envelopes.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.embracelifephoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/4_10.jpg\" alt=\"San Francisco Tea Ceremony Photographer - 10\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I love this one below, on the right, of Lindsey&#8217;s brother. He came unprepared and pulled out his wallet to put some cash in a red envelope right in front of everyone at the tea ceremony! It was pretty entertaining.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.embracelifephoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/5_11.jpg\" alt=\"San Francisco Tea Ceremony Photographer - 11\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.embracelifephoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/5_12.jpg\" alt=\"San Francisco Tea Ceremony Photographer - 12\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The pure emotion and love in these beautiful images is just amazing!<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.embracelifephoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/4_13.jpg\" alt=\"San Francisco Tea Ceremony Photographer - 13\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.embracelifephoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/4_14.jpg\" alt=\"San Francisco Tea Ceremony Photographer - 14\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Be sure to check out the rest of this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.embracelifephoto.com\/blog\/wedding-photography\/san-francisco-wedding-photographer\/\">San Francisco wedding photography<\/a> in part 2 of this blog entry.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lindsey and Muki&#8217;s wedding day began with a beautiful, traditional Chinese tea ceremony. 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