They will not feel that they have enjoyed themselves properly unless the tables are loaded down with fine dishes, the guests play drinking games and toast each other round after round, and the room is crowded and raucous. And marriage, as a once-in-a-lifetime occasion, is seen as a time for celebration on a par with passing the imperial examinations, so there can be still less excuse for going against tradition.
滿桌佳餚，拼酒、划拳，非得把場面搞得人聲沸騰，才算盡興；而被視為小登科的終身大事，一生就這麼一次，更是不能免俗。