Editor’s Note: A wedding ceremony in rural China has a great many customs that are still practiced and are very important. One of our bloggers, Maierwei, who is from Turkey, shared her experience at a Chinese wedding in Henan's rural area. Please join the discussion.

I went to Henan for two days with my boyfriend RJ and best friend NR (an awesome guy from Algeria). Before visiting, RJ had told me that the conditions are not that good in his hometown, and that almost nobody lives in the village anymore. However, we spent a long time in a village in Xinyang city where people were super friendly and nice, and I mean true friendliness by that, as if we had been friends for a long time.