Oriental Wedding Flowers

If you choose to organize your wedding in an oriental style then it is better for you to get informed on several aspects that are meant to confer your wedding atmosphere the Asian look. First of all you need to know that the specific oriental colors are yellow and red, as white is considered to be associated with funeral events, therefore the choice of white for your bridal attire as well as for the wedding invitations is not to be desired. As to the bridal clothing you would better choose a red brocade dress having printed a Chinese dragon or the symbol of Phoenix outlined with yellow silk thread.


This specific theme of your wedding beside the fact that requires specific gowns, specific music and specific dishes included in the menu has to be also decorated in an oriental style. And speaking of which, the decorative items relate also to the use of oriental wedding flowers, such as lotus flowers, peonies or orchids other than white. The symbolism of these flowers carries a lot of significance once they are inserted in the decoration of your bridal bouquets as well as in the table centerpieces arrangements.


For instance, the lotus flower which is a flower to grow and develop out of mud for moving finally toward the day light spreading its magnificent bloom in a spectacle of beauty and strength. The Buddhist belief sees in this growth of a flower the symbol of one's awakening to the spiritual side that is contained in a life time and the way this flower manages to grow out of mud represents also the symbolical struggle of life succeeding in overcoming the difficulties of the hard times.

On the other hand, peonies are seen due to their lush, rounded blooming as symbols of romance and riches next to the significance of a happy marriage and good fortune. Using orchids, other than white as oriental wedding flowers in the floristic decoration of your wedding event is a way to insert the symbols of love, wealth and beauty.

The orchids' meanings go back in the times of the ancient Greeks who saw them as the flowers to suggest virility and as the ages moved along reaching the Victorian periods of a medieval England, they became known as the flowers to speak about luxury and elegant sophistication. The modern times have brought orchids close to the symbolism of delicacy and rarity being very often used in the displaying of a wedding celebration.


Going back to the oriental style of your wedding it is also a good idea to incorporate other oriental items that are quite frequently used in the interior decorations of the oriental living places. These items can be colorful Chinese paper lanterns that are designed to carry floral symbols, wall scroll painting representing the plum flowers - these ones being very appropriate for the season of spring that is planned to host the oriental wedding event.  Plum flowers carry also an oriental symbol in the aspect of their light pink blossom - the symbol of beauty and longevity.

So next to the displaying of the oriental flowers do not avoid using other oriental decoration as long as they are filled with symbols that go very well with the spirit of a wedding celebration, regardless its chosen style of unfolding.