{"id":187577,"date":"2017-12-08T21:00:31","date_gmt":"2017-12-08T10:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/au\/real-weddings\/evon-and-eugene-bring-touch-of-chinese-culture-to-traditional-wedding\/"},"modified":"2022-03-17T01:09:45","modified_gmt":"2022-03-16T14:09:45","slug":"evon-and-eugene-bring-touch-of-chinese-culture-to-traditional-wedding","status":"publish","type":"au-real-wedding","link":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/real-weddings\/evon-and-eugene-bring-touch-of-chinese-culture-to-traditional-wedding\/","title":{"rendered":"Evon and Eugene bring touch of Chinese culture to traditional wedding"},"content":{"rendered":"
Evon and Eugene brought the best of Chinese culture to Melbourne for their traditional wedding.<\/p>\n
The day began with a traditional gate crashing, where Eugene, 32, and his groomsmen had to go through a series of games and challenges before he could see the bride.<\/p>\n
This was followed by a traditional tea ceremony. “The tea set I used belonged to my parents, which they used on their wedding day 34 years ago,” Evon, 28, says.<\/p>\n
The celebrations were held at Melbourne’s Bram Leigh Receptions in front of 110 guests on July 21, 2017 – the couple’s fifth anniversary.<\/p>\n
Red and peach tones set the scene for the reception decor, and instead of a first dance the couple opted to perform two duets – one in Cantonese\u00a0and one in English – it was a fitting surprise given they first met at a karaoke bar.<\/p>\n
“I prepared a surprise song for him as well,” says Evon. “We felt like it was our mini concert that night and luckily our guests enjoyed it as well.”<\/p>\n
Evon sourced much of the decor for the big day herself and enjoyed the planning process<\/a>.<\/p>\n “We both think our wedding was a big party. We definitely feel the love from all our family and friends \u2013 without their presence we wouldn\u2019t have had such a memorable day,” she says.<\/p>\n Photos courtesy of Black Avenue Productions<\/a>\u00a0and Pakyu Photography<\/a>.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Evon is originally from Hong Kong and Eugene is from Malaysia. They met in March in 2012 through mutual friends and in October 2015 Eugene popped the question.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Evon and Eugene were married by David Schneider <\/a>in a beautiful garden ceremony.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Not many brides have five dress changes on their big day, although multiple dress changes are a Chinese wedding tradition<\/a>. Evon had a traditional Chinese gown, two Western-style wedding dresses, a navy gown and a semi-transparent gown worn at the end of the reception.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n