Golden wedding and silver wedding represent fifty and twenty-five years of marriage respectively. Each anniversary after marriage has a different name and different symbolic meanings, such as the thirty-year pearl wedding, the forty-year ruby ​​wedding, the sixty-year diamond wedding, etc. Among them, "golden wedding" symbolizes that the love between the two parties is as strong as gold and the love lasts forever.

How many years are there for a golden wedding and a silver wedding?

In addition to golden weddings and silver weddings, there is also a paper wedding in the first year, which means the marriage relationship is printed on a piece of paper. It is a metaphor that the initial union is as thin as paper and must be carefully protected. The second year of cotton wedding, the third year of leather wedding, the fourth year of silk wedding, the fifth year of wood wedding, the sixth year of iron wedding, the seventh year of copper wedding, the eighth year of pottery wedding, the ninth year of willow wedding, the tenth year of tin wedding, the eleventh year of steel wedding, the twelfth year of chain wedding, the thirteenth year of lace wedding, the fourteenth year of ivory wedding and the fifteenth year of crystal wedding.

After fifteen years of marriage, there will be a name every five years. They are the porcelain wedding in the 20th year, the silver wedding in the 25th year, the pearl wedding in the 30th year, the coral wedding in the 35th year, the ruby ​​wedding in the 40th year, the sapphire wedding in the 45th year, the golden wedding in the 50th year, the emerald wedding in the 55th year, and the diamond wedding in the 60th year. The sixtieth and seventieth wedding anniversaries are collectively referred to as "Fu Lu Shou Wen" by the Chinese. Among them, silver wedding and golden wedding are the first and second major celebrations after marriage respectively.