 If traditional practices were adhered to , feasting would have continued for two days , while guests would have given gifts , mainly of money , to the newlyweds . The wedding ceremony would have culminated with the guests entering the bridal chamber , where they would have made various sexual references and innuendos , led by a figure with his face painted black . In Chinese rural tradition , the bride was expected to show the bloodstains on the bed sheets from her wedding night to prove that her hymen had been broken during sexual intercourse , and that she had therefore been a virgin . 
