The design of this wedding invitation card is a page of Chinese calendar we see hanging on the wall in most Chinese families during the 1970s and 1980s. Such calendar is what most Chinese families during the era cannot do without because it can tell which time of the day is lucky, what activities one do will bring good fortune and what activities one should not do that day.

 

The concept of this invitation card is simply to remind the receipient of the important date. There is a row of Chinese characters that represents the different time of a day and the Chinese character “吉” means good or lucky. In this case, the whole day is a lucky day. At the bottom of card, there are 2 columns with “宜” on the left and “忌” on the right. The one on the left represents “Things you can do on the day” while the one on the right represents “Things you cannot do on the day”. To add a little fun to the card, some of the things that cannot be done on the day is to the groom’s favour.

 

On the other side of the card where the event details are given a more modern treatment, to juxtapose the old and the new practices in Chinese wedding traditions.