In Korea the girl and boy have nothing to say in the matter of marriage.  From the age of seven, boys and girls are not allowed to sit in the same room.  Parents with the aid of a fortuneteller arrange the marriage; the couple never met until the day of the wedding.  Women generally marry at the age of 16.  The wife is usually a couple of years older than the husband, especially among upper-class families.
     A few days before the wedding ceremony, the man’s family sends a ham or a box containing gifts for the bride.  The box was usually delivered at night.
     The traditional wedding ceremony normally takes place at the bride’s house.  It begins with the bride and groom exchanging bows and drinks.  This was done with a wedding table in the middle of them.  During the bows the bride is assisted by an elderly female servant or a women who knew wedding procedures very well.
     The wedding ceremony is followed by the bride meeting her new parents-in-law and other members of the family.  During the ceremony the bride would have to bow to her husband’s family.  The bride would also have to provide the groom’s parents with gifts of silk, and greetings were exchanged between the two families.
     When night came the newly wed couple would go to their room.  Relatives would peep into the room by making holes in the paper doors.  The bridegroom would first take off the bride’s headgear, undo her coats string, and remove only one of her socks.  Once they entered the room they could not leave until sunrise.