Chinese bride in a red embroidered qipao serving tea in a candlelit room

Fairmont Chateau Lake Louise · Lake Louise, Alberta

Mei & Daniel

Quiet rituals, then a mountain banquet

Venue
Fairmont Chateau Lake Louise
Location
Lake Louise, Alberta
Season
Mid December
Guest count
140 guests

Their story

Mei and Daniel began their day with the tea ceremony — quiet, deliberate, her parents and grandparents seated before them. By mid-afternoon we were on the terrace at Lake Louise, and the banquet carried the celebration late into a snowy mountain night.

“Every tradition mattered to our families, and they photographed each one with such care. Our grandparents cried looking through the album.”
— Mei

The gallery

The day, frame by frame.

Mother fastening the collar of the bride's red qipao in window light
Morning · The qipao
Bride pouring tea for her grandparents from a porcelain teapot
Tradition · Serving the tea
Bride in a red embroidered qipao serving tea in a candlelit room
Tradition · The tea ceremony
Bride and groom on the snowy lakeside terrace of the Chateau with mountains behind
Portraits · The terrace
Bride and groom toasting champagne at their banquet table overlooking Lake Louise
Evening · The banquet

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