This qun was worn by Sin Mee Kuen, a mandarin teacher at Nan Hua Girls' School, as part of a qun kua set for the tea ceremony of her wedding to her husband. Sin Mee Kuen and her husband were matchmade, and married in 1940 or 1941. She wore a qun kua made in Singapore for the wedding dinner. She subsequently wore this qun kua each year at family Chinese New Year gatherings. Her daughter subsequently wore this qun kua for her own wedding dinner.The kua is the abbreviated name for the qun kua (裙褂) or long feng gua (龍鳳褂), an ensemble consisting of a blouse and skirt which is worn by a bride in traditional Southern Chinese weddings. Many Southern Chinese migrated to Southeast Asia, and hence the qun kua is often used by ethnically Chinese brides in Singapore and Malaysia. In this qun kua, the kua (blouse) is black and is embroidered with auspicious peony motifs. These motifs reappear on the qun (skirt), which is red.
