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Pyebaek (폐백) — Korea's chestnut-and-jujube wedding ceremony
The small private ceremony after the wedding where the couple bows to the elders and catches falling fruit. The photos go unshared because nobody outside the family is in the room.
Pyebaek is the small ceremony after the main wedding where the bride and groom bow to both sets of parents and relatives. Dressed in hanbok, they perform the deep bow, and the in-laws throw chestnuts and jujubes into the bride's skirt. An old belief: as many as you catch, that many children you'll have.
Why pyebaek photos disappear
The pyebaek room is small. Usually only about 20 family members fit inside. The groom's mother takes photos, the bride's aunt takes video, a younger cousin films short clips from the back.
The problem starts next. Post the photos to the family group chat and KakaoTalk compresses them. The originals sit on each phone, and when the phone is replaced six months later, they vanish with it.
The wedding photographer covers the main ceremony but usually doesn't enter the pyebaek room. The irony: the most intimate ceremony has the worst photo archive.
Collecting pyebaek photos with Galeira
Tape a QR code on the wall next to the pyebaek room door. Family members scan it on their way in. No app to install, no signup. They pick photos to upload, and the originals land at full resolution in your gallery.
If you've connected Google Drive or Dropbox, approved originals auto-mirror there too — mirroring status you can verify in the dashboard.
Before the wedding
Create a Galeira event a week ahead. Pick a short URL ("min-su-and-ji-young") and print the QR at A6 size. Two copies in the pyebaek room and one at the main hall entrance covers it.
Message the family group chat ahead of time: "there's a QR in the pyebaek room — please send your photos."
After the wedding
The next morning, while packing for the honeymoon, open your gallery. You'll see the moment a chestnut lands in your hanbok skirt. You'll see your mother-in-law hugging you for the first time. You'll see your younger cousin's shaky video from the back — and it'll feel more real than any framed photo.
Download everything at once, or keep it in the Galeira gallery for your plan's archive period — approved originals mirror to your connected Google Drive or Dropbox, with status you can verify. Galeira is free to start.
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