Chinese Wedding of
Titanic Proportion
6 May 2007
On May 3, 100 pairs
of Chinese brides and grooms crowded the
foreshore square Sea of Stars (星海湾广场) in China's northeast city
Dalian (大连市) to tie the knots.
Chinese
Rose: I'm floating! Have we
reached the heart of the ocean yet?
Chinese Jack: Not yet.
But so what, we've alreayd at the tip of
the ship.
After the land
ceremony, the excited newlyweds boarded a
ship to infringe James Cemaron's copyright by
posing themselves as Jack Dawson and Rose
DeWitt Bukater.
The mass production
of husbands and wives in such a titanic scale
in the heart of the ocean (oops, not quite
far enough) has already made
history by creating a new Geniis Record.
Despite
this Pig's Year is considered a Blind Year (盲年) for
the Start
of Spring day falling before the Chinese New
Year's Day and thus less auspicious for
starting a new family, in this
so-called Golden Week (黄金周),
the marriage registration offices were so
busy and the business of the big restaurants
catering for wedding banquets were booming.
During this period in Shanghai there were
about 1,500 new couples formed each day,
according to local media. Of course, it's a
bit too late for them to manufacture a cute
piglet, they'll have a Rat baby instead,
which is also considered by many Chinese as a
lucky zodiac. Rats are smart and witty, and
like Piggies, they don't have to work hard to
survive - what a life!
