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!
