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'Olympic wedding' surge in China
by flight737 | June 21, 2008 at 06:24 am | 299 views | 7 comments
Thousands of Chinese couples are applying to tie the knot on 8 August, to help celebrate the opening of the Beijing Olympics, state media say.
The number eight also brings good fortune in Chinese folklore, and the eighth day of the eighth month of 2008 is regarded as especially propitious.
Officials have vowed to grant marriages licenses to all the applicants.
Earlier this month, China reported a surge in the number of children named Aoyun, meaning Olympic Games.
The rise in popularity of the name is seen as a sign of support for the Games.
Friday was the first day applications to marry on 8 August were accepted.
About 1,000 couples queued for hours in Beijing to register for that day, Xinhua news agency reported.
The authorities expect a total of 9,000 couples to apply in the coming weeks, it added.
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June 21, 2008 at 06:24 am by flight737, 299 views, 7 comments
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at 07:08 on June 21st, 2008
flight737, good stuff, very interesting.
at 09:42 on June 21st, 2008
flight737, I like this story. It's good stuff.
at 11:23 on June 21st, 2008
Good article. Very interesting. Thanks for posting this article, but please use the highlight tool in future, so that our readers know where your stories are coming from, as this looks like you wrote it yourself. Here's our guide to our highlight tool. http://www.nowpublic.com/newsroom/tools/highlight/getting_started.
at 11:40 on June 21st, 2008
Source:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/7467015.stm
at 13:05 on June 21st, 2008
You beat me to it Loopzilla - It's a "copy and paste" job
at 13:37 on June 21st, 2008
No ,actually ,chinese normal people don't think too much about the olympics or the number 8.In China ,there r some many lucky numbers---6,8,9,19,12,16,18...
At the same time ,there r so many young people get married every year in China .They don't need to wait for the date of olympic games .
Some old people think 8 means "bring u fortune" ...
Anyway ,this makes a interesting topic ----shall the guests go to the new couples' wedding party or stay at home and watch the olympic games on 8.8 ?haha
Thanks god ,no one in my family will get married on that big day .haha
at 16:10 on June 21st, 2008
flight737, thanks for sharing.
First comes love,
Then comes marriage,
Then come more humans in a baby carriage.