Shanghai Couples Line up for Hours to Get Married on Lucky Date 520

Shanghai Couples Line up for Hours to Get Married on Lucky Date 520
May 21, 2014 By eChinacities.com

Couples were queuing around the block yesterday for the privilege of getting officially married on May 20, 2014, considered to be especially lucky and romantic because the date when spoken aloud, “wu er ling yi si’ sounds like ‘I will love you for a lifetime’ in Chinese, (我爱你一世).

According to the Shanghai Civil Affairs Bureau, 4,698 couples registered for marriage yesterday, ten times the normal figure. Couples who couldn’t get an appointment waited for hours for an appointment, like He Liang and his wife, who had chosen the date six months before.

“We hope the date will bring us a long lasting marriage.”

Other couples arrived at the marriage registration office as early as 04:15 to ensure an appointment. Superstition wasn’t the only reason the offices were particularly crowded that day; many couples originally booked in for May 21 had to move their registration back one day because of the Conference on Interaction and Confidence-Building Measures in Asia.

Source: Shanghai Daily

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Basque

So ridiculous

Jul 13, 2014 09:22 Report Abuse

mike168229

Ah yes, the wonderful institution of the Chinese wedding.

May 22, 2014 15:27 Report Abuse

FHJZ

wondering how many gullible young ladies have fallen into the trap of this so call 5-20 BS sweet talk by the chinese guys to get married and later divorce where the guys got a free xxxk..and the girls got a status of a divorcee and become a left behind as most men would not want to marry a divorcee..good job guys...

May 22, 2014 12:40 Report Abuse

carlstar

Must be difficult to hold that red thing between their heads. They work really well together.

May 22, 2014 12:37 Report Abuse

sharkies

4698 couples = 9396 mindless zombies.

May 21, 2014 22:55 Report Abuse