'Naked' wedding: a blessing or a disaster?
- Source: Global Times
- [17:01 December 24 2009]
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"Naked wedding," a popular catch phrase in China coined amid the background of skyrocketing property prices, reflects the reality of many young people in China today. It refers to a marriage without a house, a car, diamond ring, and fancy wedding ceremony – just a nine-yuan marriage certificate.
A recent online poll about "naked weddings" on Sohu.com that released the results on December 24 show over half of the respondents would not choose to have that kind of a wedding.
For the first question, "Would having a 'naked' wedding be an option," 47 percent of web users supported this, while 43 percent disagreed. The remaining 10 percent were undecided.
When it comes to whether such marriage will be happy, 44 percent voted "Yes" and believed that marriage is based on love not material goods, while the same proportion of "No" voters doubted if this kind of marriage without any physical foundations would work.
"Such a wedding shouldn't be tagged with this title. It is normal for young people. I think the whole society has a twisted concept over marriage and happiness," a respondent named "Iambest" said.
However, "Anju Guest," another Internet user opposed the idea and viewed it as a self-deceiving move, contending that "A nine yuan-certificate marriage without material foundation is as fragile as a sheet of paper and cannot withstand any obstacles."
