A bridegroom and his family in China have shunned the traditional marriage custom in which the man pays the woman’s family a “bride price” that ranges from US$1,400 to US$138,000, boldly displaying their decision on a placard.
Mainland China’s social media has paid tribute to an independently minded Chinese bride who designed and emceed her own low-cost wedding to save money for the honeymoon.
A debate over the purpose of education has broken out on mainland social media after a Chinese woman who sponsored a girl through school and university expressed dismay on finding that the subject of her generosity is to become a housewife and mother.
Chinese social media has been more than a little amused by a bizarre Chinese wedding ceremony in which the bride entered the banquet hall riding on a giant mechanical goose.