Wedding rush set for 02-02-2020
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Seventeen marriage registration centers across Shanghai will work overtime on February 2 to satisfy an expected avalanche of demand from lovebirds who want to tie the knot on what is believed to be an auspicious date 鈥 02-02-2020.
It is a rare symmetry date, and 2020 sounds like 鈥渓ove you, love you鈥 in Chinese.
It is also the ninth day of the lunar month in the traditional Chinese calendar; nine sounds similar to 鈥渓ong鈥 in Chinese, bearing the auspicious meaning of a long-lasting marriage.
But the day is a Sunday, so registry workers will sacrifice their time off to accommodate lovebirds.
鈥淲e know it is Sunday, but we still want to draw the most important certificate in our life on such a day full of love,鈥 a netizen Qian Xun posted online.
Another netizen, GHF, said: 鈥淚 made a bet with my boyfriend, if the marriage registration centers open on the day, I will marry him.鈥
Online reservations for marriage on the date will open today, the Shanghai Civil Affairs Bureau said yesterday.
It鈥檚 a long-standing tradition in Chinese culture to get married on an auspicious date.
A total of 731 couples drew their marriage certificates during the Qixi Festival, also known as Chinese Valentine鈥檚 Day, last year, on August 7.
The total, including two cross-border marriages 鈥 between a Chinese and a foreigner 鈥 was about double the daily average.
Marriage registration centers across Shanghai also had a surge of lovebirds tying the knot on May 20 last year as the date 鈥 May 20, or 520 鈥 sounds similar to wo ai ni, or 鈥淚 love you,鈥 in Chinese.
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