08/08/08 Big Day For Weddings in Beijing, China
August 7, 2008 by Michelle Smith
Filed under Relationships
Calum MacLeod, of the USA Today, reports that some 9000 Chinese couples are set to be married on August 8th, 2008, in Beijing, China. The push for so many to marry on that date comes in two parts. One, because 8 is a lucky number in China and they want to take advantage of the 08/08/08 date. The second part is that the Chinese couples want to honor the opening day of the Olympics Games, also on 08/08/08.
Couples married on Friday will be taking part in a promotional event, wherein they will sign a billboard that states, “A century of the Olympics; a century-long dream; a century-long prayer for happiness; a century of perfect marriage.”
Okay, I get the dream and the prayer, but where does the “a century of perfect marriage,” fit in with a country that hold a 39% divorce rate?
For more of the story, check out MacLeod’s article at 9,000 Chinese couples to wed on lucky date – USATODAY.com. For more Olympic Games related information, see what they have to offer over at http://www.lightthetorch.net .
Pretty decent post. Btw were u aware that he ancient Olympics captured the imaginations of the Greeks for more than a millennium until a Christianized Rome put a stop on the competitions in the fourth century AD. But the Olympic ideal did not die. There is a book by American scholar David Young’s titled ‘A Brief History of the Olympic Games.’ Do read it. Who do you think shall win the maximum medals?
Thanks for commenting. No I was not aware of that – I don’t know much about the history of the Olympics. I did watch something this Spring and that’s when I learned that they ran the events with no shoes. It may sound silly, but that had not occurred to me before that. Ouch. I would hate to think of running without my Asics.
I’m a Michael Phelps fan – he’s on my wallpaper right now. I’ll be rooting for him. I don’t just root for the US – I like the stories they share about the atheletes, gives me a different perspective.
haha…that was funny. So are u following Olympics on your TV or YouTube? Btw do u plan to write a bit more on Olympics as I might help u…only if u needed