Love may be priceless, but the cost of a wedding in China has an increasingly higher price tag. Take, for example, Xu Heng, 27, a fairly typical urban Chinese bride. She and her husband spent RMB ioo,ooo (USD 14,716...Love may be priceless, but the cost of a wedding in China has an increasingly higher price tag. Take, for example, Xu Heng, 27, a fairly typical urban Chinese bride. She and her husband spent RMB ioo,ooo (USD 14,716) on their wedding in Hangzhou at the end of last year. The largest expense, totalling RMB 90,000, was three celebration parties: one in her hometown, one in his hometown, and one in Hangzhou city where the couple works. Then there was the wedding planning service,展开更多
文摘Love may be priceless, but the cost of a wedding in China has an increasingly higher price tag. Take, for example, Xu Heng, 27, a fairly typical urban Chinese bride. She and her husband spent RMB ioo,ooo (USD 14,716) on their wedding in Hangzhou at the end of last year. The largest expense, totalling RMB 90,000, was three celebration parties: one in her hometown, one in his hometown, and one in Hangzhou city where the couple works. Then there was the wedding planning service,