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'Red bombs' would raid pockets during the holidays
By Xu Xiaomin (Shanghai Star)
Updated: 2005-09-28 10:31 Expensive relationships
With the National Day (October 1) approaching, many people have become a
little worried about their wallets.
A bridegroom is ready to carry
his bride into a rented public bus in Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, to start
their wedding celebration.
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According to Chinese
tradition, the National Day holiday is a popular time for holding wedding
ceremonies and those receiving invitations are expected to give gifts and/or
money to each new couple.
"I received two invitations, which means an expense of at least 1,000 yuan
(US$123)," said Jane Xu, a local white collar. "It's routine now, you can't go
to a wedding banquet without offering gift money."
Chinese people like to call their homeland a "country of manners," with
etiquette constituting a very important part of social activity. Among these
manners, gifts play an essential role, because "it is not good manners to
receive a gift but never return anything back."
Marriage, is known as one of the four happiest things in one's life (the
other three being achievement in examinations, meeting old friends away from
home and rainfall after a drought). It has long been a complicated process of
giving and receiving gifts.
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