Wednesday 16 July 2008

Garden painting

Garden painting
Hunting paintings
The recently revealed statistics show that the average cost of getting married in Shanghai is at least 150,000 yuan (US,000) if these essentials are taken into account.   Who pays the bill?   Compared with 20 years ago, when a couple amassed a bicycle, a radio and some furniture then had their union rubber-stamped at a local government office, the changes are great.   Yet is the locals' salary increasing at the same speed as the wedding costs?   Relevant government bureaux say the average urban worker earns 1,530 yuan (US) a month. That is to say that getting married in Shanghai actually costs eight years' salary for an average Chinese worker.   Although many young people find spending too much on the wedding is actually unnecessary, most of them are also finding it hard to resist.   Part of the pressure comes from the parents. Over 95 per cent of local

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