A WATER TOWN WEDDING (仅供欣赏~) Sunday, August 5, 2012 | BY: BEIJING ZHU (朱蓓静) I didn’t expect much of Wuzhen (乌镇), the well-branded water town in Tongxiang City, Zhejiang Province, when I headed there on a hectic weekend for an old-style wedding ceremony. The town is a tourist hot spot, so I assumed it would be too noisy for me to relax. I arrived in the late afternoon, as the wedding ceremony was just about to begin. A wedding boat (喜船 xǐ chuán) decorated with red silk knots awaited the bride and groom, both dressed in traditional Chinese red wedding suits, with a bridal veil covering the bride’s head. The new couple boarded a boat, waving to the crowds on the bank as they left the dock. The boat drifted beneath several stone bridges before it stopped at a bank where a bridal sedan chair (花轿 huājiào) awaited the bride. Surrounded by blaring horns and gongs, the bride in her sedan chair passed through a narrow alley before stopping in front of the Festive Hall (喜庆堂 xǐqìng táng), a place where the couple is to perform formal bows (拜堂 bàitáng). The bride stepped out of the sedan chair, accompanied by her bridesmaid, while the groom led the way. Crowds of people poured into the ancient hall to witness the wedding ceremony. I was pushed to the back of the crowd and could hardly catch sight of the couple. It was impossible to tell the wedding guests from the tourists. As the new couple made their traditional bows to heaven and earth, then to both parents and to each other, I overheard a conversation between a man and a woman in the crowd: “Are they shooting a TV drama?” the man asked. “It looks like it,” the woman replied. “No, it’s a real wedding,” I corrected. “The bride and groom are my friends.” “Cool!” the man marveled. “How about we redo our wedding ceremony in the same way as this?” he joked to his wife. After performing the bows, the couple walked into the bridal chamber (洞房 dòngfáng) while swarmed by the crowd. The groom lifted the veil covering the bride’s head with a chopstick-like hook scale (喜秤 xǐ chèng) and the two drank jiaobeijiu (交杯酒), which requires the couple to intertwine arms and then drink from their respective cups. It reminded me of a scene in a Zhang Yimou’s movie like “To Live” (《活着》). The groom, who grows up near Wuzhen, decides to hold his wedding ceremony in a water town to experience the way the ancient people got married. With ancient wedding chambers, stone bridges and waterways, Wuzhen provides

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My family There are five people in my family- my parents, my twin sister, my little brother and I. We live in Huazhou City.My parents are primary school teachers who teach Chinese. My twin sister is 10 minutes younger than me, so while at home it is my responsibility to cook for her. Sometime she and I would make dumplings together. Now she is a senior studying in Guangdong University of Technology, majoring in graphic design. My little brother is only seven years old. Though he was adopted,we love him very much. My sister, my brother and I were born in the lunar leap months, so sometimes we can celebrate our birthdays twice a year. Currently,I am a college student,and I am going to graduate from a normal university in July. Influenced by my parents, grandparents, uncle and aunt who are all teachers, I would love to be a primary school English teacher in the future.Therefore, I have to learn more about English and education. My family are fond of travelling. However, we never traveled together. My parents have been to Beijing, Chongqing, Guilin, Nanning, Hong Kong, Zhuhai and so on. My twin sister has been to Yunnan, Hangzhou, Suzhou, Huizhou, Shenzhen and so on. As for me, I have been to St. Ignace, Mackinac Island, Chicago, New York, Washington D.C, Boston and Philadelphia. I love US.^_^

I am going to get further study in Hong Kong. I have never been to Hong Kong before,but I want to get further study there. Because I want to experience a different education environment. I have applied for some master programs three months ago. Now I have got three offers. I think I will probably go to study in Hong Kong Baptist University and will major in Education. I am going to be an intern in Guangdong Experimental High School where I would love to work after graduation.