"Royal" Chinese Wedding
20 May 2011

Want to be married like Duke William and Duchess Catherine? Well, you're not the only one! A Chinese couple has beat you to it.

Inspired by the British royal wedding, a Chinese couple decided to get married and have a procession with ceremonial garb and a horse-drawn carriage complete with guards in scarlet uniforms last April 18, 2011.

Wang Xueqian, the 23 year old groom thought of the idea and his girlfriend liked the thought of riding in a carriage. Their wedding procession in eastern Nanjing city involved 50 people, a dozen cars and two horses.

The couple got it down up to the regal waving to the crowds watching them as the row of guards with tall, furry hats and red coats were around the carriage. Four women in white dresses and floral head wreaths led the procession while carrying a banner with the bride and groom's name.

The groom hired a wedding planner named Hu Lu, who shared that the “royal wedding carriage” theme is increasing in demand as three more couples are having a similar procession the next month.

"Every bride wants to be princess Snow White when they get married," she said.

Though the "royal wedding carriage" is an expensive addition to a wedding (the groom reportedly paid $7,600 for their wedding parade), China's economic affluence these past three decades are giving Chinese couples a choice to become more creative and inventive in their weddings.

For us, we have yet to see royal-inspired weddings here in the Philippines. Don't you just want to be like a princess even just for your wedding?

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Kasal.com thanks the following sources for this article:

Associated Press. Chinese couple hold 'royal wedding' with horses (Posted on April 27 2011) Retrieved on May 8 2011 from http://ph.news.yahoo.com/chinese-couple-hold-royal-wedding-horses-051231218.html