One day marriages are trending in rural parts of Hebei province among single men who long to enter their ancestral grave after they die.
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00:00 Well, there's a new trend in China going on.
00:04 The magazine Phoenix Weekly reported that one-day marriages are trending in rural parts
00:11 of Hebei province among single men who long to enter their ancestral grave after they
00:18 die.
00:19 It looked like just an ordinary village wedding in northern China as an emcee gave a speech
00:27 in front of dozens of relatives and friends on July 7.
00:32 "Let us celebrate the new couple who are holding their soul-men wedding ceremony today
00:39 and wish them a lifetime of happiness," the host said.
00:44 The marriage between the new couple would only last for a day.
00:48 The magazine Weekly reported that one-day marriages are trending in rural parts of Hebei
00:55 province among single men who long to enter their ancestral grave after they die.
01:02 In some areas, superstition holds that men who are too poor to attract a wife, often
01:10 disparagingly called guanggen or bare branches, cannot be buried in their family gravesite
01:18 or enter the ancestral hall.
01:21 This could damage the family's feng shui and curse them with generation upon generation
01:28 of single men.
01:30 Many believe men who are allowed to enter the ancestral grave will be looking after
01:35 the family's offspring and enjoy paper money and other objects they burn for them in the
01:42 afterlife.
01:43 According to reports, one-day ceremonial marriages became popular in the area five or six years
01:51 ago.
01:52 They have become an alternative to the once-prevailing ghost marriages in which one or both parties
01:58 are dead.
01:59 A matchmaker surnamed Wu, who runs a business arranging one-day marriages, said she had
02:07 several professional brides available.
02:10 She charges the men 3,600 yuan, that is 500 US dollars, to rent a bride and 1,000 yuan
02:20 as her brokerage fee.
02:22 The brides attend the wedding ceremony and visit the man's ancestral grave with him to
02:28 let his ancestors know they are married.
02:31 She said most of the brides were nannies or maches who are not local as many worried the
02:37 business might harm their reputations.
02:40 The fake bride in the July 7 wedding, known as Tian, said she needed the money to support
02:47 her husband and son.
02:49 She makes a few thousand yuan a month as a massage parlor owner.
02:54 Tian said her family did not know about her part-time job as she tried to hide her identity
03:01 by wearing heavy makeup and wigs during the weddings.
03:05 She began working for Wu in 2021 at the age of 48 and is making matchmaker's youngest
03:13 bride.
03:14 The groom in the July 7 wedding, surnamed Song, called one-day marriage a deal as he
03:21 did not need to pay for the betrothal gift, usually priced around 100,000 yuan, that is
03:28 14,000 US dollars, in the province.
03:31 Yu said that she was helping the fake grooms and brides who are poor people.
03:37 Nothing is real except for money, she said.
03:41 On mainland social media, the one-day marriages has been compared to an extreme version of
03:47 a girlfriend or boyfriend rental service, which has become popular among young people
03:53 seeking to ease marriage pressure from their parents.
03:57 Some social online observers were shocked by the men's obsession with entering the
04:02 ancestral grave.
04:03 "First, I don't understand the tradition that single people cannot enter the ancestral
04:09 grave.Second, why care about entering it so much since you won't be alive then," one
04:16 commenter said.
04:17 "I have seen those who cheat people many times but cheating ghosts is something new,"
04:23 said another.
04:24 "They say marriage is the grave of love.
04:27 It's true," a third quipped.
04:29 What do you think about this new fad that has been going around social media these days?
04:34 Do let us know in the comment section below.
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