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Couple Hold Wedding Ceremony on Stranded Coach

Updated Beijing Time


Hu Yuan kisses his bride Re Wene in a snow stranded coach on Jingzhu Highway in south China's Guangdong Province. [xkb.com.cn]

As the unusually severe weather continues in parts of China, a young couple that had been stranded on the snowbound Jingzhu Highway for more than five days in the southern province of Guangdong held a special wedding ceremony on the coach.

Hu Yuan and Re Wene got on the bus last Thursday to go back to their hometown in East China's Anhui Province for their wedding over the weekend, never expecting the traffic to be at a standstill for almost a week.



Hu Yuan and his bride Re Wene pose in a snow stranded coach on Jingzhu Highway in south China's Guangdong Province. [xkb.com.cn]

According to the local custom, the wedding date can not be changed and so their families held a ceremony without the groom and bride.

To make up for their disappointment, passengers on the coach held a simple ceremony for them. Someone found a piece of red cloth to cover up the head of the bride, as is usually done in traditional Chinese weddings. With the passengers singing "Happy wedding to you", the groom lifted the bride's veil and all the passengers cheered.

Source: CRI

Editor: Jessie Hwang

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