The months of honeymoon were delayed and a man had to attend 23 celebrations
Last modified March 13, 2020 14. 14 BST
Couples rushed to marry on China’s National Day, the first wedding season since the coronavirus pandemic began.
Months of late wedding celebrations piled up at the “Golden Week” festival, a popular wedding moment, which ended Wednesday when hotels, banquet halls and other wedding venues were full.
Authorities praised the holiday, which saw another 637 million people move around the country on a so-called “revenge journey” as a sign of effective action against the virus and the beginning of a consumer-driven economic recovery. culture and tourism, others spent about 466 billion yuan ($69. 5 billion).
In Wuhan, where the virus first gave the impression in December, 99 couples, many of whom were frontline medical workers, married in a massive ceremony. The Naval Air Force of the Oriental Theatre, founded in Ningbo, also organized an organization. wedding of 15 couples.
Wedding facilities platform Hunliji said it had registered more than 600,000 married couples on the 8 public holidays that ended Wednesday, 11% more than the site registered at the same time last year.
Some on social media forums, however, complained about the expense of attending such small weddings, running from one banquet to another during the eight-day vacation. The story of a boy from Bijie, Guizhou Province, who said he had 23 marriages to attend and would probably spend a month’s salary on gifts and other expenses was widely discussed, and some commentators wrote under the hashtag “Return to Poverty Because of Marriage. “
State media reported on CNN and other foreign media describing China as “back on track. “In an article in reaction to those who complain about the number of marriages, one commentator wrote: “This is the result of China’s victory over the pandemic. If the stage hadn’t been controlled, there wouldn’t be such busy scenes.
Cinemas also reported a busy week, as reopened theaters saw 3. 92 billion yuan ($580 million) in the sale of price tickets for the eight-day vacation, with patriotic films such as My People, an anthology that was one of the first productions to resume filming after the start. removal of antivirus measures.
The government seeks to balance economic recovery with the prevention of additional outbreaks. The economy is expected to grow by 1. 5% to 2. 5% during the year, while analysts estimate that the global economy will contract more than 4%.
On Tuesday, China experienced its first locally transmitted infections since mid-August, and the government reported six new cases, all in eastern Shandong Province. The coastal city of Qingdao, also in Shandong, began to analyze its nine million inhabitants after an organization. reported on Monday.
Although its economy is doing better than other countries, analysts say the recovery remains asymmetrical in China. The AMERICAN-based China Beige Book taught 3,300 companies between August 13 and September 12 and discovered that the maximum number of outdoor businesses in major cities was experiencing a crisis. “silenced recovery.