Chinanews.com, Nanchang, October 6th, title: "Eleventh" Golden Week, China's wedding banquet market ushered in a "blowout"
Author Wu Pengquan
"After experiencing the baptism of the epidemic, we cherish each other more." On October 6, Jiao Junjie, who lives in Jinxian County, Nanchang City, Jiangxi Province, finally ushered in his long-awaited wedding.
For Jiao Junjie and his wife Zheng Zhouyun, this is a late wedding.
They were originally scheduled to hold their wedding in the first month of this year. Due to the new crown pneumonia epidemic, the two people’s long-term wedding was forced to "stop" and had to be postponed from spring to autumn.
"Golden Nine and Silver Ten" has always been the peak season for Chinese people to hold weddings. This year's "October" Golden Week is also the first long holiday that people have ushered in since the outbreak of the epidemic.
Now that the prevention and control of the epidemic has become normalized, many newcomers who press the "pause button" for weddings choose to complete their lifelong events during the holidays. The Chinese wedding banquet market, which suffered a "half-cut" blow in the first half of the year, ushered in a blowout.
The picture shows the camera crew of the wedding company photographing the newlyweds at the wedding ceremony.
Photo by Liu Zhankun
According to public media reports, the big data of the Meituan APP shows that the number of bookings for wedding ring jewelry during the "November" period this year increased by 137% year-on-year, and the number of bookings for wedding follow-ups, wedding companies, and wedding dresses increased by 51.7%, respectively. 43% and 42.6%.
"There are too many wedding banquets, and many hotels are fully booked during the'October' period. We also booked a few months in advance to book the hotel." Jiao Junjie expressed the aspirations of many newcomers.
A reporter from Chinanews.com saw in Yugan County, Jiangxi Province, on the bank of Poyang Lake, China's largest freshwater lake, that many local hotels have held multiple weddings in the past few days. They drove on the road and could "encounter" with the welcoming team from time to time.
Hotel wedding banquets are "difficult to find a table", and the wedding practitioners are also busy "without touching the ground".
"October is the peak time for marriage." Li Yun, a relevant person in charge of a wedding planning company in Yugan County, said that during the "November" holiday this year, the company had wedding activities every day, and the team members were overworked. If you have the largest capacity, you can only seal the order."
On the mainland social platform Sina Weibo, topics such as "the 11th wedding season", "we are attending weddings during the holidays", "23 wedding banquets and banquets during the National Day holiday", etc., are very popular on the "11" holiday weddings, which has triggered many netizens. Interactive "resonance".
Among them, the topic "We are attending weddings during the holidays" has more than 250 million readings.
Some netizens said, "Maybe the weddings in the first half of the year have been on'Eleventh'" and "have switched to the wedding wine mode."
However, the concentrated attack of the "red bomb" has also caused many netizens to call "the wallet is losing weight."
It is worth mentioning that, considering the long holiday period of the "11th" Golden Week, the high mobility of people, and the obvious increase in tourism, gatherings and other activities, the National Health Commission of China has worked with various departments to guide various regions to carry out a series of autumn and winter activities. Prepare for the prevention and control of infectious diseases.
Wu Zunyou, chief epidemiologist of the China Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, said at a press conference held by the Joint Prevention and Control Mechanism of the State Council that under normalized prevention and control conditions, masks are equivalent to the standard equipment for the public.
As long as personal protection is done, it should be said that the risk of the epidemic is very small and you can enjoy this holiday to the fullest.
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