Chengdu's third citizen in the country: 5 weddings in 8 days

  Chengdu 199 couples held a collective wedding

  In the National Day holiday that just passed, among many keywords, attending a wedding became one of them.

A few days ago, "Men's National Day is going to participate in 23 weddings" hot search on Weibo, Mr. Lei from Bijie City, Guizhou Province counted, more than ten days before and after the National Day holiday, a total of 23 wedding invitations were received.

  Mr. Lei's experience is not alone.

The reporter learned that during the National Day holiday this year, many citizens felt that compared with the National Day holiday in previous years, the number of weddings held this year has increased significantly.

On October 9, the marriage service platform Wedding Record released the National Day holiday marriage data.

Data shows that the National Day holiday became the first wedding peak after the epidemic. Over 600,000 couples held weddings within 8 days, an increase of 11.2% year-on-year.

Among them, among the cities with the highest concentration of marriages during the National Day holiday, Chengdu ranked third.

  Wedding get together during National Day holiday

  Mr. Chen’s holiday arrangement: attending the wedding

  October 9, after the Mid-Autumn National Day holiday, the first day to work.

Mr. Chen, who came to work in the office early in the morning, heard that his colleagues were talking about vacation trips, and Mr. Chen's vacation arrangements were just four words: attending a wedding.

  In fact, since getting married 3 years ago, Mr. Chen will receive marriage invitations from relatives and friends on basically every holiday.

"This situation is normal. Among my peers, I was married relatively early, and now is the time to'repay the gift'." Mr. Chen told reporters that during the National Day this year, five weddings are required, of which two are still in the province. outer.

"When I got married, many friends came to participate. Now it's their turn to get married. It's impossible not to go."

  Although Mr. Chen has long been accustomed to such a situation, the five weddings during the National Day holiday this year are still "record-breaking".

"It used to be scattered, but this year is concentrated on the National Day holiday."

  The "getting together" wedding not only disrupted Mr. Wang's holiday plans, but also made Mr. Wang feel extremely tired.

"To attend the wedding these few days, the driving distance reached 800 kilometers." Mr. Wang said, the day before the wedding, the newlyweds will have some "programs", which often lasts into the early morning, and they have to get up early on the day of the wedding to "greet relatives" or " See you off".

After a few days, I was exhausted.

  Peak season and postponement increase weddings

  New couple: there are not many wedding dates to choose from

  For weddings that "get together" during the National Day holiday, those attending the wedding call tired, and for some new couples, choosing to hold the wedding during the National Day holiday is also a helpless move.

“There are many things to consider when getting married, especially during the wedding period. However, due to the impact of the new crown pneumonia epidemic this year, there are not many choices in the wedding period." Ms. Zhang, who completed the wedding on October 5, said due to the new crown pneumonia. Due to the impact of the epidemic, the wedding originally scheduled for April this year can only be postponed. After waiting and watching until August, I felt that the impact of the new crown pneumonia epidemic was relatively small, and planned to set the wedding date on the National Day holiday.

  "Getting together" to hold weddings during the National Day holiday is not an isolated phenomenon. During this period, the number of weddings held across the country has increased.

According to Wang Yiping, president of Sichuan Wedding Industry Association, September and October are the peak periods for couples to hold weddings.

Coupled with the impact of the previous new crown pneumonia epidemic, the wedding period of some newlyweds has been postponed and the holiday of this year is as long as 8 days. Only then will there be a situation of centralized weddings.

  Make-up, wedding, hotel chain busy

  Insiders: Newcomers are moving towards high-end hotels

  This holiday season, as a makeup artist, Xiao Di and his team traveled to various wedding scenes almost every day.

"On the most day, you need to be responsible for the makeup of 3 weddings at the same time." Xiaodi introduced that the makeup of the wedding is guaranteed not only for the bride, but also for the elders and bridesmaids, and needs to run through the entire wedding process.

Although he is busy, the income during the holidays also makes Xiao Di happy.

"When we were communicating with our colleagues, some of our colleagues joked: I have been playing around for half a year, so I should be busy."

  Ms. Fan, the person in charge of a wedding company in Chengdu, told reporters that this National Day holiday, their company has undertaken a total of 8 weddings, except for October 3 and October 7, every day.

"We need to'grab' all the flowers needed for the wedding," Ms. Fan said.

  The relevant person in charge of the Chengdu Hilton Hotel told reporters that during the National Day holiday in 2019, the hotel has undertaken less than 10 weddings, and this year this number has almost doubled.

"September and October were originally the peak seasons for weddings. In addition, the pre-booked weddings were postponed to October and August, and the prevention and control of the new crown pneumonia epidemic was better. Three factors may be the reason why weddings are held during the National Day holiday. "

  Insiders believe that the increase in the number of weddings held in high-end hotels shows that the number of weddings held during the National Day has increased compared with previous years.

Generally speaking, couples tend to choose mid-range hotels when holding weddings.

However, with the increase in the number of weddings held, the acceptance of mid-range hotels tends to be saturated, which also allows some newcomers to approach high-end hotels in hotel selection.