Xinhua Online Haihai, July 16 A recent survey by the Shanghai Wedding Industry Association showed that the average cost of getting married in Shanghai in the first half of this year reached160,000 yuan. Wedding expenses include taking wedding photos, buying jewelry, hosting banquets and inviting wedding companies.

According to Shanghai Youth Daily, this survey randomly selected 50 wedding companies in Shanghai/KLOC-0 as the survey objects. Cai Min, the planner of Shanghai Wedding Industry Association, said that according to the survey, according to the average standard, it costs 8000- 12000 yuan to take a wedding photo, 10000 yuan to buy jewelry and 3000 yuan to hold a banquet.

According to the table of 15, it is 45,000 yuan. Please ask the wedding company to pay about15,000 yuan. The minimum cost of honeymoon is1.5-20,000 yuan, and the maximum cost is 40,000-50,000 yuan. For a slightly higher-end married person, the above price should be at least 2-3 times.

"The cost of getting married today is nearly three times that of three years ago." Cai Min said, "Three years ago, the average cost of holding a wedding was only about 50,000 yuan." The large-scale development of the wedding market and the improvement of Shanghai people's living standards are the main reasons for the sharp rise in the cost of marriage.

For example, in star-rated hotels, the annual increase in banquet fees is about15%; Wedding companies also use their brains to develop special products; The media also played a role in adding fuel to the flames. There was only one Shanghai bride magazine in Shanghai a few years ago, but now it has grown to four or five professional magazines. In addition, all kinds of wedding advertisements are overwhelming in print media and TV.

But there are not many newcomers who can afford a wedding of hundreds of thousands independently. Cai Min revealed that parents "paid" more than half of the expenses of newly married couples. For those "new Shanghainese" and young people from ordinary families, such high fees are quite prohibitive. (End