-"We got married in 2008" A large-scale collective wedding was held in Taiyuan, Longcheng.
As the world-famous 2008 Beijing Olympic flame is about to be lit, a large-scale collective wedding of "We got married in 2008" was held in the morning of August 8, 2008 at Kangzhuang Forest Resort in Taiyuan, Shanxi Province, sponsored by Shanxi Charity Federation, planned by Taiyuan Kaer Culture Media Co., Ltd., and co-organized by Beijing Hyundai Motor, Guangdong Shuangxi Culture, Shanxi Shengjia Home, Ningbo Bird and Taiyuan Shuangcheng.
On the morning of August 8, the beautiful Longcheng Taiyuan Kangzhuang Forest Resort was covered with green grass, flowers in full bloom, red lights hung high and gongs and drums roared. The wedding celebration begins at nine o'clock sharp. More than 208 couples who participated in the large-scale collective wedding of "We got married in 2008" took 100 brand-new Beijing Hyundai sedan and slowly drove into the square. The newlyweds, arm in arm, shoulder to shoulder, fresh and happy, walked across the magpie bridge on the red carpet and entered their long-awaited wedding hall. With their love for the motherland, yearning for a better life, loyalty to love and responsibility to their partners, they will witness the solemn, sacred and happy moments in their lives under the five-ring flag on the day of the Olympic Games. Party and government leaders from Shanxi and Taiyuan attended the meeting and blessed the couple. Guo Youqin, president of Shanxi Charity Federation, presided over the wedding ceremony for 208 couples.
Taiyuan Kaer Culture Media Co., Ltd. is a cultural media enterprise integrating exhibition, wedding and large-scale event planning. The company has gathered a group of modern media people with new ideas, broad ideas, courage to break through traditional thinking and innovative and large-scale planning capabilities. In order to support and publicize the Olympic Games, they made the Olympic cultural heritage more deeply rooted in people's hearts, put the concept of "Race in Beijing and Tour in Shanxi" into practice, and let the whole country and even the world know more about Shanxi and its purpose and concept. With far-sighted thinking and unique way, they planned and launched this century wedding that affected the whole country and shocked both at home and abroad. From the beginning of the event, they closely followed the theme of Olympic humanistic spirit, and put humanistic Olympics and harmonious Olympics through the whole wedding activity. They publicized the Olympic Games and Shanxi through various forms such as the Internet, radio, television and newspapers, so that the Olympic spirit would be more deeply rooted in people's hearts, and the world and the whole country would know about Shanxi merchants' culture and the 5,000-year history of Shanxi civilization. The activity lasted for one year from planning, preparation, questionnaire survey, news release, online registration to holding a wedding. It involves a wide range, a large scale and a large number of people, which has aroused widespread concern at home and abroad. Through telephone, internet and on-site consultation, the number of people reached tens of thousands, and more than 5,000 questionnaires were filled out, and finally 208 couples were determined to attend the collective wedding. During the preparatory process, activities such as Valentine's Day donation, voluntary tree planting in Dongshan, Taiyuan, and donation for love on Mother's Day were also organized. Through these activities, the hearts of new people have been baptized by charity and love.
Most of the 208 couples who participated in the "We Married in 2008" large-scale collective wedding came from more than 30 provinces, municipalities and autonomous regions in China, including Beijing, Shanghai, Shenzhen, Dalian, Yunnan and Sichuan, as well as 6 couples from the United States, Canada, United Arab Emirates and Taiwan Province Province. These new immigrants also include Han, Mongolian, Manchu, Zhuang, Tujia, Dong, Yi and Hui.
On the wedding day, Taiyuan TV will broadcast live all the time, Netease 163 and China Wedding Network will broadcast live all the time, and broadcast live to netizens at home and abroad. At that time, 10 programs from CCTV, South Korea SBS, Dragon TV, Shanxi TV, Shanxi Daily, Taiyuan Daily and other media will be reported live.
Marriage is a major event in life and a milestone on the road of life. Group wedding is a civilized and fashionable way of wedding, and it also reflects the symbol of a city's modern civilization, peace, openness and progress. The newcomers who participated in this activity are generally active in thinking and fashionable, and they are very excited and lucky to realize the true meaning of dragon and phoenix in Taiyuan, Longcheng on August 8, 2008, which is auspicious and far-reaching!
After the collective wedding, these newcomers will go to all parts of our province and embark on a cultural tourism trip in Shanxi. Some of them will go to heshun county, the birthplace of Valentine's Day on August 9th, the hometown of cowherd and weaver girl in our province, to participate in the large-scale cultural activities of "Love, Beauty and Harmony on Tanabata" organized by Heshun County Party Committee and county government.