China couple choose bicycles over limousines for wedding, get community blessings
A young man and woman in China who swapped traditional luxury bridal cars for a bicycle on their wedding day has captivated mainland social media.
The couple, whose nuptials was held on May 13 in Luohe, Henan province in central China, were showered with blessings along the 20-minute bike ride, Hunan Daily reported.
Chinese families normally use luxury cars for the bride pickup ritual on the big day, the vehicles often being borrowed from friends or rented from wedding organising companies.
The happy couple turned heads along the wedding route with their unusual choice of transport. Photo: thepaper.cn
But the Henan bride, known as Xing, preferred that her husband used a bicycle to pick her up from her parents' home and take her to the house of his parents.
The decision came as a result of her hobby of bicycle riding and her admiration for the simple love of her parents' generation, said Xing.
'I love riding, so I would like to add this element into my wedding to make it different from others,' Xing was quoted as saying.
The bride dismounts the traditional-style bicycle onto a red carpet at the end of the journey. Photo: thepaper.cn
The bike her husband rode for the journey was an old-fashioned, big-sized model.
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