Today's a Lucky Day to Get Married in China; A Crappy Day to Do
It Anywhere ElseS   Tens of thousands of couples are slated to
get married in China today, and many more are expected to show
up unannounced at wedding chapels and various other matrimony
making emporiums. The homonym-ish date has caused so much buzz
that today's been nicknamed "Love You Forever" day in Chinese
media. It's a nice day for a Red wedding.  Numbers and
superstition play a large role in wedding date selection in
China, according to the BBC — dates involving repetition like
12/12/12 caused similar wedding rushes to Love You Forever Day,
and because the number 8 is pronounced a lot like the word for
"prosperity," 08/08/08 was basically a wedding-apalooza. Poor
unlucky number 4, on the other hand, sounds a little bit like
the word for "death," and thus people avoid that number when
planning important events or constructing buildings. No wonder
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