Chinese newlyweds averagely spend 120,000 yuan on wedding |
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| Photo taken on September 10 shows a wedding photographic studio in Beijing. The total sales value of the wedding market in China in 2006 was 1.5392 trillion yuan, involving an industrial network of 76 industries. |
| Chinanews, Beijing, September 10 – The total sales value of the wedding market in China in 2006 was 1.5392 trillion yuan, involving an industrial network of 76 industries.
According to the Ministry1 of Commerce, averagely an urban couple spent 126,600 yuan on their wedding ceremony in 2006, including taking pictures, buying jewelries, renting wedding dresses, giving wedding feasts, decorating rooms, spending honeymoon2, and buying furniture and home appliances.
However, they spent even more on buying houses. Averagely, the housing expenditure3 of an urban young couple who got married in 2006 was 162, 900 yuan, while the average monthly income of a young couple was only 6,249 yuan at that time. That is to say, they spent 4 years total income on their wedding. Actually, most of them had to rely on the support from their parents to host their wedding ceremonies. The survey by the Ministry of Commerce also shows that the parents of 81.6% of young couples helped them in this aspect.
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ministry
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| n.(政府的)部；牧师 |
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- They sent a deputation to the ministry to complain.他们派了一个代表团到部里投诉。
- We probed the Air Ministry statements.我们调查了空军部的记录。
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honeymoon
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| n.蜜月（假期）；vi.度蜜月 |
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- While on honeymoon in Bali,she learned to scuba dive.她在巴厘岛度蜜月时学会了带水肺潜水。
- The happy pair are leaving for their honeymoon.这幸福的一对就要去度蜜月了。
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expenditure
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| n.(时间、劳力、金钱等)支出；使用，消耗 |
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- The entry of all expenditure is necessary.有必要把一切开支入账。
- The monthly expenditure of our family is four hundred dollars altogether.我们一家的开销每月共计四百元。
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