On February 9, 2008, a wedding procession with people donning Tang Dynasty-style clothing, along with fanfare and drums, passed through the streets and alleys of Pingtan County, Fujian Province. Among them were the Caucasian groom and best man mounted high on horseback.
According to Straits City Daily, Steven (the groom) met Lu Deying (the bride) at a trade fair in Guangzhou 10 years ago. Steven is from Lyon, France and has been working in China. Lu, a Beijing Foreign Languages University graduate, currently works in foreign trade. After falling in love and being with each other for over 10 years, they finally decided to tie the knot.
Lu originally wanted to have a Western-style wedding, but her husband changed his mind saying “Now that I’m sure I was destined to marry a Chinese woman in China, we will do away with the idea of the Western-style ceremony.” As both sides’ friends highly approved of the idea, over 10 foreigners came to help out and observe the Chinese-style wedding ceremony.
