Year
Of The Rooster
"Unlucky" For
Weddings?
Chinese
Astrology
Couples
in China are rushing to get married in the next few days before
the Year of the Rooster. This year the lunar cycle begins relatively
late, on Feb. 9, 2005 which means it will not contain "lichun,"
the auspicious day that marks the start of spring, earning it
the dubious distinction of being a "widow year," or unlucky
for wedlock.
Chinese
media have reported that marriage registrations are soaring
around the country as people scramble to get hitched in the
last days of the Year of the Monkey. The
phenomenon normally occurs on average about every nine years,
although the last "widow" year came in 2002 and sparked a similar
marriage rush.
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