"Springless year" superstition not stopping China's 1980s generation marrying – Weird China News

news.xinhuanet.com — Is the "springless" Year of the Tiger putting young Chinese couples off marrying this year? Not really. The generation born in the 1980s don't pay much attention to folk superstition. An ancient Chinese tradition says it is inappropriate to get married in the 2010 lunar year, as there is no "spring" in it.

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