Race to the Future: Our Grand Chinese Wedding

Ancient Costumes And Life
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Brian, an American, and Fan Jiachen, a Chinese girl, got married a year ago in the U.S. Now, Brian is coming to China to have a traditional Chinese wedding. Can this young American overcome the culture shock and the challenges to make his bride's dream come true? #RacetoFuture #PRC75Years
A love that is pure.
A commitment that transcends time.
Wedding.
A special moment in one's life.
I'm Christine and this is Brian.
We live in the US.
At this time, we're coming back to China
to prepare our traditional Chinese wedding.
You know, we've already had our western wedding.
We wanted a small ceremony and we got that.
When we started talking about this trip,
I actually think I was the first one to mention it.
Intercultural marriages are never easy.
They're not just the union of two people,
but also two families and two cultures.
No.
No?
You have to come back here and we need to bow to each other.
No, they need to get down before we do that.
We do a lot of things that we don't understand why.
All I do know is that this is important to her and her family
and that's all I need to know.
You just keep smiling and wait for me there, right?
Nearly 7 million couples get married every year in China.
Around half of them prefer a traditional wedding.
Due to growing cultural confidence,
you can see this shift in the last 10 years or so.
More importantly, they want to create a unique identity
that incorporates their tradition into modern-day wedding.
This is exactly what I was dreaming of.
It is better than I could have ever imagined.
For him to learn more about my culture background,
I feel it's very important because that's what made me me.
