10-10-2010 In China

Flowers, wedding clothes, and beds of thousands of Chinese couples bride will mark October 10 as the clock well, a good date, month and year both good for the wedding.
As a result, on Sunday (10/10/2010), the marriage registrar's office will be open enrollment since the early days around the country. October 10, 2010 (10/10/10) is called in Chinese, shi quan shi mei or perfect in all sides.
Because shi also means 10, the general partner bride was expecting a lot of benefits accompanies their lives in the future.
Civil registration offices in Beijing, Shenzhen, Hangzhou and other major cities will start work earlier than usual today to accept registration of the bride and groom couples, although that date is the first day of vacation after the end of a week of National Day anniversary.
More than 1,200 couples have taken a queue number at the registration office of the Bureau of Civil Affairs in Haidian District, which is the busiest day at the office so far this year.
Gao Jie (27), staff of a consulting firm in Beijing, along with his girlfriend, has booked time for registration since the beginning of September.
"Ordering early registration period is very important because hundreds of couples bride on Sunday will be crowded to sign up. Nobody will be able to register the marriage at the time of the day without booking in advance," said Gao.
Gao, who came from Shaanxin province, said they chose a special day because he and his girl have been dating since 10 years ago when they were classmates in high school.
"We must be careful. Why, dated 10/10/2010 is a special day for us. It is probable that many are married, I'm afraid if it did not get recorded in time," said Gao.
In addition to the positive side, meaning 10-10-10 figure also has a negative side, mainly related to water.
Currently, China is being hit by flash floods, landslides due to rain storms. For people who believe, nothing to do with the negative side 10-10-10 figure.
However, many people temporarily forget the tragedy and the more concentrated to megurus wedding.
In the district Tianjin, with a population of about 12 million people, recorded more than 5,000 couples will register the marriage the bride and groom on Sunday.
Cui Weixi, manager of I Love Weddings - wedding management company - based in Tianjin said 40 employees worked overtime in recent days to hold a wedding 20 couples on 10/10/2010.
Meanwhile, special dates, such as occurred in previous years 9/9/2009 and 8/8/2008. Figures 8 and 9 signified wealth signified eternity.
On September 9 last year, recorded 10 132 couples married in Beijing, on August 8, 2008, according to the Beijing Civil Affairs Bureau, there were 6732 married couples.
source: kompas.com