Rival wedding groups

[weddingneedさん]

In the Chinese almanac and in geomancy, what's considered auspicious to one
person may be bad luck to another. -

And having two weddings at the same time in the same neighbourhood doesn't
necessary mean double happiness.

A four-hour-long clash involving knives and ignited fireworks between two
wedding groups in China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region on Sunday (April 10)
can testify to that.

When the two grooms leading their respective entourage of celebrants in Bohai
county stopped just before crossing paths, they weren't reaching out their hands
to congratulate one another.

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Instead, the two groups hissed at each another, questioning why the other
deliberately chose that route and timing. Superstitious beliefs, or rather,
stubbornness won the day when both parties refused to budge to let the other
pass.

The ensuing battle that followed wasn't over a lack of decorum: it's about
the probability of bringing bad luck to one's marriage when such a 'collision'
takes place, online news portal Youth.cn reported.

The Chinese news portal said tensions ran high after members of the Lin
family's wedding procession tried to stop the Qi family's party from walking
through a decorated archway they had built for the wedding, which they claimed
would bring them misfortune if they did.

Instead of making peace, the rival groups inflicted greater misfortune on
each other when they took out knives, sticks and fireworks for a marathon street
fight.

Starting at 2pm, the fiery confrontation saw dozens dressed in wedding red
clashing with knives and hurling flaming firecrackers and fireworks at one
another.

When it ended at 6pm after the police quelled the situation, 10 people were
found injured and the aftermath resembled a war zone.

Chinese netizens were stumped when they watched footage of the incident on
social media and in People's Daily reports.

Many Weibo users slammed the wedding groups for harbouring superstitious
beliefs that not only ruined their special day but also turned them into violent
people.

One netizen commented: "Now this is really bad luck!"

Others sarcastically remarked that an opportunity for creating romantic
videos was turned into an "action film".

One Weibo user wondered: "So did the couples get married in the end?"

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