Traditional Chinese weddings back in vogue

LANZHOU－On the first day of this year, Sun Yi finally received the email she had long been waiting for. It contained the final version of her wedding plan.

The plan, which had gone through nearly 10 revisions, offered the 29-year-old a "new Chinese-style" wedding ceremony in March, which she described as being "traditional, but not old-fashioned" and "ritualistic but with style".

Since China's reform and opening-up began in the late 1970s, many couples living in big cities have emulated Western-style weddings, which they thought were more ceremonial and romantic.