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Happiness Carnival-Town of Wedding Gown in Ruifang, Taipei County

I.  About Love

 

1.  Centurial Wedding Banquet:  This activity is held in the form of a wedding.  The old, middle-

 

aged and young married couples are invited to witness their happiness of the present days, future

 

and forever, and also symbolize their eternal love. After wearing the wedding gowns again, they 

 

are all the way led by the matchmaker to walk past the roads and then enter the banquet hall.  

 

On the way, the couples receive the blessing of the residents living in the township, and in return, 

 

distribute candies of happiness to them.  After that, the mayor of the township gives each couple 6 

 

famous local products of Rueifang as the betrothal gifts.  The County Magistrate was also invited to host the wedding and give the couples blessing.

 

 

2. Flying up Wing by Wing:  The kites carrying the dreams of love are flied to the sky.  A contest is held to see which couple’s kite flies highest.  The winning couple can acquire the coupons of love fund, with which they can enjoy as much as they can in the shops of Jiufen.

 

 

3.  Walking and Singing for Happiness:  In the early years, gold mining industry once prospered the Hill Town Jiufen where people had happy hours every night.  At that time there was a famous local industry, called "walking and singing."  This year, to echo the theme of "happiness," some jazz, Latin and rock bands are arranged to present the walking and singing activity.

 

 

4.  Love Divination Market:  Through the bird divination, Tarot cards, name destiny, poker cards, and so on, under the magic of

 

love astrologers can predict the future development of lovers.

 

 

 

II.  About Wedding

 

 

1.  Happy Flame Laser Banquet:  The fascinating laser beams swinging with the rhythms can give numerous changes.  All of a

 

sudden, the drum of happiness is beaten by the drummer.  The 13-floor remains having stayed still for years send out magical

 

flame of love. A cross-century laser firework show is going to display, sending out bright and brilliant flame of happiness above

 

the northeastern coast.

 

 

2.  Happy Window Display:  White wedding gown signifies the happy life of every woman.  The creative wedding gown

 

competition shall overthrow the traditional concept on wedding gown.  Everybody is welcome to exert their kuso and creative ideas.

 

 

3.  Three Snapshots of Happiness:  In the festival of love, the brides and grooms wearing the Japanese, Chinese and Western

 

wedding dresses/garments take photographs in the hill town or by the seaside. The married couples can experience the happiness of wearing the wedding dresses/garments once again.

 

4.  Happy News:  The wedding photographs are reprinted as MRT cards, stamps or postcards, which are affixed with the memorial seal,"Love-ing" by the provisional post office in the venue.  The love messages are sent to the couples, or their friends and relatives to share the joy.

 

 

III.  About Eternity

 

1.  Old Married Couples --- Happy Memories Exhibition:  The marriage of men and women in the old days was not as convenient and free as the couples today.  The sweet old photographs of the elders are collected, leading everybody to return to the time of the old days.Through the images of these old photographs, the young couples of the new generation in the 21st century can also feel the everlastind and cross-century love.

 

 

2.  Night Travel in Golden Hill Town:  Enthusiastic hospitality is offered to the lovers spending the night in the hill town.  In the quiet night with bright stars shinning in the sky, 

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