Culture
Most women would love to receive a bouquet of flowers on Valentine's Day. However, a young man from China decided to treat his girlfriend not just with a bouquet, but with a dress of 9,999 red roses, and at the same time offered a hand and heart.
Knowing that the lady of the heart has a special passion for fashion, Xiao Feng in love carefully chose lush buds and, fastening them together, created a unique wedding outfit. Of course, it was impossible to quickly make such a dress alone, because it was important to keep the flowers fresh. He and his assistants worked day and night to ensure that the unique outfit was ready on time.
Yin Mi, for whom the dress was intended, added a white cape and a bouquet of beautiful yellow orchids to the outfit. Orchids are known to symbolize love, beauty, purification, fertility, virtue and maturity.
The couple appeared at an amusement park in Guangdang Province, where they met 3 years ago when Yin won the grand prize at the Miss Bikini 2009 pageant. After such a surprise and a special marriage proposal, it was impossible to refuse!
Xiao Feng chose this number of roses – 9,999 – not by chance. The number “nine” in Chinese tradition means “forever”, which is very symbolic for wedding ceremonies. Moreover, Beijing's famous imperial palace, the Forbidden City, has 9,999 rooms. According to legend, the emperor building the palace wanted it to have 10,000 rooms, but on the eve of its construction, God came to him in a dream and said 10,000 was God's number. The emperor found a way out and built 9,999 rooms, which brought him closer to God, but did not make them equal.