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Superstition: More Taiwanese Rushing to Tie the Knot Before Lunar New Year

Posted on January 9, 2009 by Tim

Many couples in Taiwan are rushing to get married before the Chinese lunar new year, coming on January 26, 2009 in the Western calendar because they believe that next year will be an “unlucky” year in which to get married, since next year is marked as the “Gu-luan” year (similar to Western leap year in that there are two days marked for the arrival of spring). Continue reading →

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