Naked Wedding, a recent hit TV series, tells the story of a young couple, Liu Yiyang (L) and Tong Jiaqian (R), who got married with no house, no car and no thick wad of banknotes. Stressed by sky-high housing prices, young Chinese couples find ways to simplify the wedding rituals – opting for a “naked wedding”.
《裸婚時(shí)代》是一部最近很火的電視劇，講述了年輕夫婦劉易陽和童佳倩無房、無車、無存款的裸婚故事。面對(duì)高居不下的房?jī)r(jià)，“裸婚”似乎成為年輕人唯一的出路。

A“naked marriage” is a Chinese term that refers to a marriage with the only cost being that of the nine yuan that needed to be paid to the Ministry Affairs Bureau as a legal marriage registration fee. This new form of marriage has caught public attention in a culture where for thousands of years getting married was regarded as a family issue more than an intimate arrangement between two individuals. Married couples often suggest that “pure love” isn’t enough to guarantee a happy ending in reality.
“裸婚”就是結(jié)婚時(shí)只花9塊錢去民政局登記領(lǐng)證的結(jié)婚方式。在中國，幾千年來婚姻都被視為兩個(gè)家庭的事務(wù)而不只是小兩口自己的事兒。因此“裸婚”這種全新的結(jié)婚形式自然掀起了軒然大波。很多已婚的夫妻都表示：現(xiàn)實(shí)生活中只有“真愛”并不能保證擁有幸福。

“Many couples blow marriage at the final stage when it involves buying a house,” said Luo Zhiming, a marriage consultant at Beijing Hexintian Marriage Consulting Co. “Money is usually the most critical thing to settle after a wedding,” she added. For most young Chinese who earn an average wage and live an ordinary nine-to-five life, buying a house at present isn’t realistic for them, Luo pointed out.
“很多小兩口都是結(jié)婚前的最后一步——買房子的時(shí)候吹的?！北本┮患一橐鲎稍兯幕橐鲱檰柫_志明說，“通常情況下，經(jīng)濟(jì)問題會(huì)成為婚后最棘手的問題?！绷_還表示：對(duì)大多數(shù)朝九晚五、工薪階層的年輕人來說，一結(jié)婚就買房子是很不現(xiàn)實(shí)的。

An online survey from China’s popular matchmaker’s network, , showed 38 percent of women voted in “support” of a naked marriage, while 77 percent of male voters were happy with it. Sociologist Wang Qianma explained the ratio differences of the gender groups were a reflection of long-preserved marriage concepts among Chinese. “Women care more about the form of a wedding, while men are more realistic.”
世紀(jì)佳緣交友網(wǎng)（一家著名的婚介網(wǎng)站）的在線調(diào)查顯示：有38%的女性和77%的男性支持裸婚。社會(huì)學(xué)家Wang Qianma認(rèn)為男女兩性支持裸婚的比例差異，反映出中國人由來已久的傳統(tǒng)婚姻觀念：女性更注重婚姻的形式，而男性則更現(xiàn)實(shí)。