"裸婚"一族向传统宣战

 
Without expensive preparation and rituals, Wang Shaowei and Zhang Xin tied the knot at a cost of nine yuan, which was used to obtain the marriage certificate.
没有开销高昂的婚前准备及仪式，王绍伟（音译）和张馨（音译）只花9元钱领了个结婚证，就算喜结连理了。

The couple, who just entered the work force and had learned to be self-reliant, did away with nearly all the traditional "must-haves" for a Chinese wedding: owning an apartment, a car, wedding rings as well as holding an expensive ceremony.
这对恋人刚刚参加工作，并已学会了自立。他们几乎摒弃了中国婚姻中所有的传统“必需品”：住房，汽车，以及举办昂贵的婚礼仪式。

"We had a big dinner in our two-bedroom rented apartment to celebrate the start of our married life, and nothing else," said the 26-year-old Wang, who lives with his wife in Shijiazhuang, capital city of the northern Hebei Province.
“我们在租来的两居室公寓里吃了顿大餐，以此庆祝我们婚姻生活的开始。”和妻子住在河北省会石家庄，26岁的王绍伟说道。

In recent years, an increasing number of Chinese young people have chosen a "naked marriage." The term refers to a couple who get hitched without any major assets and who spend little on their wedding ceremony.
近年来，越来越多的中国年轻人选择“裸婚”。这个术语专指那些零资产，婚礼接近零开销的恋人们。

The "naked marriage" is in sharp contradiction with China`s established marriage customs, which encourage parents to help lay the material foundation for their children`s marriage.
“裸婚”和中国现有婚俗形成了鲜明对比。在中国传统婚礼中，双方父母会帮自己的子女打好物质基础。

According to a poll conducted by the social investigation center of the China Youth Daily prior to this year`s Chinese Valentine`s Day, Qixi Festival that fell on last Saturday, nearly 48 percent of 3,214 respondents said they supported the idea of "naked marriages," while about 23 percent opposed it.
上周六恰逢今年中国传统的“七夕”情人节，此前《中国青年报》进行了一项社会调查，3214位受访者中有近48%的人支持“裸婚”，23%的人持反对意见。

The vote also showed that about 55 percent of the respondents viewed courage as essential when engaging in a "naked marriage" and 43 percent of them agreed that married life of the couple who had a "naked marriage" would be much tougher than their peers with better financial status.
该投票结果也表明，有约55%的受访者将勇气看作是维系“裸婚”的重要因素。同时，43%的受访者也承认，相比那些经济条件优越，同年龄段的恋人们，选择“裸婚”则意味着承担更多的困难。