Chinese Newlyweds Bare it all!

Lifestyle and Values are changing in China too as economic prosperity comes along. Weddings and the pictures taken during the weddings are seeing a change! Here is an article in the Indian newspaper on it

Forget the Mao suits of a generation ago. Actually, forget about any clothes at all. Naked wedding photos are the hot new trend among young couples in once deeply conservative China.

Even in Anhui, a largely rural province in the east, many newly-weds are having their pictures taken in the nude, to the fury of their parents’ generation, the Xin’an Evening News said.

“Some photo studios are just going too far. They allow young women to have their photos taken in bikinis or with nothing on at all,” said an irate woman from the Anhui capital of Hefei. “I hope the authorities will do something.”

She had just found out that her daughter had taken two sets of wedding photos, one to show the family, and another considerably more intimate one for her own private consumption.

Previous reports in the state media suggested nude wedding photos were a trend that began in the south of China that was gradually spreading to the rest of the country.

“Not a few young people think that the nude pics are a welcome renewal to the stale unchanging traditions of the wedding photo,” the Xin Wenhua Bao newspaper reported in November last year.

This attitude is now prevalent even in northwest China’s Xi’an, a proud ancient capital and home to the — fully dressed — terracotta soldiers.

The Xi’an Evening News did a random check of five photo studios, and found that all of them would be willing to take nude photos of soon-to-be-married couples, should they so wish.

“Most of the people who come here to have the bold, naked photos taken are young, trendy and unconventional,” said a studio owner. “There are still lots of people who don’t like it.”

The China Radio International news website even carried an article on the trend showing some images of naked newlyweds.

One bride wore nothing but a veil and bouquet of flowers while another couple embraced in a provocative position, although the photos were carefully taken to avoid displaying full-frontal nudity.

This is the original article from the Chinese Radio International:

Angel, from Hangzhou, is such a bride. In her wedding photo, she and her fiance are half-naked with barely enough props to cover the genital areas. If it were not for the bridal veil, one would be hard put to say it was not pornographic.

Feeling excited about her “realistic” photos, Angel takes approval of them for granted: “If we can record how nice we look when we are young by taking photos, why shouldn’t we? People grow older, fatter and uglier.”

She must be very confident about her body so as not to feel awkward about stripping in front of an unknown photographer.

She must be something for her guy to show off to other guys — how lucky he is! Or she feels comfortable and even sensually heightened by being naked.

For whatever the reason, in an era of individuality, it is fun to be “evil” but it is stupid to be rough.