臺灣30歲熟女打破傳統 和自己結婚

Chen Wei-yih has posed for a set of photos in a flowing white dress, enlisted a wedding planner and rented a banquet hall for a marriage celebration with 30 friends.

But there is no groom. Chen will marry herself.

Uninspired by the men she's met but facing social pressure to get married, the 30-year-old Taipei office worker will hold the reception next month in honor of just one person.

"Age thirty is a prime period for me. My work and experience are in good shape, but I haven't found a partner, so what can I do?" Chen said.

"It's not that I'm anti-marriage. I just hope that I can express a different idea within the bounds of a tradition."

Her T$50,000 ($5,675) wedding comes after online publicity that has netted 1,800 largely sympathetic comments.

"I think there will be more and more girls like this," said "divagirl," who did not elaborate.

Women in Taiwanare marrying later and less often as their economic status advances, fuelling government concerns about a drop in the birth rate and its impact on productivity.

Only 40 percent of women surveyed earlier this year by the education ministry said they imagined married people could live better lives than singles, local media said.

"I was just hoping that more people would love themselves," said Chen, who will go on a solo honeymoon to Australia.

Chen said her mother had insisted on a groom at first but later jumped aboard the solo marriage plan.

But as Chen cannot officially register a marriage to herself, if she finds a man later she will wed again.

"If I had a steady boyfriend, I wouldn't do this," Chen said. "it would be offensive to him, anyway."

陳薇伊已經拍過了婚紗照，聘請了婚禮策劃人員，還租了一個宴會廳來舉行婚禮，將有30個朋友來參加婚禮。

不過婚禮上卻沒有新郎。陳薇伊將和自己結婚。

沒有遇到中意的男人，但是又面臨結婚的社會壓力，這位30歲的臺北職員將在下個月舉行一個人的婚禮。

陳薇伊說：“30歲對我來說是一個黃金時期。我的工作和經歷都不錯，但是我卻還沒找到自己的另一半，那我能有什麼辦法呢？”

“我並非不婚族。我只是希望用傳統的方式表達一種不同的觀點。”

她的婚禮計劃在網上曝光後吸引了1800條評論，大多是表達同情和支持的。婚禮花費了5萬新臺幣（合5675美元）。

婚禮女主角說：“我認爲像這樣的女孩以後會越來越多。”不過她沒有就這一話題深談。

隨着臺灣女性經濟地位的上升，臺灣女性晚婚和不婚的也越來越多，這引發了政府的擔憂，因爲這可能導致出生率的下降，並對生產力造成影響。

據當地媒體稱，今年早些時候臺灣教育部進行的一項調查表明，只有40%的被調查女性稱她們認爲已婚人士會比單身人士生活得更好。

陳薇伊說：“我只是希望更多的人能夠愛他們自己。”她將隻身前往澳大利亞度蜜月。

陳薇伊說她的母親原先堅持要有一個新郎，但後來也接受了這一單人結婚計劃。

但是由於陳薇伊和自己結婚無法進行官方註冊，如果她以後找到合適的男人還會再結婚。

陳薇伊說：“如果我有固定的男朋友，我是不會這麼做的。那樣會讓他反感。”