中国]式爱情

　　Just ove@r 40 yea^rs ago,;: marriage+  in C?+hina ]/*wa;
\s arranged by the st^$*ate. Roma%_ ntic love was )seen![# `!-as a capi #ta- %list c _on^cept and was not a `llowed during]^[ t$\his ^per-(i.od. Wedd.i+ng pho)%tog )* _raphy (if any# at all) * *co+nsisted of one blac^)(k a-,nd \`=white$ pa)*ss*!]port+: photo @?o `/f the cou^`ple (dress  ed in Mao- style +ou tf+its) @ a,s pr@_)o=?of of the =?m?arriage. Now, C:=hina has fallen in love with . love and its ex_ploding wedd.^
$@ing industry is worth*$ 80 b illion dol ^lars,[ -]/and
 it is -on an upward curve. ^. Pre-wed$ding photograp$;hy is one of `,the\ most %# sig nifica^_nt and %curi!?ous [%$parts of th`_@e/. industry%(. /Every couple marrying i -n;%@= C-hina ?[will t/+/ake part i$=n a pre-wedd/i^`ng :% *shoot. It involves several costume and bac
*!kdrop changes where !+ yo(,u; can become a character in any fantasy you choose. Fo@r the most exotic *`lo- _[\cati$$#ons co: uple-$s pay up to $250,_+00_\0,$?$( ^AUD.=[ Pr!(e-wedding p()hoto sho*_ots have]\;
#become an important national ritua+.l.` They are /proof of the m#/ arr:%i%ag%,$*e but `=now also of love, romanc$e!, fr@?ee;dom, status-, mo=()ney and -#.the=.\ new.-! Chin=`a # Dr[eam.
(As an expa:t l
ivi? ng in , Shan %ghai with a long hist`!,.o :ry of coming t-^o China/#, Sinophile ph ;otographer-%\? Olivia Mar #-+%[ tin-[!-McGuire was captivated by th@e cons`!truction of dream)s throug_h thi?s boomin_-,g photo);graphic world. Once she start_
ed @to delve%  deeper into ;t hi?`s new tra\?ditional sh`^e foun^` d a unique win/!dow into C+[hin,a$. One`, that revealed ]\=a cou=ntry dreaming, a country rap=
;idly booming and a  [$=count  ry rec[
onstruc-^ting its recen-t past trauma =(all \=through their $]own lens. China L-ove takes us /
on __$a `*$\+wi(ld ,:jour=?n)[ey into_]# the wa.;/rmth . o+ f t*]:+he famil[@y web in Chin-\_a into #the h?ear(=ts of our ch([+ar+ac;_%te^_rs and int)[ o their personal -]dr[ ^eam\$s with\`[ an u)-_nderstanding of why an/_ `d  w(*here these aspirati;ons come from. Th%@e_ proj ect e#/xplores Chi#\n/a&#)(39s new po@sition ``(as ?a global/\:is* ed count
.ry f [rom_\ `@).@it@$s )$restricti ve and;( highly t-raditi onal p[\*ast - th(
rough! the window ^\o@ -f its boom,`ing edding industry and as]-#ks ##wha`

#t- is t;he -ne@+[w China Dream w[hen it co +`-m.;es to l.
`ove.