Wedding custom in Korea

Marriage is a huge event for Koreans. But, people dream fancy and glamorous wedding ceremony. So people spend a huge amount of money to prepare this wedding ceremony. Also, they have to seek new house, furniture and etc. So usually they get a burdensome debt to cover this cost. Because of these reasons, the culture of celebrating wedding changed to commercial event in Korea. And I think that this is a problem. The bride and groom pay good money for wedding, and they seek a reward from their guests.

And I believe that marriage’s essential factor is ‘love’, of course. However, Match-marketing service is always increasing and increasing. And users of this service are increasing, too. People seek their spouse using this service. But is it desirable? I don’t think so. In this site, they score client’s spouse grade, such as appearance, earning power, background, etc. And people just seek their partners who have a similar background and salary. In match marketing service, they turn their clients into products. But, we are not a thing, we are human.

To sum up, I don’t want to say that Korean wedding custom is totally wrong. But, the basic factor of marriage has to be ‘love’, not a background or money. And I can understand that people dream fancy wedding ceremony, but they have to find nice wedding ceremony that they can afford. I don’t think that people burden with a heavy debt for preparing marriage. They should fit their wedding plans to suit themselves.