Honey Replaces Caramel in the Wedding Ceremony of a New Couple

According to the custom, candies and dry fruits should be presented to relatives and friends who come to give their blessings at weddings. And milk candy is the first choice for wedding presents. However, as several kinds of milk candy have been found tainted with melamine recently, choosing wedding presents has become a headache for couples-to-be. The other day, reporters learned that honey, which is known for its efficacy in health care and beauty preservation, replaced milk candy on the wedding ceremony.

October 18 was Mr Guo and Miss Li's big day. Their wedding present was rather ingenious - two small beautifully packaged bottles of honey for each person. According to Miss Li, the bride: "We thought hard about what we should present at our wedding. Later, one of my good friends suggested I use honey as our wedding present, saying it was very popular now and also economical. So I decided not to buy candy but honey instead." When asked where they bought the honey, the bride said: "We ordered online. After deciding to use honey instead of candy, we went to the supermarket to buy some, only to find that none of the major supermarkets in our province sells this kind of honey."

Mr Wang, who attended the wedding banquet, said that using honey as wedding present was rather ingenious and worth promoting. "Honey is natural food with high nutritional value. It is an excellent choice as a wedding present."

The English word for honey is "honey", a common term of endearment between lovers, representing the love between newlyweds when used at weddings. Giving honey at weddings implies giving health and sweetness.