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== Atheist weddings in China ==
== Atheist weddings in China ==
[[File:Uyr6.jpg|thumbnail|right|200px|Illustration of [[Confucius]] ]]
[[File:Uyr6.jpg|thumbnail|right|200px|Illustration of [[Confucius]] ]]
[[China]] has the world's largest [[atheism|atheist]] population.<ref>[http://www.thechapmans.nl/news/Atheist.pdf Top 50 Countries With Highest Proportion of Atheists / Agnostics (Zuckerman, 2005)]</ref><ref>[http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2013/05/23/a-surprising-map-of-where-the-worlds-atheists-live/ A surprising map of where the world’s atheists live], ''Washington Post'' By Max Fisher and Caitlin Dewey May 23, 2013</ref>
In recent times, Confucian wedding rituals have become popular in China. In these type of ceremonies, which are a recent invention with no historic precedent, the bride and groom both bow and pay respects to a large portrait of [[Confucius]] hanging inside the banquet hall while wedding attendants and the couple are dressed in traditional Chinese robes.<ref>[http://news.sina.com.cn/c/2011-05-23/034922510726.shtml 江苏将推广设立离婚缓冲室](Chinese), sina.com, May 23, 2011</ref>
In recent times, Confucian wedding rituals have become popular in China. In these type of ceremonies, which are a recent invention with no historic precedent, the bride and groom both bow and pay respects to a large portrait of [[Confucius]] hanging inside the banquet hall while wedding attendants and the couple are dressed in traditional Chinese robes.<ref>[http://news.sina.com.cn/c/2011-05-23/034922510726.shtml 江苏将推广设立离婚缓冲室](Chinese), sina.com, May 23, 2011</ref>