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''See also:'' [[Asian atheism]]

''See also:'' [[Asian atheism]]

[[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>

[[China]] has the world's largest 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>

== Atheist weddings in North Korea ==

== Atheist weddings in North Korea ==

[[File:Flag of North Korea.png|thumbnail|right|200px|In North Korea, your wedding isn’t just your moment, because the government and Workers’ Party often intervene.  

[[File:Flag of North Korea.png|thumbnail|right|200px|In North Korea, your wedding isn’t just your moment, because the government and Workers’ Party often intervene.  

 

There’s no such thing as a bouquet being thrown in the DPRK, instead newlyweds bring flowers to pay respects to the statue of Supreme Leader Kim Il-sung immediately after their official ceremony.<ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/aug/03/north-korean-weddings-kim-il-sung Ask a North Korean: what happens on your wedding day?], ''The Guardian''</ref>]]

There’s no such thing as a bouquet being thrown in the DPRK, instead newlyweds bring flowers to pay respects to the statue of Supreme Leader Kim Il-sung immediately after their official ceremony.<ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/aug/03/north-korean-weddings-kim-il-sung Ask a North Korean: what happens on your wedding day?], ''The Guardian''</ref>]]

[[North Korea]] has [[state atheism]] and public religion is actively discouraged.<ref>Elizabeth Raum. ''North Korea''. Series: ''Countries Around the World''. Heinemann, 2012. ISBN 1432961330. p. 28</ref>

[[North Korea]] has [[state atheism]] and public religion is actively discouraged.<ref>Elizabeth Raum. ''North Korea''. Series: ''Countries Around the World''. Heinemann, 2012. ISBN 1432961330. p. 28</ref>