Photo taken on September 10 shows a wedding photographic studio in Beijing. The total sales value of the wedding market in China in 2006 was 1.5392 trillion yuan, involving an industrial network of 76 industries.Chinanews, Beijing, September 10 – The total sales value of the wedding market in China in 2006 was 1.5392 trillion yuan, involving an industrial network of 76 industries.According to the Ministry of Commerce, averagely an urban couple spent 126,600 yuan on their wedding ceremony in 2006, including taking pictures, buying jewelries, renting wedding dresses, giving wedding feasts, decorating rooms, spending honeymoon, and buying furniture and home appliances.However, they spent even more on buying houses. Averagely, the housing expenditure of an urban young couple who got married in 2006 was 162, 900 yuan, while the average monthly income of a young couple was only 6,249 yuan at that time. That is to say, they spent 4 years total income on their wedding. Actually, most of them had to rely on the support from their parents to host their wedding ceremonies. The survey by the Ministry of Commerce also shows that the parents of 81.6% of young couples helped them in this aspect.