PETALING JAYA - There is a saying that people do not like getting married in the Year of the Tiger.
However, judging from bookings at several popular marriage registrars in the Klang Valley, there has not been a slow down in the number of people wanting to tie the knot.
“The younger generations do not mind getting married in the Year of the Tiger,” said Chow Soo Sin, the registrar at the Thean Hou Temple.
She said the temple was trying to promote the “good side” of the year to the people and that it was still a good year to get hitched.
“People often perceive the Tiger Year as a bad year to get married but it is really not a bad year for nuptials,” she added.
Klang Hokkien Association executive secretary John Chan said the association was still receiving bookings from couples.
“We have bookings until April, and I believe there will be more in the months to come,” he said, adding that it was still too early to say if people were postponing their marriage this year.
A spokesman for the Maha Vihara Temple agreed with Chan, saying that it was too early to say if the number of bookings from couples had decreased.
“Although this is the Year of the Tiger, we are expecting 100 couples to register their marriage on ‘10-10-10’,” he added.
Meanwhile, Kenny Hoo who does research on geomancy said there were two main reasons why people believed that this was not a popular year to get married.
“Many perceive the tiger as representing anger, conflict and argument — which makes it a bad year to get married because they believe it can affect their marriage.
“The start of spring usually coincides with the first day of Chinese New Year but this year, it is not so.
“It is considered not so auspicious,” Hoo said, adding that as long as couples chose the right date, it was still an appropriate year.
He also said the Year of the Tiger was suitable for starting a new business, moving to a new house or office and conducting renovations.
