A woman surnamed Yu, who lost her boyfriend in a car accident on July 15 will marry him in the ghost marriage ceremony. The accident happened on a Taiwan highway and involved four cars. Two people were killed and five others injured. Yu was also involved in the crash but managed to rescue three of the injured; however, she couldn’t save her boyfriend.

She recalled being devastated when she saw her boyfriend, his sister, and another friend trapped in the twisted wreckage. Though her legs were injured, she tried to rescue them but couldn’t do so. Yu did manage to pull out a friend from the back seat and rescued two people from another vehicle involved in the accident, the South China Morning Post reported.

The outlet further reported that two siblings of the same surname Hong were also trapped inside the vehicle they were traveling in, and they were immediately rushed to the hospital but did not survive their injuries.

Yu is reportedly planning a ghost marriage with her boyfriend so he can be given the status of a husband so that she would be able to carry out responsibilities toward his elderly mother. As many may not know, ghost marriages for the deceased are a 3,000-year-old custom in China.

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Variants of Chinese Ghost Weddings

Some consider that souls that die having desires, such as getting married, will never rest in peace after death. A living candidate participates in the ghost marriage, where the dead is symbolized by a photo of him or her, his or her clothes, and other belongings that he or she owns. This ritual, just like any traditional wedding, is conducted according to wedding customs.

Yet, two other forms of ghost weddings in China include one involving a couple who either died before or during courtship, wherein the parents would then arrange a wedding and bury them together. The second is between people who were strangers all their life and are matched as a couple after death with the help of matchmakers.

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