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‘Fated to be lovers across eras’: Singapore couples go to China for time-travelling wedding shoots

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The lights dim in the wedding banquet hall, and a video starts to play.

A smiling woman, clad in an elaborate Song dynasty wedding robe in luscious colours of red, green and gold, walks towards a man from the back and taps him on the shoulder. He turns and sees the love of his life.

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