For subscribers

Letter From Beijing

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

Sign up now: Get insights on Asia's fast-moving developments

mnwedding - Singaporeans Tan Shi Hui, 34, and Xu Junyuan, 36, filmed a 1.5-minute mini-movie in Lijiang, China's Yunnan province, inspired by the hit 2017 Chinese drama Eternal Love, or san sheng san shi, which tells the story of two lovers reunited across multiple lifetimes.

Credit: Tan Shi Hui
pix to ST Foreign

Singaporean couple Tan Shi Hui and Xu Junyuan filmed a wedding video in Lijiang in China’s Yunnan province.

PHOTO: COURTESY OF TAN SHI HUI

Google Preferred Source badge

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.

See more on