What a fine time to watch Singapore's 2014 movie starring Hong Kong actress, Sandra Ng and Singapore's own homegrown comedian, Mark Lee. Though billed a comedy, A Fantastic Ghost Wedding is also, as the title suggests, a ghost story and it's on in TV and during the Chinese Ghost month too! Ghost weddings reportedly are practised by non-Chinese, by people in Sudan and France and elsewhere, even in America as in a Levirate or a posthumous marriage. The Chinese version started thousands of years ago, 3000 according to some literature; not as long as Chinese history definitely, but very long enough to lend colours to the civilization. Originally, it was strictly for the dead, two single deceased people; but now, it can involve one living person and a deceased. Reportedly, even in modern Singapore, one can get the service of a Taoist priest to be a matchmaker and help arrange a ghost marriage. If the service of either a priest or a diviner is not sought, a family can find a potential groom for a ghost bride by laying a red packet on the road. Whoever passes by and pick up the red packet will be the chosen one. Not sure though if potential living bride is chosen this way...
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