Unstoppable: Chinese couple continue wedding despite floods using boat and fire truck

A couple in China were so determined for their wedding to go ahead despite severe flooding, they used a boat and fire truck as transportation.

They planned to hold their ceremony in their hometown of Guilin in south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region on the morning of June 19.

Then came the heaviest rains since 1998, and as the bride was on her way to the wedding, the area began to flood.

Video footage taken by locals shows the bride's father and groom pushing a homemade boat while the bride sits inside, holding an umbrella.

“This is the first time I have seen a bride traveling to her wedding on a boat,” an observer told Chinese newspaper Jingshizhibo.

The bride, whose name has not been released, said the water level was up to people's chests, but they had to go ahead with the wedding because “everything had been planned.”

In China, especially in rural areas where traditional values ​​remain strong, people believe that weddings should take place on auspicious dates. They believe that changing these dates could bring bad luck.

Additionally, newlyweds don't like to disturb their guests, some of whom may have traveled a long distance to attend their wedding.

The bride had driven to a neighboring county to get her makeup done and was returning home in a friend's car, which was caught in the flash flood.

They met a group of firefighters and asked for their help to return to their town. It took the fire truck 20 minutes to cover the 20 kilometers.

The groom then borrowed a homemade boat from his friend and used it to transport his new bride. His father-in-law helped him push the boat two kilometers through the wet roads.

The bride said it was an “unforgettable” experience.

“I am impressed by the strength of their will to get married,” wrote an online observer on Douyin.

“Her wedding vehicles look way cooler than the luxury cars,” another said.

“They literally ‘crossed the water in the same boat,'” a third said, referring to a Chinese idiom meaning “to unite in difficult times.”