In China, we have a festival called Bachelor's festival. And, in America, there is a party called Bachelor party. It seems very smiliar based on the name, however those two are totally different in essence.
Bachelor's Festival
November 11th is a entertaining festival in Mainland China, which is Bachelor’s festival, or Guang gun Festival or One’s Day.
People pick this date because 11.11 looks like 4 smooth sticks, and “smooth stick” in Chinese means bachelor, underlying those who are still single. Since this year is 2011, you may notice that there are three "11"s---2011.11.11. Therefore, people will pick the 11:11pm at Nov.11, 2011 to start a party or use three"11"s as a theme to host a celebration.
College students, espeically those haven’t got a boyfriend or girlfriend at that time, are so want to find a lover by taking this great opportunity. It is truly a wonderful time to hangout and have fun with your friends.
Bachelor Party
The bachelor party, based on my understanding, is a party that held for a man before he enters marriage so that he may able to enjoy the last night of freedom.
Through watching the soap opera Friends, I noticed that when Chandler was celebrating his bachelor night, they even hired a stripper to perform. Oh, man, this part is so beyond my imagination. I guess,
those kind of unusual activities are act as a rite of passage from bachelorhood to a more responsible life style.
Anyway, it is such an interesting party to say goodbye to one's single life and start to begin a new jouney with his wife.
