A good year to get married?

The Economist certainly thinks so as this excerpt shows:

The wedding fever owes much to a widespread belief that 2006 is a lucky year. In Chinese culture, the number six indicates that things will go smoothly. This year is also the Year of the Dog (in Chinese the word for a dog’s bark sounds like the word for prosperity). Even more importantly, the lunar calendar means 2006 will be longer than usual and contain two springs, a rare phenomenon said to bring luck. Last year couples avoided getting married because it was a “widow’s year”, with no lunar spring at all.