- Wedding guests lifted a groom’s best man and shook him in the air in east China
- The best man hit the ground on his head and was left with a concussion
- The violent strike is said to a traditional prank for entertaining the newlyweds
A best man has been knocked into a coma after being brutally shaken in the air by in what was said to be a wedding tradition in east China.
Mobile phone footage emerged showing six wedding guests lifting him up from a chair and fiercely swinging him up and down.
The man hit the ground on his head and appeared to be unconscious.
A man in white shirt was lifted up by six wedding guests at a ceremony in east China (left). It’s understood to be a prank known as ‘Da Hang’ by the Chinese tradition (right)
According to iFeng.com, a man in white shirt was targeted in a wedding prank in Dongying, Shandong Province, on October 8.
The prank, known as ‘Da Hang’, is said to be a popular wedding prank games to entertain the newlyweds and guests in some rural areas in China.
During the supposed prank, wedding guests imitate the action of piling on construction sites. They are supposed to lift the best man or the bridesmaid up before striking them onto a mattress.
The video clip shows about six male wedding guests holding the best man’s limbs and lifting him up before dropping him down. They had not put a mattress on the ground, so the best man hit the floor directly.
It remains unclear whether or not the guests had let the best man hit the ground so hard on purpose.
They smacked him onto the ground hard and the best man hit the floor headfirst (left). The man lost conscious for a while and was taken to a hospital (right)
He was left with a concussion but with no life-threatening risks, local government confirmed
However, his head hit the ground hard first.
The man lost his conscious for a while after the hit.
He was taken to the hospital and was found to sustain a concussion.
Local People’s Government at Kenli district confirmed to Pear Video that the injured man was the groom’s best man.
‘We have asked the hospital and understood that he had a concussion but no life-threatening risks.’
The man is staying in the hospital for further observation.