Around 18 porters transported the 8.88 million yuan (USD 1.5 million) cash in bamboo baskets to the future bride, which together weighed 102 kg, the Shanghai Daily newspaper reported.
Members of the man's entourage showed up at the woman's house in a fleet of luxury vehicles, led by a Maserati sports car, the report said, adding it has drawn ire on social media sites.
Photos showed bamboo baskets stacked with bundles of 100 yuan notes, which are red and depict Mao Zedong, communist China's founding father.
"Marriage achieved by money, can it last?" another microblog writer wondered.
The couple, who belong to rich families surnamed Huang, chose the amount of money because the word for eight is linked with the meaning wealth in China.
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