Dressed as one of 48 dancing carrots, he proposes

Chinese man's stunt took three weeks to plan, cost around $15,000

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NATALIE MORALES, anchor: And if your girlfriend's favorite color is orange and you want to propose, well, what do you do? Well, if you're one love-struck man in China , you and 48 of your friends dress up like giant carrots, of course. It gook him about three weeks to get the whole bunch together and pop the question. She was a little bit embarrassed, she said, but said yes. So it worked apparently. Hope she likes her carrots.

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updated 8/10/2011 10:28:18 AM ET

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BEIJING — If your girlfriend's favorite color is orange and you want to propose, maybe dressing yourself and 48 friends as giant carrots is the best way to get her to say yes.

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According to Chinese news reports and photos posted online, that is what one lovestruck Chinese man did recently for China's Valentine's Day in the center of the eastern city of Qingdao.

Video: Dancing carrots ask, ‘Will you marry me?’ (on this page)

As bemused shoppers — and his girlfriend — looked on, the man spoke into a microphone inside his costume about their first date six months ago.

He then peeled away his disguise and proposed. Shoppers shouted "marry him, marry him," and she accepted.

The reports say the proposal took him three weeks to plan and cost $15,000.