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Mass Marriages in China – Nothing New

Posted: May 29th, 2015 | No Comments »

Every so often the Chinese press likes to print pictures of mass marriage ceremonies in one famous spot or another. Usually it’s due to an auspicious day. The tradition was of course popular in the Cultural Revolution and the Maoist period but predates that. Here, in 1936, a mass marriage ceremony of over 100 couples in Shanghai – apologies but I can’t verify the location. Note that the grooms are all in traditional dress while the brides are almost all in European style wedding gowns. It was a civil ceremony presided over the Mayor of Shanghai, General Wu Te-chen.

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