Society
One hundred newlyweds tie the knot in Jianmen Pass
By Huang Zhiling and Zhang Ao (China Daily Sichuan Bureau)
Updated: 2010-05-03 11:30
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 Happy newlyweds in the group wedding ceremony. Photo/Zhang Ao |
Zhu Ting, a 25-year-old bus attendant in Jiange county, Sichuan Province, said the May 1 of 2010 would be her most exciting and unforgettable day throughout her life.
Zhu, together with her French husband Djobee, was one of the happy couples participating the group wedding of the Labour Day Festival in Jianmen Pass, a state-level scenic area in Jiange, Sichuan.
The 100 newlyweds include couples in and outisde Jiange, who registered in the county bureau of civil affairs during January 1 and April 20.
Among the newlyweds, there were also minority group members and policemen who wore their own traditional wedding dresses or uniforms in the ceremony.
May 1, the wedding date, was 2 days after the reopening of Jianmen pass in the county.
Zhu Ting, who was born in Jiange, managed to persuade her French husband to get married with her in Jianmen Pass, after hearing about the time-honored pass would reopen to the public in April.
":It is the place where I was born and leaves me plenty of sweet memory. I hope he could share it with me," said Zhu, who met Djobee, the French teacher of a primary school in a club of Chengdu, capital city of Sichuan province.
The two fell in love at first sight and decided to get married 2 years later.
All of the new couples would be given life-long free admission in Jianmen Pass, the scenic area which witnessed their romance.
"I hope that your love towards each other could endure as long and solitude as the old Jianmen Pass which is over 3,000 years old," said the Tian Zhongwen, magistrate of Jiange county, during the wedding ceremony.
