Couples participate in a group wedding ceremony at Shengjing Grand Theatre in Shenyang, capital of Northeast China’s Liaoning province, on June 30. The event was held by the city’s steering committee for the building of spiritual civilization and the Communist Youth League Shenyang Committee, with more than 500 people in attendance, including government officials, relatives and friends of those getting married, and volunteers. [Photo/Xinhua]

Xie Xukai (L), a 93-year-old former professor at Northeastern University and his wife, who have been married for 69 years, act as chief witnesses at the group wedding ceremony in Shenyang, Liaoning province, June 30. [Photo/Xinhua]