2024-09-25 14:14:00

　　On September 22, the 2024 Youth Mass Weddingwas held atthe River Closure Memorial Park of the Three Gorges Dam. In the presence of their familiesand friends, sixteen couples gathered by the damand joined hands in marriage. This marks the third consecutive year that Yichang has hosted a group wedding for Yichang youths in the district ofthe Three Gorges Dam.

　　At the collective wedding ceremony accompanied by melodious music,16 couples dressed in traditional Chinese attireswalked hand in hand along the red carpet, performing traditional Chinese wedding rituals and making vows to spend their lives together. Amidst blessings, they threw wedding candiesto the witnesses and sharedhappiness and joywith them,and crowds oftourists were attracted and stopped to witness the wedding. (Reporters/Cai Chang andLin Xiao, Correspondent/Qin Fang)