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Mass Wedding In Beijing. More than 5,000 couples in Beijing were married at simple ceremonies in the Spring Festival beginning on January 25. The ceremonies were a dramatic departure from the usual custom of lavish receptions and the giving of costly gifts. May young people choose the Spring Festival, joyful holidays of the Chinese people, to get married. Here are some shots of a mass wedding held in the Working People's Palace of Culture. Newlyweds are warmly congratulated as they enter the hall in the Working People's Palace of Culture. 70 couples from various trades of the city held a mass wedding here in the Spring Festival. Photo by Wang Guanglu