GOLDEN DAY FOR SENIOR COUPLES: Zhou Yupei, 87, shows off the gold ring worn by his wife Hu Shaomei, 86, yesterday after 60 years of marriage at a festival organized by Donghua University for 135 couples celebrating their golden weddings and 31 celebrating their diamond weddings.
SHANGHAI, China (The Shanghai Daily), October 18, 2007:
More than 160 couples celebrated their golden and diamond weddings yesterday at Donghua University, as part of festivities for Chongyang Festival, honoring senior citizens, which falls tomorrow.
Garlanded with red flowers, 135 couples celebrating 50 years of marriage walked hand-in-hand into the campus stadium, along with 31 couples celebrating their 60th, or diamond, wedding anniversaries.
At least one of each couple used to work at the university, bringing back happy memories for many.
Zhao Yuliang, an 81-year-old Donghua official, was celebrating his diamond wedding anniversary yesterday, getting married in 1948.
"Our family has no special plans to celebrate (the wedding anniversary), so we were really very glad to attend such a group activity," said Zhao.
Each couple was presented with a framed commemorative photograph and snack coupons to celebrate the festival.
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