Chongqing (China), bride and groom at a 'Mass Marriage' ceremony

Chungking [Chongqing]: Mass marriageMass Marriage in Chungking. Brides and grooms wear simple, cheap garments, are married by the mayor in a brief ceremony—bride and groom throw rice to each other, then to mayor. They sign the marriage certificate and march off married. Ceremony in accordance with wartime conditions, and to do away with old custom of elaborate expensive marriages which often put parents and young couples in debt for years before paid off.GrayscaleForman Nitrate Negatives, Box