Senior couples attend the "golden marriage" celebration launched by a company in Luoyang, Central China's Henan Province to mark the Double Ninth Festival on October 18, 2007. The festival, which falls on the ninth day of the ninth month on lunar calendar, is viewed as an occasion to pay respect to the aged.

Senior couples attend the "golden marriage" celebration launched by a company in Luoyang, Central China's Henan Province to mark the Double Ninth Festival on October 18, 2007. The festival, which falls on the ninth day of the ninth month on lunar calendar, is viewed as an occasion to pay respect to the aged.

An elderly woman fixes a button for her husband during the "golden marriage" celebration launched by a company in Luoyang, Central China's Henan Province to mark the Double Ninth Festival on October 18, 2007. The festival, which falls on the ninth day of the ninth month on lunar calendar, is viewed as an occasion to pay respect to the aged.

Senior couples tour Luoyang, Central China's Henan Province as part of the "golden marriage" celebration launched by a company in Luoyang, Central China's Henan Province to mark the Double Ninth Festival on October 18, 2007. The festival, which falls on the ninth day of the ninth month on lunar calendar, is viewed as an occasion to pay respect to the aged.

Senior couples attend the "golden marriage" celebration launched by a company in Luoyang, Central China's Henan Province to mark the Double Ninth Festival on October 18, 2007. The festival, which falls on the ninth day of the ninth month on lunar calendar, is viewed as an occasion to pay respect to the aged.

(China Daily October 19, 2007)