Hand-in-hand, old couples walk through the red carpet at the "Golden Wedding" ceremony in Changning District of East China's Shanghai Municipality Oct. 6, 2008. More than one hundred couples celebrate their 50 years of marriage in Changning District during the Double Ninth Festival. The festival is considered a traditional occasion to pay respect to the aged and falls on the ninth day of the ninth month of the Chinese lunar calendar, or Oct. 7 this year. [Xinhua] |