China's marriage certificates over the years
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A marriage certificate from Nanjing, East China's Jiangsu province, in 1950. Photo taken on Sept 30, 2009. Today is Qixi Festival, also known as the Chinese Valentine's Day. To celebrate love and marriage, let's take a look at the past and present of China's marriage certificates. (Photo: IC)
A marriage certificate from Weinan, Northwest China's Shaanxi province, in 1957. Photo taken on Feb 10, 2019. (Photo: IC)
An old couple, Xue Xiufang, left, and Xie Jingde in Qingdao, East China's Shandong province, show their marriage certificates from 1962 on Oct 12, 2013. (Photo: IC)
A marriage certificate from Nanjing, East China's Jiangsu province, in 1963. Photo taken on Sept 30, 2009. (Photo: IC)
A marriage certificate from Shanghai in 1969. Photo taken in 2008. (Photo: IC)
A marriage certificate from Nanjing, East China's Jiangsu province, in 1970. Photo taken on Sept 30, 2009. (Photo: IC)
A marriage certificate from Huaibei, East China's Anhui province, in 1976. Photo taken in August, 2009. (Photo: IC)
A marriage certificate from Chaoyang, Northeast China's Liaoning province, in 1983. Photo taken on Feb 21, 2014. (Photo: IC)
Staff at the marriage registry of the civil affairs bureau in Hanshan district, Handan, North China's Hebei province stencil the marriage certificates of a newlywed couple on Feb 14, 2017. (Photo: IC)
A newlywed couple shows their marriage certificates at the marriage registry of the civil affairs bureau in Cixian county, Handan, North China’s Hebei province, on May 20, 2019. (Photo: IC)
A newlywed couple shows their marriage certificates and digital marriage certificate on their Alipay application at the marriage registry of the civil affairs bureau in Shapingba district, Southwest China's Chongqing, Aug 7, 2019. (Photo: IC)