Newly-weds participate in a mass wedding ceremony wearing traditional embroidered wedding dresses on Sunday, Jinan, east China's Shandong Province. [Xinhua] 

Couples wearing traditional embroidered wedding dresses release the "balloons of wish" on a mass wedding ceremony in Jinan, capital city of east China's Shandong Province, Aug 22, 2010. The city offered a free wedding for 100 couples from all walks of life contributing to the city development. [Xinhua]