Couples celebrate golden anniversary ahead of Chinese Valentine's Day

A "golden wedding anniversary" ceremony is held for 86 elderly couples to celebrate their 50 years of marriage on the eve of the Qixi Festival, Chinese Valentine's Day, on Laojun Mountain in Luoyang, Henan Province on Sunday, August 27, 2017. Their ages add up to over 10,000 years. The Qixi Festival, the seventh day of the 7th month on the Chinese lunar calendar, falls on August 28 this year. [Photo: IC]

Men lift the bridal veils of their wives at the ceremony to celebrate their "golden wedding anniversary" on the eve of the Qixi Festival, Chinese Valentine's Day, on Laojun Mountain in Luoyang, Henan Province on Sunday, August 27, 2017. [Photo: IC]

A man gazes at his wife at a ceremony to celebrate their "golden wedding anniversary" on the eve of the Qixi Festival, Chinese Valentine's Day, on Laojun Mountain in Luoyang, Henan Province on Sunday, August 27, 2017. [Photo: IC]

A man kisses his wife at the ceremony to celebrate "golden wedding anniversary" on the eve of the Qixi Festival, Chinese Valentine's Day, on Laojun Mountain in Luoyang, Henan Province on Sunday, August 27, 2017. [Photo: IC]

A man pushes his wife in a wheelchair at their "golden wedding anniversary" on the eve of the Qixi Festival, Chinese Valentine's Day, on Laojun Mountain in Luoyang, Henan Province on Sunday, August 27, 2017. [Photo: IC]

Men hold their wives' hands at their "golden wedding anniversary" on the eve of the Qixi Festival, Chinese Valentine's Day, on Laojun Mountain in Luoyang, Henan Province on Sunday, August 27, 2017. [Photo: IC]

Children offer tea and flowers as part of traditional wedding customs at a "golden wedding anniversary" on the eve of the Qixi Festival, Chinese Valentine's Day, on Laojun Mountain in Luoyang, Henan Province on Sunday, August 27, 2017. [Photo: IC]

An aerial view of the 86 couples taking part in a "golden wedding anniversary" on the eve of the Qixi Festival, Chinese Valentine's Day, on Laojun Mountain in Luoyang, Henan Province on Sunday, August 27, 2017. [Photo: IC]