Traditional wedding ceremony attracts 30,000 onlookers (1/4)

People gather to look at a wedding ceremony, held in the traditional Chinese way, at a village on the foot of the Bailu Mountain in Lanxi, East China’s Zhejiang province, Dec 27, 2014. More than 30,000 came to watch the ceremony, which has become increasingly rare amid urbanization. In the ceremony, the groom riding on the horse led a procession to the bride's home while loud gongs and drums were played. The bride left her parents to go to the groom’s home in a sedan carried by men. [Photo/IC]