Han style wedding held in Beijing

Nowadays, Chinese brides and grooms normally wear Chinese Cheungsams and Mandarin jackets, or western style suits, at wedding ceremonies. So newlyweds wearing Han Dynasty style outfits to get married make for a really eye-catching sight.

A truly old fashioned wedding took place in Downtown Beijing on Monday. The newlyweds suited up in the type of ancient costumes worn by Chinese people during the Han Dynasty, about two-thousand years ago.

The couple followed the procedures of a historic Chinese wedding, first by freeing captive fish, and then having the groom recite the wedding oath in traditional verse.

The bride also put her and the groom's hair into a sachet, a step which is very unique to a Han style wedding as well.

The groom said, "This wedding satisfies our love for traditional Han culture. I hope our move can help promote traditional Han culture."

The Han Dynasty style wedding is a testament to the revival of traditional Chinese culture. There are now Han culture clubs throughout the country. Members avidly wear old style costumes and play traditional musical instruments. But the ancient costume wedding is quite a fresh phenomenon.