Hand-in-hand, old couples walk through the red carpet at the "Golden Wedding" ceremony in Changning District of East China's Shanghai Municipality Oct. 6, 2008. More than one hundred couples celebrate their 50 years of marriage in Changning District during the Double Ninth Festival. The festival is considered a traditional occasion to pay respect to the aged and falls on the ninth day of the ninth month of the Chinese lunar calendar, or Oct. 7 this year.

An old couple embraces to celebrate their fiftieth marriage anniversary at the "Golden Wedding" ceremony in Changning District of East China's Shanghai Municipality Oct. 6, 2008.

Sanitation workers and elders cut a cake together at the Xinghai Park Nursing Home in Dalian, Northeast China's Liaoning Province, Oct. 6, 2008. The Double Ninth Festival falls on the ninth day of the ninth month of the Chinese lunar calendar, or Oct. 7 this year. Chinese people celebrate the festival to pay respect to the aged.

Wang Zhiying (front left), aged 80, receives the Zhuyu bag as a traditional gift given by community workers in Beijing Oct. 6, 2008. The Double Ninth Festival falls on the ninth day of the ninth month of the Chinese lunar calendar, or Oct. 7 this year. Chinese people celebrate the festival to pay respect to the aged.

 A waitress feeds an elder at Luyuan Elder Apartment in Xuchang, Central China's Henan Province, Oct. 6, 2008. The Double Ninth Festival falls on the ninth day of the ninth month of the Chinese lunar calendar, or Oct. 7 this year. Chinese people celebrate the festival to pay respect to the aged.

Pupils at Qiyilu No.1 Primary School chat with an elder at a nursing home of Jinan, capital of East China's Shandong Province, Oct. 6, 2008. The Double Ninth Festival falls on the ninth day of the ninth month of the Chinese lunar calendar, or Oct. 7 this year. Chinese people celebrate the festival to pay respect to the aged.

（China Daily）