Elderly Chinese Couple 'Weds' to Delight of Public

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Elderly Chinese Couple 'Weds' to Delight of Public

A former teacher commits himself to a onetime water delivery man in China.

Neal Broverman

February 04 2013 5:24 PM EST

November 17 2015 5:28 AM EST

Two older men celebrated their committment with a marriage ceremony in China.

Calling each other "Big Treasure" and "Little Treasure," the men attended the ceremony with one wearing a tuxedo and the other in a wedding dress. The two became somewhat of an online sensation in China, garnering 12,000 fans on one of the nation's social media sites.

Everything was roses, save for the fact that the son of one of the men refused to attend the ceremony. Read more here.

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