Marriage certificates witness 200-year marriage custom

（Guangming Online） 08:19, March 25, 2013

Zhang Hongjun, an elderly man in Kaifeng, Henan, has collected more than 1,000 marriage certificates, ranging from Qing Dynasty to the present, including minority nationality areas such as Tibet and Xinjiang. Engagement, marriage,betrothol presents etc. all manifest themselves in these certificates. The picture shows Qing Dynasty marriage certificates.

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