The marriage market in Shanghai

Every Saturday and Sunday, starting at noon and ending five o'clock in the evening, the Shanghai People's Park running specific board, which is called the marriage market.

Oddly enough, but the majority of people present here, quite elderly and they are quite unlike the future newlyweds. The thing is that the parents of potential brides and grooms.






Although the ancient Chinese tradition, when parents decide who to be a husband or wife passed, the majority of "ancestors" is still a desire to actively participate in the future of their son or daughter. They feel that children are too busy to look for a couple or not actively engaged in the search.







All posted ads look like summary: age, zodiac sign, education, income and property. The problem of celibacy is really acute in China. Many are given full career.







And given the policy of the state, it is expected that by the year 2020 China will have at least 24 million men of reproductive age bachelors. These open-air markets exist in other cities of China.