1940 photos of Chongqing people’s life and collective weddings

A group of old photos of Chongqing in 1940 (probably 1940-1942) mainly shows the images of Chongqing 80 years ago, the life of Chongqing people as the companion capital in the Anti Japanese War and a special collective wedding

The photographer of this group is Harrison· Foreman, there are many references about his introduction on this website. At that time, Foreman took a lot of photos in Chongqing, and was lucky to catch a group wedding at that time. It was rare that dozens of couples held a group wedding in front of Sun Yat sen, and the scene was also a rare scene witnessed by a large crowd

经典的吊脚楼影像

抗战时期 重庆当地老百姓

以下照片即为那场特殊的集体婚礼。可以看到集体婚礼上的观礼人群围满了整个活动现场，为新人们带来了满满的祝福。

由于此时正值抗战中，因此，一切从简，集体婚礼既能减少新郎新娘家中的经济压力，也可缓解市民因抗战带来的焦虑。集体婚礼由重庆市市长吴国桢主持，邀请驻重庆的国外使节作为观礼嘉宾，新娘和新郎穿着简单的中式服装，在典礼台举行一个简短的仪式，新娘和新郎互相行礼。然后，由市长颁发结婚证书，此时一对新人已经成为合法夫妻了。

一对新郎新娘完成行礼仪式，领取结婚证书后走下典礼台。

参加集体婚礼的新郎新娘们坐在典礼台下。