Zhu Jinde (L) and Liu Jing (R), a newly married couple, are sharing a ‘pain and sadness’ noodle, symbolizing a shared responsibility for the burdens and obstacles of life ahead, during their wedding ceremony in Yulin, in north China's Shaanxi province, October 28, 2009. Although dressed in the Western style, they are celebrating the marriage according to local customs. Nowadays, this type of Western-Chinese wedding ceremony is all the rage in most cities in the Loess Plateau. [Xinhua]