Olympic wedding rings

Jun 23 2008

Beijing is seeing a surge of couples registering to tie the knot on the auspicious Olympic Games opening date of August 8.

The eighth day of the eighth month of 2008 is considered especially propitious because the number eight symbolises wealth and good fortune in Chinese folklore.

Beijing’s director of marriage registrations has promised to hand out marriage licences to every one of the more than 9,000 couples who have registered so far to wed on the lucky day