China: Wedding Feast Carries On as Heavy Rain Floods Venue in Shaanxi

This unforgettable scene was captured in Weinan, Shaanxi Province, on May 18, 2026. It looks like a party on a river, but it’s actually an outdoor wedding feast. A sudden heavy downpour flooded the square with dozens of centimeters of water. Relatives and friends sit around dozens of round tables, watching the ceremony and waiting for the meal. Thankfully, the organizers set up cozy canopies and fences, keeping guests dry. Rain can’t stop love and blessings—everyone shows up in the storm to celebrate the newlyweds.

Cenotaph for Chinese foster parents

Cenotaph for Chinese foster parents

KAGOSHIMA, Japan - A ceremony is held to unveil a cenotaph in Kagoshima, southwestern Japan, on Jan. 23, 2014, honoring the Chinese foster parents who raised Japanese war orphans left behind in China at the end of World War II. At center is Kenichiro Onitsuka, representative of a Kagoshima-based group of such Japanese children separated from their Japanese parents who had settled in the colonies that Japan established in China. 2nd from right is Li Tianran, Chinese consul-general in Fukuoka.

Memorial service for wartime Chinese forced laborers

Memorial service for wartime Chinese forced laborers

KUMAMOTO, Japan - Liu Guangyao from the Chinese Consulate General in Fukuoka reads a message from Li Tianran, the Chinese consul general, at a memorial service in Arao, Kumamoto Prefecture, on Oct. 14, 2012, held for Chinese people who died as a result of forced labor during World War II at a Japanese coal mine.