Chinese couple ties the knot in a hammock suspended 180 meters in the air

An affair to remember.
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When it comes to love being in the air, no one's taking it more literally than Chinese couple Zhou Wenlong and Jiang Huizhu.

The lovebirds tied the knot on Tuesday in an unorthodox ceremony that saw them lying on a hammock that was suspended 180 meters in the air at the Shiniuzhai National Geopark in Hunan province.

The hammock hanged under one of the world's longest glass bridges that the Chinese media refer to as the Hero Bridge.


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Zhou and Jiang chose the auspicious date of Aug. 9 to hold their wedding. The date marks the beginning of the Qixi festival, which is also known as Chinese Valentine's Day and falls on the seventh day of the seventh month in the Chinese lunar calendar.

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In other parts of China, many Chinese couples celebrated their matrimony on the same day in other head-turning ways.

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A group of newlyweds in Shanghai screamed its way into wedded bliss with a roller coaster ride at the Happy Valley theme park.

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Alicia Tan

Alicia Tan was an Asia Deputy Editor at Mashable. She has over 11 years of experience in journalism, magazine production and content publishing; specialising in women's lifestyle, fashion and beauty. When she's not writing, she's obsessing over Totoro, Ryan Gosling and online shopping.

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