Mass marriage: Alibaba and the 102 couples

Jack Ma, chairman of China's e-commerce giant the Alibaba Group, makes a toast on Friday during a group wedding for 102 couples at the company's headquarters in Hangzhou city, East China's Zhejiang province. For Alibaba's ninth mass wedding, brides and bridegrooms dressed in traditional Chinese clothes from the Han Dynasty (206 BC–220 AD) and performed the wedding rituals of ancient times. Ma, as the chief witness at the wedding ceremony, raised a glass to deliver his blessing to the couples. [Photo/dfic.cn]