"Who says romance fades? Today our hearts beat like newlyweds!" declares 78-year-old Zhang Wei, adjusting his boutonniere with a grin.                       

Thirty silver-haired couples finally got their dream wedding in Changchun's heartwarming collective ceremony. "We just signed papers in the 1970s," recalls 72-year-old Li Meiyu, smoothing her lace veil. "To walk down the aisle after 50 years - I'm floating on clouds!"                                               

Selected through community nominations, the couples glowed in wedding finery - gentlemen in crisp suits, ladies in flowing white - their clasped hands mapping decades of shared history.                                                         

"Through famines and floods, their love never wavered," observes daughter Wang Lin, snapping photos of her beaming parents. "This celebration honors a lifetime of quiet devotion." As rice petals rained down, the golden couples danced into their sunset years - proving love only grows richer with time.