Newly-weds in Chinese traditional wedding dress block their ears for the noise of firecrackers during their wedding ceremony in Laiyang, east China s Shandong Province, August 18, 2007. Chinese farmer Dong Fei and his Russian bride held a special wedding ceremony combining Chinese and Russian traditions on Saturday. They wore Chinese traditional wedding dress to attend the greeting ceremony and changed for western style full dress to the wedding banquet. (Xinhua/Chu Yang)