Couples pose for a group photograph with Taipei Mayor Hau Lung-bin (bottom, 5th L) during a mass wedding ceremony at the Taipei Flora Expo Hall Sept 9, 2010. A mass wedding ceremony was held for 163 couples on Thursday on the ninth day of the ninth month. The date is an auspicious number as the number nine (pronounced jiu in Chinese) is a homophone that means lasting. [Agencies]