Parents advertise unwed children

In the past, emperors went to the Temple of Heaven in Beijing to pray for bumper harvests. Nowadays, concerned parents go there to seek divine help to find a partner for their unwed children.

On a cold Friday morning in February, one concerned mother bent down to place a handwritten advertisement in a corner of the park.

Her advertisement, seeking a wife for her 45-year-old son, is among hundreds of pieces of paper placed on the gray, stone path.