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Snapped up: Pre-wedding photo industry booms in China

A wedding shoot centre in Beijing provides settings ranging from tropical gardens to autumnal fields, waterfalls to starlit skies. [AFP]

A happy couple exchange a kiss for the camera, the bride in a white off-the-shoulder dress holding a delicate bouquet, the groom in matching white suit, standing together on a green lawn lined with pink blossom.

It looks like the perfect wedding memory -- except it's not their wedding day. Instead, it is part of a booming industry in China for increasingly elaborate pre-wedding photos, as young couples spend time and cash lining up glamorous photo shoots to display on their big day.

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