Yang Jumin and Zhang Lijuan

By the end of the 1970s, Chinese people were still living very economical lives. A documentary called the "New Looks of Shanghai" was made by a Japanese director in 1978. He found that China was in the process of great change and filmed the wedding of a pair of local love birds, Yang Jumin and Zhang Lijuan.

Yang Jumin, husband, said, "Passersby thought we were shooting a film or TV series. We were very proud at the time."

Zhang Lijuan, wife, said, "Hair perms were still coming into fashion and we pleaded with our friends and bought a set of Czech furniture, which was very rare."