The big day is here for us Beijing Olympics Fans!!! And it’s another kind of big day for wedding couples like this:

A couple shows off their marriage certificate in Beijing August 8, 2008. At least 16,400 couples in Beijing, and thousands more nation-wide, chose the auspicious combination of the eighth day of the eighth month, 2008 to get married.

All the best to Olympic brides and grooms!

Via Getting married on triple eights