The China Post
Date: August 1, 2016
By: The China Post news staff

TAIPEI, Taiwan — A couple was married in the mountains of Kaohsiung on Sunday, surrounded by friends and family — and Formosan rock macaques native to the area.

The bride, Lin Mei-yin — who described the macaques as her family — and the groom, Wu Hao-chun, took their wedding vows amid cries of the monkeys in Shoushan, according to the Central News Agency (CNA).

They put on their formal wedding gown and suit respectively, paired with sneakers for easy hiking up the narrow mountain paths so they could show their beloved macaques that they were married, the CNA reported.

The couple said they both love the Taiwan macaques, and chose to wed in the Year of the Monkey in order to set straight the general public’s misunderstanding of the animal.

Shoushan, a mountain in Kaohsiung, has a large population of Formosan rock macaque, but there have been occasional reports of the monkeys attacking visitors there.    [FULL  STORY]