A woman wearing a red veil on her head throws a xiuqiu, a ball made of silk strips, into a crowd of people during a game on a grand blind date party at a park in Jiaxing, east China's Zhejiang province, April 26, 2009. Over 1,000 men and women participated in the party held for bachelors and single women. In ancient times, Chinese families held parties for their unmarried daughter, inviting all local bachelors to a building where the woman threw a xiuqiu into the crowd. The one who got it could become her husband.

Eligible bachelors reach out their hands for a xiuqiu thrown down a building from a potential wife during a grand blind date party at a park in Jiaxing, east China's Zhejiang province, April 26, 2009.

Bachelors reach out their hands for axiuqiuthrown down a building from a potential wife during a grand blind date party at a park in Jiaxing, eastChina'sZhejiangprovince, April 26, 2009.

Bachelors scramble for a xiuqiu thrown down a building from a potential wife during a grand blind date party at a park in Jiaxing, east China's Zhejiang province, April 26, 2009