Also found in the past were "arranged marriages", in which the bride and groom hadn't even ever seen each other before the wedding. Today, such practices are extremely rare, because timely legislative measures have helped to curtail them.
以前那种“父母包办婚姻”、新郎新娘婚前未曾见面的现象也依然存在，但是已经十分罕见，因为立法措施及时，使此类现象大为减少。