Marriage market

A marriage market is a public place where parents list advertisements for their children with the aim of finding a marital spouse for them.

[1] People then congregate there and read the listings, often in the hope of finding a marital match.

[2] Several marriage markets exist in China, such as Shanghai's marriage market at People's Square[2][3] and at several parks and other public places in Beijing, such as shopping malls.

[4] [6] In October 2011, marriage markets in India involving the use of brokers were estimated to be a ₹250 billion industry.

[7] Marriage markets using brokers exists in New Delhi, India[4] and in several other regions of India.