Double happiness: the Chinese twin sisters who married twin brothers on the same day

A pair of twin brothers has married twin sisters in a ceremony in southern China, a newspaper reported.

The two couples tied the knot in their hometown in Yangxin county in Hubei province on Tuesday, the Dongchu Evening News said.

The couples were introduced to each other two years ago by a friend, the newspaper said.

The brothers were born in 1992 and the sisters are two years younger.

The twin brothers were named as Liu Zhiming and Liu Zhiliang, but no other details were given about the couples.

The news of the marriages has been widely shared and commented on in China online.