The idyllic French countryside is backdrop to many a romantic photo.

But the view was spoiled when two Chinese couples started brawling in the middle of a Provence lavender field.

The fight was started when one couple complained that the other had ‘photobombed’ their picture.

Photos posted onto Chinese forum Sina Weibo last week show two men having a fist fight and the women grabbing at each other.
One of the women was in a wedding dress as she brawled with her rival.

The photos were posted by a tour guide who asked not to be named.

He told the Global Times that one on of the couples had just been married: ‘It started because the young couple and their friends accidentally stepped into the newlyweds’ photo. The women began to argue first, and then the boyfriend and the groom joined in.

‘Most people there tried to drag them apart since it was quite embarrassing.

The two men fought shirtless and the bride’s dress was reportedly ripped.

The fighting couples ruined parts of the fieled with their trampling.

Earlier this year, a Chinese 15-year-old carved his name into a 3,500-year-old temple in Egypt.

The boy was identified online and his parents were forced to apologise.

In May Chinese Vice-Premier Wang Yang asked Chinese tourists to behave better when travelling abroad.

Professor of sociology at Shanghai University Gu Jun believes that incidents such as this should be noticed, to bring attention to their behaviour.