Each Saturday in People’s Park, every elderly citizen that is not hellbent on killing you on a transport vehicle in this city is located inside this park instead. A swarm of parents (of every age, really) with children of marrying age engage in “modern” match-making activities such as pinning a cardboard information pinned onto a piece of shrubbery or a standing plastic bag.
Blind-dating in China: “tall handsome guy looking for love… or for somebody with 2 masters degrees”, originally uploaded by designative.
This resumé includes their offspring’s best attributes: height, age, hometown, occupation, monthly salary, whether they own a house or not, perhaps an occasional photo. Aside from hovering family members, other points of interest include strings of personals wrapped around trees, matchmakers that will work for a fee, as well as rosters of every applicant in the market. It’s like the parent-controlled version of Match.com.
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Ha-ha! Amazing! I just heard of this news but here I see the real photo! Is it incredible for you? But it indicates the love and care of Chinese parents to their children, which may be difficult to understand for the people from the other countries. How about you?