Love and Dating in China
19 August 2006
Who says Chinese
are less romantic than others? Look how
many sexy festivals China has:
Valentine’s
Day on February 14: It is
now widely accepted by the urban
Chinese, celebrated with flowers,
chocolates and a candle-lit dinner.
But it gets no luck in vast
countryside in which 80 percent of
population live. Some remote rural
areas just start running electricity,
and the villagers would wonder what’s
the fun in going back to candles.
Qixi,
Chinese Valentine’s Day on Lunar
July 7: It begins to be
considered as the China's answer to
the Italian-style romance. But
instead of having a priest as a
matchmaker, Chinese have a god as a
matchbreaker.
White
Valentine’s Day on March 14:
This year a gift shop owner in Fujian
Province became the first Chinese to
realise that when Valentine shouted,
the echo would return after one
month.
Bachelors
Day on November 11: A new
invention by young Chinese. It sounds
anti-romantic, but in fact it is like
a nation-wide Bachelor’s Party and
harbours a romantic hope that let
tonight be the last lonely night.
11-11
Bachelor Day's Party
Couples
Day on February 22: Another
recent invention by China’s young.
Bachelor Day’s dream has been
fulfilled.
Then there are
numerous dating activities:
"1
Minute Dating" - A
great leap forward from the slow
Western version of "8 Minutes
Dating". Why 8 minutes when 1
minute can do the trick, Chinese say.
It might be reasonable, considering
there are much more singles out there
in China than in any other country.
You have to speed up your selection
process, haven’t you?
"3
to 3" - A leap further
forward from "1 minute",
which is not only great but
revolutionary. Spend one minute
dating one person? So time consuming!
Let’s have three guys and three
girls dating together, that way each
can date three simultaneously.
"5
to 5" - A mass
improvement to "3 to 3".
Five guys and five girls, all at
once, more efficient naturally.
"One
to All" - An ultimate
way of dating. By wearing a handmade
black wristband embroidered with the
red capital letter M for English word
Marry, you can advertise your
intention to marry to whomever you
meet. It first appeared in Shanghai
in May, and has flourished since Chinese
Valentine’s Day. Now there
are estimated 2000 plus wrists with a
black band in Shanghai alone.
Apparently not
only China's economy is in the fast lane,
its love and dating have also entered the
highway.
"Love you a
little, my feeling is shallow… " (“不爱那么多只爱一点点，别人的爱情像海深我的爱情浅…”) - The
lyric of a pop song has vividly portrayed
a fast-food style romance in today’s
China.
China stories are told at wenhousecrafts.com
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