Around 100 lonely hearts took part in a matchmaking activity on Lianhua Mountain in Shenzhen’s Futian District on Sunday, May 19, The Daily Sunshine reports.
The men trying to do press-ups while bearing the weight of their prospective sweethearts, courtesy of The Daily Sunshine
The first activity involved tying prospective couples together with a red rope. The couples that were fastest to untie it were seen to have good chemistry. 25 year-old Xiao Li from the metro company and his partner Xiao Chen won first prize.
Xiao Li told media that, like a lot of people in Shenzhen, he is too busy with his work to go out and meet people. A bunch of his colleagues also took part in the event.
The whole thing was organised by volunteer Xiao Liu from Shiling Community. She said she was touched by the enthusiasm people showed.
Lianhua Road is where Shenzhen’s Volunteer Society is based. There are 38 teams and already 6,000 members.
Xiao Liu told reporters that her role was that of a hongniang. A hongniang was a figure in ancient China, usually a middle-aged woman, who was responsible for helping families find a marriage partner for their son or daughter.
Matchmaking TV shows have been all the rage in China for several years. However, according to The Yale Globalist, foreigners tend not to do well in them.
That sounds like a wager to me.