There are sites, newspapers that deal in match-making (finding a suitable partner for marriage), but have you ever heard about handwritten posters being used for matrimonial? Well, if you want to advertise yourself for marriage in China, then Shanghai’s People’s Park is where you should be heading. In one corner of the park, you’ll find these handwritten posters hung with vital statistics of the seeker (i.e. age, height and salary), where each weekend people (usually relatives, parents) gather along with professional matchmakers to examine these posters in order to find a suitable partner for their single loved ones.
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Posted By Coolbuzz on Jun 03, 2009 FROM: coolbuzz.org report abuse
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Match Makers in Peoples Park Shanghai
This article is so interesting to me as I was recently in Shanghai on holidays with my husband. We had been told about the Matchmaking Parents in the park in Shanghai. So we went for a stroll to see what it was all about. It is such a great idea for parents to look for a partner for their single older children. Who knows the prospective person better than the parents?
It is very difficult for modern single people to meet a life partner, life is so complicated and so busy.
We were so impressed by what we saw in Shanghai's Peoples Park with caring and concerned parents trying to find suitable partners for their children, that we thought it should be an event in Australian Cities. Whilst observing the match making we met a man from Melbourne Australia, he was as impressed as we were and he said he would like to see such venues set up for older concerned parents in Australia so they could assist in the match making of their children, he apparently had several mature aged children he would love to see married.
The online marriage agencies cost so much money and quite often the only person that benefits is the agency, so many disappointed single people wanting to find a partner, marry and have a family.
I would dearly love my son who is almost 40, and leads a busy life,to meet a good, intelligent lady who would be happy to communicate initially with my son, and if they mutually feel compatible to come to Australia with the prospect of marriage and having a happy family life.
Our son is a good, kind and honorable man, who loves children and respects all people, he is much loved by family and friends and has a tremendously happy and caring personality. He has not had time to find a suitable lady as he has been very busy for many years working in our family business. He does not "haunt" pubs or clubs so has not been very successful meeting a suitable lady. Since the sale of our business he has been at University and has almost completed a degree in Nursing and by so doing he will have achieved his life long ambition to become a health carer.
Life today is so difficult for people who are not party animals, drinkers, or night clubbers to meet decent, intelligent and moral partners.
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