A love story from China

A love story recently out of China and touches all over the world.
This story is the story of a man and a woman who are older, which is run
themselves to live together and love each other in peace for half a century.

Chinese men aged 70 years who has been sculptured 6000 rung with hands
(Carved hand) to his wife of 80 years died in the cave during the last 50 years become a
place of residence.

50 years ago, Liu Guojiang, youth 19 years old, fall in love in 29 years a widow named Xu Chaoqin ....


As the story of Romeo and Juliet Shakespeare essay, friends and relatives they excoriate their relationship because the age difference between them and the fact that Xu already have several children ....



At that time can not be received and considered moral if not a young woman who loves older
..... To avoid the cheap gossip and deprecation of the environment, this couple decided to flee and live in a cave in the village Jiangjin, in the south Chong Qing.




In the beginning of life is very sad because they do not have nothing, no electricity or food. They have to eat grass-herb and root-akaran that they find on the mountain. Liu and make an oil lamp to illuminate their lives. Xu felt that she always has been and is binding Liu repeatedly asked, "Are you sorry for?" Liu always replied, "During our industrious, life will become better."
After 2 years they lived in the mountain, Liu began to carve the children of his wife so that
you can go down the mountain easily. And this rate for 50 years. Half a century later, in 2001, a group of nomadic (adventurers) to conduct the exploration of forest. Their great surprise to find that pair old age and also children of 6000 have been made Liu.

Liu Ming Sheng, one of their 7 childrens said, "My parents love one another, they lived together for more than 50 years and never separate any day. During the 6000 sculpture was the father of the child to cause the hearts of my mother, even though no he too often does not go down the mountain.

This pair live in peace for over 50 years. One day Liu who is aged 72 years fainted when returning from the field. Xu sat and prayed with her husband until Liu died in his neck.
Because love is his wife, Liu is very difficult to grasp is released from the hands of Xu, his wife.


"You have promise to keep me and continue with until died, now you have preceded me, I will
be able to live without you?"

During several days Xu constantly repeat the sentence while her husband body palpate chest
with water and a damp-colored eyes.

In 2006 the story became one of 10 famous love story in China, collected by the Chinese Women
Weekly magazine.
The government has decided to preserve the "love of children", and their residence so that
the museum has made this love story can live on.



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