Every year when Chinese Valentine’s – aka QiXi Festival – rolls around, English-language WeChat accounts publish long articles about the holiday’s origins using the same, boring graphics of a boy and a girl in front of a moon on a bridge of birds. Click here if you really want to learn the story behind QiXi.
This year, instead of retelling that myth, Jingkids is sharing some epic real-life love stories.
A modern day love story that is testament to our digital age, Anna Hartley and Charles Pellegrin met on OkCupid. The couple recently welcomed their baby girl. This is their story.
Shu Qi was intrigued by Jacob Wang when she decided to buy some wine from his TMall store. After chatting online for 33 days and their first date, they knew they were meant for each other. This is their story.
Evelyn Figueroa and Oliver Rosenthal‘s family grew in Beijing when they welcomed their baby girl Eline. Here’s the story of the whirlwind romance that brought this couple to Beijing.
Elizabeth Tucker and Kelli Cochran’s story prove that love happens even when you’re not looking for it. The happy couple are now raising a baby girl together in Beijing. Here’s how they met and how their love blossomed.
Svetlana is a Russian native who spent most of her life in Ukraine, while Carlos is from France. From the moment they met, they knew they were meant for each other. This is a story of love at first sight.
Images: Courtesy of interviewees, pexels
