Posted on 05/20/2026 4:20:16 PM PDT by nickcarraway
Editor's Note: On May 20, many places across China saw a surge in marriage registrations. At the marriage registration service center in Beijing’s Haidian district, 90-year-old Zhang Weiyu and 88-year-old Liu Yichun came to apply for a replacement marriage certificate. Both are retired employees of the Aerospace Information Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. They married in 1963 and have spent more than 60 years together. The two had known each other since high school. After graduating from college, they met again through work and have been together ever since. “I’m so happy today because I see so many young people here, full of vitality,” Zhang said
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That’s sweet. Look how well they both walk and move around at their age.
I suppose this is the American equivalent of a couple deciding to Renew Their Vows. Why? b/c they want to, and they want the world to know about this love they have.
That’s sweet. Especially doubly so when you realize they managed to survive the Cultural Revolution (1966–1976). That “Great Leap Forward” mobilized young students — the Red Guards — to attack the “Four Olds”: old customs, culture, habits, and ideas. The movement officially began in May 1966. They were married just three years before that in 1963. They worked at the Aerospace Information Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of Sciences which would have been declared one of the “Four Olds” that were swept away.
Their story of the early years of their marriage in those turbulent years would be most interesting.
Great story. Glad you posted.
In 1963 records were iffy in China. Lots of stuff got lost in the cultural revolution. They may be making sure the marriage is recognized for inheritance issues.
That’s a good reason.
YW.
He doesn’t look a day over 75!
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