Hongyadong Matchmaking Corner hours are every Saturday morning.
Every Saturday morning, Hongyadong gathers hundreds of grandparents with marriage advertisements printed with their children's basic information, to match on behalf of their sons or daughters, who generally focus on financial conditions and generally care about the Chinese zodiac sign.
There is an old saying that echoes in the minds of parents: "When a man is old enough to get married, a woman is old enough to get married". However, the reality is that there are more and more unmarried young people of older age, which can be anxious about their parents. So, some parents in line with the children responsible for the original intention, began on behalf of the matchmaking process.
In the eyes of outsiders, Hongyadong is one of the most beautiful sightseeing spots in Chongqing, but in the minds of Chongqing people, especially the majority of parents of leftover men and women, Hongyadong is the city's matchmaking mecca, there is no one.
Originally, since four years ago, every Saturday morning, Hongyadong will gather hundreds of grandparents, with printed children's basic situation of the marriage advertisement, on behalf of the son or daughter matchmaking, they generally focus on economic conditions, and generally care about the Chinese zodiac sign.
Dating corners meet older people's social needs
Sociologist Yu Hai believes that many older people know that dating corners for their children are highly inefficient, but insist on doing so every week, rain or shine, suggesting that finding a date for their children may just be a reason to get out and about, but that what they actually need is to socialize.
He pointed out that parents in the dating corner can share information, life experience, make friends, at this level, dating corner function as a square dance or the government's community programs, can be home to the elderly "pull out" activities, "even if it is planting trees, planting fruits or matchmaking, if you can be a If you can be 'glued' to an activity, what's wrong with that?"
Yu Hai feels that many elderly people get greater social satisfaction from dating corners, and that the authorities should encourage or support the formation of more such public **** spaces.
The Hongyadong Matchmaking Corner has been participated in by private organizations for many years, according to the report, which Yu Hai believes also reflects the rise of private life for China's elderly.
He explained that in the past, China's elderly people were highly dependent on their units and organizations, and many activities in their lives were arranged collectively by their units; however, after the 1990s, more and more personal activities had to be planned and arranged on their own, and this was especially true for retired elderly people.
This shift, he believes, has made the private lives of China's elderly more active. "They are arranging a great variety of activities on their own, and all they need is places and public **** space where they can move around."