B.C. park site of Chinese-style matchmaking, as parents seek wedded bliss for kids
Groups of middle-aged and elderly Chinese pass around their smartphones or photos plucked from wallets, smiling and nodding their greetings before getting down to business.
On the weekend before Valentine’s Day, there were 20 to 30 parents mingling. Organizer Terry Wang says in summer, there are more than 100.Wang said in a Mandarin interview that he has been running the “off-line dating site” since last summer. He said it gained in popularity among Chinese parents over the past few months and had a high rate of matchmaking success.
“Many Chinese parents and their children feel their social circle is a bit small and they hope to connect with more like-minded people in Metro Vancouver. The corner serves as a bridge,” said Wang. Yue Qian, an associate professor of sociology at the University of British Columbia, said it was the first time she had heard of a matchmaking corner in Canada. But she said she wasn’t surprised since similar sites are popular in some cities in China, including Shanghai and Beijing.
Compared with western society, which values “individuality,” Qian said Chinese or Asian culture can be more “family-oriented” and under such settings, getting married or not isn’t just an issue for the children but also their parents.
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