Chinese father gives desperate unmarried son almost 20 properties to help him find a wife - triggering marriage debate in China
- A matchmaker filmed a father showing him give almost 20 property deeds to his son and asking for help finding him a wife of ‘equal status’
- The video has triggered explosive debate in China, with many expressing concern about the intention behind the father’s generosity
A father in China gifting his unmarried son nearly 20 properties in a bid to help him find a wife has sparked debate about why Chinese parents are so obsessive and desperate to see their children married.
The unnamed father from Hebei province in northern China made the generous gift to help his 24-year-old son find a partner and went to see a matchmaker who filmed the encounter in a video which has since spread across Chinese social media.
He said he wanted a daughter-in-law after his son went to a matchmaking corner, a public place where matchmakers congregate and parents and their single children come in the hope of finding a partner, in Hebei’s capital city Shijiazhuang.
“The father said his son is a decent man and holds a very promising job. Now he wants to look for a ‘Miss Right’ for his son,” the matchmaker named Zhang told Chinese media outlet Jimu News.
Zhang said the father brought to their meeting a bag containing the deeds to the properties he had given to his son.
“How many deeds in total?” Zhang asked in a now viral video the matchmaker filmed himself.
In the video, the father opens a pink bag and replies: “Less than 20 copies. All are commercial properties that are registered on with house management bureaus.”
