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‘She is going to roll her eyes’: Chinese internet pokes fun at husband who gifted wife ‘awesome’ commemorative plaque after giving birth to their daughter

  • The plaque commemorated his wife’s accomplishment of giving birth to a baby girl
  • This gift is a bit of an inside joke for the couple, as the husband had given her a similar gift last year to celebrate their love

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The mainland Chinese internet had fun with this steel plaque a husband gave to his wife after childbirth. Photo: SCMP composite
Yingjie Wang

A lighthearted stainless steel plaque that a father gave to his wife after the birth of their daughter, continuing a romantic tradition for the couple, went viral on the mainland Chinese internet as an example of a real-life romantic comedy.

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The plaque read: “Congratulations on having a baby girl! Giving birth to a child is awesome, Zhang Yingxiao! August 2022.” The message was made slightly more humorous by the fact that their daughter was born on July 31.
A picture of the new father, Li Siru, holding the plaque next to his wife received over 230 million views on Weibo. Li told Wutong Video: “My wife’s expected delivery date was August 6, but she started to have contractions on July 30 and gave birth to our child the next day.”

And because the plaque was made ahead of time, the date on the plaque could not be changed, according to Li.

The plaque is a bit of an inside joke for the couple from Yantai in Shandong province in eastern China.

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In 2021, Li sent his wife another plaque with the engraved words, “Our love is as strong as stainless steel! Zhang Yingxiao, I love you. 2021520.”

The numbers “five-two-zero” are pronounced similarly to “I love you” in Mandarin, so May 20 has now become an unofficial day to celebrate love in mainland China.

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