Diamond Anniversary Memories

Author: Zhou Yiliang
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Publishing Date: 2002-05-01
Features: My husband and I, Deng Yi, got married in 1938 and celebrated our 60th wedding anniversary in 1998, which just happens to be a whole "jiayi" (60 years), also known as a diamond jubilee. Zhu Pengshou once said in Random Notes from the (Volume 6): "Husbands and wives living together in old age have been praised by poets as a beautiful tale. Those who have been married for jiayi (60 years) are especially rare in ancient and modern times." He cited examples such as Feng Chengxiu and Liang Tongshu during the Qianlong and Jiaqing reigns, saying, "They all celebrated their wedding ceremony again in old age, with their families in prosperity. Such a scene is even more precious than grand feasts and celebrations."