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Abstract
Chinese marriage customs are often a point of conflict for lovers and their parents. Traditionally, the bride marries into the groom’s family and prioritizes this new family. While times are changing, these customs are still in the minds of Chinese parents, and many fear they will lose their daughter. The following is a related story about a female migrant worker who falls in love with a man far away from home.
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Ruo Li
Li Ruo is from Henan Province and is a member of the Picun Literature Group in Beijing. She left her hometown more than ten years ago and has taken different jobs in South and North China. She loves literature and is a freelance writer for the non-fictional column titled “The Human World” (“Renjian”) on NetEase.com.
John Broach
John Broach is a Chinese and political science undergraduate student at the University of Oklahoma. He manages Chinese Literature Today’s web presence as the Digital Media Intern, and also volunteers his time at OU’s Chinese Literature and Translation Archive (CLTA). There he provides translation assistance for Chinese scholars and attends weekly discussions with them about translation, Chinese literature, and other related topics.