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Love, freedom and resignation: the chronicles of a Chinese village poet
Love, freedom and resignation: the chronicles of a Chinese village poet
Video | Chinese woman, unhappy over 30-year arranged marriage, writes viral poems of love and resignation
- Han Shimei, who lives in a rural community in China’s Henan province, has been trapped in an unhappy marriage for 30 years
- Her poems about life and longing for love became a sensation after posting them on video-sharing app Kuaishou
Thomas Yauin Shanghai
Han Shimei is a 52-year-old woman living in a rural community in China’s central province of Henan. Trapped in an unhappy arranged marriage for 30 years, Han found comfort by writing short poems about her life and her longing for a genuine romantic relationship.
Her work, which started as a hobby, soon became an online sensation after she posted her poems on the Chinese short-video-sharing app Kuaishou.
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