Chinese woman poses with widowed mother for the wedding photos she never had, and hearts melt
- The 63-year-old mother, an illiterate street cleaner, wore a white wedding dress in the photo studio, and broke into tears when handed a bouquet of flowers
- ‘These are the most beautiful wedding photos I’ve ever seen,’ social media user says
A woman in central China dressed in a man’s suit to give her 63-year-old mother the wedding photos she never had, and in the process moved millions of internet users to tears.
The woman, from Shiyan of Hubei, said her father died more than two decades ago and was never able to provide her mother with a wedding picture – something many couples at the time, especially those in China’s impoverished hinterland, did not have the means to enjoy, Shiyan Evening News reported.
“Now I am grown up; I can take of this task,” said the woman, 28, who was only identified with the pseudonym Ma Er in the report. She said she did not want to provide her real name as she was not keen on more interviews.
Her father died in 1997 when Ma Er was seven and her brother 17. Her mother, Chen Zhaolian, who is illiterate, raised the two children by working as a street cleaner and waste collector.
“My mother has worked very hard to raise us,” Ma Er was quoted as saying.