Published 18:01 IST, September 1st 2019

China sends 1000 single people on 'Love Express' to find love on train

In an unusual attempt to help find it’s 1000 youngsters their special someone, China has sent them on a two-day journey to help them find love on a train.

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While falling in love could sound a little mainstream, China feels that it might be able to use cliched 'Rom-Com' setting for benefit of its youth. In an unusual attempt to help find it’s 1000 single youngsters ir special someone, China has sent m on a two-day train journey to help m familiarize mselves with each or and eventually hit off romantically.

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'Love Express' took 1000 single people to find love

Y999 'Love-Pursuit Train', that was launched three years ago as a creative platform for young people to meet has a goal to help over 30 million single Chinese. train has garnered popularity over years and this year, 1000 people took journey to explore new boundaries and meet new people.

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This year, on August 10, Love Express departed from Chongqing rth station for a two-day journey with an overnight stay. travellers on train stopped over ancient water town of Zhuo Shui where y enjoyed tritional performances and a 1000 people banquet. People have loved idea behind initiative and feel that even if train does t help m find love, it would still help m make a lot of friends.

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People are loving idea

According to Huang Song, one of participants on Love-Pursuit Train, se activities are more creative than matchmaking. She also says that she feels a train is like a bridge, bringing people from different places toger, to get to kw each or during journey. According to reports in China, out of 3,000 youngsters have ridden love train on its three annual trips, 10 couples have gotten married after finding each or on rail service. 

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Ar person who found love on train told China’s youth.cn, 'We only got to kw each or on return trip and realised we h matching values,'' ding, “We realised that we both wanted kind of love that is depicted in poem "To Oak Tree" when both sides mire each or but remain independent.” She also said that y enjoyed being toger and it felt natural and easy and t at all coy.

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14:38 IST, September 1st 2019