Tibetan-Han Marriages Becoming Common in LhasaEvery year ten-plus couples of the Tibetan and the Han ethnic groups come to the Civil Affairs Bureau of Chengguan District in this capital of Tibet for marriage registration.This remark was made by Zhu Yalin, a worker with the Civil Affairs Bureau of Chengguan District. In the Tibetan-Han marriages registered in the 1950s, the bridegrooms were usually Han people, the majority in China, and brides, the Tibetans. But things were vice versa. The number of Han brides has been on the increase in recent years, accounting for half of the Tibetan-Han marriages. Their marriages are stable. Twenty years ago, Zhang Tingfang, a Beijing girl fell in love with a classmate of hers who was a Tibetan. Now she is the vice president of Tibet University. She said: "I've never regretted falling love with him. I love him and he is so kind to me." A man from Kangba working in a media organization fell in love with Zhang Minjiang, a woman from coastal Zhejiang Province, at the first sight of each other three years ago. Then they were deeply attached to each other. Zhang even learned to speak a fluent Tibetan language. Now, she has been pregnant for six months. She feels both nervous and happy at becoming a mother. Modern Tibetans take the Tibetan-Han marriages as a natural thing. Young people give greater attention to whether the husband and the wife share interests. The family members and relatives and friends show full understanding of this. Xian Jianping, from Chongqing Municipality, married a Tibetan girl. His father was happy to see his son doing so. Xia said: "I like Tibet." He used " terrific, excellent " to describe his parent-in-law. He said, "sometimes we can't communicate with each other because of the language barrier. Then we use gestures instead. I am deeply moved by the their love and sincerity revealed in their eyes." "Happiness means that we love each other. Other things are not important at all," Zhang said, adding: "I like Tibetan girls. They are kind, enthusiastic, and pure." He added: "In the future, I will probably return to an inland area, or maybe stay in Tibet for rest of my life. No matter what option I will make, I will always stay together with my wife. If she is unwilling to go to an inland area, I will stay in Tibet for her sake." |
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