♥ Tuesday, December 25, 2007
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♥ 25.12.07 ♥
"爱情天梯" love stairs. . .
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please read...i cried...
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`"Over 50 years ago, Liu, was a 19 years-old boy, fell in love with a 29 year-old
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widowed mother named Xu. At the time, it was unacceptable and immoral for a
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young man to love an older woman.To avoid the market gossips, the couple decided
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to elope and lived in a cave in Jiangjin County in Southern ChongQing area.In the
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beginning, they had nothing, no electricity or even food. They had to eat grass and
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roots they found in the mountain, and Liu made a kerosene lamp that they used to
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lighten up their lives.Started the second year of living in the mountain, Liu began,
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and continue for over 50 years, to hand carve the steps so that his wife could get
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down the mountain easily.A half century later in 2001, a group of adventures were
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exploring the forest, they surprisingly found the elderly couple and the over 6,000
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stairs of hand carved ladder.“My parents loved each other so much, they have lived in
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seclusion for over 50 years and never been apart a single day.” Liu MingSheng, one of
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their seven children said, “He hand carved more than 6,000 steps over the years for
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my mother’s convenience, although she doesn’t go down the mountain that much.”
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The couple had lived in peace for over 50 years until last week. Liu, now 72 years-old,
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returned from his daily farm work and collapsed. Xu sat and prayed with her husband
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as he passed away in her arms.So in love with Xu, was Liu, that no one was able to
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release the grip he had on his wife’s hand even after he had passed away.“You
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promised me you’ll take care of me, you’ll always be with me until the day I died, now
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you left before me, how am I going to live without you?” … …Xu spent days softly
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repeating this sentence and touching her husband’s black coffin with tears rolling
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down her cheeks.In 2006, their story had became one of the top 10 love stories from
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China, collected by the Chinese Women Weekly. The local government has decided
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to preserve the “love ladder” and the place they lived as a museum, so this love story
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can live forever."
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liu & xu``````````````````````````the love stairs
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her family
August 2006
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