Xi Jinping and Peng Liyuan sit on a swing during their visit to Gujarat, India in September, 2014.
Qixi Festival, which falls on Aug 10 this year, is known as Chinese Valentine’s Day. On this special day, let’s take a look at the love story of President Xi Jinping and his wife Peng Liyuan.
Xi and Peng got married in September 1987. They had a simple dinner with a few colleagues and friends as celebration, instead of a traditional wedding ceremony.
Although Xi and Peng were separated by their work duties much of the time, they shared a mutual understanding and concern for each other.
When Peng worked with the Spring Festival Gala, Xi would make dumplings and waited for his wife to come back home for the reunion dinner.
I have a very happy family. My wife and I both have our own careers, but we work together to build the family,” Xi once said.
Having made appearances with hands together multiple times on the international stage, and seen wearing matching outfits on various occasions, the love story of Xi and Peng have won admiration around the world.
Winters are quite cold in Fujian province where Xi was working, so Peng sewed a quilt for her husband. Peng carried the new quilt with her and personally delivered it to Xi.
