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Sexy Beijing: Matchmaker, MatchmakerPosted by Sexy Beijing Productions, August 22, 2008 1:45 PM
From Sexy Beijing: Are arranged marriages still popular in Beijing? Sufei finds out in this episode of Sexy Beijing. This episode is sponsored by TUI, click below to find out about traveling to Beijing with TUI |
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Comments on Sexy Beijing: Matchmaker, Matchmaker
Thanks. This was one of my favorite episodes. Greetinsg from NYC
Mixing our Asian and Jewish heritages, I have to add, that the Jewish Talmud asks, WHat does God busy himself with after creating the world? He is busy making matches.
Did you know that Jewish people call the matchamker a shadHan (The "H" is the hard "ch" sound) and a match is called a ShiduCH or ShiduH. The word is said to be based on the Aramaic word of Sheket, or quiet or silence. Why are the words for silence and a match related?? Becuase a good match results in a peacefully quiet relationship and marriage? No.
Because a good match Silences the parents of the bride and groom, and bring peace to the parents worries. hehe
~Larry Mark MyJewishBooks.com
It's really disgusting to see all these matchmaking links trying to link beautiful Asian women with ugly Western men. There's one in this very site showing a fugly white guy embarcing a pretty Chinese girl from behind. The message is that there are plenty of cheap, desperate, Chinese girls ready to sell themselves to any fugly white guy with money who cannot find women in their own country.
must members of a couple be equally aesthetically pleasing?
@Larry Mark: it is true the the Hebrew word for matchmaking comes from the Aramaic word for silence, but this actually refers to the silence you get from your mother after you get married. Until then, it's always "when will you get married?!"