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Merkel blesses Chinese couple married at South Pole  

北京青年南极结婚全程网络直播 默克尔送祝福(图)

在北极求婚,在南极结婚。许多人不敢想的事儿,却让张昕宇和梁红做到了。前晚8点,这对新人在南极长城站举行了一场“浪漫到极点”的婚礼,结束了他们长达28年的恋爱长跑。[查看全文]
2014-02-28 09:30 Ecns.cn Web Editor: Yao Lan
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A young Chinese couple, Zhang Xinyu and Liang Hong, held their wedding ceremony at the South Pole on Tuesday. (Photo source: Beijing Morning Post)

A young Chinese couple, Zhang Xinyu and Liang Hong, held their wedding ceremony at the South Pole on Tuesday. (Photo source: Beijing Morning Post)

Zhang proposed to Liang in the Arctic in January, 2013. (Photo source: Beijing Morning Post)

Zhang proposed to Liang in the Arctic in January, 2013. (Photo source: Beijing Morning Post)

(ECNS) -- A young Chinese couple who held their wedding ceremony at the South Pole on Tuesday has received best wishes from German Chancellor Angela Merkel, the Beijing Morning Post reported.

The wedding ceremony was broadcast live via Internet on Tuesday night.

Zhang Xinyu and Liang Hong started their romantic adventure from Shanghai in July 2013. The couple got registered in Las Vegas on Oct 15 before embarking on a tour that took them through more than 30 cities in 24 countries.

People around the world, including politicians in Germany, Poland, Ghana and Sweden, have sent their best wishes to the couple.

Merkel cited a line from the classic French novella "The Little Prince," saying "Love does not consist of gazing at each other, but in looking outward together in the same direction."

To realize their dream of holding the ceremony at the South Pole, the couple spent four years learning about foreign cultures and bought a sailboat suitable for long voyages.

Zhang proposed to Liang at Oymyakon, a remote and extremely cold location in Siberia.

They had known each other for nearly 30 years, having been schoolmates since primary school.

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