Do you know WHAT LOVE IS ?..................READ BLW STORY

An incredible love story has come out of China recently and managed to touch the world.


It is a story of a man and an older woman who ran off to live and love each other in peace for over half a century.

The 70-year-old Chinese man who hand-carved over 6,000 stairs up a mountain for his 80-year-old wife has passed away in the cave which has been the couple's home for the last 50 years.

Over 50 years ago, Liu Guojiang a 19 year-old boy, fell in love with a 29 year-old widowed mother named Xu Chaoqin..

In a twist worthy of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, friends and relatives criticized the relationship because of the age difference and the fact that Xu already had children. cid:009101c8ccfc$f0627b70$4c190101@svy

At that time, it was unacceptable and immoral for a young man to love an older woman.. To avoid the market gossip and the scorn of their communities, the couple decided to elope and lived in a cave in Jiangjin County in Southern ChongQing Municipality.


In the beginning, life was harsh as hey had nothing, no electricity or even food. They had to eat grass and roots they found in the mountain, and Liu made a kerosene lamp that they used to light up their lives.

Xu felt that she had tied Liu down and repeatedly asked him, 'Are you regretful? Liu always replied, 'As long as we are industrious, life will improve.'

In the second year of living in the mountain, Liu began and continued for over 50 years, to hand-carve the steps so that his wife could get down the mountain easily.

Half a century later in 2001, a group of adventurers were exploring the forest and were surprised to find the elderly couple and the over 6,000 hand-carved steps. Liu MingSheng, one of their seven children said, 'My parents loved each other so much, they have lived in seclusion for over 50 years and never been apart a single day. He hand carved more than 6,000 steps over the years for my mother's convenience, although she doesn't go down the mountain that much.'

The couple had lived in peace for over 50 years until last week. Liu, now 72 years, returned from his daily farm work and collapsed. Xu sat and prayed with her husband as he passed away in her arms. So in love with Xu, was Liu, that no one was able to release the grip he had on his wife's hand even after he had passed away.

You promised me you'll take care of me, you'll always be with me until the day I died, now you left before me, how am I going to live without you?'

Xu spent days softly repeating this sentence and touching her husband's black coffin with tears rolling down her cheeks.

In 2006, their story became one of the top 10 love stories from China , collected by the Chinese Women Weekly. The local government has decided to preserve the love ladder and the place they lived as a museum, so this love story can live forever.



Do You Have A greatest Love Story?

A friend of mine shared that story too with me and I thought it's something that's really difficult to find. As for my greatest story, it's still being thought of but almost getting there.

Hey, they could write a book "6000 Steps to a Romantic Relationship"

That is almost as complicated as romancing an American Woman!!!

Why is it so complicated to romance an American woman?

Story is still in the making~

Bravo!

Such a sweet love story!

Yeah got this one in e-mail too but the pictures that came along with it makes the meaning so much more then just the words alone. It actually shows the steps he carved out ect..

It would be grand to have that kind of love for sure.

Not hardly, you've pretty much got that down pat

Wow...got shivers...how absolutley beautiful, thank you for sharing that here!!

That was AWESOME!!!!! Love is Awesome! Thanks for sharing!

You guys are welcome....and I will look to see if I still have link and put it up...so you can see pics....it really is something to see all the stairs...and just the couple....

Oh my.... *sniff*... what a beautiful, inspiring & empowering example of the unlimited power & joy of Love

if anyone does have a link with the pics, please share.. I would love to witness these steps too.. so I can forever burn this testimony in my memory

I found a link to this story including some awesome pictures!

www.asiaoffbeat.com

Awwww thank you plk.......your a sweetie for finding it...

I couldn't get plk's to work.....so here ya go...hope it works.


http://www.weirdasianews.com/2007/12/15/man-carves-wife-a-6000-stair-path-in-mountain/

Wow I just had a tear rolling down my cheek... Thats what I want!!

Was just fixing to say I could not get it to work either this one does

I look mine up again, it has better pictures than this one