Marriage not Gen Z priority

Picking up a new skill: Young women learning to make fruit cakes in Huaibei, Anhui province, as part of the Qixi Festival celebration. — China Daily/ANN

BEIJING: As Niulang and Zhinyu (the cowherd and weaver lady) celebrated their annual reunion on Qixi Festival (Chinese Valentine’s Day), young Chinese people seem to be disconsolate about being alone.

Tian Xiao, 32, received a message on Tuesday morning that the matchmaking party she registered for during the Qixi Festival yesterday had been cancelled due to tighter Covid-19 restrictions here.