Director Zhang Jizhong and Du Xinglin, his spouse who’s 30 years youthful than him |
Zhang Jizhong (72 years outdated) is a Chinese language martial arts movie tycoon, identified for his variations of well-known novels reminiscent of The Legend of the Condor Heroes and The Legend of Dragons. His spouse, Du Xinglin (42 years outdated) studied overseas in France and returned to China after finishing her doctorate, in response to SCMP.
Despite the fact that the age distinction could be very giant, the couple remains to be married and dwelling fortunately since March 2017 and has a son and a daughter. They’re additionally the mother and father of an 8-year-old mixed-race boy named Martin, who usually seems in household pictures.
Martin is Du’s baby and was believed to have been born in France throughout her earlier relationship. Zhang can be the daddy of Zhang Yuxin – founding father of Chinese language media firm Mandala Media and daughter from his first marriage.
Du is presently pregnant and each husband and spouse are wanting ahead to their subsequent baby. On April 13, Zhang and his spouse went for a prenatal checkup and when he heard the newborn’s heartbeat, he was very emotional.
“This baby is a godsend, a blessing. With our ageing society, everybody can contribute extra gifted people to the nation by having extra youngsters,” Du communicate.
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| Director Du Xinglin together with his spouse and kids. |
The couple shared experiences about married life on Douyin, and took part in discussions and evaluations of conventional Chinese language literature. They’ve 5.4 million social media followers. In a current video, Zhang mirrored on his and his spouse’s seven-year marriage.
“As a result of my spouse is 30 years youthful, many individuals are suspicious, pondering that she pursues cash and I pursue magnificence. However in actual fact, we’re attracted and love one another deeply. Now we have sharing a ardour for conventional Chinese language tradition.”
One other video exhibits Zhang instantly stopping work when he realized Du was affected by morning illness. He massaged his spouse, blended her with heat water and let her eat fruit to ease her nausea.
This love story with a 30-year age hole has created heated dialogue on Chinese language social networks. “When this couple stands subsequent to one another, they seem like grandpa and grandchild. Is this sort of love actually proper?”, one individual commented. “Zhang is older however that does not cease him from being a great husband,” one other wrote.
In China, there are a lot of well-known {couples} with a major age hole. On April 10, 86-year-old painter Fan Zeng introduced that he was about to marry a 36-year-old mannequin.
One in every of Hong Kong’s pop icons, Aaron Kwok Fu-shing, 58 years outdated, is 22 years older than his spouse, Fang Yuan, a mannequin. In the meantime, Hong Kong actress Christy Chung, 53 years outdated, is 12 years older than her husband.