Zhongshan Park is located in the heart of Beijing. Every weekend hundreds of parents gather in the park to try to find matches for their sons or daughters.
Lu Shan, a professional matchmaker explains that in China parents put a lot of pressure on their kids to get married at a proper age, but high standards like having a house and a car make it difficult to meet the one, and so many worried parents have started to look on their own.
"They love their children and worry so much about them. If a girl is 30 or a boy is more than 30 but not married, their parents are willing to try every means they can for them. Thus parents' matchmaking parties in parks have been created. But those matchmaking activities are rarely successful."
Nevertheless, the demand placed on young people to find love has caused young peop
