Chinese man marries wife's corpse to fulfill her lifelong wish
The wedding ceremony took place during her funeral
A man in China married his wife’s corpse, after she lost her battle with cancer, to fulfill her wish to be a bride.
The wedding ceremony took place during Yang Liu’s funeral service to fulfill her wish to be a bride after she died due to breast cancer which she was fighting for five-and-a-half-years, Daily Mail reported.
Thirty-five-year-old Xu Shinan married the corpse in front of his family in east China’s Dalian region. The duo were together for 12 year prior to her death.
According to reports, Shinan stayed by Liu’s corpse seven days ever since her death, a Chinese tradition after someone departs.
Shinan and Liu were classmates and fell in love with each other in 2007 before registering their marriage in 2013.
At the gae of 28, Liu was diagnosed with cancer just three months after, in between their wedding preparations that had to be halted.
After undergoing chemotherapy and radiation treatments, Liu’s condition improved. However, in 2017, her cancer made a comeback following which her condition deteriorated.
She slipped into coma on October 6 and died a week later.
Shinan reportedly said that her wish was realised even though it was too late. “All that I can do is to fulfill your wish and letting you wear a wedding dress fulfills my wish,” he was quoted as saying by Daily Mail.