Couples taking part in a mass wedding ceremony joined in the flag-raising ceremony on the deck of a vessel from China's space tracking ship Yuanwang-7 on Sunday. A mass wedding ceremony was held for 24 couples who work for the Yuanwang fleet. The space tracking ship Yuanwang-7 sailed to oceans to carry out maritime monitoring missions as satellites and spacecrafts are sent to space.
24 pairs of newlyweds walked onto the red carpet in the blessings of colleagues, family and relatives and friends, and promised to loyal to each other throughout their lifetime.
Chang Ming, a staff of Yuanwang-7
I said it before I went to the sea
We will tie the knot after the triumphant return
The marriage has been postponed
because I had been kept busy
Chen Jianfen, the bride
As his wife, I am quite considerate
towards his work
I will take good care of the family
Some of the bridegrooms work as pilots on Yuanwang-7 and some others take good care of the communication maintenance between the land and the sea.
Liu Zhao and Ye Xiaoling are the only couple that joined in the wedding with their baby. They registered for marriage in 2015 but the wedding had been postponed for four years.
Liu Zhao
We would spend somewhere
200 days at sea for a year
and had little time with our family
My wife has been looking after the family
Ye Xiaoling
He is doing his job at sea
and I am responsible for the family
We will follow the Yuanwang-7
to set sail for a new life
The new people took the wedding car one by one through the pier, and went to the Yuanwang-7 ship that is filled with a colorful flag. They participated in the flag-raising ceremony and let the rolling Yangtze River witness their special moment.
Zhong Zehua, a staff of Yuanwang-7
My dream is that I will steer at the helm
and carry her in the other hand
to contribute to the Yuanwang fleet
Ma Xinyi, the bride
I will support you and
we will realize our dreams
through joint efforts
In May, China's spacecraft tracking ship Yuanwang-7 sailed to the Pacific Ocean for its first maritime space monitoring mission this year. The ship departed from a port in eastern China's Jiangsu Province.
As a part of China's new generation of spacecraft tracking ships, Yuanwang-7 is about 220 meters long, 40 meters high and has a displacement of nearly 30,000 tons. It can perform tasks in the Pacific Ocean, the Indian Ocean and the Atlantic Ocean within 60 degrees north and south latitudes.
Since it was put into use in 2016, the ship has spent an average of nearly 200 days a year at sea. Sailing more than 100,000 nautical miles, it has completed about 10 missions, including maritime tracking of China's first cargo spacecraft Tianzhou-1 and the manned spaceflight Shenzhou-11.
China currently has four Yuanwang tracking ships. In 2019, the country will have more than 30 space launches, and the Yuanwang fleet is expected operate for more than 700 days at sea.
(Source:ourjiangsu.com)
