Updated 11 November 2019 at 13:53 IST
Singles Day 2019 in China: How netizens are celebrating the day online
World Singles Day is celebrated on November 11 every year in China. Special discounts are made available for the singles on this day. Read on.
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World Singles Day aka Guanggun Jie is a shopping holiday celebrated by those who are in not a relationship in China. The day is celebrated to take pride in being single. The day is celebrated every year on November 11 as the number one symbolises a single person. In 2011, it was called the 'Singles Day of the century' as the date had six ones in it. There are many discounts and sales on this day as singles consider in keeping the day aside for treating themselves.
A popular e-commerce website Alibaba founded by China's second-richest man Jack Ma, reportedly first commercialised the event in 2009. On Singles Day, the website of Alibaba gives tonnes of gifts that singles can buy for themselves. Many events are organised on the Chinese website Tmall, owned by Alibaba. Many other websites also participate in the event and have a global reach today.
Here are some memes shared on social media:
Epic Edit 🙏 @nameisNani#SinglesDay2019 pic.twitter.com/nIGqJVe0vL
— ᴠ ɪ ᴊ ᴀ ʏ (@vijayawaits) November 11, 2019
#SinglesDay2019 #memesdaily
— Ashish sharmaJii🇮🇳🇮🇳 (@SharmaSarcastik) November 11, 2019
That moment when you get to know this there is a day honoring for we #Singles
*le each and every singles : pic.twitter.com/4FEH77h56O
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Screw valentine's day 'coz today is single's day..#SinglesDay2019 pic.twitter.com/lHUai9HSFm
— Lavanya Chawla (@chawla_lavanya1) November 11, 2019
Shopping day for singles? interesting idea and wow! the one day sales are greater than US Black Friday & Cyber Monday combined #SinglesDay2019 pic.twitter.com/huPawmOVoe
— Suzanne ✈️ (@philatravelgirl) November 11, 2019
Happy Singles Day To Every Single Passage 🎉💥😎
— PawanKalyan Thammudu™ (@SiddhuJSP) November 11, 2019
Singles - RT 🔁
Committed - Like ❤️#SinglesDay #HappySinglesDay pic.twitter.com/5zuyxVUDR7
When you got to know that there's a whole day dedicated to singles to celebrate singlehood.
— Krishna Daga (@dagakrishna22) November 11, 2019
*itniii khusshiii* 😭😭😂😂#SinglesDay pic.twitter.com/bHQTZH1Mxt
Happy world SINGLE'S day 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥#SinglesDay 😊
— Rocky Bhai ᵏᵍᶠ (@RockyBhai8055) November 11, 2019
😎😎😎😎🕺🕺🕺🕺 pic.twitter.com/WPpKpZPIiM
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Happy #SinglesDay to me. Finally a day that I can celebrate and relate too. pic.twitter.com/s7L94jLui6
— DutchFalPal 🇳🇱 💖😍💓💞 (@lucklee1972) November 5, 2019
Happy Single Day🤘😂😂😂😜😜😜 #SinglesDay2019 #SinglesDay #single pic.twitter.com/D0mmLSyvX1
— Nista dhurr (@Nista_dhurr) November 11, 2019
Published By : Jiya Chulet
Published On: 11 November 2019 at 12:48 IST