Who is the ‘God of Marriage and Love’ in Chinese mythology?

Hello everyone, I’m Ally Have you heard of Yue Lao before? He is the God of marriage and love in China People worship him in hopes for a perfect match In Chinese mythology His red strings connect all predestined couples long before they meet Let me tell you the story that made him famous During the Tang dynasty There was a young man named Wei Gu He became an orphan at a young age So he always wanted to get married early But never succeeded. One night, he passed by the city of Songcheng Where he saw an old man with a big bag Reading a book under the moonlight People later called him ‘the old man under the moon’ or Yue Lao in Chinese Wei was curious So he peeked at the old man’s book To his surprise He couldn’t recognize a single character in that book He asked the old man what book it was And the old man replied It’s a book about marriage arrangements It doesn't belong to this world, so of course you couldn't read it The old man also explained that he is a deity In charge of arranging marriages And the big bag is full of red strings for tying the feet of husbands and wives Wei was very excited And asked the old man who will be his future wife The Old man told him his wife is only 3 years old right now They won’t get married until she turns 17 Wei Gu begged the old man to show him his future wife The old man pointed at a little girl to Wei and disappeared Wei turned around and saw an old blind woman Holding a dirty, shabby looking 3-year-old on the street Wei was furious and didn’t want to marry her So he asked his servant to kill the girl The servant never killed anyone before He was so nervous that he missed her heart And instead stabbed in between the girl’s eyebrows Fourteen years later Wei was finally matched to a beautiful young woman She was perfect in every way except one thing She always wore a flower shaped Hua Dian sticker on her forehead And didn't take it off even when she showered Wei asked her why She cried and explained how she was stabbed when she was three The two exchanged their versions of the story And both were amazed at how the arrangement played out People then understood that once the red string is tied to your feet You will end up together no matter what So don’t worry if you haven’t met the right one yet He or she must be waiting to meet you too That’s the story of Yue Lao The God of marriage and love And his magical red strings I hope you all find your Mr. or Mrs. Right And have a lovely chinese valentine’s day Don’t forget to subscribe to my channel on Gan Jing World and Youtube I’ll see you next time