Merkel blesses Chinese couple married at South Pole  

北京青年南極結婚全程網絡直播 默克爾送祝福(圖)

在北極求婚，在南極結婚。許多人不敢想的事兒，卻讓張昕宇和梁紅做到了。前晚8點，這對新人在南極長城站舉行了一場“浪漫到極點”的婚禮，結束了他們長達28年的戀愛長跑。[查看全文]

(ECNS) -- A young Chinese couple who held their wedding ceremony at the South Pole on Tuesday has received best wishes from German Chancellor Angela Merkel, the Beijing Morning Post reported.

The wedding ceremony was broadcast live via Internet on Tuesday night.

Zhang Xinyu and Liang Hong started their romantic adventure from Shanghai in July 2013. The couple got registered in Las Vegas on Oct 15 before embarking on a tour that took them through more than 30 cities in 24 countries.

People around the world, including politicians in Germany, Poland, Ghana and Sweden, have sent their best wishes to the couple.

Merkel cited a line from the classic French novella "The Little Prince," saying "Love does not consist of gazing at each other, but in looking outward together in the same direction."

To realize their dream of holding the ceremony at the South Pole, the couple spent four years learning about foreign cultures and bought a sailboat suitable for long voyages.

Zhang proposed to Liang at Oymyakon, a remote and extremely cold location in Siberia.

They had known each other for nearly 30 years, having been schoolmates since primary school.