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Grandmother aged over 100 becomes 'biggest online celebrity' in county
Published: Aug 24, 2021 06:23 PM
A video of a 70-year-old grandmother playing drums at the wedding of her grandnephew in Qinzhou Province, South China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, has been trending on China's Twitter-like social platform Sina Weibo since Thursday. Photo: Mengma News

A video of a 70-year-old grandmother playing drums at the wedding of her grandnephew in Qinzhou Province, South China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, has been trending on China's Twitter-like social platform Sina Weibo since Thursday. Photo: Mengma News



Recently, a grandmother aged 102 has attracted the attention of many Chinese netizens again for playing in a short video shot by grandson in which she "rides a horse" and takes part in "village games."

The videos depicting the daily life of the grandmother with her family members were used as a way to entertain the grandma at first, explained 41-year-old grandson Dai Changwei to Mengma News.

Optimistic and hard-working grandmother, together with filial children and grandchildren who try their best to make the grandma happy, have touched many netizens.

"She has become the biggest online celebrity in our county," Dai said.

Dai said that he was brought up by his grandmother. When she was young, she did a lot of farm work, and was always busy at home. "Besides collecting firewood, she also planted many fruits and vegetables for her grandchildren to eat."

"In front of children and grandchildren, grandma always said that she used to have a very bitter life, but now she is very happy!" Dai said.

Mengma News