Exclusive: Six Mysteries Surrounding Xie Na's Qixi Announcement of Her Marriage to Zhang Jie (with pictures)
By Pingzui Wenbing, exclusively for Sina Entertainment
China's traditional Valentine's Day belongs to the Chinese people.
In just these past few years, our common folk have also begun to embrace romance!
This Qixi Festival, declarations of love were on everyone's lips, and traces of love could be found everywhere.
This Qixi Festival, 4,251 couples registered in Beijing, and 3,342 couples got their marriage certificates in Shanghai.
This Qixi Festival, fans sent countless blessings to "Sister" Xie Na and "Brother-in-law" Zhang Jie.
On August 6, 2011, the seventh day of the seventh lunar month, at 22:16, Zhang Jie used his iPhone to post a Weibo message on Sina, saying, "Happy Qixi Festival! Wishing everyone happiness, and wishing us too!" He also uploaded a sweet picture of himself with Xie Na. In the blink of an eye, at 22:18, Xie Na forwarded this Weibo post and said, "I've found him! You all should keep pushing too!" As soon as this Weibo post was released, it immediately caused an uproar among millions of fans.
It can be seen that Xie Na was brimming with happiness at that moment. In her excitement, she posted her second Weibo message of the evening at 23:12, saying, "Seize your own happiness! Your Sister Po is going to marry him!!!" Unexpectedly, this Weibo post was instantly forwarded and commented on enthusiastically. Within a day, the Weibo post was forwarded over 400,000 times, with more than 200,000 comments, showing that the enthusiasm of netizens had completely surpassed Xie Na's expectations.
Thus, the entire entertainment industry was in an uproar. News of Xie Na and Zhang Jie's wedding spread far and wide, filling every corner of the internet again and again.
Thus, on China's traditional Qixi Valentine's Day, the two decided to end their five-year-long relationship and spend the rest of their lives together.
Like many netizens, I was very happy when I saw Xie Na and Zhang Jie's Weibo announcement of their marriage. Here, I wish them a long and happy life together until old age.
However, while netizens across the country and numerous stars offered their blessings and admiration, I feel that Xie Na's choice to announce her marriage to Zhang Jie on Qixi via Weibo still leaves six major mysteries:
In the morning of Qixi, Zhang Jie dodged questions about his marriage during an event appearance.
Mystery One: Why did Zhang Jie dodge questions about his marriage in the morning of Qixi?
Everyone knows that Zhang Jie and Xie Na chose to reveal their wedding news on Weibo on the evening of Qixi. However, according to media reports, in the morning of Qixi, Zhang Jie attended an endorsement event for a skincare brand in Changsha and dodged direct questions from the media about whether he would choose to announce his marriage on Qixi, replying vaguely, "I've been very busy recently, no time for marriage!" Why did Zhang Jie dodge the questions in the morning? Was it necessary to announce the news via Weibo? Was this pre-planned?
Mystery Two: Did Xie Na have any unspoken reasons for announcing her marriage on Qixi?
Did anyone notice? On August 2, Hunan TV announced a Weibo post saying, "We Are Getting Married is currently being prepared. According to the director team, Zhang Jie and Xie Na, who are highly anticipated by everyone, may appear on the same stage... Will Zhang Jie and Xie Na announce their wedding date on the night of Qixi? The truth will be revealed on the evening of August 6." Unexpectedly, at around 11 a.m. on the morning of August 2, after Xie Na saw this suspense-filled Weibo post, she immediately forwarded it and left a comment saying, "Did I read it wrong?? I'm not participating in this evening show; I'll be in Chengdu that day. Thanks everyone!"
The usual hype from Hunan TV didn't even get started before being exposed by Xie Na. Unfortunately, shortly afterward, both Hunan TV's and Xie Na's posts were unexpectedly deleted. Therefore, I wrote a blog post the day before Qixi exposing this matter. "Revealing the Truth Behind the Hype of Xie Na and Zhang Jie's Engagement on Qixi (with pictures)."
Despite the revelations, I still faithfully waited in front of the Mango Channel on the evening of Qixi, watching "We Are Getting Married," waiting for the truth behind Zhang Jie and Xie Na's "suspense" to be revealed. The results, I won't elaborate here, but you can probably imagine.
I speculate, was Xie Na's announcement of her marriage on the evening of Qixi via Weibo related to Hunan TV's earlier "suspense" Weibo post about the Qixi evening gala? Since the words were already spoken by the satellite channel, and Zhang Jie didn't make any announcements during the gala, if Xie Na hadn't acted quickly on the evening of Qixi, wouldn't the satellite channel have contradicted itself and let the audience catch them off guard? Otherwise, why did Zhang Jie dodge questions in the morning?
Mystery Three: Have Xie Na and Zhang Jie actually obtained their marriage certificate?
The issue of whether Xie Na and Zhang Jie have officially registered their marriage has a long story. In May, someone tipped off the Chengdu media that Zhang Jie and Xie Na had registered their marriage at the Xin Du Civil Affairs Bureau in Zhang Jie's hometown of Chengdu. Subsequently, the local Chengdu media confirmed with the Xin Du Civil Affairs Bureau, which stated that the couple had indeed completed the registration procedures. When everyone was confused, I wrote a blog post about the matter at the time: "Exclusive: Six 'Ironclad' Pieces of Evidence That Zhang Jie and Xie Na Have Already Registered Their Marriage (with pictures)."
However, regarding the registration, Sina Entertainment obtained detailed information again from Tianyu Company: the couple indeed registered in Chengdu "not long ago," rather than in May as previously reported.
Have Xie Na and Zhang Jie actually registered their marriage? When did they register? This remains a mystery.
Mystery Four: Is it true that Xie Na and Zhang Jie will hold a grand wedding in September?
Just four minutes after Xie Na posted her "marriage" Weibo at 23:12 on the evening of Qixi, Tianyu Media also posted a Weibo message saying, "True lovers finally become one! Congratulations to @Zhang Jie, and congratulations to @Xie Na! This couple finally announced their love for each other on the night of Qixi Valentine's Day. The couple's wedding is expected to take place in September and is currently being prepared intensively. We hope this will be a romantic, warm, and joyful wedding! Please give them your blessings! Bless love!"
Therefore, everyone learned that Xie Na and Zhang Jie's wedding will take place in September. But is this the company's "estimate"? It wasn't personally confirmed by Xie Na and Zhang Jie. Is the September wedding reliable?
Mystery Five: Do you know the exact time and location of Xie Na and Zhang Jie's wedding?
If the September wedding is confirmed, not only the media, but netizens across the country and millions of fans will certainly be eager to know the exact time and location of Xie Na and Zhang Jie's wedding, as well as numerous details about the ceremony. Time flies quickly; isn't September just next month? By then, everything will come to light. But this waiting process will feel very long for the audience, and both the media and netizens will suffer through the "predictions."
Mystery Six: Is there any hint of hype in Xie Na's announcement of her marriage?
Careful netizens will not find it difficult to discover that from Hunan TV's announcement of the "engagement" suspense Weibo post for the Qixi evening gala to Xie Na's high-profile announcement of her marriage on Weibo, this process does not seem like a mere "coincidence" to me. From Zhang Jie's silence in the morning of Qixi to the high-profile declaration of love in the evening, was this process "controlled"?
At 22:16 on the evening of Qixi, Zhang Jie posted a sweet Weibo message, and at 22:18, Xie Na responded with "I've found him," with only two minutes between them. One was in Changsha, the other in Chengdu—could this happen so quickly? They might not even have had time to get excited yet! Was it pre-arranged? On the other hand, even if it was planned, it's really not a big deal.
Actually, the most surprising part comes later. Just four minutes after Xie Na posted her "marriage" Weibo at 23:12, Tianyu Media also posted an 86-character Weibo message, congratulating the two and explosively revealing that their approximate wedding date would be in September. Isn't this surprising? However, for Tianyu, this doesn't seem surprising at all. In such a short period, without much thought or consultation, everything seemed to happen in one breath. Could there really be no trace of hype?
Designed Dialogue
Jie: Na, we agreed that I'd post the Weibo first, and you'd forward it.
Na: Hmm!