11.11 is China’s Singles Day. It got the name Singles Day because the date consists of four "ones". It originated from the early 1990s, when college students in Nanjing, capital of East China's Jiangsu Province, first put forward the idea of choosing the day of November 11 as the festival for single people. Singles Day in China is the celebration，It's a very popular day among young people.
The main way to celebrate Singles Day is to have dinner with your single friends, but it's important that each person pay their own way to show their independence. People also hold 'blind date' parties in an attempt to bid goodbye to their single lives.
Some singles also choose to say goodbye to their single lives on this day: many attend 'blind date' parties and many people choose to marry on this day. In addition to meaning 'single,' the four 'ones' of the date can also mean 'only one' as in 'the only one for me.' Some people will use this date and this meaning to tell their special someone that they are the only 'one' in their heart.
Being single doesn't necessarily mean being alone, however. Single's Day encourages people to enjoy their lives, whatever their circumstances - and to always remember the old saying... who knows what the future may bring?
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