Singles Day  falls on every November 11th, and as the name suggests, this holiday is one specially for people who are still living the single life. It's surprising that China is the only country in the world that has set up a special day for singles to celebrate  their lives. To find out more about this celebration, read on. An old story goes that once there were four single men, leading very boring lives. None of them were married , or had lovers, or did anything exciting. They just sat around all day and played Mahjong . One day they played Mahjong from 11am until 11 pm. During the game, no matter who won, the winning card was always the 'Sitiao' card. And that day happened to be November 11th. In order to remember the day, they called it Singles Day. For breakfast on Singles Day, singles often eat four youtiao, which means the four "ones" in "11.11". Many singles also choose to say goodbye to their single lives on this day. So they take part in _ , trying to find someone they love and many people choose to marry on this day. Besides the meaning of 'single', the four 'ones' of the date can also mean the 'only one' in one's heart. _   first called November 11th Singles Day.
The Chinese government People who have been married Four people playing Marjong People who don't want to get married