Singles Day falls on every November 11th, and as the name indicates, this relatively new holiday is one exclusively for people who are still living the single life. when you googled ’Singles Day’ on the Internet, to find that China is the only country in the world that has set aside a special day for singles to celebrate their lives.

The singles Day comes from a story. 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 11 in the morning until 11 at night. During the game, no matter who won, the winning card was always the "four columns" card (the card shows four independent, parallel columns in two lines). Even more of a coincidence, it was Nov 11, or 11/11. In order to commemorate the day, they nicknamed it Singles Day.

      Singles Day was first celebrated at various universities in Nanjing, It got the name Singles Day because the date is comprised of four "ones". These college students have since graduated, and carried their university tradition into society. Singles Day is now a special day for all fashionable youths.

     But how to celebrate? For breakfast on Singles Day, singles often eat four youtiao representing the four "ones" in "11.11" and one baozi representing the middle dot. In the morning,go out, take the bus No 11, come back at noon to eat dinner on time 11:11; 2 pairs of chopsticks, left-handeda double, right-handed double; at night ,go to KTV, sing the song" the single song"(单身情歌), " a lifetime of loneliness"（一辈子的孤单）, " leave grief to their own "(把悲伤留给自己),"the one you don't love"（我这个你不爱的人）, " happy break up"（分手快乐）. Night play mahjong with 4 singles, only win four columns , in the evening go to bed on time 11:11.

      Many 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.