Love is to happines

when my family had a problem, me and my sister is move to my grandmother in my mother side. on that time i'm the one who care my little sister. to the story short when my father fix all the problem he coming with us, he got a house to live with. to that place when we move us, i meet someone who caught my attention. he have many friends,and here friends is our friends too we intruduce each other face to face.im not familar him that time cause he got work in manila.that day is the day that im not forgoten.after we intrudece we just friend.step by step he cort me.after 2 mouths im finally he got my answer.we love is like a thunder so very past. but in my happy moment my father is not like him. he said that im not have good life with him,and im not be happy with him. im so hurt because my father is the one who judge him..but im not stop to loving him..i love him very much to give him up..i fight for that love. cause for me if im loving him is wrong im dont wanna be right if being right means leaving with out him im wanna be rong for the rest of my lives.

Lock of Love

Locks of love are the padlocks fixed by loving couples, on to a fence or a pole or metallic chain/string alongside some wall etc at a public place, to symbolize their eternal love. A couple would hang a padlock after inscribing their name or initials on it and throw the key away so that their love is locked forever. Some couple use two inter-twined locks, each lock bearing their name/initials. Besides lovers, often family members and close friends also put such locks at these places, to lock their relationship forever.

The tradition probably originated from China where the love locks can be seen at several locations alongside the Great Wall of China and also in many temples and on the steps/paths leading to sacred peaks.

The tradition has spread around the World and is now quite prevalent in South Korea, Japan, Guam, Italy, Hungary, Latvia, Russia, USA etc.

Juyongguan, Sanbu and Badaling sections of the Great Wall, being close to Beijing, are the most popular sections of the Great Wall and thousands of locks of various sizes, attached to the rows and rows of steel chains along the wall, can be seen at these places.

The watch towers at these places are occasionally used as a venue for weddings. Loving couples announce their love for each other as they hang their lock, and then they throw away the key, in the hopes that their love will last for as long as the Great Wall stands.

I have tried to locate and placemark as many places as I could find on the World Wide Web. I am sure the romantic readers will now try to find more such places.

Here are some photographs taken at these locations;

Great Wall, Juyongguan, China

Great Wall, Sanbu, China

It may be worth noting that often family members and close friends, not necessarily lovers, also put such locks at these places, to lock their relationship forever.

Great Wall, Badaling, China

President Richard Nixon during his historic journey to China visited this portion of the wall alongwith his wife, on February 24, 1972.

Mt. Hua, Huashan, China

It is one of the, Five Sacred Mountains of Taoism. The mountain is famous for steep peaks which are very difficult to climb.

Puning Temple, (commonly called the Big Buddha Temple) Chengde, China

Mt. Putuo, Putuoshan Island, China

Mt. Tai, Taishan, China

The route to the peak of Taishan (Mt. Tai) has many temples. These temples and the railings along the route are the favourite spots for the loving couples to lock their lock of love.

This image of lovelocks was taken on way to the peak of Taishan (Mt. Tai)

This image was taken near the famous Confucius Temple located on a peak of Mt. Tai

Wulingyuan Scenic Area, Zhangjiajie

The path is leading to, reportedly the highest natural bridge in the world, often called heaven's gate.

This one was taken at a nearby area.

Keila-Joa, Estonia

On the railings of a pedestrian bridge near the waterfall.

Two Lovers' Point, (Puntan dos Amantes) Tumon Bay, Guam

Szinva Terrace, Miskolc, Hungary

Pics, Hungary

Tata, Hungary

Bruneck (Brunico), Italy

Ponto Vecchio, Florence, Italy

Ponte Aragonese, Ischia, Italy

Parco Sempione, Milan, Italy

Napoli (Naples), Italy

Via dell'amore, Riomaggiore, Italy

Ponte Milvio, Rome, Italy

The condition of the pole due to overload can be clearly seen in this photo.

The photo shows the present arrangement, where in locks are put on a chain and not on the lighting pole.

Siracusa-Ortigia Bridge, Sicily

Riga Park, Riga, Latvia

Luzhkov bridge, Moscow, Russia

N Seoul Tower, Seoul, S Korea

The lovelocks have almost blocked view beneath.

Lovelock, Nevada, USA

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The tradition, came to Hungary in early 1980, in the town of P�cs, when lovers began to clamp padlocks to a wrought-iron fence in a narrow street near the medieval cathedral. However, the fence soon became completely covered and no more padlocks could be added to it. The couples then resorted to putting lovelocks to the fences and statues throughout the town centre. The municipal authorities made several attempts to discourage this practice and even displayed notices at various spots around the town declaring that this activity will be treated as vandalism. They however failed to discourage it and having succumbed to popular pressure, have now made a plan to add a new iron fence near to the original site.

In Moscow, special iron trees have been installed on a pedestrian bridge for such love locks.

In USA, lovelocks came to the city of Lovelock, Pershing County, Nevada, USA as tourism business promotion. On Valentine's Day, 2006, a dedication ceremony was held to start the tradition of at the new Lover's Lock Plaza near the courthouse in downtown. Nevada Commission of Tourism also started a new marketing campaign to bring motorists travelling on Interstate80 to the town by placing large bill boards. They even have a web site to promote lovelocks.