She asked the internet for help with slaughtering two pigs. Thousands turned up in support
Videos and photos on social media over the weekend showed massive crowds at the family’s village home. Long queues snaked across fields as people waited for their meals. Local authorities also stepped in, according to Chinese media reports – dispatching catering teams and workers to help Daidai and her family as well as distributing gifts and free tickets to popular tourist spots. Traffic police officers were also deployed to maintain order. More than 10,000 people arrived in the village over two days, reports said, with thousands of vehicles also arriving in the area. “By Saturday and Sunday, the roads leading to Qingfu village were gridlocked by a 10km traffic jam as visitors arrived from as far as Guangdong province, bringing gifts as if visiting long-lost relatives,” read an article published on the China Daily state news site. “The turnout was so massive that Daidai’s original two pigs were woefully insufficient. In total, five pigs were slaughtered to feed a rotating crowd of over 3,000 people,” the report added. On Jan 13, Daidai shared a post …
