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"cut off my marriage!" tourists claim that the blessing plaques hung on laojun mountain were removed by staff, the scenic spot responded

2024-09-08

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on september 6, at the laojun mountain scenic area in luoyang city, henan province, a netizen posted a video saying that the prayer cards hung by tourists on the stone railings of the scenic area were removed one by one by the staff, put into bags and taken away, which caused complaints and complaints from netizens.

in the video, a man used a knife to cut off the prayer boards hanging on the stone railings one by one and put them into a large bag.

picture/internet video screenshot

in the video comment area, some netizens said that people who made wishes hung up the prayer cards, and they would be sad if they couldn't find them next time; some netizens said that it was normal to clean up the prayer cards, otherwise, future tourists would have no place to tie the prayer cards; some netizens even complained thathis wish to get married had never come true. it turned out that someone had taken down his marriage card.

picture/comments from netizens

why were the prayer cards of tourists removed? on september 7, a reporter from jingshi live contacted the laojun mountain scenic area in luoyang city, and the staff explained thatlaojun mountain scenic area receives millions of tourists every year. it is impossible for the prayer cards hung by tourists to remain hung forever, because the bearing capacity of the stone railings is limited. they will regularly clean the prayer cards hung on the iron cables of the stone railings."it is allowed to hang blessing plaques on the iron cables of the stone railings, but when the stone railings reach a certain load-bearing capacity, the prayer plaques hanging on them will be cleared away. safety is the most important thing."

the scenic spot staff said that they will further improve the relevant work, such as setting up eye-catching reminder signs that "prayer boards will be cleaned regularly" to avoid misunderstandings among tourists. "we will report the situation to our superiors and try to improve the notification and reminder work for hanging prayer boards."

jingshi live reporter: zhimin