One Week Couple (一周CP): Dating Event on Chinese Universities
Is Sexlessness on Chinese Uni Campus Finally Starting to Change?
Undetected by parents, prudish school leaders, and less-than-romantic culture in general, a secret dating/matchmaking event is slowly gaining momentum on many Chinese universities across the culture. “One Week Couple”, or, “一周CP” is becoming widely popular.
又到了金秋十月，各大学校开展了丰富多彩的活动，尤为值得一提的是这两年很火的一周CP活动。什么是一周CP？来自中国农业大学学生会的羽婷同学告诉我们，大学生可以报名，每人填写一张表格表明自己的求偶兴趣，然后组织者会帮助他们挑选并找到合适的另一半。在接下来的7天里这两位同学将一起完成一系列有趣的任务，期间培养感情，形成友谊。据了解一周CP活动促成了很多人最终在一起谈了甜蜜的恋爱。
Due to the popularity of the event, many students find themselves unable to get a spot due to the overwhelming number of sign ups. The University of Hong Kong even started charging in an attempt to accommodate the vast number of Chinese students searching for love and their soulmate.
据了解，一周CP活动已在北京大学，清华大学，中国农业大学，湖南科技大学，香港大学等高校展开，一席难求。
So, how exactly does One Week Couple (OWC) succeed in bringing shy freshman love birds together? We asked the organizer of OWC club in China Agricultural University and here’s what we learned.
Step 1: Sign up 报名，描写自己的兴趣
Students who wish to seek out a potential partner need to fill out a form about themselves and the organizers are responsible to match them based on what boy/girl they are most likely to be interested in. They will pretend to be a couple for 7 days.
大家会聚集在一起填写报名表，认识彼此。希望寻找潜在伴侣的学生需要填写一份关于自己的表格，组织者负责根据他们最可能感兴趣的男孩/女孩进行配对。他们将在7天内假装成一对情侣。
Step 2: Complete Tasks 完成一系列任务
Each couple will have daily fun tasks to complete with their partner. For example, a day one task could be to have a romantic picnic after class, day two could be going to play a claw machine together, and day three could be writing a letter to each other.
The game master will send messages out to participants at the start of the day, guiding students to find out more about their mysterious partner a little bit more each day. One perk during these tasks is you are encouraged to share about your past love stories!
每对情侣将有每天有趣的任务来完成他们的伴侣。例如，第一天的任务将是一场浪漫的课后野餐，第二天将玩爪机并尝试与你的伴侣合作，第三天将互相写信。游戏大师将在一天开始时向参与者发送信息，引导学生更多地了解他们神秘伴侣的每一天。在这些任务中，你会被鼓励分享你过去的爱情故事！
(Organizer sending fun tasks to each participants)
Moreover, this type of structured dating, explained the organizer named Yuting, makes it easy for guys/girls who have never dated before to easily start dating without the fret of logistics or being stood up.
很多刚刚步入大学的青涩同学认为与异性交往十分困难，有些女士甚至表达自己有“恐男证”，男生也表明自己在女生面前不知所措，只有笨拙的动作和老套的行动。这一切将从此改变，学生会的学长学姐这时候就弥补了同学们没有交流恋爱经历平台的空间，给大家一个安全的平台来讨论自己对爱情的畅想。
在这次活动中，分享每位“情侣”的经历也很重要。每位情侣要将自己的约会打卡发在不同的群里，他们还可以完成加分任务，组织者将统计他们的参与分数并且加以统计，以完成颁奖。
Step 3: Prize Ceremony! 颁奖典礼！
Every day the participants can choose to share their dating story and experiences on social media, posting moments on WeChat. As they complete the 7-day journey, the organizers evaluate the couples based on their commitment to the event, and other factors such as creativity, teamwork, and involvement.
On the last day, they will be given an award and some prizes as encouragement and reward for their participation. While the organized dating activities may end, the pair may continue seeing each other if they wish, blossoming a whole new friendship or love!
为了让这个活动更加吸引人，所有参加的同学将在活动7天结束的时候参加颁奖晚会。很多同学参加过后说自己在这与人交往的过程中成熟了很多，初步学会了如何与“人生中的另一半”合作并探索彼此。
This type of structured dating might provide a timely solution for people tired of the messiness of online dating and the constant headache of going out to events. Moreover, being in a supportive group of people similarly looking for a partner might give you just the courage you need to start approaching that person you are interested in. Wouldn’t you like people arranging opportunities for you to meet high quality dates and everything else taken care of?
这种类型的结构化约会可能为大家人提供了及时的解决方案。参加这样的活动确实很有意义，学生会鼓励同学在社交媒体上发布自己的“恋爱史”，并且根据他们的表现和创造性进行评比，这种社交媒体的发布又一次促进了这对情侣之间的合作，让他们有共同的经历选择怎样表达自己，记录他们的友谊。
采访中国农业大学一周CP组织者玉婷
We interviewed Yuting, organizer of One Week Couple at the Beijing Agricultural University about some possible questions you might have.
我们就你可能遇到的一些问题采访了中国农业大学 "一周情侣"的组织者玉婷。
1. How does the social media part play into this dating event?
Yuting: Many may worry about privacy issues as they don’t want to share their dating picture in the group. So that’s fine and they can be shared privately to the organizer, all data is kept confidential. Some couples find it fun to share with other students what they discovered in the dating process.
社交媒体部分如何在约会中发挥作用？
玉婷：很多人可能会担心隐私问题，因为他们不想在群里分享他们的约会照片，他们其实可以私下分享给组织者，所有数据都是保密的。有些情侣觉得，和其他同学分享他们在约会过程中发现的东西，是很有趣的事情。
2. How do you determine who to put together?
Yuting: Based on the information we collect we will give each student a few choices, and they will pick a partner they find most suitable.
你如何确定谁在一起？
玉婷：根据我们收集的信息，我们会给每个学生一些选择，他们会挑选一个他们认为最合适的伙伴。
3. Why are you running it/what made you want to get involved?
Yuting: I think it’s a really great opportunity to bring people together. I mean, I wanted to look for a boyfriend myself when I was a freshman.
你为什么要办这个活动/是什么让你想参与进来？
玉婷：我认为这是一个非常好的机会，可以把人们聚在一起。我的意思是，我自己在大一的时候就想找一个男朋友。
4. What makes a successful coupling in the end👫?
Yuting: It really depends on the person you meet, students often don’t have the chance to know another person in-depth and this event helps with that. I would say maturity really determines whether they stay together in the end.
最后是什么造就了一对成功情侣👫？
玉婷：这真的取决于你遇到的人，学生们往往没有机会深入了解另一个人，这个活动在这方面有帮助。我想说的是，个人的成熟度确实决定了他们最后是否能在一起。
(Interview translated from Chinese)
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