Speeches at Our Wedding by Various Guests
May 1, 2023, Shijiazhuang
- Speech by Tan Bo
- Speech by Mentor Lin Tao
- Speech by Professor Tan Haisheng
- Wedding vows of the groom, Li Bojie
- Wedding vows of the bride, Meng Jiaying
- Speech by the father of the groom
- Speech by the father of the bride
- Speech by the parents of the bride at the name-changing ceremony
- Speech by the bride at the name-changing ceremony
- Speech by the parents of the groom at the name-changing ceremony
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Speech by Tan Bo
【01:08:02】(Host: First, we would like to invite the mentor of our groom, the chief technical expert of Huawei, and the director of the Distributed and Parallel Software Laboratory, Dr. Tan Xun, to give a speech. Please welcome him with applause.)
Thank you, host. Respected guests, friends and relatives, ladies and gentlemen, good morning.
As the former mentor and current colleague of Mr. Li Bojie, I am honored to be invited here to witness Ms. Meng Jiaying and Mr. Li Bojie stepping into the hall of marriage and officially becoming husband and wife. At this romantic and solemn moment, I wish the two newlyweds a lifelong bond, growing old together, and building a loving family.
Facing the future of marriage, I want to give two words to the newlyweds. One is “respect”. The ancients said, “Raise the case to the eyebrows, respect each other as guests”. Behind respect is mutual trust, mutual understanding, and eternal mutual support.
The second is “harmony”. Confucius said, “Harmony in difference”. Marriage is when two different people come together, but it requires the joint efforts of two people to cherish. Facing the future, I hope you can calmly accept what cannot be changed, bravely change what should be changed, and wisely distinguish between the two.
Finally, let us once again wish Jiaying and Bojie a happy marriage, a perfect match for a hundred years. Thank you all.
Speech by Mentor Lin Tao
【01:10:58】(Host: Next, we would like to invite the mentor of the groom, the chief scientist of WingFangJianShu, Dr. Zhang Lintao, to give a speech. Please welcome him with applause.)
Just now, Tan Bo gave a very passionate blessing. In fact, Bojie was originally Tan Bo’s student, and after Tan Bo left Microsoft, he came to me to do postgraduate research and projects. I have seen great changes in Bojie’s growth from a naive young man to a leading figure in the industry.
When Bojie started working on some projects with us in 2017, he could be described as a tech geek or a tech enthusiast. I remember he made many small mistakes at that time. For example, he once posted an article on his blog saying that he could attack Microsoft’s system, which resulted in the entire IT department of Microsoft being mobilized to find out who posted such a blog, and finally found out it was Bojie. Another time, he bought some sodium metal on Taobao, which is a very dangerous metal, which even led to the public security department coming to investigate what he was doing with this sodium. So you can see that at that time, Bojie was still a naive young man, still exploring in the field of science.
After Bojie met Jiaying, I saw him slowly mature, slowly become a steady gentleman, then slowly become a scientist, and now become a very good technical leader.
Later, he posted some things on his blog, using a scientific method on a collar-like thing, how to depict his girlfriend’s profile, and what programming methods, everyone was very curious, how could a tech emperor do such emotional actions?
On this great day, I am very happy to witness Jiaying and Bojie’s happy marriage, and I also wish them success in their careers and happiness in their families in the future.
Speech by Professor Tan Haisheng
【01:13:56】(Host: Next, we would like to invite the mentor of our bride, Professor Tan Haisheng from the University of Science and Technology of China, to give a speech. Please welcome him with applause.)
I am really very happy to attend Jiaying and Bojie’s wedding today. In fact, both of them are excellent students of the University of Science and Technology of China. As a teacher of USTC, I feel very proud.
To be honest, when Jiaying first started dating, I was very optimistic about them and fully supported this couple. Congratulations to you today, and also to the parents and friends present. I hope you will support each other in the future and live a harmonious life. The most important thing is to balance your career and family, respond to the call of the country, have a baby early, and pass on the excellent genes of USTC.
Thank you all.
Wedding Vows of the Groom, Li Bojie
【01:00:41】Dear Jiaying,
Our story began five and a half years ago. It was an academic report. Your mentor, Professor Tan, exceptionally invited me to give an academic report at the school. The content of the report happened to be two research works guided by mentors Tan Bo and Lin Tao. At that time, I made a joke. I left a collection of papers in the conference room. A junior from the lab helped me get it, but I asked him if he was Meng Jiaying. The whole lab thought I couldn’t tell men from women, but it showed that I must have special feelings for you.
From then on, although we were in different places, the distance could not separate our feelings. You were like a beam of light illuminating my soul, and the gifts we gave each other were very thoughtful.
You once gave me an explosion box, inside which were many photos and your handwritten blessings layer by layer. When I miss you, I quietly open this explosion box and recall our moments together over and over again.
Sometimes, my dear sends me some cute photos. Looking at them before going to bed feels like my dear is right by my side. A year ago, we finally ended our long-distance relationship, and now I can see my dear every day.
Life has ups and downs, and our wedding has also been full of twists and turns. First, it was postponed twice due to the pandemic, and then it was temporarily moved here, but this could not stop our determination to be together. I am willing to promise that no matter the circumstances, no matter the weather, I will shield you from the wind and rain, and be your most solid backing. May our love be like this lawn under the sun, still lush and green after the storm.
Wedding Vows of the Bride, Meng Jiaying
【01:02:45】My dear Bojie,
I have always felt that our meeting was destined by heaven. We were in two cities more than 1000 kilometers apart, our research directions actually had no intersection, and we didn’t have any mutual friends. But despite this, we met and got to know each other due to various coincidences and have come to today. I am very happy that on this day we can become each other’s most important family members and witness the most important moment today in front of all the guests.
This year is our sixth year together and the beginning of our journey to the future. Looking back on our time together, every day seems ordinary, but also seems to sparkle. Thank you for moving into my youth, becoming my best friend, my forever lover, I hope our feelings will make us better. From now on, I know that wherever you are, it is related to me, you are the candlelight that illuminates my spring, summer, autumn, and winter.
My dear, thank you, meeting you is the most beautiful accident.
Speech by the Groom’s Father
【01:17:44】Dear guests, relatives and friends, good morning.
Today is the big happy day when my son Li Bojie and my daughter-in-law Meng Jiaying tie the knot. First of all, I would like to express my warm welcome and sincere thanks to all of you for coming. Today, with your witness and blessings, this wedding is more complete, festive and joyful. Thank you all.
At the same time, I am very happy to see the two children moving towards love, maturity, and marriage, and I express my heartfelt blessings.
Here I especially want to thank the two parents and grandmother, it is you who have devoted your love and energy to raise an excellent, intelligent, and kind daughter. It is our family’s fortune and expectation that Jiaying can come to our home. From now on, Jiaying will be our common daughter, we will love Jiaying as we love our own eyes, please rest assured.
2020~2023 is an extraordinary period, from the country to individuals, from work to life, we have experienced many unforgettable things, among which there are difficulties and twists and turns, which have turned into deep memories, deeply interpreting the value of life, the importance of family, and the warmth of family love.
Today the two children are getting married, we want to tell them that marriage is the sublimation of love, it is a confirmation of life and life by both parties, I really believe that it is a rare fate. At this moment, as parents, I am sincerely happy to see your growth, maturity, and success today. I hope that in your future life, you can each take on the responsibilities of being a husband and a wife, treat each other with a more tolerant heart, understand each other, support each other, and create a happy and harmonious small family together.
I sincerely hope that you will cherish the bits and pieces of love for each other, be loyal to each other for life, protect each other with unwavering love, always be in harmony in the journey of life, fly together, grow old together, be happy and content, and hold hands for life.
Finally, I would like to thank all the friends and relatives present again, I wish you good health, family happiness, wealth, and career success.
Speech by the Bride’s Father
【01:20:54】First of all, I would like to express my heartfelt thanks to all the guests, especially the three mentors of Bojie and Jiaying, for taking the time to attend their wedding.
Next, I would like to thank the parents-in-law for their cultivation of Bojie for more than thirty years, for raising an excellent son-in-law for us, especially for their hard work in the past few days, making our wedding a complete success. I would like to express my thanks again.
Finally, I wish Bojie and Jiaying, from today on, you have formed a new family, you should help each other and support each other in life, understand each other and support each other in work, I hope you have a happy marriage, a hundred years of good union, and grow old together.
Thank you all.
Speech by the Groom at the Name Changing Ceremony
【31:17】Uncle, I promise that I will definitely take good care of Jiaying in the future. I know that you have raised Jiaying for 30 years, which is really not easy. You have raised Jiaying to be beautiful, knowledgeable, good at taking care of the family, and especially caring for me. Everything is well taken care of. After a 5 and a half year love marathon, we finally came together. I hope that no matter what we encounter in the future, I will always be her solid backing.
Mom, I’m sure it wasn’t easy for you to give birth to this child after ten months of pregnancy. It was really hard for you to raise her. I also feel that the responsibility on my shoulders is getting heavier. Because I feel that after all, I used to be alone, and it was enough for one person to eat, but in the future, we will have two people, we will have a family, and there will be new members in our family. So I hope uncle and aunt can rest assured, we will definitely live a harmonious life together, manage the whole family well, and take good care of you in your old age.
Speech by the Bride’s Parents at the Name Changing Ceremony
【37:00】Mother: I wish you mutual respect and love in your future life, mutual help in your work, and fly together.
【37:24】Father: From today on, you have formed a new family, I hope you can help each other and support each other in your work, and understand each other in your life. Life is inevitably full of bumps, and it may not be as you imagined, you need to understand each other.
Speech by the Bride at the Name Changing Ceremony
【43:14】I promise that I will definitely take good care of Bojie in the future. I know that Bojie is your darling, I will definitely take good care of him, let him be healthy and happy every day.
Secondly, I promise that I will take good care of the elderly in the future, and take good care of you. I will treat you as if you were my own parents, we are all family now.
Speech by the groom’s parents at the renaming ceremony
【43:48】Father: Today, on this day of national celebration, the whole nation is blessing the two newlyweds, and we have so many relatives, friends and besties blessing them, the two should feel very happy. As our family, we are very honored and very happy to marry such a good daughter-in-law.
In fact, whether we have waited for 30 years or several decades, the longest wait is actually the more than one hour I just walked. I was standing at the door and the corridor looking at the winding path, hoping for the early arrival. This is actually the longest time I feel in my heart. Why hasn’t it arrived yet? Why hasn’t it arrived yet? Try to bring the bride over as soon as possible. Jiaying is particularly filial, she is good to Bojie and us, and she is knowledgeable and reasonable. As our parents, we are overjoyed and very satisfied.
【44:57】Mother: I hope that the children will share weal and woe in the future, and if they encounter any situation, the two will cooperate with each other and move forward together, and live a happy life for a lifetime.