#Zhoushan Headlines #Zhoushan Legendary Woman - Sophie (II) Zhou Sophie and international friend Ma Haide's love marriage story is also a good story. The two married in Yan'an in 1940, Chairman Mao

#Zhoushan Headlines#Zhoushan Legendary Woman - Sophie (II)

The love marriage story of Sophie Zhou and her international friend Ma Haide is also a good story. The two married in Yan'an in 1940, and Chairman Mao and Premier Zhou also attended the wedding. Originally an American, Ma Haide immediately applied for Chinese citizenship in 1949, and was appointed as an adviser to the Ministry of Health of the Central People's Government in 1950. Mahid was 10 years older than Sophie, but the two had loved each other for 48 years and lived happily ever after. In life, Ma Haide called his wife "sister" and Sophie called her lover "horse". Sophie's nephew, Mr. Zhou, learned from his aunt that Ma Haide never lost his temper and was always optimistic about cancer. In October 1988, when Ma Haide died of illness, Sophie kept the room where her lover had stayed in the same state, always feeling that "the horse has not left me, he has always been by my side, giving me strength." Sophie has always missed her lover like this, "I think he went on a business trip and will be back soon." In the second year of Ma Haide's death, according to her husband's wishes, Sophie took out her pension to set up the "Ma Haide Foundation", left the position of director of the film studio, and served as the vice chairman of the Chinese Leprosy Association, the chairman of the China Leprosy Foundation and the Ma Haide Foundation, taking over the baton of her lover and contributing to the prevention and treatment of leprosy in China.