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Turning 60, Chen Hung Reflects on His Mother and Says Love Is Beautiful

From Liberty Times · () Chinese

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  • Taiwanese food host Chen Hung celebrated his 60th birthday and shared a photo with his mother.
  • In a Facebook post, he thanked her for giving him stability and support while reflecting on aging and their close relationship.
  • Chen said his mother now values having her children nearby more than money as she grows older.

Chen Hung marked his 60th birthday with a photograph of himself alongside his mother and a brief emotional message: “Love is so beautiful.”

Love is so beautiful.

— Chen HungHe posted the message on Facebook on his 60th birthday.

The host of the food program “Ah-Hung Cooks” wrote on Facebook that he inherited his mother’s foolishness, but also received from her a sense of stability and affection. He said that support gave him the courage to face learning and challenges without fear.

Chen joked that the pair had grown older, gained weight and become more forgetful since their last meeting. He described those changes as part of the normal course of life, while thanking the public for its affection toward him and his mother.

I inherited my mother’s foolishness, but she gave me the strength and affection to face every challenge without fear.

— Chen HungHe described his mother’s emotional support in his birthday post.

He also reflected on the years his mother devoted to raising her children. Chen said that, as she grows older and experiences physical decline, he increasingly understands the feeling expressed in the phrase “to live just one day for you.” He wrote that having children close by now means more to her than money.

To live just one day for you.

— Chen HungHe cited the phrase while reflecting on his aging mother and their relationship.
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