A 23-year-old man in China has caused controversy by constantly changing his name in the government’s identity registry system.
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On one occasion, he even applied to use a wacky name that contains 48 Chinese characters.
The man, from a village in Guiyang county, Hunan province, central China, was born as Zhu Yunfei, Hunan Daily reported.
He said he does not like this name because it is ordinary. Another man in his village has the same name.
Since May last year, Zhu has changed his name twice via the local police. He first renamed himself, Zhu Que Xuan Wu, before changing it to the six-character Zhu Que Xuan Wu Chi Ling.
Zhu Que Xuan Wu usually refers to two mythical creatures in ancient China. The two Chinese characters he added after them, Chi Ling, have the connotations of peace and luck, said Zhu.