In the eyes of foreigners, life habits such as eating with chopsticks, drinking hot water, eating animal offal and morning exercise are simply heaven-defying in their eyes!
Remember the D&G advertisement insulting China that made a big fuss some time ago? The female model in the photo had a typical Asian face, but was awkwardly trying to eat a pizza with chopsticks. Although the brand issued a statement that it was unintentional, regardless of the truth, it also reflects to some extent the prejudice against other cultures in the Western cultural consciousness. Today, let's take a look at these habits that we take for granted, but foreign countries seem to be against the grain.
ChopsticksChopsticks can be called the gods of our meals, eat noodles, eat hot pot, eat fried vegetables and so on can be used, it can be said that everything can be used, and even the Western food to eat pizza, spaghetti, as usual! This is too incredible in the eyes of foreigners, they million things did not think we actually take two sticks to eat, but also play tricks.
We use simple and convenient chopsticks, in the foreigners seem to be difficult, too difficult, and even a foreigner spat; ? Chinese people must have 10 fingers on one hand, otherwise how can they use chopsticks? This is really drunk. Fortunately, in recent years, with the spread of Chinese food, more and more people have started using chopsticks and are slowly understanding us.
Drinking hot waterWe drink hot water in winter, we drink hot water in summer, we drink hot water during physiological period, we drink hot water when we are sick, and we drink hot water when we stay up late, so it can be said that drinking hot water cures all kinds of illnesses in our opinion, and we can't live without hot water. However, in the eyes of foreigners, it is incredible. In their view, hot water is equivalent to bath water, you even drink bath water every day!
Foreigners not only do not drink hot water in summer, but also drink ice water in winter, in order to ensure that the ice water is enough? Ice? ice-preserving cups? , a glass of ice water at all times in their opinion, which is totally opposite to us!
Eating animal offalChinese people like to eat animal offal, pig, cow and sheep offal, and even chicken offal is not spared, so there is a delicacy on earth? Beijing halibut, nine-turned large intestine, spicy chicken and other delicacies. However, in these cuisines in the eyes of foreigners is simply anticlimactic. Whenever we pick up a piece of pork sausage, foreigners will stare at us with a strange look, as if we are eating Xiang! What ignorance, what a delicious earthly delicacy, but they scoffed! As a result, animal offal is very cheap in foreign countries, and it ends up being cheaper for Chinese students and some other Chinese.
Morning ExerciseForeigners are y influenced by Bruce Lee's kung fu movies, and it seems to them that all Chinese people know kung fu. Early every morning, grandpas and grandmothers are practicing in the park in the morning, there are Tai Chi players and square dancers. In the view of foreigners, Chinese people are so rebellious, in order to conquer the world, they also practice martial arts every day for the old people!
WhiteningChinese people have always been white for beauty, snow-white skin is a symbol of beauty. In order to whiten, Chinese girls can whiten the needle, and even wipe all kinds of harmful things. It seems too incredible to foreigners, who take wheat-colored skin as beauty, and even think that having freckles on the face is the most beautiful, for which they put freckle stickers on their faces.
The above is the foreigners seem to be some of the country's counterintuitive habits, in fact, in our view is too common, really do not need to make a fuss, can only say that foreigners are too fuss. Of course, this is also the difference between Chinese and foreign cultures, which requires us to continue to promote Chinese culture, so that foreign countries to further understand us, so that we will be exempt from misunderstanding, better cooperation **** win!