Non-Chinese People Try To Figure Out 10 Very Chinese Things
“Obviously Chinese people have mastered the art of making gold out of thin air.”
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We sent 10 uncaptioned photos of very Chinese things, phenomena, and traditions to BuzzFeed offices in New York, Washington, D.C., Los Angeles, London, Toronto, Russia, Spain, Mumbai, and Australia, and asked them to write down the first thing that came into their heads. Twenty-five people replied with over-the-top answers:
What do you think is happening here?
Alexis (New York): This is a very extreme water park. Not everyone survives the day. Passes are very expensive.
Sarah B. (New York): Tsunami? But like, a baby tsunami that's kind of fun to play and run from.
Andrew Richard (New York): The fountain didn't like when these kids kept throwing coins in it.
Andy (Los Angeles): The annual Running of the Kraken? Do they have the Kraken in China?
Morenike (London): Triumphantly escaping from the sea, these mer-people have emerged with legs and are ready to rule and enslave the land people.
In reality, it's the world's largest tidal bore.
People have gathered to watch the spectacular tidal bores by the Qiantang River during Mid-Autumn Festival, a harvest festival, for centuries. Many bystanders are so willing to risk their lives for good spots that they actually get swept away, getting injured. People, be careful!
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What do you think this delicate Chinese porcelain is used for?
Anon.: You put a boiled egg on top and then crack it with a spoon and eat it out of the shell like you are in Downtown Abbey.
Shayan (Mumbai): This is most definitely a him-and-her pair of cups for the loving couple's morning coffee.
Scott (New York): Storing the remains of loved ones?
Jenna (Sydney): Definitely drinking wine. This is what Cersei Lannister would use if she was Chinese.
Maggie (New York): Barf bucket?
HIlary (United Kingdom): Weeing. I bet its weeing. If so, that has to be the prettiest toilet I ever saw.
Turns out, Hilary was right: these delicate pieces of porcelain are chamber pots, and even today are an essential part of southern Chinese dowries for weddings. Just 20 years ago, pumping toilets were still not in every Chinese house. Further back, these pots were used for Chinese women to deliver babies, so they remain good-luck charms for couples to conceive lovely babies.
What's going on in this picture?
John (New York): Someone is turning Super Saiyan. Wait, no, that's Japanese, right?
Andrew Richard (New York): Men gently tending the land at night as fireworks guide illuminate their path home.
Shayan (Mumbai): Obviously Chinese people have mastered the art of making gold out of thin air.
Crystal (Los Angeles): Magic, OBVIOUSLY.
Morenike (London): The sun is leaking and the Chinese people are covering up this secret.
In reality, this is a gorgeous — but dying — form of Chinese fireworks. "Poor blacksmiths in the town of Nuanquan, in Hebei’s Yu county, found that if they hurled molten iron at the old city wall, it exploded in a shower of sparks in the cold night air. They donned sheepskins and straw hats to protect themselves, and used spoons made of hard willow wood to hurl the iron," the Wall Street Journal's Max Duncan explains. The practice is called "dashuhua (打树花)," which means “throwing tree fireworks.”
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