KTS环球视角 l 去中国后感受到最大的文化冲击是什么？

最近小K在网上冲浪的时候看到了一个很有趣的问题：去中国后感受到最大的文化冲击是什么?

各国网友的回答可谓是精彩纷呈。许多我们习以为常的生活习惯和生活现象，都让国际的朋友感到十分惊奇。

“人们在笑，人们在享受他们的生活”

回答区中，一位叫M.F. Cappiello的网友称，真正的中国和国外媒体所报道的中国完全不一样，这里的人们十分善于从生活中寻找乐趣。

I was surprised at how happy people were. I came in 2000, and everything you saw about China in the US portrayed Chinese people as miserable. You would get the idea that people had basically no freedom in their everyday lives, and every day was gray and awful there. Then I came and saw all these people acting goofy and happy, like guys singing in the street, people laughing, people enjoying their lives. .

我对人们的快乐感到惊讶。我是2000年来的，你在美国看到的关于中国的一切都把中国人描绘成悲惨的人。你会觉得人们在日常生活中基本上没有自由，那里的每一天都是灰暗而可怕的。然后我去到了那里，看到这些人们没心没肺的，很开心，就像人们在街上唱歌一样，人们在笑，人们在享受他们的生活。

Even those who lived in poorer circumstances seemed to get a lot of joy out of everyday life — especially with their friends, co-workers and family members. That’s not to say that the average Chinese person doesn’t have a lot of worries and pressure (just like Americans do), but it wasn’t the dystopia I had been led to believe.

即使是那些生活条件较差的人似乎也能从日常生活中得到很多乐趣——尤其是和他们的朋友、同事和家人在一起时。这并不是说普通中国人没有太多的担忧和压力(就像美国人一样)，但这和我被引导去认为的那种反乌托邦国家不一样。

“他们可能是你见过的最慷慨的人之一”

在许多国家，人与人之间有很强的距离感。人们在保留了自己隐私的同时，也冲淡了人情味。网友Alexander Tee来到中国后惊讶地发现在人际交往方面中国与国外截然相反。

If you befriended with Chinese, they can be one of the most generous people you ever met. I once visited one of my Chinese friend at Shi-Jia-Zhuang and they ordered every single local dish available! Although, I was already full but they insisted me on trying them, even if I just take a bite.

如果你和中国人成为朋友，他们可能是你见过的最慷慨的人之一。我曾经拜访过我一位在中国石家庄的朋友，他们吃饭时点了每一个能点的菜!虽然我已经吃饱了，但他们还是坚持要我尝一尝，即使我只是吃了一口。

“基础设施与开放的社会”

作为一个新兴发展的国家，中国近几十年来实现了巨大的社会进步。这让Abhishek Agarwal留下了很深刻的印象。

1. Infrastructure: Best i’ve seen. Most of it is better than U.S. The reason for this is everything is brand new. The metro is extremely well connected to every part in the city.

2. Openness: I found their society very open. I don't know if it was just for business, but in general I found it very easy to talk to them.

1. 基础设施:我见过最好的。大部分都比美国好，原因是一切都是全新的。地铁与城市的每一个部分都紧密相连。

2. 开放:我发现他们的社会非常开放。我不知道是否只是为了生意，但总的来说，我发现和他们交谈很容易。

“所有涉及到上厕所的事情”

蹲厕，一个在中国人眼里习以为常的事物，却让无数外国友人吐槽和惊讶。在Lance C. Anderson眼里，截然不同的厕所“制度”让他难以接受。

These are the most difficult things to get used to: Everything involving going to the bathroom.

The first thing you notice are the toilets, which are not western toilets but squatty potties.

这些是最难以习惯的事情:所有涉及到上厕所的事情。

你首先注意到的是厕所，不是西式厕所，而是蹲式厕所。

After dropping a massive dump, you need to use toilet paper. This is when you realize that public restrooms don’t carry toilet paper for you to use, you should’ve brought your own. Now you have to beg a stranger to give you some tissue to use.

Okay, now that you’ve got that whole debacle out of the way, you also have to get accustomed to not flushing your toilet paper. That’s right, there’s a little receptacle next to the toilet for you to put your used toilet paper in.

在大量倾倒后，你需要使用厕纸。该死，当你意识到公共厕所不提供厕纸给你使用时，你应该自己带。现在你得求一个陌生人给你一些纸巾。

好了，既然你已经解决了所有的问题，你还得习惯不冲厕纸。没错，厕所旁边有个小容器，你可以把用过的厕纸放进去。

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