February 1st is the Spring Festival of the Year of the Tiger in China. In order to welcome this Chinese Year, the Granduate House dormitory of the University of Toronto, a prestigious Canadian university, also specially prepared holiday gifts for Chinese students, and wanted to give everyone a surprise. But this good thing goes awry, and the surprise turns to horror.
On that day, the Granduate House dormitory allowed Chinese international students to receive red envelopes in the public area. However, when the students opened the red envelopes, they discovered a very strange scene. The red envelopes actually contained ghost coins that were burned to the dead.
The Chinese students were very surprised by this. They found it incredible and at the same time quite upset. Some students questioned and protested to the school. The school promptly apologized after discovering the problem and stated that relevant departments had investigated the matter.
According to the analysis of Chinese international students at the school, the reason why this kind of oolong happened is that the relevant personnel in the school dormitory do not understand Chinese culture. They just celebrate the Spring Festival in a formal way, but ignore the proper homework preparation. Without understanding the practical uses of red envelopes and ghost coins, they just took it for granted that ghost coins were put into red envelopes and distributed to Chinese students.
Some students also said that even if the relevant personnel of University of Toronto do not recognize Chinese characters, they should be able to read the English "Hell Bank Note" on the ghost coins. If we do this kind of Spring Festival red envelope distribution activity so carelessly, problems will certainly arise, and it is bound to have negative consequences in the end.
In recent years, the output of Chinese traditional culture has been gaining momentum. In addition to the cultural spread of Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism, traditional Chinese sacrificial rituals and derivative products are also widely popular in the world. In particular, this kind of "universal" ghost currency has won the favor of foreigners. It can be said that this is what foreigners are most willing to accept besides fireworks and .
However, due to the lack of in-depth understanding of Chinese culture, some foreigners only make self-righteous cognitions driven by curiosity and mystery. This will inevitably lead to misunderstandings in some aspects, and even "shock" The oolong incident is laughable.
As for the incident of stuffing Ming coins into red envelopes, it is not clear whether it was a deliberate move or a lack of common sense.
Original title: Foreigners made a fuss during the Chinese New Year by distributing red envelopes with red coins to Chinese students, whether intentionally or not
Source: Liutang Yuewei
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