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The dorm manager plans to present chocolate candies to the students on Thanksgiving.
In China, celebrating Western parties has always been a gunpowder theme.
Recently, statements from a student at the Harbin Institute of Technology ignited the powder keg again. He threatened to report a dorm manager because the latter planned to give candy to students on Thanksgiving.
The student who attended the school believed that this was “promoting Western festivals” and “very inappropriate”.
After the incident was exposed, the student was criticized by a large number of netizens. Many netizens believe that it is “online” and “make a big fuss”.
But the Harbin Institute of Technology responded on Friday (November 27), expressing the affirmation of the student’s behavior. He said the school “does not promote religious” foreign festivals “on campus, and resolutely prohibits religious activities from entering campus.”
Thanksgiving candy
According to Chinese media reports, the incident occurred on Thursday (November 26), which is the traditional American Thanksgiving.
The network screenshot shows the dorm manager surnamed Wang posted on the chat group, saying, “Today is Thanksgiving in the West. I take this holiday to thank my classmates for their support of the work. in Apartment 17 “.
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Network screenshot
“At 7:50 am today, I will distribute candy to everyone in the apartment lobby. First come, first serve, while supplies last,” he wrote.
She also accompanied a photo of the “gift”, in the photo there is a box of caramel wafer chocolates.
But within minutes, she was attacked by a classmate. The student said, “It is very inappropriate to promote this type of western festival as a dorm counselor.”
“As an official representative, don’t you consider the impact when you openly celebrate the ‘Foreign Festival’?”
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People in New York, United States, celebrate Thanksgiving.
“Please, the life counselor and the apartment owner immediately stop the activity, otherwise I will respond to the appropriate department of the school,” the student wrote.
The detailed identities of the student and the dormitory administrator were not released.
debate
As soon as the incident was reported, it caused a stir on Weibo and other Chinese social media. The “Harbin Institute of Technology” appeared once on the Weibo search list, with more than 290 million views on the subject.
Most of the netizens were angry at the comments of this classmate. A Weibo netizen said: “Auntie, I want to have a good relationship with the children. The children eat a piece of chocolate and have fun, great. You have to connect to the Internet, as if the whole world is determined and motivated by it.” . from.”
“The Red Guards are terrible, so do not celebrate New Year’s Day and Sunday. Both the Republican system and Marxism come from the West. Do not go to college and prepare for the imperial exam,” criticized another netizen.
However, some netizens expressed support for the students’ behavior. They claimed that Thanksgiving originated from Westerners who emigrated to the United States to celebrate a bountiful harvest after landing in the New World, making it “a western colonial holiday and a testimony to crime for indigenous people.”
In an online survey conducted by the Chinese medium “Phoenix.com” with the participation of more than 200,000 people, 60% of Internet users chose not to support the student reporting method and 40% chose to support it. Regarding the question of how to see the “Foreign Party”, 66% of the people chose “personal preference, nothing to blame”, and 33% of the people chose “to forget their ancestors and worship foreigners “.
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The Harbin Institute of Technology responded to this.
“After the investigation, it was discovered that the aunt in the apartment handed out chocolates with good intentions, and the students left a message to remind the aunts for kindness,” the Harbin Institute of Technology responded in a social media announcement on Friday. in the morning. But he also stressed that “the school does not promote religious” foreign festivals “on campus, and resolutely prohibits religious activities from entering the campus.”
Chinese outlet “The Paper” reported that the boarding officer later apologized to the student in the WeChat group and said he did not want to comment further, however, other students also expressed gratitude to the lady for giving him sweets.
How did Thanksgiving arrive?
Thanksgiving is currently popular in American countries, including the United States, Canada, and Brazil. From the perspective of religious origins, in fact, many religions have “thank God for giving” days, but most of them do not have a unified date and manner of celebration.
Thanksgiving in the modern sense is closely related to American history. According to “History”, this in fact dates back to the 17th century Plymouth settlers and the Native American Wampanoag (Wampanoag) co-hosted a fall harvest festival, which is widely considered to be the oldest colony. . One of the Thanksgiving celebrations.
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The historical origin of Thanksgiving is in fact related to Native Americans. Some Native Americans and social groups also celebrate their own “Thanksgiving Day,” in the hope of drawing people’s attention to Native American groups.
However, the dates of Thanksgiving are different in different countries. For example, this year the United States and Brazil celebrate Thanksgiving on November 26, while Canada’s Thanksgiving is on October 12.
Thanksgiving in the United States has long lost its religious significance and has become a secular holiday. Many families will gather on this holiday for a sumptuous meal with family and friends, including the basic turkey.
In China, across the ocean, Thanksgiving has a weaker influence than Western holidays like Christmas and Halloween. Apart from religious celebrations, some young people often use this day to express their gratitude to others.
Controversy of the “Foreign Festival” in China
However, as a country with a long history, many Chinese have always believed that their traditional culture is gradually being forgotten. They expressed particular discontent with the crowds celebrating Western festivals, thinking it was some kind of “cultural invasion.”
With the rapid decline of relations between China and many Western countries in recent years, this kind of “exclusive” sentiment has reached its highest point in many years, and there have been calls from time to time to boycott “foreign festivals.” “.
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Although China has always criticized the “Foreign Festival”, there are still many young people involved in celebrating Christmas and Halloween. The image shows Halloween just past, attracting many Wuhan citizens to the carnival.
In 2018, many cities in China issued bans on the occasion of Christmas, banning vendors from using Christmas decorations. Many Chinese universities, primary and secondary schools also prohibit students from talking about Christmas-related content on social media.
An elementary school in Anhui Province held the “Boycott the foreign festival, start with me” themed education. Among them, the director gave a speech “Christmas is a disgrace to the Chinese”, saying that it was the Western holidays that “brought great disgrace to China.”
In December 2017, Hunan Hengyang issued a severely drafted notice requiring party members, cadres and family members in the city not to blindly follow the “Foreign Festival” or “participate in any religious activity with a Western background.”
In addition to the Western Festival, with Chinese President Xi Jinping’s call to strengthen “cultural self-confidence,” Chinese authorities also launched a campaign against “foreign names” in 2019. Many cities require local residential communities to review Western names such as ” Seine Mansion “and” Victoria Garden “.
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