Knowing
„Don`t worry about that people don`t know you. Worry about that you don`t know them”
Confucius
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Dancing in the park (Journey to China No. 8)
You see them in the parks. Mostly in the morning or later in the afternoon or evening. You see them dancing. You see them enjoying and you’re aware of a very big difference in bodily expression.
On the one hand, often when you see Chinese people, they seem to walk and move a bit slowly, feel aggrieved and in a black mood, as if it would be typical for most of the people, typical for the country or a typical character expressed on the body-level.
In contrast to a possible stereotype ……….
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Just there (Journey to China No.7)
He seems to be present. He knows where is looking at. He is characterised by his experience. His face is tells stories, without words.
He seems to be proud of whatever aspect.
And he is just there and yet so mysterious.
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Wall, Wall, Wall (Journey to China No.6)
There are at least three different kinds of walls in China. They are typical for China.
First of all there is the famous Great Wall. It is a territorial wall. A wall to protect against the enemies who live outside in the world. A wall to defend the own country successfully. A wall to keep the country together. And a wall to demonstrate power.
Secondly there is the wall around the Forbidden City. It is an ……..
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You are so welcome!!!!!! (Journey to China No.5)
On Friday I decided to walk down the north-south axis in Beijing. Of course I wanted to have a look on, that means down on the forbidden city, So I decided to climb up the hill ( Jingshan Gongyuan ). It was a bit misty. The sun was hidden behind dark clouds. I loved the walk, being “entertained” by coming across different people in really interesting situations. So I met someone doing massage on people lying just on the ground. So I just met people dancing in the middle of the park.
And I met lots of people just sitting on the ground, eating, drinking, laughing, talking and enjoying. Usually when ………
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Little Emporer caught in his Empire (Journey to China No.4)
Well, the little prince also is experienced as little emperor. This can lead to the impression that the world around this little child or grandchild hast to suffer a lot. And there will be lots of examples which will support this impression.
Let me introduce also another perspective to look on the child in the one-child-family with four grandparents. Everybody looks on the child, after the child, with the child. The child is aware of this attention. The child will love it but cannot leave it. It is just …………..
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Grandparents as Nanny: is it good for the child? (Journey to China No. 3)
You cannot miss them in the streets. Those grandparents with their little grandchildren. Or better to say grandchild. It is always one child only. Their look after their grandchild. Care for their grandchildren while the parents of the grandchild have to work.
One could say that this is wonderful for the parents, because they …………..
Read MoreKonfuzius said:
“Don`t worry about that people don`t know you.
Worry about the fact that you don`t know them”
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Stereotype: tall and tiny (journey to China 1)
I just returned from my journey to China. It was an amazing experience. I will try to talk a bit about various impressions within the next weeks. Of course I had read quite a lot about China. Of course I had talked to friends of mine about where I was supposed to go. Of course I had my thinking or believes about China not yet discovered as a stereotype thinking. 🙂
Here is one impressing and obvious example: many people in Western countries believe that the Chinese is tiny and the Western in comparison to the tiny Chinese is quite tall.
To be true I have to disappoint you. It is not like this as shown on the photo. I myself am 1,80 m tall and very often I felt quite as tall most of the Chinese around me. For example in the Metro of Beijing I looked around and saw just into the faces of the other People and they could just looked into mine. 🙂
And still there are interesting phenomena concerning the body shape of Chinese people. I will talk about this later.
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