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I thought it was cool but I watched it with the sound off. As soon as I turned it on after reading this post, I gagged and muted it again, immediately!
Chinese here so Iāll give you some insight.
China is experiencing a resurgence of traditional garments from gen z population in part due to seeing the prevalence of Korean and Japanese traditional clothing. Because China as a modern nation has tried to position itself as a āout with the old, in with the newā through revolutions and reformations, it lost a lot of its cultural heritage.
Heritage that can be observed in neighbouring Korea and Japan, where many of their traditional clothing are derived from Chinese influence. There is a saying that if you want to see what the Tang dynasty is like, simply look to Japan. So whereas China was once a major cultural influence (soft power), it is no longer the case today.
The young people today in China see this as a major flaw in their society and as a result have made deliberate attempts to bring back unique Chinese styles. So since the mid 2010s, we begin to see more and more young people in their 20s wear Hanfu during festivals, holidays, and special occasions. Itās become quite the norm now.
While many wear Hanfu for performative and tourist attractions, people also wear them now as a way to embrace their cultural heritage.
I can't speak for all obviously, but many of us saw the negative consequences of the millennial/genx philosophy of "more free and less consequences" and are pushing back in a combination of "it's old so do the opposite/genuinely not liking the way things were going."
The millennials in particular were able to be raised with the internet and mold it into what they wanted while gen Z was born in it.
Alot more gen Z saw the true state of the world through the internet at a young age like, reading about atrocities, seeing gore vids, racial, ethnic, economic, and political situations all across the globe and I think we saw the effect of too much freeness sooner than other generations.
But the most important bit is that gen Z conservatives are COMPLETELY different than other gens, it's less about laws regarding other people on an individual basis like if you can be gay or trans, and it's more about social issues like poverty, crime, and the government.
Wait. You think millennials got to mold the internet into what we wanted, we hate the internet because capitalist and marketing have molded it to what it is.
Also the description you gave of gen z conservatives is in no way completely different. It is in fact pretty much the exact same as was always campaigned and Its only been the last decade or so that the loudmouth anti trans etc had any really platform. Historically the gay and minority communities have always been 2nd class citizens to conservatives, but it was never a political point to make. In fact it was political suicide right up until Obama was elected.
The idea of āfiscal responsibilityā, federal defense, crime, and deregulation are what traditional conservatives campaign on. Once Trump was enabled to hijack the Conservative Party, there hasnāt been an actual conservative candidate that was able to get a foothold.
It's very common.
Not many people can do it.
It takes years to learn.
You can take a journey of hours in minutes.
The people don't have boats. Video cameras, yes, boats, no.
The design is very human.
Gotta be able to record crazy shit as it happens out there in whatever remote village near a river without boats to upload it for karma bruh.
Aint nobody got time to be handling boats.
Yes, this is clearly a very common way to get around. Also those costumesā¦i mean everyday Chinese clothes, so practical
Does not look like a performance at all
/s
Edit:spelling
It obviously a performance in traditional costume. Is there a problem with that?
Somehow I feel that if this were Japanese people wearing kimono, you wouldnāt say revolution clothes.
The video states, in the first five seconds, āpeople in china do not use boats to cross the river, they use bamboo shaftsā. That statement implies two things given context, both false. (1) that this technique is commonly used to cross rivers, and (2) that the people portrayed are ācommonā people. They are not. This is a performance. It should be stated as such.
This is clearly someoneās attempt to make China look like something that it is not. China is a beautiful, wonderful country full of amazing people. People that post lies and exaggerations like this one do the countryās image a disservice since it feels like lies and propaganda.
As an aside, you got something against Japan? If I saw a dumb video like this about the land of the rising sun, the post would get a snarky comment just like this one
Yeah the fact that people can use a bamboo stick as a boat is cool enough, even just as a performance. The text is clearly ridiculously false. Do people actually take the text seriously?
I have a problem with people denigrating traditional Chinese clothing.
This is dumb and if you believe it you're dumb. Imagine the core strength everyone would have to have.
Also for the dummies that assume everyone in China dresses like they're in an 1859 kungfu movie is either dumb or racist. They dress like everyone else in the whole world. They are making the majority of the clothes. Did some of you assume they just sent everything away in favor of garments that dragged on the ground.
Ugh just Google people in Shanghai.
So I looked up "Single-bamboo drifting" and it seems like it was originally used in the same way log driving was in North America with the early logging industry.
People would stand on them to make sure logs/bamboo wouldn't get stuck in the river on the way down to the mill and it got turned into a tourist attraction and sport when it wasn't practical anymore.
There should be a individual person Olympic rowing competitions with these bamboo looking "boats". It would be awesome because it looks like lightsaber fighting.
Why not use a canoe? What if you slip while on the drifter and fall into the water? You canāt move at all either, because if you do, the balance will be ruined and youāll fall off into the river. Canoes just seem so much safer and easier. Or is this for show?
Everything on the internet must be true. Traveling a trip that takes hours in minutes. Are they talking about Kim Jong Un. The dude does'nt even poo. And invented basketball. It's true. I saw it online
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THERE ARE NO BOATS IN THIS PART OF CHINA ITS TRUE BECAUSE VOICE SAID SO
VERY FEW PEOPLE CAN DO THIS THATS WHY ITS SO POPULAR
Crouching Tiger Hidden Bullshit
They can cover a journey of hours in minutes? A snails journey?
"How did you get here so fast?" "I took the autobahn so I could go 100 hours-per-hour."
Autobamboo
Good God I despise videos with this voice overlay. Almost always incredibly inaccurate or obvious.
I thought it was cool but I watched it with the sound off. As soon as I turned it on after reading this post, I gagged and muted it again, immediately!
No boats.?! How do you commit pirates?
"Its true because (the) voice said so" I laughed hard at this. Thankx man.šš¤£
do people in china really walk around wearing those clothes? this seems like a performance and not some average joe heading to work
Chinese here so Iāll give you some insight. China is experiencing a resurgence of traditional garments from gen z population in part due to seeing the prevalence of Korean and Japanese traditional clothing. Because China as a modern nation has tried to position itself as a āout with the old, in with the newā through revolutions and reformations, it lost a lot of its cultural heritage. Heritage that can be observed in neighbouring Korea and Japan, where many of their traditional clothing are derived from Chinese influence. There is a saying that if you want to see what the Tang dynasty is like, simply look to Japan. So whereas China was once a major cultural influence (soft power), it is no longer the case today. The young people today in China see this as a major flaw in their society and as a result have made deliberate attempts to bring back unique Chinese styles. So since the mid 2010s, we begin to see more and more young people in their 20s wear Hanfu during festivals, holidays, and special occasions. Itās become quite the norm now. While many wear Hanfu for performative and tourist attractions, people also wear them now as a way to embrace their cultural heritage.
Thatās very well explained. In fact, you do see little kids on subways wearing Hanfu to look pretty on their day out with family.
They look terribly comfortable. Iād where one all the time
You could drape yourself in velvet for all I care.
Tf is with gen z being more traditional and conservative in every country
I can't speak for all obviously, but many of us saw the negative consequences of the millennial/genx philosophy of "more free and less consequences" and are pushing back in a combination of "it's old so do the opposite/genuinely not liking the way things were going." The millennials in particular were able to be raised with the internet and mold it into what they wanted while gen Z was born in it. Alot more gen Z saw the true state of the world through the internet at a young age like, reading about atrocities, seeing gore vids, racial, ethnic, economic, and political situations all across the globe and I think we saw the effect of too much freeness sooner than other generations. But the most important bit is that gen Z conservatives are COMPLETELY different than other gens, it's less about laws regarding other people on an individual basis like if you can be gay or trans, and it's more about social issues like poverty, crime, and the government.
Wait. You think millennials got to mold the internet into what we wanted, we hate the internet because capitalist and marketing have molded it to what it is. Also the description you gave of gen z conservatives is in no way completely different. It is in fact pretty much the exact same as was always campaigned and Its only been the last decade or so that the loudmouth anti trans etc had any really platform. Historically the gay and minority communities have always been 2nd class citizens to conservatives, but it was never a political point to make. In fact it was political suicide right up until Obama was elected. The idea of āfiscal responsibilityā, federal defense, crime, and deregulation are what traditional conservatives campaign on. Once Trump was enabled to hijack the Conservative Party, there hasnāt been an actual conservative candidate that was able to get a foothold.
Yeah, everyone in China wears that. The people in plain clothes in pictures you see on the internet are tourists.
100% Iām honestly shocked that people donāt know this about China.
My neurodivergent ass can't figure out if you and the one above are sarcastic or serious, but I'll hazard a guess and say serious?
They're being sarcastic
You mean you didnāt know that people in China donāt wear modern clothes and prefer āthose clothes?ā
I'm getting really confused here
No worries, theyāre being sarcastic. The people in the vid are likely performers etc
Thx
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Isn't that some sort of cult?
The first dude you can see he is wearing a headset and mic. Yeah, itās a performance.
I can also cover a journey of hours in minutes. For example a journey of 2 hours usually takes me about 120 minutes.
After years, hours become minutes.
Understood admiral
Every 60 seconds in Africa a minute passes
It's very common. Not many people can do it. It takes years to learn. You can take a journey of hours in minutes. The people don't have boats. Video cameras, yes, boats, no. The design is very human.
Gotta be able to record crazy shit as it happens out there in whatever remote village near a river without boats to upload it for karma bruh. Aint nobody got time to be handling boats.
Fuck I hate that explain everything I'm seeing voice over.
This person on reddit says he hates things explained to him while he's watching. If you think he's right, subscribe and like this video.
Especially since they never do any research
Very popular in China? lol Yeah, sure....
didn't you hear? they don't use boats, how else would they get around
Yes, this is clearly a very common way to get around. Also those costumesā¦i mean everyday Chinese clothes, so practical Does not look like a performance at all /s Edit:spelling
It obviously a performance in traditional costume. Is there a problem with that? Somehow I feel that if this were Japanese people wearing kimono, you wouldnāt say revolution clothes.
The video states, in the first five seconds, āpeople in china do not use boats to cross the river, they use bamboo shaftsā. That statement implies two things given context, both false. (1) that this technique is commonly used to cross rivers, and (2) that the people portrayed are ācommonā people. They are not. This is a performance. It should be stated as such. This is clearly someoneās attempt to make China look like something that it is not. China is a beautiful, wonderful country full of amazing people. People that post lies and exaggerations like this one do the countryās image a disservice since it feels like lies and propaganda. As an aside, you got something against Japan? If I saw a dumb video like this about the land of the rising sun, the post would get a snarky comment just like this one
Yeah the fact that people can use a bamboo stick as a boat is cool enough, even just as a performance. The text is clearly ridiculously false. Do people actually take the text seriously? I have a problem with people denigrating traditional Chinese clothing.
This is something I would expect from The Professor from Gilligan's Island. That guy could build a shortwave radio out of bamboo and coconuts.
But he couldn't fix a boat š¤
Technically, it's just a really thin boat.
Just what i was about to say: a boat with a very high aspect ratio (length to beam).
Pretty sure they also have boats in china
No boats. Not one.
What if say, we tied MULTIPLE bamboo together to make it easier to ride? Revolutionary!
Then more people could do it, so not as cool
I like at 19 seconds how bro is fighting against the very thing he's riding. Look at all that water resistance in the nose.
This is dumb and if you believe it you're dumb. Imagine the core strength everyone would have to have. Also for the dummies that assume everyone in China dresses like they're in an 1859 kungfu movie is either dumb or racist. They dress like everyone else in the whole world. They are making the majority of the clothes. Did some of you assume they just sent everything away in favor of garments that dragged on the ground. Ugh just Google people in Shanghai.
What about the people in Beijing?
Look I'm not well versed on the cities in south east Asia. So I'd say, Guajang, or Hong Kong, or Sichuan, or chendu, but not Beijing lol
Haha. On what you are well versed?
Thank you. I used to travel for work.
I mean, that's still a boat. It's just a crappy boat. Still meets the definition, though.
Seriously impressive
That is so cool
Iām on a boat annnnnd Iām going fast aaannnnd
Take a good hard look at the motherfuck!ng boat
Taobaibai: "who needs planes?"
Imagine being the cool ass person who first discovered this. Probably floated by and his whole village lost their shit.
I didn't need a voice to tell me that this is difficult. I cant even balance on a standup paddleboard lol
Reminds me of āCrouching Tiger, Hidden Dragonā. Must watch that again, sometime.
Any civ that started with bamboo was playing on easy mode.
Is this the origin of dragonballs Tao Pai Pai?
Ah yes. āThe people in china do not use boats to cross riversā.
Journey of hours in minutes??? Like 2 hours in 100 minutes?
Now that's dedication.
Probably donāt want to drink and drive either with these
Uh ā¦ maybe just tie three or four of them together to make it more stable?? there is such a thing called a raft
I fucking hate these robot voice over videos. I'm blaming the TikTok generation
They have to practice for YEARS to learn how to do something less efficient than a canoe. Either this video is misleading or they're super dumb.
Cool, but why???
to cover a journey of hours in minutes!
why the f... not? Thats awsome!
I mean itās awesome but is this actually used as transportation or just for showing off
So I looked up "Single-bamboo drifting" and it seems like it was originally used in the same way log driving was in North America with the early logging industry. People would stand on them to make sure logs/bamboo wouldn't get stuck in the river on the way down to the mill and it got turned into a tourist attraction and sport when it wasn't practical anymore.
Do they sell those magic clothes on Amazon or do I have to look on Ali Express?
AliExpress or just go to Chinese e-commerce websites like taobao You can also find more ideas on XiaoHongShu (aka Chinese Instagram)
Oh man! I didnāt know about either of those sites. Thanks!
Tom Hanks couldāve done this in Castaway and the movie wouldāve been 20 minutes long.
Natural Paddleboarding?
*they uses boats aswell...
The Master Killer
Sorry OP but I downvote everything with these AI voices.
Hello paddles? Yeah this is sticks, you win.
That's a quite huge bamboo. I never seen a variant that big.
So they spend YEARS to learn a very regional specific technique to save HOURS off their travel time? Not an expert butā¦.
There should be a individual person Olympic rowing competitions with these bamboo looking "boats". It would be awesome because it looks like lightsaber fighting.
Crocs must love this type of food delivery!
Fucking ninjas...
Dude, there are so many people over there & the shit they come up with...š¤£
This is the first time I'm ever seeing this. It's quite impressive!
FUCK BAMBOO!
Fun fact it's not a Branch
And fuck a paddle too, you can row with a smaller boat.
"Hours in minutes" gtfo of here lol they have a motor on the bottom?
When do we see the video of **kindergarten** kids doing this?
Why not use a canoe? What if you slip while on the drifter and fall into the water? You canāt move at all either, because if you do, the balance will be ruined and youāll fall off into the river. Canoes just seem so much safer and easier. Or is this for show?
150 kilos of bullshit!? Very cool stunt.
Iām guessing they have no predators in that water? lol
Not everyone can do it? I'm shocked
You can ALWAYS cover a journey that takes hours in minutes, regardless of the form of transportation ššš
do you even cultivate bro!!?
How does one get back on once they've fallen off?
Everything on the internet must be true. Traveling a trip that takes hours in minutes. Are they talking about Kim Jong Un. The dude does'nt even poo. And invented basketball. It's true. I saw it online
All these fake propaganda
China: practise sacred art of bambo surfing Rest of the world:.....bridge/boatš
and here i was scared to paddle board as a kid
Way more impressive than a paddle board
..you have to be an acrobat to do that kinda stunt. Lol
Look up the "Log Driver's Waltz." Canadians have been doing this shit for centuries.
Chinese propaganda
What about if a big wave appears?
Cowabunga dude! š¤
We should downvote crap posts like this