"Did you go to Julu Road?"
This weekend just passed, such a greeting in the circle of friends in Shanghai, the implication is: Do you participate in Halloween Patrol?
Julu Road, known as the "Internet Red Road", is the center of Halloween cruise this year.I also tried to make fun in the past, but soon was squeezed out of the circle by the turbulent crowd.
However, even if you do n’t reach Julu Road, you can feel a strong Halloween atmosphere on the streets of Shanghai: the merchants on the roadside hang on pumpkin lamps and spider webs. The young people on the road also have a lot of costumes and accepted pedestrians frankly.Note gifts.
In Shanghai, the most international city in China, it is nothing new through Halloween.However, this year's Halloween celebrations are particularly "out", not only because of the number of participants in previous years, but also because there are too many criminals.
The highest appearance rate in Western Halloween is not the protagonist of Shanghai Halloween; children who want to make candy with baskets are not the main force of Halloween cruise.This year's Shanghai Halloween is a carnival initiated by young people, and the shape they dress can only be understood by those who are familiar with the Chinese context.The movie battle wolf starred in Wu Jing, and Lu Xun, a writer who held the brand of "learning medicine to save Chinese" ...
If the above role is highly recognizable, the following shapes will test the attention of Chinese current affairs: falling below the "Shanghai Stock Exchange Index" of 3000 points, and questioning the audience Li Jiaqi, who is "where expensive",And lament the work of "I really want to have a New Year's Eve in the company".
In the carnival atmosphere of "Demon Dancing", there are more sharp political metaphors: Farewell to Farewell in the Farewell My Concubine, the named Cheng Dieyi, who was listed on the street, was full of young people with A4 -sized white paper.With the Red Guards sleeve, the warning card held in his hand wrote "prohibited backflow".
No wonder some people say that young people in Shanghai are not Halloween, but "MEME Festival".Some netizens summarized in a blood -blooded field: "This is Halloween with Chinese characteristics."
With the help of online cultural blessings and social media platforms, the Shanghai Halloween activities have been swiped for several days in a row, and once again triggered controversy of "whether the Chinese should spend the Western Festival".Opponents have criticized the young people in Shanghai have been invaded and infiltrated by Western culture. "Good traditional festivals, but they like to pretend to be a ghost." Supporters believe that this just highlights the tolerance and opening up of Haipai culture, and fully shows the creativity and vitality of Chinese young people.
There is also Weibo Da V, that "Halloween Chinese Halloween" is a very good external announcement, because this is a proof of the integration of China and the world. "This fully shows that the life of our people is free and unrestrained."
However, this year's unprecedented scale of Shanghai Halloween activities is related to the rigorous sealing control of the past three years, especially the rigorous sealing and control of Shanghai last year.Some people are dressed as a nucleic acid testing kiosk, some hold a huge cotton swab for a dinosaur swallow, and some people imitate the epidemic prevention personnel to reprimand others not to wear a mask: "Go home and isolate for three to five days, let your community report to me!"Someone in the comments lamented: "In the moment a year ago, this was much more horrible than ghosts."
It was difficult to wait until the lift of epidemic prevention measures, but the burden of young people in China did not reduce it: the number of graduates with a slow economic superimposed record of recovery made fresh job seekers worry that they could not find a job, and the workplace workers were afraid of their sudden layoffs.This explains why many of the "Party B" who worked overtime in the computer in this year's Halloween Patrol team, and even the "architectural graduates" begging on the street.
In the current Chinese society, Halloween has been separated from the original religious connotation and is far from Western traditions.In the past few days, a grand parade in Shanghai, rather than the invasion of Western culture, it is better to vent their collective emotions after three years. It is an opportunity for a few young people to show themselves through variables and use "pretending to be a god of ghosts" to express their chests.Essence
In the final analysis, young people participating in this carnival do not want to Chinese festival, but just "find a reason to go crazy."
Shanghai officials did not adopt control at the beginning, but acquiesced in this carnival with an unwavering attitude.However, with the continuous expansion of the scale and impact of the activity, it is difficult for officials to sit and watch.So this week, a large number of police officers arrived at the scene to control the flow of people. One day after Halloween, Shanghai still adopted transportation controls such as subway buses and bus bypass for the center of the event.
In addition to maintaining the order of the scene, the police also stopped some of the active activities.For example, some "Bai Bai" players were stopped by police officers. A "Batman" with a brave and muscular muscles was taken away.Police officers interrupted the speech.Some people are worried that this year Halloween will be "the last crazy".
It is a bit surprising that despite the continuous civil disputes, the current Chinese official media still give the overall positive evaluation of Halloween activities.Hu Xijin, former editor -in -chief of the Global Times, posted on Weibo and pointed out that Chinese society is generally serious and disciplined, but looseness and release are also one of the internal elements of social harmony."Give you more people in areas that do not involve politics, especially for young people with unrestrained space, there will be no problems."
The WeChat public account "Lion Sit", a subsidiary of Shanghai Official Media Jiefang Daily, also commented that young people who have accused the foreign festival of Chongyang Meimei are "unnecessary".It is a newer newcomer with more cultural confidence. "
The younger generation in China has always been lacking of creativity and execution, and has experienced this year's crazy and partial out of control. How will the official respond to "Halloween with Chinese characteristics"?Whether the "Magic Capital" will be staged the same carnival a year later is worth seeing.
