What to know about life in China Bashny.Net

China is an East Asian country with its own culture, mentality and perception of life. Everything is different in it - from the state system to the architecture and appearance of local residents.

There are many myths and legends about China. Let’s try to understand the flow of information and determine what is true and what is fiction.

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Life in China

China's population is growing too fast
More than a billion people actually live in China. But the population growth is small, only 0.39% per year. In the United States, Canada and Norway, for example, this figure is twice as high.

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The Chinese have a small salary.
The main thing is not how much you get in numbers, but what you can afford for this money in your country. In Shanghai and Beijing, China’s largest cities, it’s possible to earn about $1,000 and live on it.

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People from different parts of China don’t understand each other.
This situation was possible until the end of the twentieth century, until the Beijing dialect was not created a common sample of the Chinese language, which began to be widely used for teaching. Before that, dialects in the regions varied so much that it caused misunderstanding among their speakers.

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A man is more valuable than a woman
There is indeed a patriarchy in remote and small settlements. They believe that boys can bring more happiness than girls. But these rules do not apply to cities that have long since reached civilization. They're all equal.

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Chinese are workaholics
The Chinese are more competitive than hardworking. They understand that a thousand more people can come to their place, so they do everything possible to avoid losing it.

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The government controls everything.
Not exactly. Social life in China It follows the established rules. The government controls public organizations and public life, but not private life. In addition, with such control, there are some advantages: video cameras installed on the streets help fight crime. Its level is quite low in China.

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Feng Shui lives in China.
The goal of feng shui is to search for favorable flows of qi energy and use them for the benefit of man, achieving energy balance. But the fact is that not everyone in China goes deep into this practice. Since childhood, the Chinese know how to organize a space, this is what their parents teach them. The ability to make the room cozy is only part of life and traditions, and not knowledge of feng shui.

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Alternative medicine replaces traditional medicine
Acupuncture, acupuncture, vacuum massage, qigong gymnastics – all these teachings and practices originated in ancient China. They are common today, but do not replace modern methods of treatment. Moreover, according to the Ministry of Health of China, over the past 60 years, the average life expectancy has increased from 35 to 73 years, and this is due to the introduction of modern scientific medicine in China.

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All Chinese are thin.
The most famous dishes of Chinese cuisine are Peking duck, dimsam, fried rice, a century-old egg, turtle soup. Anything useful, how to get better on this food? But standard of living in China In recent years, the Chinese have become richer. So they started spending more on food. And the tradition of spending about 2 hours at lunch makes itself felt. But the most detrimental to the health of the Chinese is the arrival of fast food in the Chinese market.

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