Chinese culture:the green hat
I made a stupid mistake, because I did not know green hat meaning,even I am a local chinese.
One day,I met one of my friend in campus,we were from same hight school and were studying in same college.The winter was coming,He wanted to buy a hat,so he asked me whats colour suitable for him.I just bought a green coat and the green was popular colour at that time,so I said green hat maybe fashion for you.He said no thing and left at once.I thought he got angry,but I was puzzled, so I telephoned my best friend.She was laughing for a long time in the call, at last she told me,the green hat had a specified meaning:If one wife makes love with other man,we could say the wife wears a green hat on her husband.I could not control my laugh,and felt sorry for that guy.So in China,there is no green colour hat for sale.
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Chinese culture:the green hat
I made a stupid mistake, because I did not know the meaning of the green hat ,even though I am a local chinese.One day,I met one of my friends on campus,we were from same high school and were studying in the same college.The winter was coming,He wanted to buy a hat,so he asked me what colour would be suitable for him.I just bought a green coat and green was a popular colour at that time,so I said you should buy a green hat.He said nothing and left at once.I thought he got angry,but I was puzzled, so I called my best friend.She was laughing for a long time during the call, at last she told me,the green hat had a specified meaning:If one wife makes love with other man,we could say the wife wears a green hat on her husband.I could not control my laughter ,and felt sorry for that guy.So in China,there are not green hats for sale.
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Chinese culture:the green hat
I made a stupid mistake, because I did not know what green hats representmeaning, even though I am a local born and bred (土生土长) Chinese.One day, I met one of my friend in on campus, we were from the same hight school and were studying in the same college.The Winter was coming, he wanted to buy a hat,so he asked me whats colour suitable for suited him.I just bought a green coat and the green was popular colour at that time,so I said a green hat maybe fashion for you might suit you too.He said nothing and left at once. I thought he got angry, but I was puzzled, so I telephoned my best friend. She was laughing for a long time in the call, at last she told me, the green hat had a specified meaning: If one wife makes love with other man If a wife cheats on her husband, we could say the wife wears a green hat on her husband. I could not control my laugh stop laughing, and felt sorry for that guy. So in China, there is no green colour hat for sale.
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The Irish national day is celebrated around the English speaking world. It's called "Saint Patrick's Day", and on that day people wear all green and go to the pub.
It's very common to wear a huge green hat on that day...I wonder what a Chinese person would think during Saint Patrick's Day!
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