Our umbrellas, ourselves
Today I'd like to share with you one interesting phenomena in China.
It's summer now. And whenever you walk on the street, people are holding their umbrella( ~stay under my umbrella, ella, ella~). We do love umbrellas. In rainy days, it's no doubt that umbrella is a must-have. But when it's full of sunshine, it doesn't make sense to carry an umbrella. Does the weather change too soon that we have to make preparations for a sudden storm. Well, no. It's for the sunshine. The umbrella provides a piece of shadow for us. Why not put on sunscreen lotion or sunglasses? Because holding an umbrella is cheap and easy! For women, it's better to arm to the teeth-sunscreen, sunglasses plus umbrella. Are we Chinese vampires and sensitive to the sunshine? No. White is many Chinese girls‘ favorite skin color. And the sun is the enemy of white tone. So umbrella has become good friends of women in China. What about men, then?
Nowadays, men also started to hold unbrellas under the scorching sun. Maybe they also started to enjoy the coolness brought by the piece of cloth.
One of my foreign friend summerised: Chinese is afraid of two things-rain and sun. Ha~ha~ha!
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Our umbrellas, ourselves
Today I'd like share with you one interesting phenomena phenomenon in China.It's summer now. And whenever you walk in the street, people are holding their umbrellas( ~stay under my umbrella, ella, ella~). We do love umbrellas. On rainy days, it's there is no doubt that an umbrella is a must-have. But when it's full of sunshine/sunny, it doesn't make sense to carry an umbrella. Does the weather change too soon so quickly/suddenly that we have to make preparations for a sudden storm?Well, no. It's for the sunshine. The umbrella provides a piece bitof shadow for us. Why not put on sunscreen lotion or sunglasses? Because holding an umbrella is cheap and easy! For women, it's better to be armed to the teeth-sunscreen, sunglasses plus umbrella. Are we Chinese vampires and sensitive to the sunshine? No. White is many Chinese girls‘ favorite skin color. And the sun is the enemy of this desired/sought-after white tone. So the umbrella has become good friends of with women in China. What about men, then?
Nowadays, men have also started to hold umbrellas under the scorching sun. Maybe they have also started to enjoy the coolness brought by the piece of cloth.
As One of my foreign friends summerisedsummarized: The Chinese is are afraid of two things-rain and sun. Ha~ha~ha!
How interesting. One can observe a similar parade of women with umbrellas in my home country. It happens for similar reasons. Some are pragmatic - shield themselves from the relentless sun so as not to get tired when walking long distances in the heat, more cost effective than expensive sun screen lotions - but others fall in the realm of aesthetic concerns. Indeed, many women prefer to keep a lighter skin tone and don't like to tan too much if they can avoid it.
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@Laura You're right! Suntan looks perfect on people like Beyonce, Rihanna or Brizilian. For faces with soft instead of clear outline, white looks better on us. Both of them are pretty, though. The whole world looks brighter in sunny days and this makes me happy,too.
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That's interesting. I am Brazilian and as you know, the only season that exists here is summer ahahaha actually, I think most of Brazilians like summer. Suntan is considered very sexy here :D hahaha and sun is good for healthy, it activates vitamin D in the body. Besides that, I also think that sunny days are much more energetic and exciting :D
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