#Chinese stuff

[xinyuehui]

I couldn't put on a finger on why the whole tiktok migration to xhs left a sour taste in me until I got annoyed at recent subtle sinophobic comments towards Love and Deepspace left in the tags. (It's a Chinese game that has a global/English server)

Which had me thinking and seeking out if other people felt the same way. The Americans found a new platform, the Chinese on the platform are welcoming and attempts to speak to the Americans in English. Cool, what is left? The third group of people out here that aren't Americans or Chinese in China, it's us Chinese diaspora that live outside of China (in particular the west). We learnt English, forced to erase everything Chinese about ourselves to fit in here fit in there but never fully get accepted into any community. Online spaces are no better, we get all sorts of hate even though we are all communicating in English. One comment that I read on tumblr here a while back that really struck me was op posted something regrading Chinese culture and some white person dismissed op for having a Chinese url so they must not speak English to speak on a Chinese topic.

Americans barging themselves into other people's spaces seemingly with no effort is the most white privilege behaviour ever. Some of them don't bother learning the language, the culture, or social etiquettes. To call it 'refugees' in this current climate is lowkey insensitive even as a joke. Some are just outright racist saying they are there to colonise the app. The offhanded uninformed political jokes are also on thin ice. If this was reversed and a massive group of Chinese people suddenly joins instagram/twitter/tumblr, starts posting in Chinese, the comment sections will not be as 'haha funny' and 'wholesome' as the ones on xhs.

White people posting selfies on the app is harvesting thousands of likes and compliments is the prime example of white privilege, they don't have to work hard to get far, boosting their egos further more. How am I supposed to feel even when I share something on here of my culture either get no recognition or sinophobic comments?

There's a sense of helplessness when I see my people pandering to the white, similar to when Chinese diaspora/Chinese in China on the discussion of cultural appropriation. The experiences the two groups have are vastly different. I don't blame them for this. China, for the most part, is still a very closed society, a handful of them probably never left the country, interacted with a white person or had any prejudice against them for being Chinese. To them, it's just an amusing conversation or two without much thought. At the end of the day when the Americans leave the app, it'll be another fever dream. But for us, we still have to go to work with these privileged white people, come home from work to what I thought was a Chinese safe space to find that insufferable co-worker is on xhs going 'hello China [google translate some nonsense]'.

That said, I suppose for me who is able to post this on tumblr is a somewhat privilege move. For the people in China, it is an avenue to interact with Americans on a large scale without having to use a vpn. The welcoming atmosphere gives me peace knowing that to be respectful is still in our core. For the Americans, whether they are on the app out of spite without thinking of the consequences or to learn about China with an open mind, only time will tell if they will remain on xhs after the fad dies out.

[demonspeeding666]

last pics of this year 🪬🧿🪬 🌑 🪶

ॐ

[9eeeeevvvvvaaaaa6]

Crossed my mind too.

[harperhug]

When your options are getting cancelled for crossing Xmen with Harry Potter and getting ignored or laughed at for crossing Xmen with something no English speaker has ever heard of.

combine your first real fandom with your current one to create a terrible, terrible au

[shadowofcrimsonmist]

My Chinese sense of directions needs rewiring because for the longest time I thought 东南西北 was north east south west but NO because Chinese directions start from east instead of north 东南西北 is actually east south west north

Fml

[harperhug]

Still images of a contestant on a dating show 非诚勿扰 saying (translated from Chinese to English) “I’d rather live on the streets with someone I don’t love than live in a mansion with someone I love.” The final image is the show announcer saying, “The wrong way around. Do you know what you said?”

[star-steph06]

@eatmoresoupss I drew the little pictures you gave me 🥰

I put Talia in a Hanfu from the tang dynasty because I recently went down a rabbit hole of the fashion because I started the apothecary diaries and thought Talia in a hanfu would be so beautiful.

Also Damian in a little bowl cut because it’s canon I fear.

[xinyuehui]

“宫、商、角、徵、羽” Gōng Shāng Jué Zhǐ Yǔ · The pentatonic scale in Chinese music

"Gong Shang Jue Zhi Yu" was first documented in the Spring and Autumn Period more than 2600 years ago. The five tones are the basic scales of Chinese ancient music. Compared to the seven-tone scale of Western music - minus the semitone ascending "fa" and "si", Gong is roughly equivalent to 1 (Do), Shang is roughly equivalent to 2 (Re), Jue is roughly equivalent to 3 (Mi), Zhi is roughly equivalent to 5 (So), and Yu is roughly equivalent to 6 (La). In the Tang Dynasty, “合、四、乙、尺、工” "Hé Sì Yǐ Chǐ Gōng" were used.

云之羽 My Journey To You · 2023

[ch1h4ru3]

A bit weird for me to post this today cause OMG R CORP HONGLU but nvm (shoves Chinese boy )

The hunter’s asking you to drink more water🫵🫵

↑lol this one’s actually me having no ideas about the fanghunt design it’s cool but ummm

[harperhug]

So uh…this is wine that had gecko genitalia soaking in it. (Although I would’ve translated it as “divine penis wine” but whatever, I’m not a wine person.) Also the words at the bottom say, “product of Debao Winery in Guangxi, China. Produced under the supervision of Beijing Medical University,” which isn’t a bad translation although I doubt the medical supervision part myself.

[renshengs]

if you haven't seen nezha 2 and it's in theaters in your country DO NOT WAIT FOR IT TO GO DIGITAL walk into your nearest showing and sit down and let those 2 hours and 23 minutes of glorious meticulous animation punch you in the face over and over with its narrative about rising up against your oppressors and refusing to seek approval from people who will never view you as an equal and understanding that the ways of the generations before should not always be passed down to the generations after and you must pave your own path forward if there is none laid out before you and there is always time to choose good even if you made mistakes in the past because you are the only one who decides what you become

[screwpinecaprice]

I still find it funny that Steven isn't immune to nasal congestion. (Or something like that.) Guessing it has something to do with Gems being solar powered, some sort of connection with Vitamin D to immune system in there...?🤷🏽‍♀️ Would that be the opposite when it comes to sun-related negative effects then? 🤔 Like, he can't get a sunburn or get affected by full cosmic rays?

[otaku553]

Save me yi nine sols

(You should play nine sols it’s very very fun)

[fuckyeahchinesefashion]

Cosplay of the fox and the rabbit from chinese donghua 中国奇谭 Yao - Chinese Folktales (cr 木有东南枝，Strate九彧）

[harperhug]

是的

[theshitpostcalligrapher]

ah shit i was supposed to do laba garlic last week uhhHHHHHHHHH CLOSE ENOUGH AMIRIGHT