Life and Travel in China

Yesterday, whatever you call it... the New Year celebrations ended. As you can see, it took over two weeks. There were fireworks, firecrackers, gunshots until 1 a.m., you could go crazy. The Chinese never worry about someone getting up in the morning to go to work. Of course, it's a holiday, but these fireworks were fired for about 10 days. People who are here by accident during this period and do not know much about the Middle Kingdom may get really scared that it is some kind of terrorist attack or war. Sometimes you can only hear gunshots, sometimes like bombs, other times like bursts from some cannon. Besides, on a forum in Poland about China, two years ago someone wrote that there were shootings in Shenzhen, ha ha! Some picked up on the topic and asked for details, ready to spread rumors about war in China. Others simply wrote that it could have been a wedding reception, a party or a birthday. Another aspect of yesterday's holiday - you should eat small rice balls with black sesame or peanuts so that everything "goes smoothly" in the new year.

The Chinese have been accustomed to obedience for over 50 years. For years they built a new, wonderful China, they believed in the communist revolution, Mao's slogans. They lived in suffering, subjected themselves to self-criticism, agreed with the party's program, and in fact, politics was their religion. They sacrificed their own families for the "good" of Chinese communism. So today, if someone talks about freedom and democracy in the Middle Kingdom, they probably simply don't know the mentality of these people. It will be hundreds of years before this nation rises from its knees and rebels.

Today, quite by accident, I came across our class's profile, which contained the main photo of me, my model! I don't know this person, fictitious account, with a Chinese name. As you can see, people don't care about copyright and the rights to use someone's image. If only someone would take the trouble to ask me for permission? Or explained why? I immediately warn other visitors to this website that I will not tolerate unlawful taking of photos! Just ask - I usually agree to private use when everything is clear. Commercial use without any benefit for me - I tend not to agree to it. There are photo banks where you can buy my works. I expect some respect. And because of such situations, I will never publish larger photos here.

Yesterday I was riding a bicycle. On the main street I was rushing between cars because there was a terrible traffic jam, four lanes and everything was crowded. After two kilometers, it turned out that a suicide bomber had blocked half of the street. The guest climbed onto a steel platform with information boards, about 4 meters above the road. The firefighters stopped traffic and deployed the airbag, but it's a pity that when I passed it, it wasn't even inflated. Maybe they thought it was better not to inflate, because the guy won't kill himself from this height, and if he breaks, he will learn a lesson. This was the second time I saw a similar situation. It looks like there will be more and more such suicide attempts (like in Japan)?! The Chinese once had the god Mao in their hearts, but in the 1980s this god was replaced by money. We have a crisis now, no money, no good job, no meaning to live. Spiritually, the Chinese are really poor. Whenever they are abroad for a longer period of time, they admire our churches and quickly try to get baptized (I know such a case personally). Others treat faith as a fashion, it is appropriate to believe in something. Others are left with money, and still others are content with the still-living cult of Mao.

I liked the (how stupid) golden idea of a certain Chinese president (I'm sure you can guess who he is). I don't want to write this name because they will block my website in China. Well, this famous and wise (in other words, wise) leader once said: "The more books a person reads, the stupider he is." Deep thought. It is worth mentioning that this leader did not read many books himself, but he loved writing various nonsense and brainwashing all Chinese people. If it had never existed, I wonder what China would be like? Certainly better.