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30 Shocking Chinese Customs (But That Make Us Curious!)

China borders 14 countries. But even with so many neighbors, the Chinese have managed to preserve their culture and traditions very well, many of which may shock unprepared tourists. We can mention the different bathrooms, the children on a leash, as well as the possibility of getting your manicure or a tattoo on the street, even.

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1. Instead of toilets, the Chinese prefer to use holes in the floor

It is believed that sitting “number 2” can be harmful to the digestive process and therefore squatting would be more appropriate.

2. The water from the shower and washing machine flows through the same duct where the toilet hole is.

3. Regardless of the floor, the Chinese always put bars on windows and balconies. They don’t do this out of fear of thieves, but rather to prevent children from falling out.

4. New apartments are being sold without windows. When a person buys an apartment, he himself will have to put the windows

5. Do you think the Chinese population is not that big? So here’s what the entrance exam for an art school looks like

6. Nature in China is breathtaking. This is Zhangjiajie National Park, also called “Avatar Mountains”. Hard to believe it’s part of planet Earth

7. A large part of the Great Wall of China looks nothing like the pictures in travel guides

8. Almost all pandas in the world belong to the Chinese government. They are considered the national treasure. The animals can be rented to other countries for around $1 million a year.

9. “Ancient” China is strongly connected to “modern”

10. Chinese entrepreneurs will do anything to draw attention to the product they are selling. This is a flyer delivery

11. Here you can come across extraordinary architecture, which most of the West can’t even dream of owning. This building is the “Guangzhou Circle”, the largest circle-shaped building in the world

12. Some subway stations are very deep. In Chongqing, for example, it will take you about 2.5 minutes to go down the escalator to the platform

13. Chinese love to massage themselves

Even when they’re talking to a friend, the Chinese are always slapping and slapping each other. They often use foreign objects for this.

14. In many apartments there is no central heating system. Temperatures indoors in winter can reach 10-12°C. Therefore, many places do not take off their cold clothes indoors, and often they even need to buy heaters.

“The temperature in our apartment in Nanchang in January.”

15. There is no heating even in schools

“At the school where I work, children and other teachers wear winter coats, which is totally normal. I often give cap and scarf lessons because temperatures can reach 16ºC in classrooms.”

16. The Chinese modernized the classic noodles and made it more practical

“I decided to buy a local noodles. In the package came the noodles, mushroom broth, onion, meat, seaweed, eggs, water and a powder that caused a chemical reaction and heated the water to 90 ºC. And plastic cutlery, of course.”

17. Chinese people can get confused if you order an individual dish at a restaurant. Food is usually placed on the central rotating part of the table and should be shared by everyone

18. The height of wealth and luck. It is perfectly normal for a Chinese to write “666” in a text message. The pronunciation of the number 6 (溜溜溜 — “liu, liu, liu”) refers to abundance and good luck. The number 6 repeated 3 times could be translated as “cool, cool, cool!”

19. In local nightclubs, young people put a kind of flashlight in their mouths. They do it to get more attention and stay in fashion.

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20. Night markets are a common habit in the country. During the day, the streets look normal, with cars passing by and sidewalks empty for pedestrians. At night, however, they transform into large malls.

21. Tattoos, permanent makeup and manicures can be done on the street

22. Many beggars accept donations through the WeChat payment system. This is Mr Chen. He lives on the outskirts of a night bazaar in Yiwu City.

23. Chinese people think it’s normal to sleep in the middle of work hours. This is believed to improve yield

24. Some dialects of locals can sound quite scary to tourists. It may look like people are yelling and fighting, but really, they’re just talking.

25. Monosodium glutamate, the famous flavor enhancer, is as common in China as any other common spice. No dish is made without it. You can find it in the markets next to the salt and sugar

26. Traditional dish — hot pot (“hot pot”). An electric stove is placed in the center of the table on which the hot pans are placed. Simultaneously, one can cook meat, seafood, mushrooms, vegetables, pasta, etc.

27. On any train, even for journeys of 2 or more days, you can buy seated tickets or “seatless” tickets. It is quite common for people to buy such tickets and sleep on the floor, between seats or in the aisle.

28. You can walk around town in your pajamas, or whatever you want, and no one will look at you strangely.

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29. In theory, there are traffic laws in China, but people just don’t respect them. Students, mothers with children and elderly people run all over the streets and sidewalks.

30. With some frequency, it is possible to see parents walking their children “on a leash”

Locals do this for security reasons. Around 200,000 children are abducted in the country every year.

What do you think about China? Have you ever visited this amazing nation? China is the 3rd largest country in the world in terms of land area, so your experience may have been quite different from what was said above. Anyway, be sure to post your comments so we can compare!

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