The word "difficult" was elected as the 2021 cross-strait Chinese character of the year

According to the Taiwan media "China Times News Network", the 2021 cross-strait annual Chinese characters were unveiled in Taipei, and the word "difficult" won with nearly 1.14 million votes, truly conveying the common feelings of the people on both sides of the strait about 2021. Netizens at home and abroad participated enthusiastically, with a total number of votes exceeding 16 million, setting a new high in the past few years.

Since 2008, the cross-strait annual Chinese character selection activity, with the theme of "Building Bridges Between Chinese Character Culture and Writing Public Opinion on Both Sides of the Strait", has successively rated "earthquake", "life", "rise", "micro", "flat", "advance", "turn", "harmony", "change", "creation", "hope", "sleepiness", "stuffiness" and so on as the annual Chinese characters.

Since the launch of this year's annual Chinese character selection in early November, a total of 36 candidates for the annual Chinese characters have been recommended by the two sides of the strait, and after two rounds of voting, the "difficult" character was finally selected by a high number of votes.

At the unveiling ceremony held at the China Times Building in Taipei, the 2021 cross-strait annual Chinese character "difficult" was announced, pictured from "Zhongshi News Network"

Chen Weiming, president and editor-in-chief of Haixi Morning Post, one of the organizers, said that the word "difficult" has rich meanings, the new crown epidemic in 2021 is entangled and repeated, and mutated strains emerge in an endless stream, from the vaccine storm on Taiwan Island to the global epidemic political game, feeling the difficulty of the process of human struggle against diseases, and seeing a politics and humanity that is more unpredictable than the virus. Chen Weiming pointed out that the two sides of the strait are brothers who share hardships and hardships, and they are a family whose blood is thicker than water.

Diao Mingfang, former vice president of Taiwan's Wang Pao, pointed out that due to the impact of the epidemic and the cooling of cross-strait relations, the Chinese characters provided by people from all walks of life in Taiwan are slightly negative, such as: "sleepy", "retreat", "lost", "worried", "dangerous", "card", "wave", "etc." or "lack". But there are also some words that show optimism, such as the word "hope" that has been repeatedly recommended, pinning on the desire to eliminate the impact of the epidemic at an early date, boost the economy and improve cross-strait relations.

Chen Yi'an, chairman of the Xiamen Haicang District Federation of Literature and Literature, said in a video speech on behalf of the organizers that the Chinese character culture is broad and profound, and the blood of compatriots on both sides of the strait is thicker than water. It is hoped that we will take this as an opportunity to further closely join hands with people from all walks of life on both sides of the strait, continue to jointly run Hanbyte activities, and make a contribution to carrying forward the excellent traditional Chinese culture and enhancing the spiritual unity of compatriots on both sides of the strait.