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Text: Jiang Qingtong
Editor|Jiang Qingtong
Preface
"How did the Chinese do it?
I don't know when it began, because we are very different from foreigners in terms of culture and Xi habits, which makes it easy for many foreigners to do what they are difficult to do.
has made many people curious about the land of China, so let's take a look at what are the things.
Drink plenty of hot water
This is actually very interesting, I think everyone has heard the saying, "drink more hot water", whether it is an adult, a child or a city will definitely not be unfamiliar with this sentence.
The degree to which this phrase is used can be in all aspects of our lives, for example, when we are sick, the most common thing that family members say when we are in bed is to drink more hot water.
Even if we go to the hospital to get medicine, no matter whether it is a major or minor illness, the doctor will follow up with a sentence, drink more hot water, as if hot water is really a good medicine for us Chinese.
But what everyone doesn't know is that this mantra is only useful in China, but when you go abroad, it is like losing your magic, and you will find that foreigners are not interested in hot water.
Many foreign restaurants do not deliberately provide hot water, everyone generally likes to drink with ice, and they will not boil a pot of hot water at home on weekdays.
If you go abroad to find hot water for someone to drink, you may still be regarded as a psychopath, and the reason why there is such a big difference is that everyone disagrees.
However, it is generally believed that mainland people pay more attention to health preservation than people in other countries, especially hot water, which can not only kill most of the bacteria and microorganisms in the water, but also regulate our body and increase the metabolism in the body.
Some of the more particular people will get up early every day to drink a glass of hot water, which is also good for our stomach.
Ninety-nine multiplication table
I think everyone in elementary school or kindergarten will memorize the ninety-nine multiplication table, as long as we master this set of formulas, then we can be said to be easy to multiply within 100.
What you may not know is that the ninety-nine multiplication table is something left to us by our ancestors, which can be traced back to the Warring States period.
For this kind of mantra that we come out of our mouths, in the eyes of foreigners, it is like a book from heaven, not only can we not understand it, but even our set is not applicable abroad at all.
The fundamental reason is that we use decimal mathematics, while most Western countries use decimal calculations, so our "mantra magic" fails when it comes to foreign countries.
And foreigners feel very magical when they can calculate it by reciting the mantra.
Chinese stir-fried vegetables
Stir-frying is amazing, it is undeniable that China's cooking technology is second, and it is estimated that no country dares to say that it is the first.
And the reason why we are able to make our meals so delicious is inseparable from our skills such as frying, cooking, etc., which we generally use when we eat at home in most cases.
After adding seasonings, the taste and aroma of the ingredients can be fried, and the color and flavor are truly complete, perhaps for us to stir-fry is not a rare thing at all.
But this matter is different in the eyes of Western countries, because of the different cooking cultures, they generally only do cooking methods such as grilling and frying, and the method is single, without any technology at all.
They only care about the nutrition and efficiency of the ingredients, and don't care whether they are delicious or whether they look good or not in terms of hue, so when some foreigners come to China and see the chef stir-frying, they will be very curious.
Some chefs also like to roll over the dish to heat it evenly when stir-frying, because there is oil on the dish and you can see the fire walking around the dish, which makes many foreigners exclaim, this is Chinese magic.
Drink liquor
The fact that Chinese drink liquor is also a very magical thing in the eyes of foreigners, not that foreigners do not drink, but our liquor is not only strange in taste compared with theirs, but also very unique, there is always an indescribable feeling.
This feeling is probably the same for those who are allergic to alcohol, and they will never realize how delicious baijiu is in other people's mouths.
Yes, there is such a big difference, mainly because the liquor in the mainland is generally made from wheat, and generally sorghum, wheat and corn.
Most of the wine made by foreigners is potatoes and grains, and the difference in raw materials directly leads to the difference in the taste of the final wine.
As far as half of our people like beer and liquor, most foreigners drink beer and wine, which not only have a low alcohol content, but are also generally accepted by the public.
Due to the high alcohol content of baijiu in China, it is simply difficult to swallow for most people in the West.
Use chopsticks
Chopsticks are now a symbol of Chinese culture, as early as ancient times, our ancestors have mastered the use of chopsticks as tableware.
And the skill of eating with chopsticks seems to be the same as we were born with, and no one has ever handed it to us, but this has stumped a large number of foreigners.
At present, there are countless Chinese restaurants abroad, and in addition to serving overseas Chinese, many foreigners will also come here.
Anyone who has been there knows that most Chinese restaurants will prepare two pieces of cutlery, chopsticks and knives and forks, giving foreigners who don't know how to use chopsticks an extra option.
Foreigners don't know how to use chopsticks, not because their palms are not as flexible as ours, but because they Xi are used to knives and forks, they don't know how to use "two sticks" to eat.
There was even a time when the challenge of using chopsticks to eat flexibly was popular in foreign countries, and it was hard to compliment them to see their clumsy methods.
Asian squat
To be able to name it "Asian Squat" means that it is not a simple thing, and it is strange to say that this action is indeed only possible for Asians.
Those Europeans and Americans want to try it, and they find it harder than climbing to the sky, to put it bluntly, this movement is our usual squat movement.
I think that as long as you are not disabled or too obese, you can do it, but this has stumped a large number of foreigners.
They find that when they squat down, their heels will unconsciously, and they can't keep it for a long time, and it is easy to lose their balance and fall down.
There are really experts who have done experiments on this situation, and finally came to a conclusion, that is, except for those who are fat and cannot do squatting movements normally, the rest of the people are completely because of poor balance.
Of course, this is not due to any birth defect, but because the genes of each race are different, and at this point, Asians have longer Achilles tendons than Westerners, which also allows us to control the balance well when squatting, which may be considered an innate advantage.
In fact, this point can be seen very well from the toilets throughout the ages, the toilets in the mainland were basically squatting toilets, and the popularity of toilets in every household is also the result of recent decades.
Foreigners in the West invented the toilet on the left side early on, and at the beginning they made a hole in a stone slab to sit on, and over time they invented the current toilet.
I can imagine how helpless it would be if a foreigner came to China to travel and couldn't find a toilet bowl, but fortunately, most public toilets in mainland China will have a toilet in the innermost.
It is intended for those in need, such as the disabled or foreigners who cannot squat.
preserved egg
The last one I think you will never guess, yes, this is the preserved egg that many people like to eat, after inventing the meal of preserved eggs, there were cold preserved eggs and preserved eggs and lean porridge and other meals.
But this kind of food, which seems so delicious to us, has become a nightmare for many foreigners, who can't imagine that a food tastes so weird.
Even Bei Ye, who survived on a desert island, said after tasting a bite of Chinese preserved eggs that this was the most unpalatable thing he had ever eaten, and there was no one.
It seems that their rejection of preserved eggs has long been engraved in their bones, and most of the reasons are also caused by differences in diet.
The mainland can always make all kinds of strange tastes about food, in fact, it is to cater to the tastes of all kinds of people, such as stinky tofu, preserved eggs, snail noodles and other foods with peculiar smells.
Westerners, on the other hand, are more Xi to eating dessert food, and they can't accept this relatively niche food, and the first feeling of asking about such a taste will think that the dish is bad.
In addition, most of the preserved eggs show a crystal clear black color after being made, which is called "devil eggs" by many Western media, so over time, they are more and more unable to accept preserved eggs, and they don't even have the courage to taste them.
summary
From the above, it is not difficult to see that due to the different living environment and culture, we have a completely different way of life from Western countries.
This leads to things that seem so common to us, and the reason why foreigners are so surprised.
What else do you know that Chinese can easily do but foreigners can't?