When asked about the sensitive question of identity, "which side do you represent?", Chinese skiing star Gu Ailing showed a wisdom and tolerance that goes beyond simple belonging. Faced with the multiple complexities of identity and culture, she does not choose to belong to a particular culture or country, but rather expresses an attitude that transcends the boundaries of identity.
As a mixed-race child, Gu Ailing faces questions about her parents' identity and belonging. These questions try to simply categorize her, but ignore her uniqueness and diversity. However, Gu Ailing refuses to be simply defined, which is where her unique charm and wisdom lie.
One of her greatest pleasures, she says, is introducing Chinese food and culture to her American friends and foreigners. It is a practice of cultural exchange and integration across borders and cultures, and is the embodiment of sharing and inheritance. Gu Ailing has proved with practical actions that we can have multiple identities at the same time, and we can belong to multiple cultures and countries at the same time. We don't have to give up anything else in order to belong to one group, but we can draw nutrients from it and enrich our inner world.
In the age of globalization, we increasingly live in a world where diverse cultures and identities are intertwined. Gu Ailing's answer reminds us that in the face of diversity and globalization, we should be open and inclusive. We can learn from different cultures and identities to Xi and grow, and this diversity and inclusion is an important force for social progress.
Gu's success is not only reflected in her performance on the field, but also in how she understands and navigates her multiple identities and cultural backgrounds. Her answers offer us a fresh perspective to rethink our own identity and cultural belonging. We can be the inheritors of multiple cultures, we can have multiple identities at the same time, this is not a contradiction, but a kind of richness and diversity.
Gu Ailing's story is an inspiring story, and she uses her own experience to tell us that no matter where we come from, no matter what cultural and identity background we have, as long as we have an open and inclusive mind, and the spirit of exploration and Xi learning, we can all become the protagonists of our own life stories and write our own brilliant chapters.