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In a remote mountain village in Xiangxi, 17-year-old Wang Honglin is facing a major life decision. She was born into a poor family and was exposed to heavy household and farm work from an early age.
Despite the hardships of life, Wang Honglin has always cherished the dream of changing his fate.
That's when the opportunity came. The production team of the hit reality show Metamorphosis came to her village and invited her to join the show and experience city life. Wang Honglin was full of hope and apprehension, and with the support of his family, he embarked on this unknown journey.
However, she never imagined that this short trip to the city would completely change the trajectory of her life and bring unexpected effects to her.
Wang Honglin stepped into the bustling city for the first time, and everything in front of her made her dizzy. Towering skyscrapers, busy streets, and a variety of shops were like nothing she had ever seen before.
Her heart was beating faster and her eyes were shining with excitement, as if she were in a whole new world.
In the wealthy family arranged by the program team, Wang Honglin experienced an unprecedented lifestyle. The "parents" in the city care for her, and the carefully prepared nutritious meals, comfortable bedrooms, and advanced household appliances make Wang Honglin feel extremely novel and happy.
She began to learn to use electronic gadgets such as smartphones and tablets, taste various cuisines, and even began to pay attention to her appearance and dress.
Over time, Wang Honglin gradually adapted to this life and began to enjoy the feeling of being noticed and cared for. Her words and actions have quietly changed, becoming more confident, but at the same time a little squeamish.
She began to get used to the delicate life, and became extra particular about some small things. The convenience and comfort of city life made her gradually forget her origins and began to accept it all as a matter of course.
However, Wang Honglin did not realize that these short ten days of city life were imperceptibly changing her values and attitude towards life. She began to grow bored with her rural life and yearn for city life.
In the dead of night, she lies on the soft bed, the bustling scene of the city constantly flashes in her mind, and a strong longing swells in her heart.
This change in mentality has laid hidden dangers for her future life. Wang Honglin began to fantasize about the future, believing that one day he would be able to stay in the city forever and live the life he dreamed of.
She even began to despise her rural origins, feeling that everything there was synonymous with backwardness and poverty.
However, what Wang Honglin didn't realize was that this brief experience couldn't really change her life. She was immersed in this beautiful dream, ignoring the difficulties and challenges of reality.
This unrealistic fantasy will bring her even greater loss and pain after she returns to reality.
At the end of the filming of the show, Wang Honglin had to say goodbye to his "parents" in the city and embark on the journey back to his hometown. When she stepped into the familiar mountain village again, a strong sense of strangeness and discomfort instantly hit her.
The adobe house, which once seemed warm, now seemed so dilapidated in her eyes; The pickle rice that used to be fragrant now tastes bland and tasteless.
Wang Honglin began to unconsciously compare life in the countryside with that in the city. Every comparison filled her heart with loss and unwillingness. She couldn't accept that she was back in poverty and began to find fault with everything about her family.
The rough hands of her parents and the stiff back of her grandmother, these pictures that once made her feel intimate, now make her feel inexplicably irritable.
The most shocking was the "shower gel incident". Wang Honglin, who is accustomed to using all kinds of exquisite toiletries in city life, was furious when he returned home and found that there was no shower gel available.
She yelled at her elderly grandmother and arrogantly demanded to buy shower gel. The grandmother couldn't bear to see her granddaughter in such pain, so she had to walk 10 kilometers alone to the town to buy it.
This scene deeply pierced the hearts of the family, and also made Wang Honglin's parents feel extremely confused and heartbroken.
Wang Honglin's personality became irritable and irritable, and he often quarreled with his family over trivial matters. She no longer takes the initiative to take on household chores and spends her days immersed in memories of city life.
Her room was plastered with advertisements for fashion clothes and cosmetics cut out of magazines, as if that would bring her closer to the life of her dreams.
This huge gap and discomfort not only affected Wang Honglin's mental health, but also seriously damaged her relationship with her family. The once well-behaved, sensible, hard-working and capable girl has become a difficult stranger.
She began to get tired of school, feeling lost and hopeless about the future, believing that she would never be able to escape the fate of poverty.
In the dead of night, Wang Honglin often sits alone in the courtyard, looking at the blurred mountain shadows and starlight in the distance. Her heart is full of contradictions and pain, unable to accept the reality of poverty and powerless to change the status quo.
That short city life, like a beautiful dream, left endless bitterness after waking up.
Wang Honglin's story is the epitome of many rural children who participated in the "Metamorphosis" program. After experiencing a brief life in "paradise", they have to face the harsh reality.
This huge contrast, instead of motivating them to work hard, may destroy their original simple and contented mentality, bringing more trouble and pain to their lives.
Since its launch in 2006, "Metamorphosis" has been produced for 19 seasons and has attracted the attention of countless audiences. The original intention of the program is to transform children through "empathy", so that urban children can experience rural life, and rural children can experience urban life.
However, this short-term exchange of life often brings long-term negative effects, and Wang Honglin's experience is not an isolated case.
For rural children like Wang Honglin, the short city life is like a brilliant firework. For the first time, they came into contact with a modern way of life and enjoyed superior material conditions.
However, this huge contrast makes it difficult for them to adapt after returning to their original living environment. They may become dissatisfied with their family and living environment, and even breed resentment towards life.
This psychological gap often takes a long time to adjust, and some people may never even be able to adjust.
In contrast, the experience of a city child in the countryside is more like an "adventure". They can see it as a special experience and be able to enjoy a privileged life back in the city.
The result of this inequality further exacerbates the psychological gap of rural children, making them feel even more powerless and hopeless.
More seriously, the show may have a long-term psychological shadow for the participants. They may be subjected to online violence because of their presence in front of the camera, or they may not be able to see themselves properly because of their short-lived "fame".
Some participants may be immersed in an illusory "star dream" and neglect academic and personal development. This kind of unrealistic fantasy may affect their future life choices and development direction.
Although the Metamorphosis program has attracted a large audience, the hidden social issues behind it have received little attention. Instead of actually helping these children, it may have exacerbated the gap between rich and poor and brought more harm to the vulnerable.
While pursuing ratings, the program team seems to ignore the long-term care and follow-up help for the participants.
This "metamorphosis" experience, for most participants, may be just a flash in the pan. When the camera goes out and the spotlight dims, they still have to face all kinds of difficulties in real life.
And this short experience, instead of bringing them substantial help, may become an eternal regret and pain in their hearts.
The existence of "Metamorphosis" also reflects some deep-seated problems in our society. It shows the gap between rich and poor in an entertaining way, but it doesn't offer an effective solution.
Can this form of programming really promote social understanding and progress, or does it just satisfy the audience's curiosity? This is a question that each of us needs to ponder.
When discussing the social impact of "Metamorphosis", we have to mention another participant who became popular because of the show - Wang Jingze. He became a well-known meme because of a humorous line.
"Even if I, Wang Jingze, starve to death and die outside, and jump down from here, I won't eat anything from you!" and the subsequent sentences of "Emma is so fragrant...... made countless netizens laugh and made Wang Jingze famous overnight.
Wang Jingze's popularity reflects the audience's love for the show to some extent, but it also exposes people's ignorance of the real situation of the participants. The public relishes Wang's humorous words and deeds, but pays little attention to his and other participants' lives after the show.
Wang Jingze became an Internet celebrity with this video, started to run his own social media account, and gained a certain amount of attention. However, whether this sudden "fame" really brought him long-term benefits, or whether it was just a flash in the pan, is worth pondering.
In contrast, Wang's story represents the real story of most of the obscure participants. She did not become an Internet celebrity like Wang Jingze, but fell into a deeper life dilemma after a short "star" experience.
This stark contrast highlights the neglected social issues behind the hot spots on the Internet.
We can't help but ask: do these young participants really benefit from the show? Or has it just become a tool to satisfy the audience's curiosity? Does Metamorphosis really deliver on its promise of "changing fate," or does it just exacerbate the psychological gap among its participants? Wang Jingze's popularity and Wang Honglin's downfall just reflect the two-sided nature of this show.
Behind the Internet hotspots, there are more untold stories. When we appreciate these Internet hotspots, should we also think about the real situation of these young people? Should you focus on participants who didn't go viral or even suffered more because of the show? These questions deserve each of us to ponder.
It has been 19 years since "Metamorphosis" aired, but as time goes by, more and more people have begun to question the social value of the show.
As a far-reaching TV show, "Metamorphosis" should take on more social responsibility. It shouldn't just be a game for the rich, but should really focus on and help those in need.
We call on program producers, regulators and the whole society to pay attention to this issue and provide long-term care and support to participants.
The program team should consider setting up a follow-up mechanism to pay attention to the long-term development of participants. At the same time, participants should also be provided with psychological counseling to help them better adapt to the challenges of returning to their original living environment.
As viewers, we should also reflect on our own attitudes. When watching this kind of program, do we have a sense of superiority and curiosity? Do we really understand the social issues behind the gap between rich and poor? Only when everyone starts to pay attention and act can we build a fairer and more harmonious society together.
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