Love them or hate them, middle aged ladies doing synchronized prancing to obnoxiously loud techno music are an integral part of Chinese life. But when a photo of a group of aunties dancing at the Place du Louvre was posted on Weibo, it stirred up some long harbored resentment of the dancing ladies.
Whilst some users thought it was cool, others were horribly embarrassed and believed that the dancing ladies were “diminishing” the Chinese people’s “sense of pride”.
Guangchangwu, which is the term for dancing in public squares, has already caused its fair share of controversy this year; in March, residents of Wenzhou pooled their money to buy a huge speaker in a final effort to dispel the ladies who they felt were unfairly hogging the public square. It was the end of a long and hard fought battle in which the residents had taken more and more drastic measures to no avail.
Source: Xinhua.net
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These same women were probably part of the red guard during the Cultural Revolution. The red guard aunties dancing at a square near you. The music is too loud, if they had any common decency for other people they would have the music turned up to ear splitting levels.
May 07, 2014 06:51 Report Abuse
Why do they hate the dancing ladies so much? I think it's one of the nicest things about China.
Apr 30, 2014 14:59 Report Abuse
I must say, I have to wonder what some people are doing in China if they hate it so much? Have they no pride in themselves? Why don't they just leave? Or do they like living in a "trash can/ash tray/toilet"?
Apr 30, 2014 06:43 Report Abuse
Er... China has a sense of pride to diminish? With all the people treating their own country like a trash can/ash tray/toilet, that's kinda hard to believe.
Apr 29, 2014 19:39 Report Abuse
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