Xinhua News Agency announced yesterday (30th) that former President Jiang Zemin passed away at the age of 96. In addition to being a state leader, Jiang Zemin is also regarded by many Chinese netizens as a representative of Internet memes. His public scenes and various materials have developed a humorous “clam culture”. “, Netizens will even record his photos and voice into emoticons. It is said that Jiang Zemin’s daring to display his personal traits in public has become an important difference between him and leaders of other countries.
The origin of “Membrane Clam” did not come from positive comments. As a leader, Jiang Zemin certainly has accumulated a lot of critics. Some of those criticizing him started with Jiang Zemin’s appearance, pointing out that he wears the same thick-framed glasses, has a big belly that has been chained for many years, and often wears tall clothes in public. Belt trousers, various appearance features make him look like a “toad”.In 2000, he scolded “CABLE” reporter Zhang Baohua.there are opinions that he has no respect for reporters.
The above incident became hot news,Related SnippetsIt has also been circulating among networks that are in a period of rapid development. Different from critics, some young Chinese netizens saw another side of Jiang Zemin from the clips, and believed that he was different from other leaders in his unsmiling qualities. He even formed a unique sense of joy and intimacy, and had a feeling of admiration for him. Later, netizens began to say “worship toad”, which is abbreviated as “membrane”, and his followers are called “hasi”, “membrane master” and so on.
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Netizens’ attention to Jiang Zemin once declined as he handed over to Hu Jintao and retreated behind the scenes, but an event that shocked China and the world in 2011 made people remember him again: In July of that year, “Asia Television” reported that Jiang Zemin had passed away, but within a few hours the rumors were refuted by the authorities, confirming that the above-mentioned reports were false. Netizens recalled the leader of the previous generation again, and “membrane clam” became a hot topic among many people again. Later, some netizens pointed out that all kinds of rumors refuted after false reports of death were in a sense for Jiang Zemin’s “continuation” Life”, which resulted in the Internet memes of “continuing for one second” or “+1s”.
In November 2014, a public account named “Jiangxuan Seminar” appeared on the Internet platform “WeChat” in the Mainland, which specially published Jiang Zemin’s experience and past events. “Behavior has been further elevated to the level of network culture and has become a new “membrane culture”. Although the “Jiangxuan Seminar” official account was finally shut down by the censorship department, the relevant content has spread to the outside world, such as “Pattern Tucson Broken” (too young too simple in Pinyin of Mandarin), “Making a fortune with a silent voice”, “Talking and laughing happily” “, “Get a big news” has become an alternative buzzword, and there are even products related to “membrane clams”, such as T-shirts, mobile phone cases, etc. In reality, some people will make “membrane clams” on walls and floor tiles The graffiti, a simplified portrait wearing large glasses, has been identified as referring to it.
However, with the deepening of “membrane culture”, it has also attracted the attention and intervention of Chinese officials. After the Sixth Plenary Session of the 18th CPC Central Committee in October 2016, China imposed requirements on leaders’ propaganda work and propaganda language, including the prohibition of flattery. Afterwards, “membrane culture” was listed as one of the Internet censorship items by Chinese officials. The Chinese government has also noticed that some netizens and even “Hasi” will celebrate Jiang Zemin’s birthday. These behaviors are prohibited online and offline.In 2017, an “excited frog” game appeared in the Apple App Store, with a frog wearing black-framed glasses and high-waisted pants as the protagonist of the game, but the game was soon accused of violating Chinese laws and was taken off the shelves. , a person claiming to be the author of the gamejust postsaying that he was investigated and punished by the public security organ for this matter.
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