2023-06-25 05:55:48
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Before Gap Day, the buzzwords that dominated Chinese social platforms were “lay flat” or “put bad”. If “laying flat” also has a hint of resistance, which refers to a gesture of trying to withdraw from meaningless competition and return to oneself, then Gap Day seems to imply an attitude of “surrendering” to busy work.
(Central News Agency) Under the pressure of further education and employment, the vast majority of Chinese young people dare not “lie down” and have no chance to pass the gap year (Gap Year). Therefore, someone invented a way of life in the community: Gap Day, just to take a day off from the busy life, and it is becoming a trend now.
Gap Year is popular among young people in Europe and the United States. After finishing their studies, they are not eager to enter school or work. They seek life experiences they are interested in during the gap year. They explore themselves and seek life goals through activities such as travel, part-time jobs, and volunteering.
However, the vast majority of young Chinese do not have such opportunities.
Chinese Youth: Forced by Parents to Work Hard
The Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) Chinese website reported, “During Gap Year, what should I do if my parents always ask me to work?” said 23-year-old Buguo Li, who just graduated from university, and now lives in Guangzhou with her parents. .
Li Buguo got the admission notice of her ideal school last year, and there is still more than half a year before the start of school. She wants to use this time as her gap year.
“I have been forced by my parents to study and practice the piano since I was a child. They pushed me to do many things step by step.” Li Buguo said that she wanted to use Gap Year to do some things she wanted to do, such as new hobby. But her parents were more eager to push her to find a job during this time.
Li Buguo also had great anxiety at the beginning of the Gap Year because of the living conditions of his peers. “I feel anxious when I see my classmates making money at work.” In addition, there are some peers who have internship experience in large factories, so she is more anxious, and she is deeply caught in self-doubt and denial.
Under the urging of various factors, Li Buguo tried to do an internship for a period of time, but the numerous tasks and long working hours made her physically and mentally exhausted, and then she had to quit the internship.
Gap Day
Young people like Li Buguo, who are under tremendous pressure at work, invented a new way of life on the social platform: Gap Day.
According to Jiemian News, the term Gap Day first appeared in the learning sharing notes of a blogger in the community Xiaohongshu. She called the day when she started to rest at 5:10 pm Gap Day. Since then, this slightly self-deprecating statement has continued to spread and become a trend.
Expressions such as “Gap Day, a Gap that is more suitable for Chinese babies’ physique” and “If you can’t have a Gap Year, give yourself a Gap Day” have appeared on Chinese social media platforms one following another. Some people think that this reflects the anxiety that people have nowhere to rest, while others accuse this kind of “self-deprecating” for obliterating the legitimacy of rest.
Today, I searched for Gap Day on Weibo, and immediately popped up many related posts from young people. Most of them shared that they might finally take a day off to go micro-travel, drink coffee, or eat and drink. Some netizens expressed helplessly that there is only one day to gap during the Dragon Boat Festival holiday.
Last year’s graduation season, “Chinese people don’t have a real Gap Year” was on the hot search. At that time, netizens lamented that there is no real gap year for Chinese people, and there are only roads such as postgraduate entrance examinations and public examinations to struggle for. People look forward to leisure time, but they dare not stop.
Under such circumstances, the emergence of Gap Day is even more helpless. It shortens the time that was originally measured in years to one day, and the original symbol of “seeking self” has become a compromise of taking a breath and taking a break, as if to say: ” Now as long as we have a Gap Day, it is already rare.”
The report pointed out that before Gap Day, the hot words that dominated Chinese social platforms were “lay flat” or “putting down”. If “laying flat” also has a hint of resistance, which refers to a gesture of trying to withdraw from meaningless competition and return to oneself, then Gap Day seems to imply an attitude of “surrendering” to busy work.
According to the report, in the competition that may be left behind at any time, “lying” without psychological burden may be a kind of self-deception. Therefore, the emergence of Gap Day is not surprising, but it is just a joke along this line, reflecting people’s anxiety regarding rest in their erratic lives.
“When will I be able to have a gap with peace of mind… Let alone a gap year, I feel that a gap day is a sin in the hearts of Chinese people,” a young Chinese person asked a question on Weibo today.
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