Why is the tenderness and naivety of deja vu in The Mystery of Pyongyang?

Because these scenes are what North Korea wants tourists to see. Indeed, Pyongyang's appearance looks pure and beautiful, but this may not be the case.

People who have traveled to North Korea must know that they can only choose to travel with a group, and they are not allowed to leave the group for a minute, let alone travel freely. After arriving there, all foreigners can only stay in Yangjiao Island Hotel. They are not allowed to go out in private, contact with locals other than tour guides, hold Korean currency or enter local Korean shops. Maybe this is the so-called mystery.

Even if you ignore so many wonderful rules, according to the geographical location of Yangjiao Island Hotel, living in it is equivalent to complete isolation. Some group members quietly want to sneak out at night to find out, but people from all walks of life under surveillance politely ask them to go back to the hotel before leaving the hotel gate.

Traveling in North Korea, wherever you go, you seem to have eyes staring at you behind your back. Sometimes you even take a photo, and the tour guide will immediately know and politely advise you to delete it. When entering and leaving the customs, someone will also be responsible for carefully checking everyone's mobile phone photo albums, one by one, in case you take photos that they think are bad. In fact, from this point, we can see that the real Pyongyang may not be as good as we see. If they are as quiet as they are, how can they be so afraid of being photographed by others?

Some people say that the streets of Pyongyang are actually actors, and "Little Beauty" is repeated for tourists every day. When visiting Pyongyang subway, tourists are only allowed to take two stops. Some foreign tourists have said that he has never seen anyone who has seen more than two Pyongyang subway stations. This makes people wonder whether the subway station in Pyongyang, the daily life on the streets of Pyongyang and everything in Pyongyang are just a huge face project with beautiful appearance, but the inside is just an empty shell.

In a word, there is innocence and tenderness in Pyongyang's so-called mystery, and this impression may only exist in the world that tourists think.