Guangzhou Eighteen Monsters

The first strange thing: Buy vegetables first when you wake up in the morning. Cantonese people like to eat fresh vegetables and generally do not store vegetables at home, so the first thing they do when they get up every day is to go to the vegetable market. This is not the custom in the Mainland. In almost all areas of Guangdong, especially in towns and rural areas, after getting up at dawn, you first go to the market to buy vegetables, and then go home to sort out and have breakfast... (Note: This just means that the habit of buying vegetables in the morning is different from that in the mainland. There is nothing wrong with it. Profound meaning)

The second strange thing: bones are more expensive than meat. Guangdong cuisine is famous for its soup. You have to drink soup with almost every meal. Bone soup is actually the best soup, so the price in the market has skyrocketed, often It’s more expensive than meat, which puzzles mainlanders. Bones in the mainland have only one function, and that is to feed dogs, which is quite a pity when I think about it...

The third weird thing: eating late into the morning. In Guangdong, there are food stalls of various grades in all places, big and small. Mainly for late night snacks. At one or two o'clock in the morning, there are still people there for midnight snacks, or even at three or four o'clock in the morning. The whole family can also eat together. I really can't figure out whether to have midnight snacks or breakfast... As a doctor, We finally found evidence why Guangdong people have significantly higher digestive tract diseases than the rest of the country.

The fourth weird thing: herbal tea is actually a compound of traditional Chinese medicine. No matter where you go in Guangdong, you can see eye-catching herbal tea houses and herbal tea advertisements. When you enter the teahouse, the waiter will enthusiastically introduce the varieties and effects of herbal tea. , there are those that clear away heat and detoxify, those that prevent and treat colds, those that strengthen the stomach and digestion, etc., they are all available.

When you prepare to taste the fragrant tea in a slightly elegant manner, what hits your nose is the flavor of Chinese herbal medicine with the "four smells and five flavors", and the intensity is indescribable. It is bitter... what is tea? Ha, this is obviously Chinese medicine! The locals find it strange, but the outsiders really find it strange! ! Haha

The fifth strange thing: Mahjong tables are placed on the streets in any province or city in China. I am afraid that no one would dare to place mahjong tables on the streets openly for gambling purposes. Let's play with money! Of course everyone admits that they are just having fun. If such a situation occurs in the Mainland, at least the patrol police can interrogate you. But in Guangdong, as large as Guangzhou and Shenzhen, as small as Shixing County and Wengyuan County in northern Guangdong, there are mahjong tables on both sides of the streets. And they openly argued over the lost money. Haha, no one pays attention to these things. Do you think it's strange? ! !

The sixth weird thing: Wandering on the street in pajamas and slippers (gai)

If you were a Shanghainese who cares about face, you would never wear pajamas and slippers on the street. They thought it was unbecoming of elegance to go out on the street in full public view. Because pajamas and slippers can only be used in the bedroom. Cantonese talents don't believe in that evil. They wear flowing nightdresses and sexy slippers to show off in the market. They are natural and generous and can attract countless eyeballs. But mainlanders who came to Guangdong for the first time said: Oops, that’s weird! ! Haha, that's because he hasn't realized the power of the subtropical climate...

Actually, it's not entirely because of the heat. Otherwise, there are many people wearing cold-proof clothes and thick woolen pants in winter. Still wearing slippers and running around the world with bare feet? ! ! Still weird!

The Seventh Weird: Mutton is sold with the skin on. As we all know, wearing a leather jacket in the northern winter is a life that everyone aspires to. It can not only keep warm but also show one's identity and chicness. Of course, leather jackets are expensive. The main raw material for making leather clothing is sheepskin. A piece of fine sheepskin may even exceed the price of its own mutton. However, we smart Cantonese people just kill the sheep and pluck the wool immediately, and then sell the meat with the skin, or use it to cook in a pot. Not only is a good sheepskin wasted, but the smell is too strong. Even Inner Mongolian people who eat mutton as their main food do not like to eat such mutton! No wonder our compatriots in Guangdong think mutton is not delicious. This is so strange! !

The eighth strange thing: chickens, geese, cats and dogs go to the balcony. Cantonese people love to raise small animals. They not only raise chickens, geese, ducks and other animals that can be served on the dining table, but also like to raise cats. and dogs.

In other provinces, except for the installation of protective bars on the windows of bungalows and ground-floor buildings, windows on the second floor and above are basically not considered. Foreigners who have just arrived in Guangdong feel very uncomfortable, as if they are living in a bird cage. If you are used to seeing it, you will think it is a scenery. If someone does not install it, it will feel weird.

Guangdong is different from the mainland. After the reform and opening up, a large number of migrant workers have flowed here. In the big forest, there are all kinds of birds. In recent years, bandits have become rampant. They have been repeatedly attacked and robbed covertly and openly. It is impossible to guard against them. Citizens can only be vigilant and take precautions before they happen. As a result, there is a strange phenomenon that is rare in the mainland, where people always use the Internet at every opportunity. Whether this device can effectively prevent thieves from entering is irrelevant, but it is absolutely true that it affects the owner's free movement, especially when air conditioners and other home appliances are installed outside the window.

The 14th strange thing: Water pipe wall exterior installation is only relative to the cold north. In the eyes of northerners, all water-related pipes should be installed in rooms and inside buildings. , or dig three feet deep into the ground, otherwise the wind and sun will easily cause the pipes to rust and age, and they will be more likely to be broken by freezing in winter. In Guangdong, there is no real winter and no freezing, so there are no such concerns. Therefore, in order to save space, it is better to install all the water pipes outside the house or building. It will definitely not look like the scenery and have no aesthetic feeling, and it will really affect the service life of the pipes. It’s hard to say it’s a strange thing!

Strange thing 15: Dating turns into in-laws. It is obvious that a man and a woman are in love there, but the Cantonese people say that they are dating. Haha, we really hit it off and left holding hands.

When they fall in love and get married and become a couple, they have become parents-in-law in the eyes of Cantonese people. Maybe it’s a good wish that they can become parents-in-law soon! Otherwise, why would the couple call them parents-in-law?

How strange! !

Odd No. 16: Motorcycles serve as taxis. No province or city has more motorcycles per capita than Guangdong. Guangdong alone accounts for nearly 1/5 of the country's annual oil consumption, and motorcycles are a huge consumer of oil. Motorcycles, which have long been restricted in most cities in the mainland, can be said to be everywhere in Guangdong, from big cities to rural areas, and are like locusts walking on the streets. At almost every intersection in every place, there are as many passenger motorcycles as ants. When a long-distance shuttle bus or bus passes a certain station and pauses for a moment, they will swarm up like swarms and run rampant, often even In order to steal a customer, he would not hesitate to hit and injure pedestrians. On the contrary, many places and even some large cities have very few taxi lanes. In Guangdong, motorcycles serve as taxis. It’s so confusing, so strange! No one governs.

The Seventeenth Weirdness: The mountain shape resembles a human organ. There is a Danxia Mountain in Renhua County in northern Guangdong. It is famous all over the world for its red sandstone landform, and has therefore become one of the world's geological and cultural heritage. There are two huge rocks as big as mountains in the mountain. Their shape and appearance resemble human organs, named Yang Yuan Stone and Yin Yuan Stone. If human activities and artificial carvings are excluded, it is really one of the wonders (organs) in the world.

The 18th strange thing: All farmland is occupied by factories.

The Pearl River Delta, Yangtze River Delta and Jianghan Plain have been known as China's three major granaries since ancient times. It has unique natural conditions such as sufficient water sources, developed water systems and fertile land. Among the three major grain-producing areas, the Pearl River Delta has better natural conditions, with a warm and humid subtropical climate, abundant rainfall in spring and summer, and no frost in winter. In addition, the three rivers converge here, and the rivers and canals are densely distributed. At least two crops of rice can be grown, basically ensuring a guaranteed harvest despite droughts and floods. Coupled with the fact that fresh fruits and vegetables are produced throughout the four seasons, it can truly be said to be the world’s granary, a land of plenty and a land of heaven-given treasures.

Since the 1980s, the situation here has undergone earth-shaking changes.

In order to pursue rapid economic growth, countless overheated and disorderly investments were attracted. Some low-level, small-scale, workshop-like factories with particularly low productivity levels poured in here in large numbers. Construction projects were launched without restrictions. In addition, the rise of There is a rush to build squares and pave lawns, and to expand urban land without restrictions, ruthlessly devouring a large amount of farmland. Although it increases tax revenue for a while, it does make some people rich, but in the long run there will be endless consequences. As far as the Pearl River Delta is concerned, there is currently almost zero land that can be actually cultivated. With the advancement of science and technology and the continuous improvement of productivity levels, these factories or workshops built in a hurry will inevitably be eliminated sooner or later. By then, I am afraid that it will be impossible to get the same fertile land as before on the same land...

"Food is the first priority for the people." With such a large population base in China, it may take hundreds of years to fully follow the path of Western-style industrialization. The most realistic problem is how to eat in a few decades. No matter how advanced science is, the people No matter how rich you are, you can’t miss three meals a day. If you want to have enough food and clothing, you should rely on the land. When the day when bioengineering relies on genetic mutations to produce a large amount of nutritious food from factories becomes a reality, I am afraid that people will have long since died of hunger. .

In fact, this is the real weird thing in Guangdong. It is a strange circle. Of course no one will believe it now. What is blessing? Is it a disaster? 20 years, 50 years, 200 years later... you should have the right to speak. Of course, it is not us who will suffer in the end, but our descendants...

In the past, there were many changes in the world, but today there are factories everywhere; I feel the glory of creation , don’t forget food rations for your descendants!