A native Beijinger talks about what a real Beijinger is.

A native Beijinger, what is a real Beijinger? Beijingers, what are Beijingers? Being a Beijinger is a Beijinger's dream, but we really can't sum up the deep-seated topics of Beijingers at the moment. I try to talk about what a Beijinger is from the perspective of a Beijinger.

Beijingers, who are they? If it can be summed up in one sentence, I can't say it. Then who can be regarded as a Beijinger? Is the person with a Beijing hukou a Beijinger? Is it a Beijinger who has lived in Beijing for 10 years and 8 years, or a Beijinger whose parents are from other places and who was born in Beijing?

If you ask me, these are not real Beijingers. What they really love in their bones is their hometown, and they always miss their hometown in front of the moon during the Chinese New Year. They just regard Beijing as their place of struggle, or their second hometown. The first place will always be his hometown where he was born and raised.

A real Beijinger will never leave Beijing, even if his work is not satisfactory, even after work, even if he has no source of income, he will never go to other places to find a job and find a meal. You let Beijingers go to the construction site as construction workers, you let Beijingers set up stalls in the street to sell breakfast, you let Beijingers open laundry workshops, damn it, he won't do it. This is a Beijinger.

But Beijingers are lazy, not diligent and have no initiative to muddle along, which is cultivated in their bones and cannot be changed. That's how I came here in the Qing Dynasty. Spend money and no money every day, wander around with birdcages, have some tea and chat in teahouses. Now Beijing people are the same. As long as I have food and clothing every day, let's just say that as long as I have porridge to drink every day, I will wander for a day.

Some people say that Beijingers were squeezed out of the Sixth Ring Road by rich foreigners and entered Tongxian County, and the city was dominated by foreigners. How did this figure come from? I don't know. Now some government departments can't find out clearly, but these people do.