What does Hangzhou look like in your eyes?

The beauty of Hangzhou is famous all over the world. Since ancient times, it has been praised as "there is heaven above, and Suzhou and Hangzhou below". The spring dawn on the Su Di, the lotus in summer, the osmanthus in autumn, and the remaining snow on the broken bridge make people sigh that Hangzhou is a model of natural beauty; the light makeup of the West Lake, the romantic and ethereal nature of the willow waves and the orioles, the depth and tranquility of the Eighteen Streams of Jiuxi, and the whirling ancient trees of the Botanical Garden , makes people sigh that Hangzhou is a masterpiece of the Creator.

Hangzhou is beautiful, intoxicating, and economically dynamic. So, what are the people of Hangzhou like living in this beautiful city? In the eyes of outsiders, do the qualities displayed by Hangzhou people in all aspects match that of this city? Here, we interpret this famous city in the south of the Yangtze River from the perspective of some outsiders. Our starting point is well-intentioned. We do not want to attack Hangzhou or Hangzhou people, but hope that Hangzhou can be better.

Hangzhou people should improve their quality

Wu Jianlin, Chairman of Hangzhou Bai Trading Co., Ltd.:

Hangzhou is an economically developed city with very superior material conditions and many People are very rich. In China's "Rich Club", Hangzhou, together with Suzhou, Wuxi and Ningbo, ranks among the "Top Ten" domestic economies, and was named the runner-up among the "Top Ten Investment Cities in Mainland China" by Taiwanese businessmen. However, it is easy for a city to become rich, but it is difficult to improve the civilization of city residents. What impressed me most about the city of Hangzhou is that the quality of Hangzhou people is inversely proportional to the level of Hangzhou’s economic development. In other words, the quality of Hangzhou people cannot keep up with the level of Hangzhou’s economic development.

Some time ago, a friend of mine came to Hangzhou for a trip and was hit by a car driving in the opposite direction while shopping. The fault was all on the driver's side, but the Hangzhou driver not only did not apologize at first, The attitude is also very bad. After a period of negotiation, the final result was that the driver admitted his mistake but refused to pay any compensation. In fact, this is not a question of whether to pay or not, but a question of a person's attitude and quality. After this incident, my friend's impression of Hangzhou was greatly reduced. He felt that if the quality of people in a city is very poor, no matter how beautiful the city's scenery is, it will not be attractive to him.

Hangzhou now makes me feel that it is only pursuing the speed of economic development one-sidedly, while ignoring the improvement of humanistic quality. Just like the issue of pedestrians running red lights that everyone has been paying attention to recently, many people do not have the consciousness to consciously obey traffic rules, and must be deterred by cameras and traffic police before they will behave obediently. To comply, without these external pressures, these people would still go their own way.

Hangzhou is now positioned as a city for leisure tourism. If we want to attract more people to have a good impression of Hangzhou, we should set a high profile and focus on improving humanistic quality. Because what ultimately attracts a city is not how beautiful its scenery is, but how highly civilized its people are.

Hangzhou people lack tolerance

Xia Xiaodan, Shanghai Zhongda Fruit Co., Ltd.:

I stayed in Hangzhou for a year, which was not a long time but it made me fully Feel the warmth and warmth of human kindness. I don't like Hangzhou people. I feel that Hangzhou people are very xenophobic. They look down on outsiders and only think about themselves when doing things. They are impersonal.

After I came to Hangzhou in early 2003, I looked for 5 jobs intermittently, 1 as a cashier, 1 as a clerk, 1 as a statistician, and 2 as a salesperson. In the process of engaging in these jobs that some people in Hangzhou regard as inferior, I have often been looked down upon by Hangzhou people.

That summer happened to be during the SARS epidemic, and I was engaged in selling health care products. One day, my colleagues and I were running business outside. Suddenly, my vision went dark and I almost fainted in the middle of the road. My colleagues helped me to rest in a car sales shop. The store owner came over, speaking Hangzhou dialect, and told us to get out quickly. She said that now is the SARS period and what to do if we get infected. My colleague repeatedly explained that she was feeling dizzy due to the hot weather and wanted to take a rest, but she refused and kicked us out. From this incident, we can see that Hangzhou people are inhumane.

In September, I accompanied Xue to the Longxiang Clothing Store on Yan'an Road to buy clothes. My classmate tried clothes from several stalls, but because the sellers were shouting at random prices, he didn’t buy them. When we walked out of these stalls because we didn't buy any clothes, we received the same treatment. The boss ladies and the guys were scolding us in Hangzhou dialect, which probably meant that outsiders had no money to buy and try things out. However, when a Hangzhou resident walked into one of those stalls to buy clothes, he also didn’t buy because he didn’t like the clothes after trying them on. The stall owner didn’t say anything. From this incident, it can be seen that Hangzhou people are xenophobic.

For Hangzhou people, no matter where they come to Hangzhou, they are outsiders. In fact, if we trace their origins, how many people are of so-called "real" Hangzhou descent? Of course, I have no intention of knocking down all Hangzhou people with one stick. I believe that most people in Hangzhou are good. But I feel that Hangzhou is destined not to become a city that is inclusive to the world and looks up to from all over the world, because Hangzhou people do not have an enterprising spirit and an open-minded temperament, only the true character of Xiaojiabiyu.

Hangzhou people lack entrepreneurial passion

Xu Guobin, an active-duty officer in a military region in Hangzhou:

Hangzhou is a city integrating leisure and entertainment. It is leisure and comfort, which may be related to the fact that Hangzhou has not suffered from many wars or natural disasters since ancient times. Yu Dafu compared Hangzhou to "the crisp body of a 28-year-old girl", which is so fresh and tender that it makes people's hearts and bodies crisp. The wind of catkins by the West Lake makes the hearts of Hangzhou people soft, and the dawn wind and the waning moon on the bank of the willows make Hangzhou people drunk and reluctant to wake up. . This makes the city of Hangzhou lack a kingly spirit and is not domineering enough.

Hangzhou people are actually very mediocre. They lack the passion to start a business and have no ambition. They only pursue immediate interests and have no long-term planning. Many Hangzhou people live by collecting rent and muddle along. I think a large part of the reason why Hangzhou’s economy is so developed and all industries are prosperous is that it is supported by outsiders. In Hangzhou, the real rich people are not Hangzhou people but outsiders. Look at how many houses beside the West Lake belong to Hangzhou people. Very few Hangzhou locals start their own businesses. Among the older generation, there are outstanding Hangzhou natives such as Zong Qinghou of "Wahaha" and Lu Guanqiu of "Wanxiang". But what about the new generation of entrepreneurs? Where they are and what they are doing, I have never seen or heard of them.

Of course, Hangzhou people are relatively friendly. It is possible to be ordinary friends with Hangzhou people, but it is difficult to be close friends. Because Hangzhou people lack a sense of trust in people. It is actually Hangzhou’s culture of acquiescing to people who do not care about oneself, and to be prudent and self-protective.

Someone once scolded the bad nature of Hangzhou people, which meant that "the warm wind made tourists drunk" and spawned a declining dynasty and a bunch of degenerate lazy people, thus giving birth to a feminine city and a group of lazy people. An idle person who does not want to make progress. This analogy is too harsh, but I think such shadows can still be found in some people.

Hangzhou people are not open-minded enough

Wang Xiaoqing, Yiwu Branch of China Construction Bank:

Many people say that Hangzhou is a feminine city, and I feel the same way. , in Hangzhou, there is a lingering feminine atmosphere all year round. A friend of mine gave this definition to Hangzhou: Hangzhou is Xizi, and the embrace of Xizi is so gentle that it makes people breathless. And a feminine city gives people the impression that it is not grand and open enough. I think Mr. Li Hangyu's summary of the character of Hangzhou people as "a legacy of the Southern Song Dynasty, weak and uncontested, without ambition, is quite appropriate."

Many Hangzhou people are very petty and lack the courage to do big things. During the few years I lived in Hangzhou, I rented houses from Hangzhou residents. During the rental process, I rarely met landlords who were unhappy. The most I met were people who were always fussing over one or two hundred yuan or even dozens of yuan. . I once met a landlord who "discussed" with me for nearly three hours over whether to pay 100 yuan to install peak and valley electricity. It was really unbearable.

Hangzhou people are quite narcissistic and think that everything in Hangzhou is good.

Whether on TV or radio, the swarm of Hangzhou dialect programs is a manifestation of collective narcissism, and it is also a manifestation of the "smallness" of Hangzhou people. Among the permanent population of Hangzhou, a considerable number are people who come to Hangzhou to start businesses. These dialect programs actually remind them that they are outsiders, making them feel that they cannot even understand the Hangzhou dialect, which is the threshold for integrating into Hangzhou. Hangzhou is a tourist city, and most of the tourists who come to Hangzhou are outsiders. If they turn on the TV in a hotel and watch several channels but can’t understand what is being said, what do you think they will think? What kind of impression do you think they will have on Hangzhou?

You must be generous and tolerant. Although you can't spend money like water, you don't need to regard a penny as bigger than a millstone; although you can't ask to be as big as Maitreya Buddha, you don't have to be smaller than the tip of a pin. Being stingy everywhere will inevitably shrink, only being generous can lead to heroic spirit. Therefore, it makes sense for Hangzhou to determine "exquisite harmony, openness and openness" as the direction of its urban character.

"Hang'er Feng" is a mass epidemic

Huang Liying of Zhejiang Fangyuan Testing Co., Ltd.:

During the few years in Hangzhou, it left a deep impression on me The most important thing is "Hang'er style", a social custom with Hangzhou characteristics. Hangzhou people like to follow trends in everything they do, such as "Shengwen Ganli" and "Ruan Mahua" some time ago, and "Zhaoshuo Cake" recently, etc. This makes me feel that Hangzhou people have no ideas of their own and like to join in the fun and follow what others say.

"Hang'er style" is actually a popular epidemic, which reflects the lack of pioneering and innovative spirit of Hangzhou people. Just like the people in Hangzhou eating "ShaoZhao Shaobing", the "Hang'er wind" blew fiercely at the beginning, and they queued up for ten or twenty meters just to buy a "ZhaoZhao Shaobing", and even the stubborn ones kept eating. They said it was delicious, so the floor was covered with paper bags containing the cakes. Later, instead of paper bags, the floor was covered with crumbled sesame cake shops. Things that rise up in a rush usually end up dispersing in a rush. Under the influence of "Hang'er style", no matter how good things are, they will not last long in Hangzhou. This also shows that Hangzhou people are not single-minded in their feelings and are also a sign of lack of self-confidence.

Girls in Hangzhou are more realistic, while boys are more feminine. Girls in Hangzhou have a strong sense of self-superiority, and the criteria for getting married are one after another. At the very least, they must have a house and a car, and at the very least, they must be able to afford a house. The overall impression given by Hangzhou men is that they are not shy: they have their own ideas but at the same time they have a mentality of hiding in a small building to unite. They are not jealous of others and are easily satisfied with the status quo. This is probably the inheritance given to Hangzhou men by the small court back then. .

Hangzhou is rich in culture

Huang Fuyong, Zhejiang Fisheries Technology Promotion Station:

Hangzhou is a very exquisite city with profound cultural heritage. Three parts landscape and seven parts culture, Hangzhou is imbued with the charm of Jiangnan culture everywhere. Hangzhou, how much cultural accumulation and humanistic care has made it this paradise. The beauty of paradise is not only its scenery, but also its strong cultural atmosphere.

West Lake is the soul of Hangzhou, and Hangzhou is full of charm because of West Lake. Generations of Hangzhou people have grown up soaked in the water of the West Lake and influenced by the wind of the West Lake. The style of the West Lake has formed the background of beauty in Hangzhou people's lives and nurtured the feelings of beauty in Hangzhou people's lives.

Hangzhou people are honest, kind, pragmatic and hard-working. Hangzhou people are calm, calm, casual and smart. They don't ask how successful their careers are, and they don't work too hard to make money. Everything just needs to be passable. But Hangzhou people are very good at enjoying life. Many people like to "go" to teahouses as they do to "go" to bars, which is a good proof.

Some people say that Hangzhou people lack tolerance and look down on outsiders, but I feel that Hangzhou has a graceful, generous and peaceful atmosphere that embraces all rivers.

In a large environment, everyone lives in different circles, has different cultural levels, and has different living habits. There will always be certain differences and conflicts. If you conclude that this city is exclusive and lacks tolerance, it would be too one-sided. . I think Hangzhou has magnanimity. Her magnanimity comes from its profound Confucian culture, from the urban endowment of the integration of north and south, and also from its development character as a tourist city.

Hangzhou people have a strong ability to accept new things and like to pursue innovation. The Hangzhou Municipal Government is also innovating with an advanced courage. For example, Hangzhou’s holding of the Leisure Expo this time is an act of actively pursuing innovation.

Hangzhou people attach great importance to family values. Hangzhou parents are particularly pampered and pampered towards their children, arranging everything for their children and leaving little room for their children to grow independently. The result of parents being too conscientious is that children have less independence and slower psychological maturity. This kind of behavior is not a good thing for individuals or the development of the entire city.