"Slow City Life" of Koreans

Walking into North Korea, you will find that everything seems to have slowed down. There are no small online videos, no mobile games, no shuttle express trains, and people are not in a hurry to leave. The shouts and greetings in the street seemed to be our aunts who were traveling.

Many people say that this is the dream of "slow city life", quiet is a kind of enjoyment, and there is no impetuous desire; There are also many people who say that you are incapable of getting rich. You wouldn't say that if you had money. Feel it together:

Koreans are used to walking. Around us, most people who walk are for fitness and to consume excess fat. But in North Korea, walking has returned to its original function. More interestingly, North Koreans are not in a hurry to walk.

Our tour guide said that the state-owned factories in North Korea usually go to work at 8: 30 in the morning, but looking at the clocks erected by the roadside, it is obvious that pedestrians are still in an endless stream when it is time to go to work. There is a strange place here: there are clocks and watches at some major intersections and subway entrances in North Korea, but pedestrians rarely look at them or turn a blind eye.

People who get off work at night are even less worried. Sunlight fell on people's shoulders through the leaves, and everyone didn't speak. They just walked quietly, wearing work clothes at work, as if they were attending some important meeting.

The tour guide told us that getting off work at night is the most leisure time of the day. Women go home to cook, men chat on the roadside, or fish at the water's edge, or three or five friends go to the beer house to drink. It is estimated that the dishes at home will be ready before going home.

Koreans are used to going to bed early. After dinner in the hotel, we got the permission of the tour guide and walked around Jiangan Street in Wutan. The tour guide repeatedly told us to come back before 9 pm. At this time, we were surprised and felt that the nightlife had not yet started. But still obedient, back to the hotel room on time.

We stayed on the 22nd floor of Yangjiao Island Hotel. At night 10, we open the curtains and look out. We found that the street lamps on the riverside street that we just passed had gone out. Across the Datong River, Dong 'an Cave and Liucheng Cave opposite the hotel, the community is already dark, and there are occasional lights in the windows.

The brightest Pyongyang station goes to the front street of the hotel. There are only a few dim street lamps, most of which are out. It turns out that the landscape street in Pyongyang is specially prepared for the convenience of foreign tourists for night trips, and there is a time limit for lighting.

The next day we chatted, and the tour guide told us very flatly that Pyongyang citizens usually have dinner at around 7: 30 in the evening, and the whole family watches TV programs at around 8: 00. The main content is the big events and small feelings around them, and then they start watching TV dramas. Many families have bought DVD players, and they like watching China TV dramas best.

At about ten o'clock in the evening, I am ready to go to bed. At this time, the electricity consumption began to be unstable, and solar panels installed on many family balconies could come in handy at this time.

There is no takeaway brother on the streets of North Korea. North Koreans don't seem to have the habit of eating breakfast outside. At 7 o'clock in the morning, we went to Kaesong by car and passed the gates of several communities along the way. There is no gate or security in the North Korean community, so we can see the interior of the community at a glance. But we didn't see any stalls selling breakfast, nor did we see any kiosks open for business. And the people waiting in line for the bus on the roadside didn't eat.

The tour guide explained that Koreans eat breakfast at home, and housewives get up early and go out to eat breakfast, which will be laughed at by neighbors and called lazy.

Cangyuan Street is surrounded by Liu Qing Pavilion, skating rink, Cangyuan Paradise and many other units. It was almost noon when I got here, but I didn't see the young people who came out to eat, and I didn't see the takeaway brother who walked quickly. Without them, the whole city seems to have slowed down.

The tour guide told us that all state-owned factories in North Korea have canteens where workers eat. With the meal ticket issued by the unit, eating is free.