Why is graffiti culture so popular abroad but so rare in China?

If you travel or go on a business trip to a foreign country, you will find a very strange phenomenon when you stroll through the streets and alleys of a foreign country. That is, almost all foreign walls are occupied by various graffiti, but this phenomenon is very rare on the streets of China. The streets of China are always full of small advertisements and slogans. So, why are there all kinds of strange graffiti on the walls in foreign countries, but there are only small advertisements on the streets in China?

First of all, let’s talk about why there are graffiti on the streets in foreign countries? Take the streets of Berlin, Germany, as an example. Graffiti on the streets of Berlin first became popular during World War II. During World War II, Germany exercised very serious mental control over its people. This makes many Germans feel very depressed but have nowhere to express themselves, so they express their thoughts in the form of art on street walls. Moreover, foreign laws do not strictly prohibit this matter. Street graffiti has become a very free thing, so more and more people are doing graffiti on the streets, and there are more and more graffiti.

What about the small advertisements and slogans on Chinese walls? When New China was first founded, in order to better alert people and improve the political awareness of the general public, the local government chose to write large slogans on the walls. Over time, this practice was adopted by successive Chinese governments, and the Chinese Wall became a good place to alert people. Moreover, it is illegal to graffiti on walls in China, so not many people will do it.

This obvious difference between China and the West is caused by the influence of different historical periods. For some foreigners, repressive politics force them to express themselves in this way. In China, this situation obviously does not exist.