11.11 Guang Gun Festival in China
2024-12-05
Today is November 11th. It is displayed as four 1's when we write the date. Chinese people usually call it Guang Gun festival, because there are the most nubmer of 1, which stands for you are single. Guang gun means single person in Chinese.
Guang Gun is a popular term used to describe single individuals in Chinese culture. It is also translated less literally as "leftover men".
During the Ming dynasty, the term"bare sticks"was used to describe male individuals who participated in illegal activities ranging from robberies to prostitution. The Ming Code, one of the most important codes written in Chinese history in order to regulate society, "specifically labeled bare sticks demobilized soldiers, the homeless, and other marginalized people not engaged in honest work". The Chinese media has constructed the myth of protest masculinity that single unmarried men might threaten social harmony due to their inability to get married and further the family lineage.
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