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I've just released my second video on Chinese hospitality, and although admittedly the first one about the Downsides should probably have been released second (I think I really ticked a lot of people off by seeming so ungrateful) I'm fairly sure I've managed to put through the good, the bad and the ugly of face based hospitality in China. For those of you unsure what face means, it's basically pride. To give someone face is to show them respect and boost their ego and pride or status/stature. And losing face is the absolute worst and shameful thing that can happen to someone here. 

Thank you for all of you who sat through and understood where I was coming from in the first video (10 years of playing this face game has rather worn me out). I am looking forward to coming to meet as many of you as possible in America more than ever (I have sent emails to those of you who offered me a place to stay in order to see if the dates work out for you).

Thank you once again to all of you for your amazing support and making SerpentZA a possibility!

All of the best regards possible!

- SerpentZA 

P.S Stay Awesome!

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Anonymous

How do you change the dialog from appearing overly critical to curious or friendly or objective criticism? But than again sometimes getting alot of hits on you tube is good.

Anonymous

Well, showing hospitality is sort of a social obligation in Old China. Even during the cultural revolution, when a foreigner or someone from another province visits a village, the villagers might slaughter the only livestock they have to entertain the guest. The visitor's moral obligation is that he/she should return the favour in some indefinite future. This sounds a bit strange, but in ancient China, when someone travels to a village either from a other village or a city, the person is either running away from famine or have something important to do (like marrying some girl in that village). Despite all the western influence and the cultural revolution, this tradition gets kept in some rural areas. Treating guests, acquittances, and remote family members as goog as you can is still a moral obligation in the minds of older Chinese people. The sad thing is, as a recipient​ of such hospitality, you are morally obligated​ to do what you think is best for them, even if you absolutely hated their way of hospitality. Some really remote family members​ brought a live chicken from the village​ for you, you are obligated to allow them live in you home for a few days, fed them, pay for their expenses, and spent time with them even if you are extremely​ busy. Even as a Chinese, I am also quite often fed up with this. But thank you for pointing this out.