The development of Internet and communication tools has improved work efficiency and communication efficiency. There are probably not many people who write letters any more. Children who travel far away just need to report peace by phone. Without the interest in writing letters home, there is no feeling of missing that can only be expressed by words.
Today's cities are the same, just like Hong Kong clones. In the late 197s and early 198s, a corner of a slightly prosperous city in the Mainland was associated with the name "Little Hong Kong". Now, with the economic development, it is indeed Hong Kong-oriented. The landscape of urban streets in the whole country is unified and standardized, and the high-rise buildings composed of lines can't tell the difference between this city and other cities at all. Regardless of the details of the city, there is no qualitative difference between new york, Tokyo, Shanghai, Beijing and Hong Kong. There are several bronze figures on Wangfujing Street and the former royal palace standing alone in a piece of high-rise buildings, and the Shanghai City God Temple is also awkwardly in the gap between high-rise buildings with a low posture. Cities in different parts of the world originally had differences in time, space and culture, and had their own traditional characteristics, but all these have become a face in the fast food era, just as McDonald's in Beijing is no different from McDonald's in Hong Kong and McDonald's in Shanghai. All over the country, shops use computer-sprayed paintings, and all kinds of computer lettering make the streets full of strong commercial atmosphere.
Sometimes I deeply miss the shop signs written by local calligraphers or enthusiasts, and sometimes I really want to take a walk on the pavement paved with bluestone slabs. The slate in scraggy records the footprints of my ancestors, as if recording the vicissitudes of time. The vigorous calligraphy adds a unique cultural taste to the storefront, and the buildings with different styles make people linger. Fortunately, a few experts resolutely protect the traditional buildings of several distinctive cities, leaving us with a small space to taste traditional culture.
not only the scenery of the city, but also the decoration of the home is standardized, blindly pursuing hotel-style splendor, without its own characteristics, and the home faces in different places are a model, and there is no difference. So I always look at that set of stamps-"China Folk Houses" in a daze, experiencing beauty in this square inch. Perhaps, our generation is at the intersection of traditional culture and modern fast food culture, and we have become a combination of contradictions in this era. However, the above situation only adapts to foreign society.
It's very sad that fast food restaurants spread to China and changed qualitatively. Originally, in foreign countries, fast food became fast food because it took less time. However, after KFC entered the China market, due to the high price, it was a grand thing for ordinary families to go to KFC once, which required careful consideration and systematic arrangement. Then a few people in a family rushed into a crowded store and spent half an hour ordering food to grab a seat. Then they sat in their seats and savored the "Colonel Chicken nuggets" carefully.
Although this situation has improved after one year, ordinary people still don't often go to fast food restaurants, and although KFC has more than 1 branches in Shanghai, people still have to queue up to eat at KFC, not to mention Pizza Hut's embarrassing situation that there is no seat without reservation. Foreigners are often puzzled by this phenomenon.
On the one hand, China people regard eating as their life, and there has been a saying since ancient times that "food is the most important thing for the people". Among many Chinese cuisines, each dish has its own characteristics. Therefore, in China society, fast food culture cannot be easily established. China people spend more time eating than other entertainment. For China people, eating is very important, and China people will be picky about the food, even the color. On the other hand, the prices set by fast food restaurants such as McDonald's and KFC in China are too high, so that China people can't bear frequent patronage; Compared with the popularity of foreign fast food restaurants, these originally popular restaurants are very unusual when they arrive in China.
fast food culture conforms to social development, which may be true in foreign countries, but in China today, who doesn't want to stay in a warm home and eat mother's home cooking if they have time? Whether the fast food culture can be established in China for a long time seems to need us to wait and see.