{"id":1036,"date":"2020-11-11T00:18:23","date_gmt":"2020-11-11T00:18:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/mandarinchinese\/?p=1036"},"modified":"2020-11-11T00:29:26","modified_gmt":"2020-11-11T00:29:26","slug":"happy-chinese-singles-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/mandarinchinese\/2020\/11\/11\/happy-chinese-singles-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Happy Chinese &#8216;Singles&#8217; Day&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Singles&#8217; Day or Bachelors&#8217; Day (\u5149\u68cd\u8282 Gu\u0101ngg\u00f9n Ji\u00e9) is a day unofficially made for young Chinese who are single to celebrate on the 11th of November (11\/11 &#8211; two elevens &#8211; aka \u201c\u53cc\u5341\u4e00\u201d\u8282 Shu\u0101ng Sh\u00edy\u012b Ji\u00e9). The date was chosen for the connection between singles and the number &#8216;1&#8217;. The four &#8216;1&#8217;s ironically refer to the&nbsp;individuals who have no boyfriends\/girlfriends yet, therefore, becoming the bachelors or bachelorettes.<br><br>Initiated in 1993, this celebration has become popular among young Chinese, especially university and college students. In celebrating their festival, young singles organise parties and Karaoke to meet new friends or try their fortunes.<br><br>In more recent years, the festival has become commercialised as the largest physical and&nbsp;online shopping day in the world, compared with other shopping events such as the Black Friday shopping.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The photos below were taken when I undertook my fieldwork in China on 10\/11\/2008. With great interest I attended an English class in a university in which two students were presenting their topic on the Singles&#8217; Day. The mascots they explained are represented by two common and typical Chinese breakfast food &#8211; \u6cb9\u6761 (y\u00f3uti\u00e1o) and \u5305\u5b50 (b\u0101ozi).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow aligncenter\" data-effect=\"slide\"><div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_container swiper-container\"><ul class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_swiper-wrapper swiper-wrapper\"><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-1037\" data-id=\"1037\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/mandarinchinese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2020\/11\/U13-Obs-Ss-presentation2.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/mandarinchinese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2020\/11\/U13-Obs-Ss-presentation2.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/mandarinchinese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2020\/11\/U13-Obs-Ss-presentation2-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/mandarinchinese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2020\/11\/U13-Obs-Ss-presentation2-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/mandarinchinese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2020\/11\/U13-Obs-Ss-presentation2-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-1039\" data-id=\"1039\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/mandarinchinese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2020\/11\/U13-Obs-Ss-presentation-1.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/mandarinchinese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2020\/11\/U13-Obs-Ss-presentation-1.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/mandarinchinese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2020\/11\/U13-Obs-Ss-presentation-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/mandarinchinese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2020\/11\/U13-Obs-Ss-presentation-1-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/mandarinchinese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2020\/11\/U13-Obs-Ss-presentation-1-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><a class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_button-prev swiper-button-prev swiper-button-white\" role=\"button\"><\/a><a class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_button-next swiper-button-next swiper-button-white\" role=\"button\"><\/a><a aria-label=\"Pause Slideshow\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_button-pause\" role=\"button\"><\/a><div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_pagination swiper-pagination swiper-pagination-white\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><em>Language points<\/em><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>\u5149\u68cd (gu\u0101ngg\u00f9n) &#8211; single, unmarried people; bachelor or bachelorette (esp. male, oft. derogatory)<\/li><li>\u8282 (ji\u00e9) &#8211; festival, special day<\/li><li>\u53cc\u5341\u4e00 (shu\u0101ng sh\u00edy\u012b) &#8211; double 11(th)<\/li><li>\u6cb9\u6761 (y\u00f3uti\u00e1o) &#8211; deep-fried long twisted dough strips<\/li><li>\u5305\u5b50 (b\u0101ozi) &#8211; steamed bun with fillings<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><em>Question <\/em><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>In their presentation, the two girls claimed that only in China a special day was set for the singles. Is that true? What about in your country\/culture? Please leave a reply below in the comment box. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Singles%27_Day\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">More info on Singles Day from Wikipedia<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Singles&#8217; Day or Bachelors&#8217; Day (\u5149\u68cd\u8282 Gu\u0101ngg\u00f9n Ji\u00e9) is a day unofficially made for young Chinese who are single to celebrate on the 11th of November (11\/11 &#8211; two elevens &#8211; aka \u201c\u53cc\u5341\u4e00\u201d\u8282 Shu\u0101ng Sh\u00edy\u012b Ji\u00e9). The date was chosen &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/mandarinchinese\/2020\/11\/11\/happy-chinese-singles-day\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":63,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[5,13,14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1036","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-chinese-culture","category-chinese-language","category-chinese-lig"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pa93ff-gI","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/mandarinchinese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1036","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/mandarinchinese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/mandarinchinese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/mandarinchinese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/63"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/mandarinchinese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1036"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/mandarinchinese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1036\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1044,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/mandarinchinese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1036\/revisions\/1044"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/mandarinchinese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1036"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/mandarinchinese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1036"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/mandarinchinese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1036"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}