光棍节(Singles Day)

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"singlesday"fallsoneverynovember11thandiscelebratedonlyinchina.itisafestivalexclusivelyforsingles.tofindoutmoreaboutthisfestival,readon."singlesday"fallsoneverynovember11th,andasthenameindicates,thisrelativelynewholidayisoneexclusivelyforpeoplewhoarestilllivingthesinglelife.iwasabitsurprisedwhenigoogled'singlesday'ontheinter,tofindthatchinaistheonlycountryintheworldthathassetasideaspecialdayforsinglestocelebratetheirlives.tofindoutmoreaboutthiscelebration,readon.

originofsinglesdayanoldstorygoesthatoncetherewerefoursinglemen,leadingveryboringlives.noneofthemweremarried,orhadlovers,ordidanythingexciting.theyjustsataroundalldayandplayedmahjong.

onedaytheyplayedmahjongfrom11inthemorninguntil11atnight.duringthegame,nomatterwhowon,thewinningcardwasalwaysthe'fourcolumns'card(thecardshowsfourindependent,parallelcolumnsintwolines).evenmoreofacoincidence,itwasnov11,or11/11.inordertomemoratetheday,theynicknamedit"singlesday".

universityculture"singlesday"wasfirstcelebratedatvariousuniversitiesinnanjing,capitalcityofjiangsuprovinceduringthe1990s.itgotthename"singlesday"becausethedateisprisedoffour"ones".thesecollegestudentshavesincegraduated,andcarriedtheiruniversitytraditionintosociety.singlesdayisnowaspecialdayforallfashionableyouths.

themainwaytocelebrate"singlesday"istohavedinnerwithyoursinglefriends,butit'simportantthateachpersonpaytheirownwaytoshowtheirindependence.peoplealsohold'blinddate'partiesinanattempttobidgoodbyetotheirsinglelives.creativecelebrationforbreakfaston"singlesday",singlesofteneatfouryoutiao(deep-frieddoughsticks)representingthefour"ones"in"11.11"andonebaozi(steamedstuffedbuns)representingthemiddledot.

manysinglesalsochoosetosaygoodbyetotheirsinglelivesonthisday.manyattend'blinddate'partiesandmanypeoplechoosetomarryonthisday.inadditiontomeaning'single'thefour'ones'ofthedatecanalsomean'onlyone'asin'theonlyoneforme.'somepeoplewillusethisdateandthismeaningtotelltheirspecialsomeohattheyaretheonly'one'intheirheart.