People Unload Their “Everyone’s Fave, Not Mine” Thoughts
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Beyond the Rising Sun
Everything Japanese. E.g. “foodies,” think ramen and sushi are the best foods ever created. Weeaboos think anime is the pinnacle of entertainment and storytelling. Nerds think that katanas are the best swords ever made. It just irks me. Also, having spent lots of time in China, I think people are missing out on a lot of cool Chinese stuff (food, history, etc.) just because Japanese stuff is mainstream and “so awesome” and Chinese stuff … isn’t.
Food:
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DELICIOUS Sichuan cuisine, e.g. Ganguo Wawa cai (baby cabbage cooked in spicy broth), gan bian sijidou (spicy fried beans), etc.
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amazing street food, e.g. jianbing (savory egg/onion breakfast crepe)
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Lanzhou niurou mian (spicy beef noodles)
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Peking duck
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yangrou chuan (spicy/flavorful lamb skewers from Western China)
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much, much, much more. China has multiple cuisines associated with certain flavors
Entertainment
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Jackie Chan movies (ok they only PARTIALLY count)
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Xiangsheng – performance of “play-on-words”-heavy comedy by a duo, one of which is vocal and one of which is more of a subdued, reciprocator-like character. Quite like Abbot and Costello, but living on still today.
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Medieval War/kung fu movies. Some serious, some comedic, China has no shortage of these, some of which have been exported to America. Examples: Ip Man (a Hong Kong movie about a Chinese guy), Hero, Red Cliff, etc
