1. Boycott Christmas. In response to the situation that "more and more young Chinese are keen on celebrating Christmas", doctors from ten universities jointly advocated "Be Cautious About Christmas" to "awaken the Chinese people and resist the expansion of Western culture."
2. The debate over Chinese studies. The best-selling books in 2007 were "Appreciation of the Three Kingdoms" and Yu Dan's "The Analects of Confucius". In recent years, the craze for Chinese studies has been on the rise. Not only are Chinese studies courses offered in universities, but private schools have also begun to appear in many places. Of course, the role of television media cannot be underestimated. With the help of hundreds of forums, interpreting the Analects, known as the Chinese Bible, will certainly become popular. However, some scholars also wore protest T-shirts at Yu Dan's book signings, which read, "Confucius is very angry, Zhuangzi is very anxious," believing that Yu Dan and other scholars have entertained and vulgarized traditional culture in order to cater to the public.
3 Supergirl Monument. A monument based on Li Yuchun and Zhou Bichang appeared at the Songzhuang Culture and Art Festival in Tongzhou on October 6, 2006. Some tourists uploaded photos of the monument to the Internet, which aroused objections from netizens. Some people believe that the current popularity of popular talent shows has pushed young people's impetuous mentality of "overnight fame and quick success" to the extreme.
4. Cat abuse incident. Zhang Liang, a graduate student at Fudan University, bought more than 30 kittens at a pet market and tortured them, including blinding them and stomping their feet. Netizens were angry, thinking this was a lack of education. A person who has not known how to respect animal life since childhood will not respect human life when he grows up. Scientists have also confirmed this from a scientific perspective: children who abuse animals when they are young are prone to violence when they grow up.
5. Check out the Death Note. In response to the recent proliferation of a horror publication called "Death Note" on primary and secondary school campuses, the Office of China's National Anti-Pornography and Anti-Illegal Affairs Working Group issued a notice for the third time on the afternoon of May 25, requiring all localities to Act immediately to fully seize the "Death Note". This move caused dissatisfaction among some primary and secondary school students who read the "Death Note", and some wrote the name of the person who checked the book into the "Death Note" as a curse.
6. Dong Cunrui's Defense War: After interviewing many historical witnesses of the year, a special reporter from the Political Department of the Shenyang Military Region believed that Dong Cunrui "ran away as soon as he pulled the fuse and was accidentally bombed. No one saw Dong Cunrui sacrifice his life to blow up the bunker." The move sparked a reputational lawsuit. Some experts believe that it is precisely because of the lack of heroism today that reports and literary works that question heroes and adapt them frequently appear.
7. The thief is shown to the public. Two thieves stole from a construction site in the southern suburbs of Xi'an. They were discovered and ran away separately. One of them was captured. In order to serve as a "warning" to other thieves, workers at the construction site hung a wooden sign with the words "I am a thief" on it and displayed it to the public for nearly three hours. This move caused controversy. Some people believed that thieves also have their dignity, personality rights and life rights.
8. Starbucks moved out of the Forbidden City. The famous coffee shop Starbucks has been open in the Forbidden City for six years, and many people are no longer surprised by it. However, Rui Chenggang, a well-known English anchor on CCTV, recently issued a protest, believing that the "Starbucks in the Forbidden City" is a waste of Chinese culture. He also personally issued a letter of protest to the new president of Starbucks, demanding that Starbucks move out of the Forbidden City.
9. Hong Zhanhui makes money. Hong Zhanhui, a college student who moved China in 2005, gave a report at Zhengzhou Foreign Languages ??Middle School on the morning of April 7, which was met with applause. At the end of the report, Hong Zhanhui hesitated and then picked up the microphone: "I also brought my new book this time. Each book is 15 yuan, and I get a commission of 1.5 yuan..." "The report was quite noble, but I didn't expect it to be about selling books." ” the students discussed. Hong Zhanhui believes that he can make money with his own hands by publishing books and giving speeches. He said: "I don't want to be a moral symbol."
10. Standard portrait of Confucius. On the eve of the 2557th anniversary of Confucius' "birth", the Confucius Foundation of China released the final version of the standard portrait of Confucius to the world in Qufu, Shandong. The reason is that since the image of Confucius in the world has been "deified" or "uglified" and there is no uniformly recognized visual image, a "standard image" must be determined. Some think this is to commercialize and profile Confucius, forcing the public to accept a unified Confucius, and some think this is respect for Confucius.
11. Chen Xiaoxu became a monk. Lin Daiyu played the role of Chen Xiaoxu in the 1987 version of "A Dream of Red Mansions", who abandoned her billionaire fortune and passed away in Shenzhen a few days ago, triggering a frenzy of mourning on the Internet. Many people think that Chen Xiaoxu's life is like a play, and the Red Mansion has become a dream in twenty years. Like Lin Daiyu, he has escaped from the earthly world.
12. Hug the group. Recently, "hug groups" have appeared in busy areas of big cities. Some young men and women are holding signs that read: "Strangers, give me a hug." They hope that hugs can resolve the indifference between people. Some people also think that hugging groups are harassment to passers-by and a kind of show. Hug Group was initiated by American Jason Hunter. In order to overcome the grief of losing his mother, Hunter made a card with "True Hug" written on it and took it to the streets of his hometown. From this day on, "FREEHUGS", a movement about love and sharing, began to spread across the United States. This year, an Australian man named Juan Mann held a "Free Hug" sign on the streets of downtown Sydney, pushing this movement into the global online world.
13. The 33rd Memorial Stone: On the morning of the fourth day after the Virginia Tech campus shooting, many students discovered the 33rd Memorial Stone, which commemorated the murderer, Korean student Cho Seung-hee. . The person who placed the stone was a college girl. She said: "I feel very heartbroken to see that the entire Virginia Tech University has collectively abandoned Zhao Chengxi. Zhao Chengxi is actually a victim."
14, My father's slip of the tongue. The host Zhu Jun invited Mao Zedong's grandson and Mao Anqing's son Mao Xinyu as a guest, and said deeply: "Not long ago, Mao Anqing passed away. First of all, I would like to express my condolences for the passing of my father." As soon as this statement came out, the audience was in an uproar. My father and my mother are the honorific titles for one's own father. When calling the other person's father, you should use "Your Majesty" or "Your Majesty". This is the etiquette passed down from Chinese Confucian culture and has been passed down for thousands of years.
15. Video of humiliating teachers. Starting on May 25, a video quickly circulated among various portals and forums, attracting the attention of many netizens. The content of the video is that in a geography class at Haidian District Art Vocational School, a high school student snatched the hat off the teacher's head and openly insulted the teacher. Another student threw a mineral water bottle at the teacher, and the girl was humiliated for putting on makeup in class. The old teacher, only 70 years old, chose to continue teaching, but the audience was filled with laughter and curses. Some students even used DV to record the scene, which was called a funny and humorous scene... This video was uploaded abroad by netizens On the famous video website, netizens from all over the world paid attention to this matter. Netizens vented their anger by posting condemnations, signing signatures to protest, hacking attacks, and setting up special websites. Some angry netizens surrounded the school gate, demanding that the school publicly apologize to society and prepare to "teach a lesson" to these rebellious high school students.