China Arts & Entertainment

This Song Describes Young People’s Uncomfortable Chinese New Year Experience

A new song is going viral describing the pressure experienced by young people who are bombarded with nagging questions by their families.

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10 years ago

January 19, 2017

Diandian Guo

First published January 19, 2017

As Chinese New Year is just around the corner, a new song is going viral on Chinese social media. It describes the pressure experienced by young people who are bombarded with nagging questions by their family and relatives when they come home for Spring Festival.

Remember the song So Far, the Sofa is so Far, the 2016 Chinese internet hit that vividly depicted the lives of overworked young…

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Diandian Guo

Diandian Guo is a China-born Master student of transdisciplinary and global society, politics & culture at the University of Groningen with a special interest for new media in China. She has a BA in International Relations from Beijing Foreign Language University, and is specialized in China's cultural memory.

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