{"id":757,"date":"2017-12-09T08:50:10","date_gmt":"2017-12-09T00:50:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hiredchina.com\/articles\/2017\/12\/09\/what-sets-northern-and-southern-chinese-apart\/"},"modified":"2025-01-01T17:27:17","modified_gmt":"2025-01-01T09:27:17","slug":"what-sets-northern-and-southern-chinese-apart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hiredchina.com\/articles\/what-sets-northern-and-southern-chinese-apart\/","title":{"rendered":"What Sets Northern And Southern Chinese Apart"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p>Thanks to the vast territory and huge population of China, diverse living habits with geographical features have been an ever-lasting <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hiredchina.com\/jobs\">topic among Chinese<\/a>. Unsurprisingly, netizens went wild again as they recently discovered another striking difference bet<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Thanks to the vast territory and huge population of China, diverse living habits with geographical features have been an ever-lasting topic among Chinese. Unsurprisingly, netizens went wild again as they recently discovered another striking difference between the country\u2019s northerners and southerners: the way they shop for <a target=\"_blank\" class=\"inside_link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hiredchina.com\/articles\/tag\/food\/\" title=\"View all posts in food\" >food<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.hiredchina.com\/Fn1Mu0qE2iXOo4rJruftnxcOOO2T?imageView2\/0\/format\/webp\/q\/75\" alt=\"Internet.jpg\" width=\"589\" height=\"330\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_73 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-5'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hiredchina.com\/articles\/what-sets-northern-and-southern-chinese-apart\/#Photo_Internet\" title=\"Photo: Internet\">Photo: Internet<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-5'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hiredchina.com\/articles\/what-sets-northern-and-southern-chinese-apart\/#Photos_Internet\" title=\"Photos: Internet\">Photos: Internet<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-5'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hiredchina.com\/articles\/what-sets-northern-and-southern-chinese-apart\/#Photos_Internet-2\" title=\"Photos: Internet\">Photos: Internet<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h5><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Photo_Internet\"><\/span>Photo: Internet<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h5>\n<hr \/>\n<p>According to netizens from southern China, they usually buy what they need for just one or two meals. \u201cIt is quite normal for us to buy one or half of a Chinese cabbage at a time,\u201d said a netizen. However, one is very likely to be scorned if he does this in the north. \u201cWe love to stock up on groceries. Buying 25 kilograms of Chinese cabbage is the norm,\u201d said a netizen from the north.<\/p>\n<p>Moreover, in the south, it is said that winter melon is always sold in chunks, \u201cOne chunk is enough for two meals!\u201d one said. While in the north, it is simply not possible. \u201cOf course we buy a whole one, otherwise nobody is willing to buy the other half,\u201d said a northern Chinese.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.hiredchina.com\/FoTfkCk91y0NeYviOlNjBkh5haCy?imageView2\/0\/format\/webp\/q\/75\" alt=\"1.jpg\" width=\"589\" height=\"224.8909090909091\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.hiredchina.com\/FtoKiH2Py3lCI7EF_aS_8rAPuf6m?imageView2\/0\/format\/webp\/q\/75\" alt=\"2.jpg\" width=\"550\" height=\"283\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<h5><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Photos_Internet\"><\/span>Photos: Internet<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h5>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Because of this, cultural shock is <a href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.cambridge.org\/dictionary\/english\/certainly\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">certainly<\/a> inevitable.<strong>\u00a0\u201cYesterday, I was going to buy just two celery stalks, but the stall owner was unwilling to weigh them and gave them to me for free,\u201d\u00a0<\/strong>said a Cantonese netizen who just moved to northeast China. \u201c<strong>Vegetable vendors in Chengdu not only let me buy a very small amount of potatoes and lettuce, but even offered to help me peel them.\u00a0<\/strong>I was so overwhelmed!\u201d said a netizen from the north.<\/p>\n<p>Experts say that the difference is due to the varied climate. Groceries can be stored for a relatively long time in the north as it is usually cold and dry there. Nevertheless, the comparatively hot and humid weather in the south compels southern Chinese to buy just enough for one meal or one day, otherwise it might go bad.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.hiredchina.com\/Fvdce43O_4bxG9iE2vspp90wghPh?imageView2\/0\/format\/webp\/q\/75\" alt=\"Internet1 (Northern).jpg\" width=\"900\" height=\"496\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.hiredchina.com\/Fs0igTyk_NyKlqse8WFlOvfoatJL?imageView2\/0\/format\/webp\/q\/75\" alt=\"8626212-Vegetables-market-in-Shanghai-China-Photo-taken-at-18th-of-November-2010-Stock-Photo-620x400.jpg\" width=\"620\" height=\"400\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.hiredchina.com\/FlcK_zSpdd92uSf4HO9FA3ltwEgq?imageView2\/0\/format\/webp\/q\/75\" alt=\"SlidePlayer.jpg\" width=\"960\" height=\"720\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<h5><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Photos_Internet-2\"><\/span>Photos: Internet<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h5>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Apart from distinct ways of grocery <a target=\"_blank\" class=\"inside_link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hiredchina.com\/articles\/tag\/shopping\/\" title=\"View all posts in shopping\">shopping<\/a>, other well-known north-south differences in China include the flavor of jellied tofu (northerners prefer a salty taste while southerners like it sweet), the way to give directions (northerners prefer say \u201cgo east\/west,\u201d but southerners usually say \u201cgo left\/right\u201d), and how people spend the cold winter days (northerners use central heating while southerners can only \u201cmentally\u201d warm themselves, as central heating is not available).<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.hiredchina.com\/FlXXlKXBxtykYAuKbjvAxKMwIbVH?imageView2\/0\/format\/webp\/q\/75\" alt=\"GIC.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"543.2937181663837\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Thanks to the vast territory and huge population of China, diverse living habits with geographical features have been an ever-lasting topic among Chinese. 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