THEn a shopping mall Beijing, hundreds of people participate in a competition that imitates a school memory: eating snacks secretly behind the bookavoiding the teacher’s gaze. The challenge, which has gone viral on Chinese social media, involves finishing the snacks in less than ten minutes without being discovered.
“It really brought me back to childhood memories,” says An Dahua, a participant in the challenge. «When I was little, I also ate secretly during lessons, although not often. Here the race lasted ten minutes and you had to continue eating without stopping. This, on the contrary, made me dare even less: I remained with my eyes fixed on the teacher the whole time.”
«Then» she added «when I went to see the event, I saw men and women of forty or fifty years old participating. It touched me a lot and I couldn’t help but think about how beautiful our childhood was». «Usually everyone is very busy in their daily lives. Organizing activities like this on weekends or holidays can really help people relax. It’s also a very interesting social experience», he concluded.
For another competitor, Kang Weijing, «Children’s Day is celebrated only when you are little, but this event allowed us to find that same joy of childhood once again».
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