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> I thought a lot of traditional Chinese culture got run over by the cultural revolution Asking as a Chinese myself, can you point to some examples? edit: imp

by bgee 8y ago

> I thought a lot of traditional Chinese culture got run over by the cultural revolution Asking as a Chinese myself, can you point to some examples? edit: improve formatting

duxup 8y ago
I don't really know how to address questions when it comes to the answer of "that's just basic history". Maybe history is wrong but I'm always wary of being expected to make the case that it isn't...
- bgee 8y ago
  What I meant was maybe you can help me by pointing out something in history that was very prosperous before Cultural Revolution but died right after (if I understand "run over" correctly).
  - bgee 8y ago
    Or any link that backs "It's basic history"
  - duxup 8y ago
    "pointing out something in history that was very prosperous before Cultural Revolution but died right after" I don't understand what you're trying to say there. You can google up all sorts of things if you like. I've found it's not worth my time to post basic history, particularly with regards to China on hacker news. Too many accounts that amount to "nuh, uh prove it!" and have nothing else to say.
    - bgee 8y ago
      I'm not defending Cultural Revolution here (no body can). However, Googling "lost tradition Cultural Revolution" didn't give me much, I found one NY Times article [0] but it doesn't talk much on the traditions that got lost in this period. The wikipedia page on Cultural Revolution in both English and Chinese didn't mention any tradition being lost either. > Too many accounts that amount to "nuh, uh prove it!" and have nothing else to say. The burden of proving what you said is true should not be on me. You said something bizarre and got challenged. [0]: https://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/15/world/asia/china-cultural-revolution-explainer.html https://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/15/world/asia/china-cultural...
xster 8y ago
Did you just mean a general catalogue to branch off from? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four_Olds https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four_Olds Seems like an unusual question to ask since it's not a sensitive or avoided topic in either organic or mainstream media in China.

by bgee 8y ago

> I thought a lot of traditional Chinese culture got run over by the cultural revolution Asking as a Chinese myself, can you point to some examples? edit: improve formatting

duxup 8y ago

I don't really know how to address questions when it comes to the answer of "that's just basic history". Maybe history is wrong but I'm always wary of being expected to make the case that it isn't...

bgee 8y ago
What I meant was maybe you can help me by pointing out something in history that was very prosperous before Cultural Revolution but died right after (if I understand "run over" correctly).
- bgee 8y ago
  Or any link that backs "It's basic history"
- duxup 8y ago
  "pointing out something in history that was very prosperous before Cultural Revolution but died right after" I don't understand what you're trying to say there. You can google up all sorts of things if you like. I've found it's not worth my time to post basic history, particularly with regards to China on hacker news. Too many accounts that amount to "nuh, uh prove it!" and have nothing else to say.
  - bgee 8y ago
    I'm not defending Cultural Revolution here (no body can). However, Googling "lost tradition Cultural Revolution" didn't give me much, I found one NY Times article [0] but it doesn't talk much on the traditions that got lost in this period. The wikipedia page on Cultural Revolution in both English and Chinese didn't mention any tradition being lost either. > Too many accounts that amount to "nuh, uh prove it!" and have nothing else to say. The burden of proving what you said is true should not be on me. You said something bizarre and got challenged. [0]: https://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/15/world/asia/china-cultural-revolution-explainer.html https://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/15/world/asia/china-cultural...

xster 8y ago

Did you just mean a general catalogue to branch off from? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four_Olds https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four_Olds Seems like an unusual question to ask since it's not a sensitive or avoided topic in either organic or mainstream media in China.