How do foreigners spend Valentine's Day?
How do foreigners spend Valentine's Day? Let's take a look at Bian Xiao!
Korea: Girls should give boys chocolate first.
Holidays: shopping, eating or watching movies. Holiday crowd: gifts for young people: chocolates, etc. , advocating DIY.
Cost: about seven or eight hundred yuan, which may require parents' support.
In Korea, Jiang Yuanshan has a girlfriend who has been in love for two years. He told reporters that like China, many young people in South Korea attach great importance to Valentine's Day, but the way to celebrate Valentine's Day will be somewhat different. For example, in China, in February 14, boys will send flowers or chocolates to girls, while in Korea, in February 14 every year, girls usually send chocolates to boys first. Then on 14 next month, that is, on the white day, boys will send roses and candy to girls. Chocolate and candy as gifts are not bought directly in shopping malls or supermarkets.
Many people will buy some packaging materials before Valentine's Day, and then wrap chocolate or candy with beautiful wrapping paper to show their love. Of course, in addition to these, Korean couples will also go out to play, go shopping, eat or watch movies together in February 14. Some Korean cinemas provide seats for couples on Valentine's Day. Some young people will fold some paper cranes and stars for each other to express their feelings. In fact, in Korea, Valentine's Day has also become an opportunity for young men and women to relax and play.
Speaking of Valentine's Day expenses, Jiang Yuanshan said that Korean young people generally spend seven or eight hundred yuan on a Valentine's Day. Students who have no income will have a romantic Valentine's Day, so they may have to rely on their parents to pay for it.
Although there are similarities between Valentine's Day in South Korea and China, Jiang Yuanshan thinks that Valentine's Day in China has a strong commercial flavor. For example, a rose costs tens of dollars, and the restaurant only has a couple package, which makes him feel incredible.
Canada: Valentine's Day is not just a festival for lovers.
Holidays: shopping, watching movies and eating together. From primary school students to middle-aged people are celebrating festivals.
Gifts: cards, books, records and other holiday expenses: bear it yourself.
David's hometown is Montreal, Canada. After graduating from college, he chose Nanjing University to study Chinese. Kindy immigrated to Canada with her parents when she was a child, and now she is studying advertising at Nanjing University. When it comes to the differences between Canada and China on Valentine's Day, they are all deeply touched. David said that westerners will go shopping, watch movies and eat with their lovers on Valentine's Day. If economic conditions permit, have a romantic candlelight dinner. If one party has a secret love and the other party doesn't know it, then Valentine's Day is a good opportunity to express it. But these romantic plots alone do not represent Valentine's Day.
In Canada, Valentine's Day is not just a festival for couples. For example, David and Cindy have been celebrating Valentine's Day since primary school. They will write some cards on Valentine's Day and send them to their friends or family. This is just to show their love, which is more extensive than love. Among young people, Valentine's Day is not a very grand festival. Lovers in love will also give gifts to each other, but not necessarily flowers, chocolates or other extravagant and expensive gifts. What they value is the mind behind the gift. It may be a book or a record that the other person likes very much.
David introduced the verb "love" as a proverb in Montreal, which means that love is not manifested in material things, but in every action and detail. Compared with Valentine's Day, they may pay more attention to their own festivals, such as the day when couples meet, the day when they are very happy or the day when they propose marriage. They will regard these days as their exclusive "Valentine's Day".
David and Jindi came to China to meet young people in China before the Valentine's Day. They were very surprised. Jin Di said that after being packaged by merchants, many people confuse love with money, and boys regard Valentine's Day as a burden to save face.