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Aug 8
You go around China and you will see this pretty common phenomenon happen at night. A bunch of Chinese ladies (mostly middle aged or older) would group up in some public area and start dancing to loud music, like people would in an aerobics class. My guess is this is some sort of Communist/Maoist tradition, rather anything to do with Chinese culture.
去中國，經常看到有人跳廣場舞。
一群中國大媽隨著喧譁的音樂聲中一起跳廣場舞，就像在上有氧運動課一樣。
我猜這是某種GCZY傳統，與中國文化有關。
Gary Almond, lives in China
Answered Jun 26, 2015
This is an easy one to answer. Some of these questions on Quora about China seem to be trolling or deliberately trying to project a bad image of China.
這個問題簡單。Quora（美國版知乎）上一些關於中國的問題好像不是故意挑釁，就是企圖故意破壞中國形象。
There are no sinister or hidden meanings in why Chinese dance in public. It’s a way to socialize and get some exercise at the same time. Chinese people value health and this is one way to promote a healthy lifestyle. If you ever watch them, they all seem happy. I always wondered what they would think if I joined them. ha!
中國人在公共場所跳廣場舞，沒特別意思，只是進行社交和鍛鍊的一種方式。
中國人注重健康，這是一種促進健康的生活方式。他們看著就
很開心的那種
我一直在想，如果我加入他們，他們會怎麼想。哈！
When I first came to China and saw people dancing in the parks or other public places, my impression was very positive and I thought they must be really happy people. Since then, I have found my initial impression was correct.
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我第一次到中國時，看到人們在公園或其他公共場所跳舞，我的印象是好的，認為他們肯定是快樂之人。從那以後，我發現我的第一印象是對的。
Wilson Ho, lives in China
Updated Fri
My foreign young man , I have to say you ‘re very imaginative , but I can understand ,truly, after all , in many foreigners perspective, anything relate to China can be communist.
So let me tell you the truth , why do old women in China like to dance in public ?
年輕的外國友人，不得不說你想象力豐富，我能理解，對，畢竟很多外國人看來，任何和中國相關的東西都能標榜為GCZY。
告訴你實情吧，為什麼中國大媽喜歡在公共場所跳舞。
Very simple, because they feel so bored and couldn’t find another interesting entertainment to kill the time , and gather friends to dance in public is the only option they have .
By the way , this phenomenon you can mostly seen in city rather than country because country old women always can get themselves busy.
很簡單，因為她們覺得無聊，找不到其他有趣的能消磨時間的娛樂項目，組織朋友在公共區域跳廣場舞成了唯一選擇。
順便說一下，這種氛圍通常能在城市裡看到，在農村比較難看到。農村大媽不會無聊，總能讓自己忙起來。
I know you will keep asking me why , okay , let me explain.
You said old women , then I assume you’re talking about over 60 years old women , that’s 1950s when they were born . Back at that time , People’s Republic of China was just established ，people were poor , hungry and less educated , and honestly saying , they fought for food and warm for their whole life , singing and dancing probably the only entertainment they knew.
也許你會問我為啥，好，我解釋一下。
大媽，是60歲以上的老年婦女，她們在上世紀50年代出生。回到那時，新ZG剛成立，人們又窮又餓，受教育程度還低。老實說，她們一生都在為溫飽做鬥爭，唱歌跳舞是她們的唯一娛樂。
We all know that old people usually refuse new things , and this not only just in China, but all round the world. So when the 1950s people get old, most of them don’t know how to use smart phone , don’t know what is social media , and don’t know many things about internet .
Now imagine , you’re one of them , you retired , the major activity is keep the house clean and make food for your kids.
眾所周知，老年人總拒絕新事物，這不只是發生在中國，全世界都一樣。 50年代的人變老後，他們大多數人不知道怎麼用智能手機，不懂什麼是社交媒體，不瞭解很多網絡的事情。
現在想象一下，你是他們中的一員，你退休了，主要活動是打掃房子，做飯給孩子吃。
But you still got plenty of time after finishing this, how to spend your time ? you don’t know what is computer not even mention internet, and watch TV is bored to death .
What to do now ?
Yes, go gather your friends to make some fun, let’s dance in public!
做完這些後，仍有大把時間，怎麼消磨你的時間呢？你不知道什麼是電腦，更別說互聯網了，看電視也無聊到死。
現在做什麼？
對，集合你的朋友做點有趣的事情，讓我們在公共場所跳舞吧！
I think in one particular moment they must feel like a super star when people gather around to watch them shaking their body. I can feel them , but I will never do that when I get old, it’s just too bored for me, plus I’m a terrible dancer.
I will rather teach my 7 year old grandson how to play League Of Legends when I’m 60s.
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我想，當人們聚在一起看著她們搖擺身體時，某個特定時刻，她們一定覺得自己是巨星。
我能理解他們，但我老的時候絕不那麼做，那對我來說很無聊，況且我一點也不會跳舞。
我60多歲時，我寧願教我7歲的孫子怎麼玩英雄聯盟。
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