光棍节guang1gun4jie2
cassielin
November 11, 2008, 03:08 AM posted in General Discussion今天校园里的学生们有很多活动哦，因为是11月11日，光棍节！哈哈，祝大家光棍节快乐！^_^
光棍节guang1gun4jie2=the single's day!
lovevivian
November 11, 2008, 03:52 AMhello pls send me your email address to this email address(mabouvivian56@yahoo.com) so that i can give
send you my foto.
Thansk
urbandweller
November 11, 2008, 04:17 AMAttention fellow cpodders:
Just a warning. Please take caution if you choose to contact this LOVEVIVIAN person. I thought maybe it was just another nice chinese person looking for a language partner but i dont think that is the case. She/He contacted me already and sent me a really strange email. I suspect she/he has other more sinister intentions and is another troll type user.
-Adam (urbandweller)
On a different note, thanks for the great new info Cassie!! Is this some kind of Valentines Day thing?? Please explain further for us foreigners. :)
bababardwan
November 11, 2008, 04:27 AMCassielin,
Thanks for this post;very interesting.So it's like the Chinese version of Valentine's Day [or is that celebrated in China also?].
An interesting article here.
aah;makes sense.It's always to do with the numbers..
lit. bare sticks holiday!
So will you be going to a blind date party? Pray tell.
Anyway,祝你光棍节快乐
goulnik
November 11, 2008, 05:33 AMPS : 打光棍 dǎ guānggùn to stay single; live alone
cassielin
November 11, 2008, 03:35 PMthank you guys!
光棍节is originally from one part of campus culture!
There are many kinds of activities that those single young people celebrate this day! Such as Ktv, romantic dinner, only single dinner, blind date party and so on! All these activities are showing the young single people long for love.
cassielin
November 11, 2008, 03:45 PMThe theme song of 光棍节 is 单身情歌。
单身情歌dan1shen1qing2ge1=love song for the singles
找一个最爱的深爱的相爱的亲爱的人来告别单身！
zhao3yi1ge4zui4ai4deshen1ai4dexiang1ai4deqin1ai4de
ren2lai1gao4bie2dan1shen1.
To find your beloved one and end your single life!
changye
November 11, 2008, 03:29 AMChinese dictionaries say that 光棍 mainly has two meanings, 流氓 and 单身. I believe that 光棍节 celebrates (or cheer up?) 单身族, but not 流氓, haha.
Incidentally, Today is Pepero Day in South Korea, a kind of Valentine's Day. That is very important for young guys in the country. Click on the link for more information!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pepero