Singles-Day

SinglesDayDifferenttranslation•SinglesDay•One'sDay•Singles'Day•BachelorsDay•Widower’sDayOriginofSinglesDay•Betting•UniversitycultureBetting•foursinglemen•playingMahjong.•from11amto11pm.•thewinningcardwasalwaysthe‘fourcolumns‘(四条)card(thecardshowsfourindependent,parallelcolumnsintwolines).•itwasNov11,or11/11.•Inordertocommemoratetheday,theynicknameditSinglesDay.Universityculture•SinglesDaywasfirstcelebratedatvariousuniversitiesinNanjing,capitalcityofJiangsuProvinceduringthe1990s.ItgotthenameSinglesDaybecausethedateiscomprisedoffourones.•Thesecollegestudentshavesincegraduated,andcarriedtheiruniversitytraditionintosociety.SinglesDayisnowaspecialdayforallfashionableyouths.SomenounsaboutSinglesDay•1.1——smallSinglesDay•1.11and11.1——mediumSinglesDay.•11.11.——bigSinglesDay•2011.11.11——GodSinglesDay.•Singlesboys——“光光”,•singlesgirls——“明明”•couples——“双双”.•Singleboysayinggoodbyetotheirsinglelives——“脱光”•Singlegirlsayinggoodbyetotheirsinglelives——“失明”.•Peoplelostlove,wecallthem“光复”.ThewaytocelebrateSinglesDay•havedinnerwithsinglefriends(goingdutch)•hold'blinddate'parties•fourdeep-frieddoughsticks(油条)representingthefour“ones”in“11.11”andonesteamedstuffedbuns(包子)representingthemiddledot.Marry•Inadditiontomeaning'single'thefour'ones'ofthedatecanalsomean'onlyone'asin'theonlyoneforme.'Somepeoplewillusethisdateandthismeaningtotelltheirspecialsomeonethattheyaretheonly'one'intheirheart.《LoveisNotBlind》•Mediterraneancinema•6pm2011.11.11•Freeforgirls——evennumbers•35Yuanforboys——oddnumbers•WhatwillyoudotocelebrateSinglesDay?•Commercialspree:salespromotion,•Hands-choppingpeople•Eatdeepfrieddoughstickssincetheylooklike11.•GotoKTVandletloosesingleballads.•TakebusNo.11andgetoffatthe11thstop.•Chowdownonnoodles.•Gotothemovieswithabunchoffriends——sitalone.•为了找到对的你,我选择剩下自己•Happinessisabutterfly,whichpursued,isalwaysjustbeyondyourgrasp,butwhich,ifyouwillsitdownquietly,mayalightuponyou.Thankyou！