Chapter 19 1. "Aristocratic Spirit" in Hutongs

Beijing is different from Shanghai. Since the late Qing Dynasty, this city has never existed as an international commercial port like Shanghai, and the lives of ordinary people in the city have never been the focus of media attention.The long history of politicization has seriously obscured and stripped away Beijing's existence as a city, and its main identity is a highly politicized and symbolic "capital". Therefore, politics has become the salt of life in Beijing. Without politics, Beijingers and life in Beijing will become dull. There is a survey on the overall reading habits of residents in Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Shenzhen. It turns out that the most published periodicals in Beijing and Guangzhou are metropolitan daily newspapers, life service weekly newspapers in Shanghai, and digest magazines in Shenzhen.Newspapers with the largest sales volume in Beijing are news newspapers. Newspapers in this category include metropolitan newspapers represented by "Beijing Evening News" and "Jinghua Times", international current affairs newspapers represented by "Reference News", as well as Comprehensive weekly newspapers represented by "Southern Weekend" are significantly higher than other newspapers in Beijing, whether it is the number of newspapers and periodicals that enter the top 30 periodicals, or the market share of the top 30 periodicals. City, with 11 types and a market share of 54.35%, occupies an absolute dominant position.

Participating in politics is a characteristic of Beijingers, and the extensive politicization of social life has also formed this city's unique character: the "sense of legitimacy" of the self-proclaimed Chinese dynasty, the backwardness of the service industry caused by "ashamed of making money", And a strong sense of family status, and so on.Celestial mentality Some people say that Shanghai people are xenophobic because they worship foreigners and are proud of "although the eggs are laid by native chickens, they are eggs hatched by foreign chickens"; Who am I" proud of.

Since Emperor Chengzu of the Ming Dynasty moved the capital to Beiping in 1421 and changed it to Beijing, until 1928 when the National Government moved the capital to Nanjing and changed Beijing to Peiping again. Beijing has been the capital of China for more than five hundred years.At the end of the Qing Dynasty and the beginning of the Republic of China, there were mixed places of Manchu and Han, and a large number of officials, teachers, students, and literati from other places spread all over Nine Cities, forming a unique public space in modern Beijing. As the writer Zhao Yuan said, old Beijing is like "a person who has experienced the world for a long time, or rather like a dilapidated old home, which can still maintain its grace and nobility even though it is dilapidated."However, this way of living will not work in Shanghai.If it is said that the old Beijingers paid attention to "the donkey does not fall", then the credo of the old Shanghai is "laughing at the poor and not laughing at prostitutes".As Mr. Lu Xun said: "In old Shanghai, if you are not neatly dressed and your clothes are not bright, then the driver of a public tram will not stop according to your order, and the park guard will check the entrance ticket very carefully. If the door of the apartment is closed, you will not be allowed to go through the main entrance." At this time, it is useless to claim that one's surname is Romanov or Aixinjueluo, it will only cause laughter.

Although the shabby nobles in old Beijing also felt that "a phoenix with shedding hair is not as good as a chicken", it is still not difficult to win the respect of others through other things, such as their own temperament, demeanor, and ability.Even if this ability is just knowing a little bit of Feng Shui, approving horoscopes, singing a few Peking Opera or single-stringed songs, knowing how to raise pigeons, birds and goldfish, it can still make him live decently, eating stick noodles. Wotou doesn't feel "lost" when eating porridge with pickles. The biggest feature of this city is the sharp distinction between the residents' classes.Government officials and intellectuals almost constitute another city.It is entirely conceivable that the majority of intellectuals from other places are separated from the daily life of Beijing people, and how Beijing, as the capital, attracts the attention of the whole country to the change of government, the whereabouts of important people and the trend of universities.Compared with theoretical studies in Shanghai and the South that focus on practicality, onlookers, and operability, intellectuals in Beijing are particularly keen on the kind of overall, macro, strategic, and programmatic research.Those intellectuals who are in state organs and centers of power, in the "central" information circle, subtly form a kind of "central thinking", often unconsciously blurring the objectiveness of theory and academic research with the thinking of politicians. position.

Gu Jiegang said with emotion in 1925: "We are a group of scholars who are too far away from the people. We consider ourselves elegant and despise them as vulgar objects. Two kinds: one is an official, the other is a teacher: I don’t know anything else (at most, I can only add two kinds of lives of actors and prostitutes who I know about for entertainment).” It is this celestial mentality and their special status in the huge officialdom of the political center that make Beijingers the most politically advocating group in China. In the play, Fourth Master Chang was imprisoned for discussing current affairs, and shopkeeper Wang kept reminding tea drinkers not to talk about state affairs.As a political center for hundreds of years, it has witnessed the tides come and go, and the city changes. The fate of Beijing is closely related to the turmoil of national politics.To care about politics is to care about oneself, which has become the consensus of almost all Beijing men, and it is not surprising that there is a "celestial dynasty mentality".

So we can often find some interesting phenomena.There is such a young man in Beijing who worked as the general agent of a large American company in China after returning from studying in the United States. This position may be very beautiful in the eyes of others, but he is often in a kind of spiritual torment, because every time he makes a fortune Business means that he has made a fortune for the Americans in China, especially when he has witnessed some powerful people enriching their own pockets in foreign cooperation, he is extremely painful.In order to free himself, he eventually resigned from the position and went to work in the United States again.Three years ago, a small boss wrote a letter to a youth magazine in Beijing, expressing his inner anguish: morality is sinking in the process of doing business.This sparked a discussion in the journal.But the Cantonese scoffed at this matter, they said: What is there to discuss?Just do whatever you want!

It is the celestial mentality that gives this Beijing youth a sense of "orthodoxy" and national righteousness. This is a lovely part of the character of Beijingers, and it also reflects the great significance of "politics" to the lives of Beijingers. However, as Yang Dongping said in the book "City Monsoon": "The generalization of politics has created a kind of political thinking. One of its manifestations is macro thinking. This is the kind of people who live in the center or at the top. , from the perspective of looking down on the big picture." For example, cultural and artistic phenomena are most likely to cause a sensation in Beijing, which is largely due to the strong political concern of all levels of Beijing for culture and art.The depth of its participation and devotion is unimaginable for Shanghainese.Shanghainese usually only watch and comment on dramas with a normal mind of "good-looking" and "not good-looking".In Beijing, however, people will analyze, speculate, speculate, and comment from various angles such as political background, personnel relations, and leaders' attitudes, making the city full of storms.There are indeed various characters in this process, who either observe the words and colors, or contribute to the flames, and perform various live dramas.

Yi Zhongtian said: "Both Beijingers and Guangzhou people look down on outsiders to some extent. However, Beijingers, especially new Beijingers, generally don't like to use the concept of 'outsiders', but call them 'outsiders' more. Locality'. Of course, this is due to the fact that Beijing is located in the 'central' and is the 'first good area'. Since Beijing is the 'central', the Beijingers have naturally become 'people of the central'. What does the 'central' want to brag about? The wind will first blow to the Beijingers, and of course the Beijingers will be the first to get the wind, at least they will also hear a lot of "gossip" that outsiders don't know much about. This is enough to make the Beijingers understand the "local Shang' holds a 'condescending' attitude. In other words, the 'pai' of Beijingers is mainly a sense of political superiority, and does not have the nature of community superiority."

It is precisely because of its political cloak and its status as the "capital" that Beijing appears lively and lively.If the symbol "capital" is stripped away, what is left in Beijing?Yang Zao ("Beijing's Urban Character") said: "Beijing, which has been stripped of the symbol of 'capital', is called 'Cultural City' to put it mildly, and a group of poets in the Han Garden back then simply called it 'Border Town'. Isn’t it? China’s economic center has already moved south. If it wasn’t for the emperor’s selfish desires and border defense needs (Ming), or the intention to maintain the blood connection between the ruler and the birthplace (Qing), why bother to place the capital between the rich and prosperous south of the Yangtze River? North China, which is thousands of miles away, makes water transportation a labor-intensive and time-consuming task?" He believes, "Beijing is a 'floating city', and what floats above the lives of Beijing citizens is a suspended city that consumes the 'capital city'. ', such as political authority, cultural development, financial convenience, and so on."

The politicization of social life inevitably means a tendency to despise business, despise people's livelihood, and non-living. Yang Dongping’s opinion on Beijingers’ light business concept is: Due to the firm secular concept of dignity and inferiority among Beijingers, many Beijing youths would rather be "raised" by their parents than work in the service industry (big hotels and restaurants are another matter).So far, the tailors, shoe repairs, umbrella repairs, watch repairs, key distribution, cotton picking, breakfast selling, and babysitting jobs in Beijing are almost all southerners, especially those from Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Anhui.A "migrant girl" from other places lamented that money in Beijing is so easy to earn. She said: "The streets of Beijing are full of money, and the money has no feet or necks. Beijingers just don't want to bend down to pick it up. "Comparatively speaking, Shanghainese also have a sense of indifference to small self-reliant craftsmen, and there is no special discrimination. Ordinary people will be respected by friends and elders if they have a skill (such as cooking or making furniture).In Beijing, this might be viewed as dismissive frivolity.

Therefore, you can’t blame Beijingers for calling for “restricting low-quality immigrants from entering Beijing” frequently in recent years. In their eyes, those small businesses and hawkers who provide their daily life seem to be “inferior” that cause social instability. people".And if there are too many such dramas, it is no wonder that the people of the whole country misunderstand that Beijing will really do the thing of "expelling migrant workers during the Olympics". In recent years, with the development of the commodity economy, the commodity awareness of Beijingers has been greatly improved. In the heat wave of doing business for the whole people, doing business has become the most fashionable and glorious choice. However, business in Beijing is not pure.Because of the political and power center, historically, businessmen in Beijing were first and foremost a business of power.In the past, from the royal family to the petty officials, they often used their power to seize money, and the business scene in Kyoto was full of official and business style.In the new era, official business is still a major feature of Beijing merchants.Mr. Hu Ping, the former Minister of Commerce, said: "New businessmen from Beijing generally stand out from traditional businessmen and government officials, and the way of doing business is more manifested in the transfer of power. The Beijing market is not big, but the scene of doing business is the most. The main reason is that Beijing is rich in information. It can be said that power and information constitute the business characteristics of the Beijing School.” Due to their own strong "political complex", Beijing businessmen seem like politicians, and a gathering of friends is like a politician's salon.Beijing businessmen talked about major national events and the political situation, like mountains and rivers, with majestic momentum.Therefore, there are jingles that say, "Beijingers talk about doctrine, Cantonese talk about business"; "There are many slogans on the streets of Beijing, but there are many advertisements on the streets of Guangdong".In addition to making money, Beijingers have the latest and most comprehensive political news in their heads, and unique political opinions in their hearts.Someone once jokingly said: On the streets of Beijing, if you pick a few businessmen at random, their political level can reach the level of a county magistrate in other places.When Beijing businessmen do business, they like to have a bit of an official flavor and like to play the political card. Moreover, they are almost very similar in their enthusiasm for making big money, disdain for making small money, and do not know how to do business with small profits but quick turnover.Therefore, after several years of development, the catering industry, which is closely related to people's livelihood, is still at the level of inferior quality and high price, and cruelly "killing" people. It is far behind Guangzhou, Shanghai, Wuhan and other big cities, and even worse than Shenyang, Harbin and other northern cities. As far as businessmen are concerned, it is understandable and necessary to care about politics; but Beijing businessmen often get involved in politics, which will inevitably lead to a weak and dull market awareness, and business behavior is easy to change with the will of the chief, and they are more than responsible for the officialdom , Insufficient responsibility for the market.Therefore, the political sentiment of Beijingers often has a negative impact on the market economy: enterprises tend to be speculative, superficially done, and hardworking.Enterprises are not sensitive to the market, officials are over-considered, and market development is insufficient.Businessmen lack loyalty to business, have excess official spirit, and lack "business spirit". Beijing people's "ashamed of talking profit" light business concept is one of the root causes of the backwardness of the service industry and the bad attitude of service personnel. Regarding this point, some netizens joked: "In Beijing, if you want to enjoy some reasonable service, you should go home early, wash and sleep, unless you are his uncle." Beijingers have an innate sense of superiority.There is a saying, "In the eyes of Beijingers, a city is a place away from Beijing. In the eyes of Shanghainese, it is a township away from Shanghai."Therefore, in Beijing, it doesn't matter who is famous, no matter how bad he is, he is still a person at the foot of the imperial city, and he is also a master.In summer, the one who hangs shirtless on the street is still called "Bang Ye".When foreigners go to Wangfujing Street, it’s okay if they don’t buy things, but if they want to buy things, they will probably be pissed off.Although Wangfujing Department Store basically produces labor models and service stars every year, and the grades range from the city to the country, none of them falls, but the eyes of Jinjie and Yinjie are still more white than black, their tone of voice is still the same, and their attitude is still the same. So hot and cold. And the most concentrated expression of the quality of Beijing's service industry is probably the buses in this city, just like a miniature Beijing society. Many Shanghainese on business trips to Beijing, including many Beijingers, have had this embarrassing experience: when they got off the bus, under the gaze of the conductor and in full view of everyone, they searched up and down in embarrassment, but could not find the ticket they bought when they got on the bus. The method of controlling the ticket sales of buses in Beijing and Shanghai, the former is to control the exit (check the ticket when getting off the bus), and the latter is to control the entrance (buy the ticket when getting on the bus).When taking a bus in Shanghai, the conductor with standard service will take the initiative to remind everyone who just got on the bus to buy a ticket immediately.Their skill lies in that they will never confuse passengers who have just boarded the bus and have not bought tickets with passengers who have already bought (or presented) tickets.These two methods are estimated to have similar effects on increasing the ticket purchase rate, and there is no obvious advantage or disadvantage; however, it is obvious that taking a bus in Shanghai feels more relaxed, friendly and self-respecting. Can't feel it.In addition, controlling the export is relatively simple and easy for the conductor, and it is not as troublesome as controlling the import. This is the difference between the management behavior of the two places: Beijing starts from the perspective of drivers and passengers, while Shanghai starts from the perspective of passengers. Until the early 1980s, on the old-fashioned buses in Beijing, the conductors often could not sit and work, but were the last ones to get on the bus, interspersed with crowds to sell tickets, which was labor-intensive.In recent years, Beijing's conductors have only sold tickets from fixed seats like Shanghai's - but they take up too much space.In order to facilitate their ticket sales, two passenger seats were dismantled, so that they could walk from the rear door seat to the position near the middle door and sell tickets directly without being passed by others.With such a limited space and such crowded passengers, it is absolutely unthinkable in Shanghai to remove two seats to make it easier for the conductor to buy tickets. As for the relationship between Beijing bus conductors and passengers, female writer Xu Kun has a vivid description in her "Twenty-Two Nights of Spring": After dinner, they took the bus to Liulichang admiringly.Along the way, listening to the conductor's station announcement, the cowhide was dry, and the mouth seemed to be holding a lump sugar ball, gurgling, ambiguous, and speaking quickly, rolling his tongue and gurgling, "Next stop, XXXX ..." I reported it, but I didn't hear anything clearly, as if I wanted to embarrass the outsiders.There were so many people in the car at this time of the morning, and I couldn’t see the arrival signs of every stop outside. Chen Misong was afraid of passing the stop, so he asked the conductor: “Comrade, is Liulichang here?” When the male conductor heard that he had a northeast accent, he didn't even turn his face around. He was still staring out the window at the sky, half-ignoring him, and said weakly, "No." Chen Misong could only continue to struggle to see the stop sign through the cracks.At the next stop, the conductor reported the name of the stop, and Chen Misong hurriedly asked again: "Comrade, is Liulichang here?" The conductor gave him a blank look impatiently: "No, just listen to the station announcement." Chen Misong said: "Comrade, can you clearly state the name of the station?" "What's the matter, why don't you know?" The conductor was provocative, his voice suddenly raised an octave, as if he was listless and bored just now, but now his excitement has suddenly increased. "What's your attitude?" Chen Misong was full of blood, and a burst of anger also rushed up. "What can I do with this attitude?" "You... find your leader. I won't talk to you." "Hey, I said you, what's the matter? Leader? I'm the leader, what do you want to do?" The passenger next to him hurriedly persuaded Chen Misong: "Forget it, young man, forget it, forget it." Mao Zhen also timidly tugged at the corner of Chen Misong's clothes, telling him to stop talking.She really didn't know how the service attitude of Beijingers was like this. She still doesn't know that all foreigners who have just arrived in Beijing will be slapped down by the sales staff in Beijing first.Almost without exception, everyone has been hit and tortured by them. The bus conductors in Beijing first used their indistinct Beijing Erhua accent and the local dialect with their tongues curled too much to show their Beijing accent and Beijing rhyme, their pride and sense of superiority living under the imperial city , to give the first-timers a squeezing impression, make them feel ashamed immediately, and seal their mouthpieces from then on. Isn't it just relying on speaking Beijing dialect?What is there to be proud of? Mao Zhen suddenly felt speechless and lost. Anyone who has seen the red color of Tiananmen Square in Beijing first, and then is ridiculed by Beijingers in a childish tone, will not dare to say anything or do anything in this area. Really speechless and lost. Xu Kun said: "This is simply a traumatic experience. The traumatic experience of people from other provinces when they entered Beijing. This traumatic experience was laid in their hearts when they entered Beijing and everyone entered Beijing. , was chiseled alive by those stinky waiters with a mouthful of Beijing oil. From then on, every provincial person will fight to become a Beijinger, a Beijinger who exudes a Beijing flavor inside and out.” No matter how confident a foreigner is in Beijing, he has to experience his first lesson in Beijing. The conductor on the Beijing bus is their common teacher-arrogant, conceited, and intolerant of others.This is the "first night" when I met Beijing, and I will never forget it. The most justifiable counterattack of the people from other provinces at this time is, no matter how good Beijing is, isn't it supported by the whole country?But how vulnerable this kind of counterattack is, the female conductor will immediately follow up and say: Then why don't you support you? None of the provincials was victorious, and almost all of them fled.The invisible halo over the city of Beijing frightened them. It was a kind of Beijing complex, and they were all defeated by their own Beijing complex. If it is not about the relationship between conductors and passengers, Shanghai is obviously much better than Beijing.Taking a bus in Shanghai is a relationship of helping each other.The conductor often calls on "old passengers to help and walk inside", or asks passengers to help him "ferry" (transfer money and tickets that the conductor cannot reach).Among the crowded trains in Shanghai, relying on passengers to "ferry" is the main way to sell tickets, and it has become a habit for passengers to "ferry" (relay) each other. Both the conductor and the ticket buyer should thank the ferryman.And this is far from becoming a habit in Beijing. This is the objective reason why Beijing conductors occupy more space and go to the middle gate to sell tickets by themselves—cultural reasons. It sounds very old-fashioned.But this is exactly what came out of China's political life. Beijingers' tradition of emphasizing family status, academic qualifications, and background is precisely related to politicization. Especially in the upper class in Beijing, marriages that match each other are still important and necessary.If you see a man who is supposedly handsome and whose wife seems out of place, you might be told that she is the daughter of so-and-so, and that man is clearly in balance. Yi Zhongtian used "circle consciousness" to summarize the strong hierarchical view of Beijingers, as well as the clear-cut differences and difficulty of integration between various classes. "In addition to the big circles (Beijing City) and small circles (siheyuans) in Beijing, there are many "middle circles" of medium size - government agencies, schools, factories, and hospitals, all of which are high-walled courtyards with strict barriers. Into a system. Beijingers, living in these big and small circles, will naturally have a "circle consciousness". Although the big circles (Beijing city walls) are demolished now, and the small circles (siheyuan) are gradually disappearing, the "circle "Consciousness" has become a kind of "cultural unconsciousness" of Beijingers, which has accumulated in the deep psychological layers of Beijingers, and even formed a kind of cultural character of Beijingers. Zero Point Group, a well-known domestic survey organization, announced that it began the survey of China's urban livability index in April 2006. It lasted nearly a year, targeting 2553 cities in 20 cities including Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Wuhan, Chengdu, Shenzhen, Dalian, and Jinan. A permanent resident aged 18-60 conducted a door-to-door interview.And based on this survey, the "2006 Annual Report on the Livable Index of Chinese Public Cities" was released. Among them, in the city inclusive ranking list, "Beijing's inclusiveness ranks second to last in the country", and this news immediately attracted strong public attention.As the capital of China, Beijing's decline to such an extent is probably closely related to the superiority and strong sense of hierarchy of Beijingers. The so-called inclusiveness means that foreigners can not only obtain the satisfaction of economic and material conditions, but also quickly integrate into the local culture, integrate into the local life circle, live and work in peace, and obtain a deep sense of satisfaction.The inclusive survey includes seven questions: communication, employment, schooling, being a neighbor, and marriage of children.The results show that in my country's major cities, especially Beijing, the degree of tolerance of locals to foreigners is not as high as it appears on the surface. It is very difficult for an outsider to integrate into the mainstream society of this city, especially when the outsider has no background in this city. Liu Dian (pseudonym) really fell into the family consciousness of Beijingers, unable to move forward, and even felt suffocated.Because he fell in love with a Beijing girl, and even got to the point of discussing marriage, but the other's parents used "the family is wrong, the household is wrong", which, in Liu Dian's opinion, can only appear in the ten o'clock costume soap operas. prevent them from continuing to communicate. 28-year-old Liu Dian is a cheerful guy from Jiangxi. He has worked as an editor for an internal magazine of a state-owned enterprise in Beijing since 2007. He is sociable and popular. Buying a house is definitely out of the question.However, Liu Dian never thought this was a problem, because his girlfriend Ai Li (pseudonym) was not only his colleague, but also his immediate boss—the editor-in-chief of this internal magazine, and his income would naturally not be less than his. Renting a house in the city center can also lead to a high-quality life.Moreover, Ai Li, who was five years older than him, also liked Liu Dian's enthusiasm and sincerity, and had no other plans. However, the attitude of Ellie's parents has become more and more clear-oppose, resolutely oppose.At first, Liu Dian thought that his future father-in-law and mother-in-law had acquiesced when his mother didn't say much when he saw his daughter bringing home a poor and white boy from other places.Unexpectedly, when Liu Dian came to the door again and expressed his engagement with Ai Li, he was explicitly rejected. "Because Xiaoli said her parents are very traditional, so I wanted to make the engagement more formal, so I specially brought my mother over from her hometown in the country, and we came to visit together." Liu Dian recalled what happened half a year ago, still angry Unconvinced, "Who would have expected that my mother would be taunted by someone with a gun and a stick? An old lady from the countryside, who went to Beijing for the first time in her life, was so frightened that she couldn't speak a word. I I'm ashamed!" Although Ai Li's father was only a small section chief, but because he held real power, there were quite a few people who came to his door to curry favor.My mother is the director of the Women's Federation of a certain district, and she is used to making reports, and she is full of official authority.The only seedling, Ellie, was born when the two were nearly forty years old, so they have been cared for since childhood.Regarding the lifelong event of the precious daughter, the two old people are in the same step. They must find a "child of the official family who is well-matched", otherwise it will be "unbecoming".The relatives and friends around also took turns to lobby Ellie so that she would not be dazzled by love. Liu Dian said that since the "door-to-door marriage proposal" broke up, Ellie took sick leave for a few days and didn't come to work. After returning, her attitude towards him was much colder. Although the two also went shopping and eating together , but never mentioned the matter of marriage again. As for the way forward, Liu Dian was very confused.He said that Ellie said not long ago that she was preparing to go abroad and wanted to study fashion design abroad.Liu Dian said: "Maybe this is the best ending of the story. It's better than being kicked out of 'wrong door, wrong household'. ", and his girlfriend didn't ask him to wait for her, because "everyone knows in their hearts that if they want to stay, they can't, so let it go!" Goethe expressed his dream through the mouth of "Faust", "Let free people live in a free land." Beijing is the capital of China and the first place for the people of the whole country.But the fact today is that a young man from other provinces can get the affirmation of a unit through his own efforts and become a part of the capital, but it is difficult for the city to accept him as a new citizen, and he is still excluded from all aspects. It is not only the "hukou pain" of Beijing, but also the "cultural pain" of the city. The people of the whole country have witnessed the "arrogance and prejudice" under the mask of Beijing's household registration time and time again, but such dramas are still playing out in every corner of the city in different ways, lying in front of basic necessities of life, even love. The more barriers a city sets up for immigrants, the more we can see the narrowness and paranoia behind it.Its livability index and open spirit are questionable. "Beijing's inclusiveness ranks second to last in the country" is a strong proof. According to Chen Duxiu's statement in an article, "The one who is independent and brave is called noble morality."Obviously, the so-called "aristocratic spirit" refers to a noble personality ideal, spiritual temperament and aesthetic taste.Among them, personality is the most important.Therefore, the aristocratic spirit has nothing to do with family status and bloodlines, nor does it have to do with identity and status. Yi Zhongtian believes, "Since the aristocratic spirit is called 'aristocratic', it is not easy to develop. It is mostly cultivated in an advantageous cultural and educational environment. Therefore, it is unlikely to appear in the countryside, but basically only It will be the counterpart of urban culture, upper-class culture, and elite culture. Beijing is the largest and most noble city in China, and of course Beijing will have an aristocratic spirit”; moreover, “Beijing has always been a city that dares to think independently and also dares to express these thoughts. Only in this way can it become the birthplace of the May 4th Movement and the Chinese New Culture Movement, and there will be so many passionate young people who sacrificed their lives for the truth in Tiananmen Square. Even the so-called "Beijingers dare to say anything" has this spirit In it. It even makes the snarky Beijingers less obnoxious, and sometimes a little cute.” However, as soon as this aristocratic spirit got into the alley, it seemed to have a bad taste.The mentality of the Celestial Dynasty has increasingly inflated the political superiority of the residents in the city, so they began to clamor to distinguish the quality of people, so as to achieve the "great ambition" that more than 99% of the population in the capital is "high-quality" population, which is really dumbfounding. Some people also say that the attitude of Beijing's service industry has improved a lot compared to the previous two years, but just as the Guangzhou government has loudly complained that it has vigorously rectified law and order, there are still people who complain that Guangzhou Railway Station is a den of thieves. Spotted".And still no one can guarantee that if you, a foreigner, go to Beijing with great interest, you will not be "learned a lesson" by a service worker in the service industry, so that you will never forget it like Xu Kun. Catharsis is in the novel, it cannot be seen widely. What's more unfortunate is that the pure love ran aground in Beijingers' inexplicable concept of family status and circle consciousness.Beijing is indeed a big and arrogant city, and the Beijingers living in the city are even more "unfathomable". To communicate with them, it seems that you need to be on guard against hidden reefs at all times.Although they seem enthusiastic at first, "you talk about something", you still need to keep in mind that this enthusiasm is only limited to a certain circle.If you are unlucky enough to stand outside the circle, please detour to avoid getting a cold ass.