Water Splashing Festival: Pink gun dazzles foreign girlfriend

Chapter 67: The Wonderful Uses of Intangible Cultural Heritage
"How much you can bargain for is your ability?"

“Bargaining in Rabbit Country is really fun!”

"What's the most frightening thing about bargaining?"

I don’t know why, but Lina is very interested in bargaining. She seems to feel some kind of down-to-earth atmosphere here that she can’t find anywhere else.

In Yang Xuan's words, is it the price that is being cut?

It's about human relationships, about courtesy and reciprocity, about knowing when to advance and retreat, about the skills of pushing and pulling, and it's about life!

"As a customer, the biggest fear when bargaining is that the boss agrees too quickly!"

A slight curve appeared at the corner of Yang Xuan's mouth.

Especially in places like antiques and clothing wholesalers, bargaining is definitely a technical job.

"What? Isn't it a good thing that the boss agreed?"

"If we don't agree, then we won't be able to buy what we want, right?"

Yang Xuan's words were so lifelike that Lina was confused for a moment.

Most foreign audiences feel the same way.

In their view, it should be a very pleasant thing for both parties to reach an agreement.

"Because the moment the boss agreed, you knew that the price was too low! It was far from the lowest price!"

"The most important thing is that if you don't get the bargain, someone else will. Then they can buy the same thing as you at a lower price, which means you will spend more money."

"In the words of Rabbit Country, this is called being taken advantage of!"

Yang Xuan explained it in the simplest terms possible.

"Take advantage of yourself?"

"I seem to understand something!"

"But why do you want to be a sucker?"

Lina nodded slightly, as if she had understood a little bit, but she had a new question.

Cultural differences are like this. Any common saying may be something that foreigners cannot understand.

"The general meaning is that people spend extra money in vain, which makes them feel uncomfortable and overwhelmed, so they are called "suckers"!"

"There is also an explanation that during the Republic of China period, the currency was Yuan Datou, and they spent too much money, so it was called Yuan Datou!"

"There are many interpretations of this idiom, and often the interpretations vary from place to place, but the final meaning is basically the same, so there won't be much problem in using it."

"The people of Rabbit Country are not used to delving into the origins of these idioms. As long as they are used correctly, it's fine."

"The Rabbit Country's culture has been passed down for too long."

“A lot of things have branched out over the long years.”

"As a result, in many places, villages speak different dialects and cannot understand each other, but miraculously, it does not affect life that much. Even without a language barrier, both sides can still successfully do business!"

Yang Xuan briefly explained the particularity of the proverb.

However, Lina and the audience in the live broadcast room were even more confused.

"What? How can it not affect our lives if we don't speak the same language?"

Lina couldn't understand the logic behind this at all, or rather, there was no logic at all.

“It’s hard to explain from a scientific perspective, but easy to understand from a life perspective.”

"The Rabbit Country is very different from east to west, from north to south, but in order to make a living, there are often peddlers who travel all over the country to sell things."

"Different dialects are different, so they use objects, gestures and other methods to communicate."

"Over time, the people of Rabbit Country have become accustomed to this way of trading."

"So even though they don't speak the same language, it doesn't stop them from buying and selling items."

"This is also the reason why the Rabbit Country was able to open up the Silk Road in ancient times even though there was no common language."

"However, with the popularization of Mandarin, only some elderly people still communicate in this way."

This way of communication is obviously not very efficient and is destined to be eliminated by the times, but it is indeed a part of history.

With the progress of civilization, many ancient skills will gradually disappear.

Times change, and only those that remain to this day are the essence tempered by history!
"Now that you put it that way, I can understand." "But I just realized that the traditional skills of Rabbit Country are going to disappear?"

Lina felt a little sad after hearing the hidden meaning behind Yang Xuan's words.

After all, she hadn't had the chance to experience what it was like to communicate without a common language.

"It's just that it's gradually becoming less commonly used among the people, but among the 1.4 billion people in Rabbit Country, there will still be some people who will inherit this skill and continue to tell future generations about it."

"It will not truly disappear until no one remembers it anymore!"

Yang Xuan rubbed Lina's blonde hair, signaling her not to be sad. Times are changing, and that's how cruel it is!
"No! It won't disappear, I will always remember it!"

Lina looked determined, not wanting such a memory that had been passed down for countless years to disappear.

"Then you have to remember a lot of things. The intangible cultural heritage of Rabbit Country is the essence that has been passed down for a long time."

Yang Xuan was amused. How could he remember so many things with just his brain?

"is it a lot?"

Lina was very surprised. In her understanding, there shouldn't be many of these things.

"Yes, a lot!"

"For example, the art of guqin, which has a history of more than 3,000 years, as well as paper-cutting, acupuncture, shadow play, traditional silk weaving techniques that have been passed down from who knows when, and the Rabbit Country abacus that was first seen in Xu Yue's "Records of Mathematics" in the Han Dynasty."

"What these skills have in common is that they can be achieved without too many special requirements."

"For example, shadow puppetry does not require electricity. As long as there is light, the audience can watch a lively and vivid animation blockbuster!"

"The same is true for the Rabbit Country's abacus. In the days before computers, this was the fastest and most effective way to calculate numbers!"

How many intangible cultural heritages are there in Rabbit Country? Even with Yang Xuan's photographic memory, he cannot remember them all.

There are really too many!

And it will be updated from time to time.

For example, things like iron flowers were added later in the update.

It was impossible for Yang Xuan to keep staring at these things.

"I see!"

"For example, after the end of the world, when most of human technology is useless, these intangible cultural heritages will play a very important role?"

“For example, use abacus instead of computers, and use shadow puppetry instead of televisions!”

Lina frowned and thought for a moment, then her eyes suddenly lit up, as if she had suddenly figured something out.

"You have a really wild imagination!"

"But it's not wrong!"

Even Yang Xuan was shocked by Lina's imagination.

But if you think about it carefully, you can't say that it doesn't make sense.

"Not just the end of the world, but also contact with aliens, these things can also play a big role!"

"For example, even though we don't speak the same language, we can still trade normally and even achieve basic communication. This ability may be of great use when we come into contact with alien civilizations!"

It was as if Lina had suddenly opened up her Ren and Du meridians, and suddenly jumped from the end of the world to alien civilization. How could her imagination be so wild?
Even Yang Xuan almost sprained his waist because of her.

But when I think about it carefully, it is really what she said.

Modern human civilization is convenient and fast, but it has many prerequisites. For example, for QR code payment, you need to have a mobile phone, a WeChat account, and your WeChat account must be able to link to online banking. You must also have money in your bank card, and many other conditions.

But when using barter, these many prerequisites are not required.

And whether it is the end of the world or alien civilization, there is no doubt that the fewer prerequisites the better, and the contact will be smoother!

Sometimes I have to sigh that the wisdom of our ancestors is really hard to fathom.

Just like what is written in "The Three-Body Problem".

The Museum of Earth Civilizations originally planned to study a method that could preserve civilization information for one billion years.

However, all known storage media, including digital storage devices, metal materials, special paper and ink, murals, etc., can only preserve information completely for thousands to tens of thousands of years. Only fossils can last for hundreds of millions of years.

Therefore, Luo Ji, chairman of the Engineering Committee of the Museum of Earth Civilization, proposed the only feasible solution - "carve the words on the stone"!
Therefore, even humans in science fiction novels can only choose to do what their earliest ancestors did and carve words on stone!
(End of this chapter)