Western fashion and modern designs have been popular in China in recent years, but a growing number of young people are now looking to the past for fashion advice.

If you look closely around your city, you might see hanfu, the traditional clothing of the Han dynasty. In a recently published report by online shopping website Tmall, more than 2 million hanfu were sold in 2020. The number of hanfu buyers increased by 92 percent compared to 2019. The average age of buyers was 21, with about 52 percent between 19 and 24 years old.

But why has this traditional clothing become popular among young Chinese people?

For some of them, it’s a costurme for relaxation. Wang Kehan, a 24-year-old college student, said that dressing in hanfu is a way for her to escape the trouble of real life. Modern clothing, on the other hand, represents the identity (身份) people need to show every day.

“Hanfu and modern clothing help me to show the different sides in me,” she explained.

Other young people like hanfu because of the culture behind it. They regard it as a way to reconnect with traditions. Its wide sleeves (袖子) , crossed collars and flowing robes (飘带) bring people back to ancient times.

“What’s behind hanfu is the deep Chinese tradition,” said Zhou Yihao, a 21-year-old costurme studio owner.

That’s probably why some fans have started to bring the traditional clothing abroad. Sohu reported on a Bilibili vlogger who climbed Germany’s highest mountain wearing hanfu. She received praise from tourists.

Maybe in the future, hanfu will have more and more fans.

During meal times, more and more young people take out their phones, choose a favorite show, eat while watching and burst into laughter now and then.

Liu, a 19-year-old student studying in Beijing, is one of them. A foodie and a video lover, she is happy to eat while watching food programs on her smartphone. A show she has been recently watching is about two Chinese girls traveling around Japan to find delicious food, and the show has been viewed more than 26,000 times on China’s top microblog platform. "The food in the show looks really attractive (吸引人的),” Liu explains. Besides this show, she also watches many other online food programs.

“It’s not unexpected,” said Adrien from France, who is a huge fan of Chinese food. “China and France both enjoy cooking and eating. As for me, I love Chinese food programs very much.”

Irina from Russia also loves Chinese food programs very much. She watched a reality show ①________ her friends. In the show, some Chinese stars cooked seafood and crabs. “They cooked the seafood differently from us, but the dish they made looked very delicious,” said Irina and her friends.

Beautiful pictures, delicious food, special skills of ②________ and the famous stars—all these things can make food programs a perfect meal companion (同伴) for younger Chinese people, even when they are far away from home.

“After I ③________ China and started my study life in Germany, I found myself always watching A Bite of China during meals,” said Manling. She added that she had only been living there for only two months and she had already missed the home flavor (味道) of China. “Chinese flavors are like the comfort zone (区域) that gives me a sense of safety,” Manling said.

The world is changing greatly and the lifestyle is very different from the past. With the development of the times and the progress of society, computers are becoming more and more popular. We can quickly type beautiful Chinese characters（汉字）through them. So people write less and less by hand. Many people even have forgotten how to write Chinese characters. What’s worse, students are paying little attention to it. So, should we spend time in practicing writing? Some people say that with computers we can write without a pen. Some people say that practicing writing is a traditional virtue（美德）of the Chinese nation and it should be carried forward. According to a recent survey in a middle school, more than half of the students have poor handwriting.

Do students still write by hand?

However, when the students were asked if they would like to improve their handwriting, most of them answered “No”, which is very upset. Here are their reasons.