Hungzhuo

Here in the town of “No. 1 Lover’s Lake,” our tour guide ricky (who introduced himself as “Ricky! Not Ricky Martin, but Ricky Chan!”) points out that hung zhuo is a leisure city compared to the more hardworking Shanghai and Beijing. He says the normal work day in China is 9 – 5 … but Shanghai is more like 7 a.m. – 10 p.m…. and hungzhuo is more like 10 – 4. He said it is also famous for having residents with beautiful white skin …. Even the boys! Boys are also very metro here .. and help women with housework, chores and cooking … which is not found elsewhere in china, as men are generally more macho and don’t help with women’s work … the gender roles are still very traditional here … although women usually do work so the family has more income.

Ricky also told us about the university system here. All college students must take the same standardized test …. Which is administered on the same day throughout the whole country. Depending on your score, you will either score a nice job … or if you finish in the bottom half …. “you will drop to the bottom of society” says ricky. When you think that only half of all students are even accepted into college …. There’s certainly some pressure to succeed! Universities in china graduate millions of students each year … making competition for jobs pretty intense.