Ain't that the same with people in the US? I mean majority of us literally shop,eat ,watch lights on the week and day of Christmas. You hardly see anyone having a quiet Christmas at home appreciating Jesus.
I'm a Chinese Christian and we celebrate Christmas as the birth of Jesus Christ and lots of Christians do that too, maybe not the youth but traditionalist Chinese & elderly Chinese do that. Happy Christmas to everybdoy, 3 MONTHS in advance! :D.
but serious question, am i wrong or are most asian people not christian but have religions like Buddhist (reincarnation) etc.? also when asians have a different religion do they still celebrate christmas? asking because I was in thailand while christmas time and christmas eve and they did have christmas trees in the hotels etc. but I was wondering if it was only for the tourists because outside in thailand there was barely any christmas stuff
Chinese people use Christmas as a outgoing festival such as shopping while western people use Chinese spring Festival as the same like visit Chinatown for dragon show its the same
@@peekaboopeekaboo1165 I know what you are trying to say but I am talking about the vast majority. no Chinese christians will be offended by Christmas shoppings believe me
It's not even Jesus’ birthday, it's a Pagan holiday in the end of the year to bring tree branches in your home to welcome the incoming spring, Christians stole or plagiarize that idea and made it the birthday of Jesus, in fact, if Jesus never died, I am pretty sure he would fight against Catholic church for their cruel and oppressive atrocities.
@@xuanminglu1507 That may be the case but the Vatican moved it to the winter season. So even though technically it isn't his real birthday it's celebrated on Christmas, hence the name Christ-mas, not Santa-mas or Pagan-mas. True that some customs are pagan traditions but it has been converted to Christianity and unfortunately corporate America.
In short, it's a festival of shopping, party, food, drink and fxxking, all Western festivals are celebrated in similar manner in China, they are not about the religion, not about the family, but pure exotic fun.
Well Santa Claus is known to wear red things because of Coca Cola... before Christmas there are a lot of discounts to make people even more interested to buy... in videogames (like the one on mobile phones) have events for these festivities where some limited editions stuff can be bought with the use of real money or difficult to come by game money (difficult if you don't use money)... so... is it much different?
To be honest, the Christian churches in the west never made a big deal about Christmas until about 200 years ago. Easter was the big celebration for Christians. Also, a lot of Christmas customs are holdovers from older pagan traditions
All holidays is the same for me. Even everyday is the same for me. Because i'm a shift worker who just follow working schedule regardless of days or seasons. And while everybody eats steamed chicken and potato stew at home, i eat my own sweat.
but serious question, am i wrong or are most asian people not christian but have religions like Buddhist (reincarnation) etc.? also when asians have a different religion do they still celebrate christmas? asking because I was in thailand while christmas time and christmas eve and they did have christmas trees in the hotels etc. but I was wondering if it was only for the tourists because outside in thailand there was barely any christmas stuff
How to tell the difference between China traditional Festival and foreign festival in China? China traditional Festival : U get a big meal with friends and family. foreign festival: U get a one-night big room with your lover.
It's a shame that people don't know why it is and what they are celebrating for... It's totally religious activity and I don't understand why Chinese are into it
Not really I think, because my hometown is Hebei but is Shijiazhuang, actually we do have some of celebrate activities but not as lot as Shanghai or Beijing, not even cut, many of the regular store still sale the Christmas item, some of banned because they didn't reported to the Distric Government so they banned because it's illegal if not reported to the distric government. And also Langfang is just a small city...
Actually we don't have so much limit of Western festival, although it doesn't really have a short holiday, I think we even have lots of fun whether the Western festival or traditional Chinese festival. I guess before I said to you that I from Hebei, you may even don't know where Langfang really is, or which location of the Hebei. I know 50 states names of the US and 34 provinces of my country, so do you know every states/provinces name other than your own country? I guess you may not lol......
The Chinese will celebrate anything. Even if the celebration is from a different culture, Chinese will celebrate it if they know it’s a celebration and have been exposed to it. I’m a Canadian-Chinese and I will celebrate any holiday that I’m exposed to.
You will find Santa, lights and Christmas Trees everywhere, but ask why Christmas is celebrated, most Chinese will not know, but enjoy the excuse to have a party, shop and celebrate with friends.
Christmas is a year end celebration. Its not the birthday of Jesus. He was born sometime in autumn. Santa Clause was introduced into the festival few hundred years ago from Europe folk story. China should have its own year end celebration on the Winter Solace (22nd Dec) and stretch it to the first week of January. The decoration could be different from the Tradition western Christmas celebration. You should dream up something just like Christmas with Santa, Christmas tree decoration all add-in from time to time. Go on, let's see if something ever happen by end of 2019. The festival can be improved with time to make it special year end holiday celebration with Chinese Character!! Good Luck.
China once banned Christmas because that day commemorates the millions of Chinese soldiers who died of cold while the US was happily celebrating Christmas.
There is no solution to let Chinese people celebrate Christmas again because Chairman Mao was born on December 26, 1893. They need to celebrate his birthday instead of Christmas. Now China Govt want to people to remember to merits of Chairman Mao and recognize Xi Jing Ping as the only genuine successor of Chairman Mao's ideology. You can see they can't place "Merry Christmas" plate on the trees. Hongkong and Macau are the only cities in China that can show "Merry Christmas" messages publicly. But this year, some big companies are so afraid of China govt that they also avoid showing "Merry Christmas" as big as before or show "Season's Greetings" instead and some even not showing any message like in Beijing.
Well consider most of the Christmas products are made in China anyway.. why not take advantage of it and make a buck while everything is already available?
Christian are also in China they do not understand it is buisness who does not know the holy Bible He can easily say it is buisness and saunta and others things
For Chinese, most western festivals are shopping festivals
True
Ain't that the same with people in the US? I mean majority of us literally shop,eat ,watch lights on the week and day of Christmas. You hardly see anyone having a quiet Christmas at home appreciating Jesus.
For girls, it basically just means it’s time for another luxury designer bag...(jk)
@@BlueCyy for guys it's crazy expensive shoes from Nike, tons or games, and night clubs.... (I can be joking too).
So true
I'm a Chinese Christian and we celebrate Christmas as the birth of Jesus Christ and lots of Christians do that too, maybe not the youth but traditionalist Chinese & elderly Chinese do that. Happy Christmas to everybdoy, 3 MONTHS in advance! :D.
My mom plays Felix navidad in the middle of summer in China.....I played that song once in orchestra 10 years ago and I can never escape it now
Merry Christmas to you too brother
As a Christian same
Your name ain't chinese :)) European name maybe
but serious question, am i wrong or are most asian people not christian but have religions like Buddhist (reincarnation) etc.? also when asians have a different religion do they still celebrate christmas? asking because I was in thailand while christmas time and christmas eve and they did have christmas trees in the hotels etc. but I was wondering if it was only for the tourists because outside in thailand there was barely any christmas stuff
Just like in the U.S., Christmas has turned into a corporate / shopping holiday. (Black Friday, small business Saturday, cyber Monday, etc etc)
Black Friday, Cyber Monday, Small Business Saturday, are shopping holidays though lol, christmas isn't but has.
Ironic considering the rest of the world believes that China is 100% communist
Chinese people use Christmas as a outgoing festival such as shopping
while western people use Chinese spring Festival as the same like visit Chinatown for dragon show
its the same
Chinese people use it for the money!
BRIANBA100 It is like that in the US too.
Idiot. You are just like the editors and reporters behind this report. As if there are no Chinese Christians inside PROC.
Address your reply to Frank Chan and to the bashers at SCMP.
@@peekaboopeekaboo1165 I know what you are trying to say but I am talking about the vast majority. no Chinese christians will be offended by Christmas shoppings believe me
Jesus is the main reason why Christmas is celebrated.
It's not even Jesus’ birthday, it's a Pagan holiday in the end of the year to bring tree branches in your home to welcome the incoming spring, Christians stole or plagiarize that idea and made it the birthday of Jesus, in fact, if Jesus never died, I am pretty sure he would fight against Catholic church for their cruel and oppressive atrocities.
@@xuanminglu1507 yes you're right, not to mention Jesus was born somewhere between August and September
Yes
@@xuanminglu1507 That may be the case but the Vatican moved it to the winter season. So even though technically it isn't his real birthday it's celebrated on Christmas, hence the name Christ-mas, not Santa-mas or Pagan-mas. True that some customs are pagan traditions but it has been converted to Christianity and unfortunately corporate America.
@@PaulyWally30 Christmas is in English.
I love the Christmas festive atmosphere in Shanghai.
Christmas is just beautiful. I just wish that everyday is Christmas
Go to Philippines. We celebrate Christmas starting from September its Christmas here for a few months. Lol
Im chirstmas wish is ccp will stop the bully
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year 😆😉😉😉
In short, it's a festival of shopping, party, food, drink and fxxking, all Western festivals are celebrated in similar manner in China, they are not about the religion, not about the family, but pure exotic fun.
Mohit Thakur ahh shut up already.just let them celebrate whatever they want,they are not ruining the vibe of it but ppl like u most like are
Idiot. You are just like the editors and reporters behind this report. As if there are no Chinese Christians inside PROC.
why chinese should celebrate jesus or what the fuck celebrity
China even produces all the fork and spoons that americans put in their mouth lol
What country are you from?
Well, we are also same in the US.
In China religion festivals means business...
javed_mamun Big business big money. It keeps the economy rolling on and on. You know, the multiplier effect.
Idiot. You are just like the editors and reporters behind this report. As if there are no Chinese Christians inside PROC.
Well Santa Claus is known to wear red things because of Coca Cola... before Christmas there are a lot of discounts to make people even more interested to buy... in videogames (like the one on mobile phones) have events for these festivities where some limited editions stuff can be bought with the use of real money or difficult to come by game money (difficult if you don't use money)... so... is it much different?
To be honest, the Christian churches in the west never made a big deal about Christmas until about 200 years ago. Easter was the big celebration for Christians. Also, a lot of Christmas customs are holdovers from older pagan traditions
Christmas is Very Beautiful. Just feel it. No need to overthink❤
Is there any holiday during Christmas in China? No? Then it’s not holiday. It’s Business
Is there any holiday during Chinese New Year in New York and London? No? Then it’s not a holiday. It’s Business
Christmas and the lights are the best way to warm your heart on cold winter days.
In China,they most likely don’t celebrate Halloween ,Easter ,thanksgiving,but they celebrate Christmas and Valentine’s Day
Thanksgiving is ONLY celebrated in the USA and its territories.
I think Easter is celebrated there to
Shanghai I just saw the shop across my street
Chinese don't care as long as it's a good occasion they will celebrate
All holidays is the same for me. Even everyday is the same for me. Because i'm a shift worker who just follow working schedule regardless of days or seasons. And while everybody eats steamed chicken and potato stew at home, i eat my own sweat.
ah masak sih?? awas ada fatwa haram MUI...
but serious question, am i wrong or are most asian people not christian but have religions like Buddhist (reincarnation) etc.? also when asians have a different religion do they still celebrate christmas? asking because I was in thailand while christmas time and christmas eve and they did have christmas trees in the hotels etc. but I was wondering if it was only for the tourists because outside in thailand there was barely any christmas stuff
No. As a Chinese people, I want to say that more and more schools are not allowed to celebrate Christmas' Day.
Go for them.
学校也不会庆祝道德天尊圣诞 释加牟尼圣诞
That German Christmas market in Shanghai looks cool
And no muslim truck drivers around...
Wow it's beautiful
Dec 25 is a Roman Saturnalia Festival holiday, not Christ birthday.
The chinese are addicted to public holidays and celebrate every kind of holidays xD
They are and they do. Modern China is actually a very pleasant place to live and ENJOY LIFE.
Looks nice. Guangdong is the real Santas Workshop of the world.
They use Xmas as business .
Every does that.
so what?
Oh, so like Japan then...
How to tell the difference between China traditional Festival and foreign festival in China?
China traditional Festival : U get a big meal with friends and family.
foreign festival: U get a one-night big room with your lover.
It's a shame that people don't know why it is and what they are celebrating for... It's totally religious activity and I don't understand why Chinese are into it
Atheists' wet dream. Christless christmas.
In Langfang China right now all Christmas items are banned lights trees decorations
Not really I think, because my hometown is Hebei but is Shijiazhuang, actually we do have some of celebrate activities but not as lot as Shanghai or Beijing, not even cut, many of the regular store still sale the Christmas item, some of banned because they didn't reported to the Distric Government so they banned because it's illegal if not reported to the distric government. And also Langfang is just a small city...
Actually we don't have so much limit of Western festival, although it doesn't really have a short holiday, I think we even have lots of fun whether the Western festival or traditional Chinese festival. I guess before I said to you that I from Hebei, you may even don't know where Langfang really is, or which location of the Hebei. I know 50 states names of the US and 34 provinces of my country, so do you know every states/provinces name other than your own country? I guess you may not lol......
The Chinese will celebrate anything. Even if the celebration is from a different culture, Chinese will celebrate it if they know it’s a celebration and have been exposed to it. I’m a Canadian-Chinese and I will celebrate any holiday that I’m exposed to.
Wishing china a very merry christmas and covid mk 2 new year 🎄
圣诞节在中国演化为商家促销活动日，以及年轻人看作类似情人节。
Aww. Yeah
You will find Santa, lights and Christmas Trees everywhere, but ask why Christmas is celebrated, most Chinese will not know, but enjoy the excuse to have a party, shop and celebrate with friends.
There are Christians in China also.
Yes, they see it as bussines opportunity
As much as how it has been for years in many other parts of the world. I'm surprised they took it so slowly
just another shopping day
Christmas is the birth of Jesus Christ
The answer is yes, but not officially.
They do
Why not? Christmas is a pagan celebration brought down from Horus, God of the Sun.
sok tahu
Christmas is a year end celebration.
Its not the birthday of Jesus. He was born sometime in autumn.
Santa Clause was introduced into the festival few hundred years ago from Europe folk story.
China should have its own year end celebration on the Winter Solace (22nd Dec) and stretch it to the first week of January.
The decoration could be different from the Tradition western Christmas celebration.
You should dream up something just like Christmas with Santa, Christmas tree decoration all add-in from time to time.
Go on, let's see if something ever happen by end of 2019.
The festival can be improved with time to make it special year end holiday celebration with Chinese Character!!
Good Luck.
China once banned Christmas because that day commemorates the millions of Chinese soldiers who died of cold while the US was happily celebrating Christmas.
We are mexicans and we celebrate the birth of Jesus and we lie down the baby Jesus! In the 23 of December!
China has 1.4 billion people, do China celebrate Christmas? Do all 330 million American celebrate Christmas?
This people celebrate the birthday of Jesus and they don’t know 😂.
. . . Jesus is a palestinian, many dont know.😁
🎁🎄我的妈妈 说， 今天继续 民族、摇滚、 小树枝， 抽烟
🇨🇳 🧸Wǒ de māmā shuō, jīntiān jìxù mínzú, yáogǔn, xiǎo shùzhī, chōuyān
Amyn☆
When there is food and gifts, there is always festival for celebration. Christmas is just a name.
Christmas is not the birth of Jesus! They must know that!
I guess about as much as British people celebrate Chinese New Year, not a national holiday but we can have a nice time anyway😉😁
China should copy Santa Claus in future
Why do they need to copy him? Wasn’t he supposed to go everywhere in the world? Santa’s universal
They need to learn about Jesuschrist !
任何节日在中国都能过成购物节XD
Don't y'all make the gifts?
we sure do and we believe in the lord same as the whites
Christmass is not really about the birthday of jesus.
There is no solution to let Chinese people celebrate Christmas again because Chairman Mao was born on December 26, 1893. They need to celebrate his birthday instead of Christmas.
Now China Govt want to people to remember to merits of Chairman Mao and recognize Xi Jing Ping as the only genuine successor of Chairman Mao's ideology.
You can see they can't place "Merry Christmas" plate on the trees.
Hongkong and Macau are the only cities in China that can show "Merry Christmas" messages publicly.
But this year, some big companies are so afraid of China govt that they also avoid showing
"Merry Christmas" as big as before or show "Season's Greetings" instead and some even not showing any message like in Beijing.
Really?? th-cam.com/video/PZakSiHlY88/w-d-xo.htmlsi=g6OTAYGs_Bt2w0kc
we eat apple
So chinese believe in western capitalist Santa Claus... oh nice
Celebrate it. Don't believe it.
the answer: Not Really
Well consider most of the Christmas products are made in China anyway.. why not take advantage of it and make a buck while everything is already available?
Funny that people still think that christmas is of christian origin
ماهو اصل عيد الميلاد اذا ؟
Does the great leader know about this Jesus guy? If I know pooh, Jesus better watch his back
Of course china celebrates christmas thay might be an atheist state but they might aswel celebrate Christmas
Christmas is a pagan tradition from Europe, called Yule and not related to Jesus at all 😄
Christian are also in China they do not understand it is buisness who does not know the holy Bible He can easily say it is buisness and saunta and others things
They appreciate Christmas more than Chinese New Year i realised
That's where you're wrong
Napoleon Penguin not rly Chinese New Year is a rly big celebration
you mean being SELFISH!
Happy christmas
its not a religious holiday anywhere, except in usa :D
Hell no we are Chinese we aren,t obsess about white people like Hong Kong people.
Christian numbers are rising in China. In some years, China will have the largest population of Christians by country surpassing USA
ankit choudhary no way
Nettle Boyss Sunvanbeen you are thai not chinese
@@user-tz1bo2ny8y Whatever you said you don,t know me, and I don,t know you.
You must be stupid
CHRISTmas this is a Christian holiday if you don’t want to cooperate jesus into it, don’t celebrate it.
Nope, Christmas was actually a pagan holiday appropriated by Christians.
Zsari Maxim If u say so
China and communism❤
Seems to work well for the people of China.