汉语世界（2018年第4期）总第71期汉语世界（The World of Chinese）

2018 Issue 4

See how the traditional Chinese nuclear family is adapting to modern lifestyles, from LGBT and interracial romance to childless couples and single mothers. Tour Guangxi, find authentic chili sauce, and maybe move to a "new" first-tier city—there’s plenty of incentive, and much more, inside.

 

封面故事：“家庭”的定义越来越宽泛，构成也越来越多样了：今天的“摩登家庭”有单亲妈妈、丁克夫妇、领养亲子、黄昏恋家庭，甚至是“形婚”，但他们也是平凡的普通人，有着各自的苦乐喜忧。能选择适合自己的生活方式也是社会进步的标志之一。

 

主题故事：有人说，一线城市容不下肉体，三四线容不下灵魂；“新一线城市”的崛起是否意味着世外桃源的降临？

 

主题故事：在口味地域差异巨大的中国餐饮市场，中式快餐能够成为下一个肯德基、麦当劳吗？

 

主题故事：娶个外国新娘回家？愿新时代的跨国婚姻多些真诚，少些套路

 

水墨丹青：在辽宁旅顺的留声机博物馆内，收藏着一段属于老馆长王心伟的音乐历史

 

时光机：明朝建立于650年前，可为什么我们今天还这么喜欢谈论它？

 

寻真之旅：逆袭的辣酱——从‘穷人的油盐’到令人上瘾的火辣

 

社交汉语：聊星座也是一种社交技巧

 

小说、影评、艺术、语言……从国际视角欣赏中国文化，用地道英文讲述中国故事。有幽默，有泪水，有真知灼见……从封面到封底，想停都停不下来。

 

COVER STORY
MODERN FAMILY
摩登家庭亦寻常
Mencius once said, “the least filial thing for a man is to have no sons.” Some Chinese, though, are rethinking what it means to be a family. As archaic laws and social stigma slowly disappear, even as single parenthood, adoption, cohabitation, LGBT and childfree lifestyles, the state has tightened up divorce laws and promoted traditional parenthood to preserve “social harmony”
SHOCK OF THE NEW
新一线城市：路过还是驻足
It’s said that China’s metropolises are good for money and culture, yet smaller cities are better for one’s soul. By offering cushy benefits, regional cities are competing to lure educated and commute-weary professionals from Beijing and Shanghai, but some wonder if the model is sustainable—and how to fairly measure “talent”?
QUICK FIX
众口难调：中式连锁快餐会成功吗？
KFC and McDonalds are China’s biggest restaurant chains, and domestic restaurateurs and even the government want to duplicate their success with noodles and rice. But how does one make “fast food with national characteristics” with such varied regional tastes, and just as erratic food safety standards?
ONE BELT
One Love
新时代的跨国婚恋
One of the world’s most ethnically homogenous nations, China is seeing a rise in international and interracial marriages, as workers go abroad and foreigners seek opportunity in China. From romance to business partnerships to a solution to “leftover men,” the reasons and perceptions for these marriages are as diverse as the couples themselves

20 KALEIDOSCOPE  
  GOING COASTAL
到海边去
Chinese beachgoers are generally suspicious of sunbathing and cold swims, but they manage to enjoy the mainland’s 18,000 kilometers of coast in their own way. As summer starts, vacationers head out en masse to the nation’s rocky shores for majestic scenery, succulent seafood, and photos with swooping seagulls—even crowds and the occasional cold spell can’t dampen the irresistible call of the sea

12 DRAGON’S DIGEST
  I LOVE SPIDER-MAN
《我爱蜘蛛侠》
It’s not easy to love your neighbor—and almost impossible in Beijing, where rents run high and tempers short. In this short story set in an overcrowded apartment, a group of housemates discover that you can share a bathroom, meals, and struggles, and still remain strangers

78 TIME MACHINE
  MING MATTERS
为什么我们这么喜欢
谈论明朝？
Founded 650 years ago this year, the Ming was the era of Zheng He’s voyages, the Forbidden City, and those well-known vases. Michael Szonyi, author of The Art of Being Governed: Everyday Politics in Late Imperial China, explains why this dynasty still fascinates

70 MADE IN CHINA
  CHINESE IDOL
“铁人”:在时间的长河中
He was a national hero for his deeds in the oilfield, yet in the 1960s, fame was a double-edged sword for driller Wang Jinxi. It led to a desk job, a poetry career, as well as political persecution. As media today focus on athletes and performers, TWOC revisits the “model worker,” a peculiar type of celebrity in Maoist China

82 JOURNEY TO THE BEST
  HOT AND SAUCY
中国辣酱知多少
It was once the poor man’s substitute for salt, but today, Szechuan sauce has even joined McDonalds’ pantheon of dressings and dips. With several provinces renowned for numbing, searing, and blistering flavors, TWOC delves into hot sauces’ peppery pasts and zesty future

64 ON THE ROAD  
  ALL UNDER HEAVEN
寻迹广西：不只“山水甲天下”
“The landscape of Guilin is the best under heaven,” We’re told. “Every corner of Nanning is dotted with fruit trees.” The attractions of China’s Guangxi region are not just lush and scenic, they’ve spawned dozens of sayings. Sun Jiahui goes in search of the earthly paradise, from bustling Yangshuo to the remote Detian Falls on the Vietnam border, and discovers how expectation is itself a part of travel
86 BOOKMARK
  THE DRUG WAR
《帝国黄昏》:裴士锋新书
重新讲述第一次鸦片战争
The story of the First Opium War is often told, but rarely this well. Stephen Platt’s Imperial Twilight: The Opium War and the End of China's Last Golden Age gives a character-based study of the fraught decisions and miscalculations that led to this defining event in China’s recent history

2 EDITOR’S LETTER
卷首语
6 TEA LEAVES
茶话会

10 STREET TALK
街头俚语
11 AGONY AYI
麻烦阿姨
62 GALLERY
水墨丹青
74 DIASPORA
四海一家
90 SOCIAL CHINESE
社交汉语
94 ON THE CHARACTER
魅力汉字