For this new year I hope in tolerance and empathy, starting from common people.
In the last year, due to the "most powerful countries" (which evidently have so much to learn about compassion), we have been ridiculously influenced in the personal sphere of feelings and many persons started to feel hate for the neighbour, the immigrants, the ethnic minorities, the "different".
This atmosphere of hate have been spreading for most of this year, no matter if you live in China, Italy or U.S.
For this 2020 I wish I can study other people compassion for "limited people" and at the same time to be more active to limit some people disgusting actions such as intollerance and hate.
I wish I can do better to mediate between my Italian (and European) world and the Chinese one which is not only my field of studies, but also a passion since ever.
I wish that through dialogue we can know each other better and to feel that at the end, above National and International issues, WE ARE BETTER THAN OUR GOVERNMENTS, PARTIES AND MEDIA and we are still human.
I wish everybody could cultivate their own culture and accept other culture including religions, without fear of bad influences.
I wish immigrants could open loco people minds and at the same time trying their best to deeply understand loco perspective of life with respect. Also, loco people should do their best to welcome foreigners.
I wish we can hear what a foreigner friend is trying to tell us, even tho sometimes what we hear could be hurting.
I wish we could have more empathy and sensibility, because we are the inhabitants of this unique Earth.
我们全世界一家人，祝大家新年快乐。
In the pic, fireworks from the far Tibetan plateau in Yushu (Qinghai) where I passed my last new Year 💥
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Today is the 🍎Christmas Eve🍎, in chinese literally "peacefull night" (ping'an ye).
So, why these apples?
Well, we all know that chinese people like to use characters with similar pronunciation to express a different meaning, especially if you can associate this meaning to a symbol.
This is also the case of the apple, in chinese "pingguo", very similar to "ping'an" which indicate the Christmas Eve.
So these days the Christians (and not only) in China use to give the apples as presents for Christmas. 🍎
The second pics is my Christmas Eve dinner the last year, when I was passing this important evening alone and far away from my beloved family and friends, in the capital of Qinghai province, China.
I ate what you see in this pic and it was very sad, even tho I was still pretty lucky to stay in a city where I could order a kind of western food.
That day I understood how alone a person can feel in a day of festivity like this.
Hopefully that Christmas alone will be my last one, but I can't avoid to think to all the Christian people which do not have the possibility to have a warm Christmas because of their economical or social conditions.
I feel blessed to be one of the person who doesn't need to worry about a proper Christmas.
Hope you will enjoy yours too and feel lucky like me. ❤️
Merry Christmas 👼
平安夜愉快！
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