愚人节快乐!: Yuren Jie kuaile!: Happy April Fool’s!

April Simpleton’s Day (愚人节, Yuren Jie, in a real sense: ‘silly man celebration’) is a day for no particular reason and jokes that is getting on in China. Tricks incorporate deceiving individuals with counterfeit news, startling them, or staying signs on individuals without their realizing that they are wearing it. It began in Europe over quite a while back, and it was initially a Western day for jokes and tricks. Presently individuals in Hong Kong and China likewise take part in the good times.

April Fools in Hong Kong

On April first consistently in the Western world and in numerous Eastern nations, individuals frequently make jokes, deceptions, and have a good time. As a result of English impact, the custom is seen in Hong Kong. In China, a few children pull tricks on one another halfway on the grounds that they are shown about it by the numerous unfamiliar educators.

A popular April Bonehead’s scam in Hong Kong in 2003 was a report placed on a site by an understudy that such countless individuals were contaminated with SARS that Hong Kong was isolated, the ports were shut so nobody could enter or leave Hong Kong, and Tung Chee Hwa who was the CEO of Hong Kong had surrendered. Hong Kong’s stores were overpowered with overreacting individuals attempting to stock nourishment for the emergency.

April Fools on the Chinese mainland

In China, school kids beginning playing April fools jokes during the 1990s. Unfamiliar educators would pull tricks on the children on April Bonehead’s, and numerous Chinese children went with the same pattern and took up the good times. These days, it is principally kids in schools and the more youthful age playing such games. However, the more established ages by and large don’t. Yet, the day is known generally enough so that occasionally papers and sites will run counterfeit news reports to astound and stun individuals.

Nonetheless, in some cases, in any event, driving news editors appear to know nothing about the Western tricks. For instance, as of late CCTV, China’s Telecom company, ran an English April Idiot’s joke as genuine information. A carrier in England declared that they would begin a glass-lined plane help, and CCTV ran it as odd — yet genuine — news. They likewise posted the news report on their site, and it was up for several days.