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The meaning of four bachelors

The meaning of four bachelors is as follows:

"Four bachelors" refers to four bachelors who have no wives, girlfriends or partners. They like playing mahjong together. This statement originated from the traditional culture of China. It is said that four bachelors playing mahjong together will bring good luck. In China, four Singles' Days are also designated as Singles' Days. To celebrate this day, people will eat Sugar-Coated Berry, drink, buy singles, and party at night.

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Singles Day is an entertainment festival among young people to celebrate that they are still single ("single" means "single"). 1 65438+1October 1 1, Singles' Day, originated from the date when four Arabic numerals "1"look like four smooth sticks.

Singles' Day means singles in Chinese, so Singles' Day is an alternative festival for singles, and this day is designated as "a day of being alone". Singles' Day was born on campus, spread through the media such as the Internet, and gradually formed Singles' Day culture. Nowadays, more and more people choose to get married on Singles' Day, which is also a period when major businesses discount sales on the grounds of undressing.

The origin of Singles Day has always been a mystery, and there are all kinds of speculations and statements. It is credible that Singles Day originated from campus culture, but it is impossible to verify who first proposed it. It is generally believed that Singles Day originated from the campus culture of Nanjing University.

There are different opinions about the origin of Singles Day, and it is generally believed that it originated from the dormitory culture of Nanjing University. During the period of 1993, four senior students in Nanjing University dormitory held a "sleeping party" every night. For a time, the theme of talk in a dream was to discuss how to get rid of the bachelor state. In their dream talk, they came up with the idea of organizing activities for Singles' Day with the upcoming11.

Since then, Singles Day has gradually developed into a kind of campus fun culture in Nanjing universities and even universities around the world. As a group of students bid farewell to campus, this festival is gradually brought into society. With the huge group of adult single men and women, as well as the spread of group activities and online media, Singles Day has become popular in society, and it has developed into a "naked festival". Other accounts about the origin of Singles Day were later fabricated.