Why do many people say "China is a society of acquaintances"? Is this view correct?

The society of acquaintances originated in China's rural society. In the past, everyone in the countryside used to work the land every day, and the people they came into contact with were almost all the same people, so basically the people you worked with every day were your neighbors, who had multiple identities for you, such as friends, playmates, lovers, in-laws, and so on. And I think nowadays acquaintance society is more obvious in China, because after the reform and opening up whether it's work or school or even personal marriage, most of them are organization arranged or introduced between acquaintances, so there may be many colleagues and friends in life, all of them are interlinked or overlapped together. Nowadays, there are also many such phenomena, such as similar neighborhood school "rules", but also gives classmates more identity for you. And it's this set of principles that can quickly integrate people who aren't in the neighborhood into the community of acquaintances.

In China, a country full of "human feelings", everyone sends "favors" for weddings and funerals, greets each other on holidays, and helps each other in times of trouble. Almost every social organization subscribes to the principle of reciprocity, where everyone gets what they need. If these conventions are broken, it is likely that the group will be quickly ostracized. And it is this fully developed system of reimbursement that is unique to human civilization. It is also this low-cost, efficient way of interacting that makes many people happy.

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