tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8897129721876157704.post6613124733808975519..comments2018-12-21T05:41:46.485+01:00Comments on Go for Life: Chinese fruit storesBoywinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01385220868931322941noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8897129721876157704.post-12715398523269996762010-10-16T21:33:28.365+02:002010-10-16T21:33:28.365+02:00The answer of that question deserves a blog post o...The answer of that question deserves a blog post of it's own. But I'll give a short answer.<br /><br />When you receive gifts in China, you don't open it or use it to share with the guests while they are there. When the guest leaves then you can take a look at it and decide what to do with the present.<br /><br />It is very common to use the gift to give to some other friend when you go there to visit. You then have to be sure the two friends don't know each others.<br /><br />There are scary complications around this when it is common to give food or bakeries as gifts and these gifts might have been sent around for a while. I actually heard this story about a rotten cake... uuheeahh...<br /><br />Then it is good with fruits because they have to be fresh.Boywinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01385220868931322941noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8897129721876157704.post-51872465233368952942010-10-16T21:07:39.363+02:002010-10-16T21:07:39.363+02:00Interesting. When I was younger my family acted in...Interesting. When I was younger my family acted in a very similar way - sadly that tradition is dying out with the older generation.<br /><br />One question that popped in my mind was - what do they do with all the gifts? I guess it would be horribly impolite to throw gifts away or sell them.<br /><br />I remember my paternal grandmother keeping a record of who gave what - simply in order to bring the gift of a previous visitor out of storage and strategically put it in plain sight somewhere not to obvious. This was only with distant relatives/friends though. I guess, for practical reasons, they usually brought cakes or coffee when paying a visit to a neighbor.<br /><br />My grandmother collected /everything/ but she had a big house to put it all in - actually she had a few houses to put stuff in :)Peterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07505492823475934168noreply@blogger.com