The identity of the grandmothers dancing in the Chinese square.

A strange scene unfolds every morning at a plaza or park in China.
Same thing in the evening
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If you’ve been to China, you’ve probably seen this group of middle-aged women.
Since the group dance is usually performed in the square, it is also called Gwangjang dance or Gwangjang dance.
It’s short
There may be as few as a few dozen, but in the case of moms, hundreds of middle-aged women dancing to the leader’s choreography.
The sight of everyone dancing the same dance is no longer a representative image of China.
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There are about 120 million square dance lovers in China.
More than twice our population, every morning and evening
It means that everyone is dancing in the square.
Most women who dance Gwangjang Mooteul are in their 50s to 70s.

In the Chinese preliminaries, they are called tama (sut#), which is ‘ajumma’ in Korean.
Tama is from China
I don’t feel any shame or embarrassment at all.
It is a byword for a strong woman.
Why are Tamas so excited in the square?
There is a tragedy of the times in this.
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Tamas are mostly women born in the 1950s and 1960s.
If you want to know the reason why the Tamas fell into Gwangjangchup, it was during this period in China.
We need to understand, at least briefly, what is happening.
In 1959, Mao Zedong launched the so-called Great Leap Forward.
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There is no definite plan to catch up with the United States within a short period of time.
The results of the Great Leap Forward, which lasted three years, were truly disastrous.
As many as 30 million people starved to death
Because there is no major failure that could shake the communist regime.
Mao Zedong had to step down for a second term.
However, Mao Zedong has no intention of losing power.
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So, in order to regain power, the so-called ‘Cultural Movement’ began in 1966.
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Mao Zedong said that the failure of the Great Leap Forward was due to “feudal remnants and capitalist successors.”
“It’s because it hasn’t been liquidated,” he claimed.
So my motto is “Purge all the old things.”
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This is the name of the cultural calendar.
And the vanguard of this scientific name were students in their teens and twenties.
These are the Red Guards (#I #Sat).
At that time, Mao Zedong was not a divine being.
The Red Guards, who rely on God’s support, are truly unstoppable.
In this era of madness, China’s numerous temples, shrines, cultural assets, books, etc.
Precious historical heritage cannot be destroyed just because it is a remnant of feudalism.
And intellectuals, even Mao Zedong’s first generation comrades
As a capitalist donor, I was punished by the guards for the rest of my life.
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During the 10-year cultural calendar, approximately 2 million people died.
The number of Red Guards was approximately 20 million.
If you went to school at that time, most of the students were Red Guards.
Moreover, due to the ideology of gender equality promoted by the Chinese Communist Party,
The participation of female students was as intense as that of male students.
As the power of the Red Guards grew out of control, Mao Zedong felt a crisis.
These are all dismantled.
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Mao Zedong, who was worried, was foolish enough to send a large number of people to the countryside for a few days.
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The innocent students were unaware that they were being exploited by Mao Zedong again.
As they flocked to the Ururu countryside, the Heung Guard was virtually disbanded in an instant.
In this way, most of the Tama
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Instead of school education to live in the future
All I had was experience with communist ideology and as a propaganda tool.
Because the cultural revolution was underway, the school was completely closed for almost 10 years.
I cannot receive any further education.
They were gradually unable to return to the city until 1976, when Mao Zedong died.
After Mao Zedong, Deng Xiaoping took power.
China is gradually experiencing the framework of self-reliance.

And in the 1990s, state-owned enterprises
There will be a large-scale restructuring or it will become a private company.
This mainly leads to mass unemployment of those working in state-run enterprises.
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There were no jobs for national or mid-level employees in the private enterprise preliminaries.
Those who are happy and have nothing to do
Gradually, they begin to gather in parks or squares near their homes.
It is a very familiar space where we gathered every day during the Red Guard days.
And to relieve boredom
I can’t even listen to a small radio and dance.
This is the beginning of Gwangjang.

Even in the Chinese government, Tamas are not beings that need to be treated very carefully.
Because you never know when they might vent their frustration again;
The Chinese government is very active in providing a space for Tamas to dance;
We even installed lights so we could dance at night.
Here, exciting music and easy movements that anyone can follow come together.
The outing spread throughout China in a short period of time.
In China, when Tamas are in the prime of school education, they serve as Red Guards.
People in their 20s and 30s had to play a role in collective labor and industrial development.
I lost my job in my 40s and stayed at home for a long time.
I had to raise children and take care of the elderly.

Unlike their parents’ generation, they cannot enjoy the virtue of their children.
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There are few children to comply with the one-child-per-household policy.
“Why are you doing that?
I understand
I can’t help it!
Moreover, the environment we grew up in is very different.
“Why are you acting like that?
I understand it
‘I can’t do it!’
The gap between generations is unbridgeable.
To those who say, “After living a lifetime of being chased by the times, all that remains is loneliness.”
Square dance is a kind of salvation.
It’s easy to meet people similar to yourself here.
This is because memories of the past can come back.
In some ways, for them, the Heungwibyeong may be the best moment of their lives.
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There is no experience of never having a door under your feet again.
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“Gwangjangchun is nostalgia for the collectivism of the Heungwi Army,” he said.
It is important to keep the spacing between the front and back rows strictly while dancing.
“Evidence,” he says.
Only when we dance in the square are we able to comfort each other and confirm our presence.
Because it is a cure for mental emptiness.
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