Over the past two weeks, universities across China have welcomed back their students, but campus life is not back to how it was in pre-COVID19 times.
Many universities have implemented strict anti-virus measures, with some promoting ‘closed-off management’ (封校管理), making it difficult for students to leave campus to go out.
This week, the popular Wechat account “Newsbro” (新闻哥) reported how a student in Baoding, Hebei province, made the best of his fenced-off campus situation by meeting his girlfriend for hotpot through the fence.
A video of the get-together was shared on social media by Fengmian News.
On Weibo, some commenters suggested the scene was “like a prison”, while others thought it looked like a “pet owner feeding its pet.”
Although some think the hotpot scene is staged, ‘Newsbro’ reports that there are multiple examples of “love in times of closed-off schools” (“封校时期的爱情”), with the account sharing a photo of another scene where lovebirds hug each other through the school fence.
Newsbro (新闻哥) also shares some gifs of people entertaining themselves at the dorms (see Twitter thread below).
Due to anti-virus measures, some Chinese universities have a 'closed campus', making it hard for students to leave the campus to go out. What to do on a boring night in the dorm? How about turning it into a catwalk! This guy nails it. pic.twitter.com/mvWz4Zyi8y
— Manya Koetse (@manyapan) September 15, 2020
In the article on dorm life in times of COVID19, Newsbro also shows that some people find creative ways to still get a haircut (image below).
Weibo Video also shared a post that showed that parents and new students still keep in touch through the fence. Parents bring their children food, and some families still manage to share dinners through the fence.
It is common for parents to see off their college freshman children at the start of a new semester. The so-called ‘tents of love’ custom, where parents actually stay on campus to help their children settle into their new life at university, is impossible due to COVID19 measures.
Recent photos and videos on Weibo and Wechat show that, despite the ‘new normal’ of Chinese campus life, people still find plenty of creative ways to keep their social life and late-night entertainment going.
Also read: The “Tents of Love” Phenomenon: Chinese Parents Sleep in Tents At Their Kids’ New University
Read more about COVID19 in China here.
By Manya Koetse and Miranda Barnes
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