Stop sign and candied haws

Published in the 1970s

(Bus: leader, mainstream; candied haws: sugar-coated temptation stop sign: mainstream Thoughts, socialism)

This is an era of cultural collision. The destruction of the Four Olds, the end of the Cultural Revolution, and the gradual unfolding of reform and opening up have led to many Western ideas and Western culture entering China and impacting Chinese culture. In this cultural collision, vested interests opposed foreign culture, while intellectuals or extreme advanced scholars advocated the complete absorption of foreign culture. This short story essentially reflects some phenomena of socialism under the impact of capitalism. The bus is socialism moving forward. The people waiting for the bus under the stop sign are a group of people who are following the progress of socialism. Sugar-coated haws on a stick is capitalism and a temptation. The bus stopping at the sugar-coated haws on a stick is the introduction of capitalism (Shenzhen Economic Development Zone) at that time. When the bus stopped at Tanghulu on the second day, a smart person saw the right opportunity and got on the bus, indicating that some people could not stand the temptation. On the third day, many people lined up behind Tanghulu and finally got on the bus. Che, which means a bandwagon opportunist under capitalism. On the fourth day, the Tanghulu man didn’t come, the stop signs were upside down, the cars were driving blindly, and the crowd was also blind. This demonstrated the purpose of the article, reflected the author’s main idea, and represented that under the impact of two cultures, The author is afraid that the government will be confused and partially implement capitalism while taking the road of socialism. As a result, the last two roads will not be taken well, leaving the social system and ideas in a state of confusion