www射-国产免费一级-欧美福利-亚洲成人福利-成人一区在线观看-亚州成人

USEUROPEAFRICAASIA 中文雙語Fran?ais
China
Home / China / View

Need to give square dancing a human face

By Wang Yiqing | China Daily | Updated: 2015-09-14 07:58

Chinese people's attitude toward public square dancing is quite complicated. Senior citizens, especially aged women, find a new lease of life by being part of modern dancing groups, while many young and middle-aged people don't support their dancing in neighborhoods because of the din it creates.

No wonder, the public has responded differently to the recent news of four government departments, including the Ministry of Civil Affairs and the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development, jointly issuing a statement encouraging dancing in public areas. Some people have even said that the Dama (literally, big mamas) have finally got government endorsement to practice group dancing in public areas, while others are worried that the joint statement could cause more frictions over the use of limited urban public spaces.

Controversies over public square dancing, in fact, reflect a generation gap and conflict of individual interests. For many senior citizens who grew up in the times of collectivism and enjoy public square dancing, the activity helps them to not only maintain an active life, but also recall their "good old days" when they were young and played and worked together. The members of the younger generations, many of whom are overtly stressed, can hardly understand the joys that orderly public square dancing brings to the elderly.

Need to give square dancing a human face

Moreover, modernization, urbanization and public sphere, and individual rights consciousness are new concepts in Chinese society that are less than a century old. Frictions and disputes in daily social interactions are understandable, because Chinese people need time to get used to new rules of life and the boundary between private and public life, as well as their rights and obligations in modern society.

To properly deal with this issue, the government has to make special efforts in two areas; it has to effectively coordinate between conflicting social groups, and provide sufficient public facilities and services to do so.

Every citizen has the right to use public facilities. So how can the government effectively coordinate between conflicting interests? Most complaints against public square dancing are because of the loud noise it creates. The law against noise pollution that took effect in 1997 is not of much help in this regard because it is quite vague on the permissible decibel level in public areas.

Besides, it is difficult to impose the same standard throughout the country. But legislators in some cities could try out pilot legislation to make the standard suitable to local conditions. And only in this way can frictions between square dancing groups and those opposed to it be reduced.

More importantly, the government should provide sufficient public facilities and service to make square dancing possible in public areas.

The joint departmental announcement encourages public square dancing and urges local authorities to provide convenient public venues and facilities for such an activity. This has heightened the opposing groups' concerns over whether the limited urban public spaces will be "officially" occupied by dancing Dama. The authorities should realize that the dearth of public spaces is the prime reason for the controversy over square dancing. Hence, to meet Dama's square dancing requirements, the authorities have to provide more public facilities and services, rather than undermine other groups' rights to access public spaces.

Properly dealing with public square dancing is of great significance in today's China, which faces increasing pressure of an aging society. Public square dancing is not only a mass recreational activity that many senior citizens enjoy, but also the most widespread workout and social interaction channel for them. Therefore, encouraging public square dancing by providing more convenient venues and facilities is conducive to not only helping senior citizens lead a healthy life, but also have a harmonious effect on society.

The author is a writer with China Daily. wangyiqing@chinadaily.com.cn

Editor's picks
Copyright 1995 - . All rights reserved. The content (including but not limited to text, photo, multimedia information, etc) published in this site belongs to China Daily Information Co (CDIC). Without written authorization from CDIC, such content shall not be republished or used in any form. Note: Browsers with 1024*768 or higher resolution are suggested for this site.
License for publishing multimedia online 0108263

Registration Number: 130349
FOLLOW US
主站蜘蛛池模板: 看一级毛片一区二区三区免费 | 精品久久久久中文字幕日本 | 亚洲欧美不卡中文字幕 | 日本一区二区在线 | 在线高清一级欧美精品 | 亚洲在线视频播放 | 中文字幕一二区 | 午夜爱爱毛片xxxx视频免费看 | 日本乱人伦片中文三区 | 男人天堂新地址 | 欧美精品另类 | 欧美 自拍 | 69成人| 在线观看视频一区二区三区 | 高清韩国a级特黄毛片 | 正在播放国产乱子伦视频 | 一级片欧美| 久久久精品久久久久三级 | 91久久亚洲精品国产一区二区 | 国产成人综合精品 | 欧美一级毛片在线播放 | 蜜臀91精品国产高清在线观看 | a级毛片免费高清视频 | 亚洲精品色 | 欧美一级大黄特黄毛片视频 | 黄频漫画 | 一级做性色a爰片久久毛片免费 | 国产午夜在线观看视频播放 | 欧美专区一区二区三区 | 久久久国产99久久国产久 | 免费久久精品视频 | 日本在线不卡免 | 精品三级国产一区二区三区四区 | 中文字幕高清在线天堂网 | 国产精品成人免费视频不卡 | 在线看精品| 日本免费人成在线网站 | 亚洲精品一区二区三区国产 | 99国产欧美久久精品 | 大片刺激免费播放视频 | 国产免费播放一区二区 |