Loosely united by the common animus against the Chinese Communist Party and certain oppressive or ignorant elements ingrained in the Chinese culture itself (aka. Zhixing, 支性), members of the Chinese-speaking subreddit ChonglangTV share their thoughts, jokes, and
popular videos, which of course could be NSFW, to cope with the cruelty of the present-
day world.
The sub'
s name is derived from the
famous Japanese painting The Great Wave off Kanagawa, and Chonglang is a Chinese phrase that means surfing. Members often refer to themselves as 浪人 (lit.
Ronin), 神友 (lit. Friend of Kanagawa), or 鼠人 (lit. Ratman, because they empathize with rats). Naturally, members of this sub show great fondness of Japan and seek to emigrate from
China.
More often than not, they would take on a playfully sarcastic tone, hoping to achieve what is known as 节目效果 (lit. theatrical effects), as opposed to Pincong (品葱), a Chinese dissident site that offers serious discourse on Chinese and to a lesser extent global political affairs of drastically varying quality. Tankies/CCP simps of r/gendezong and r/sino, as well as the pseudo-moderate majority of r/
china_
irl are despised and ridiculed in equal measure. They don't take other kinds of cringe too kindly either.
Zhang Xianzhong (张献忠), a brutal
peasant-turned-warlord during the end of Ming Dynasty is the most frequently discussed figure. A recent infighting about
mod policies resulted in the formation of
sister subs such as r/CLTV and r/ChonglangZedong.
Hey look! Another eunuch from r/
china_
irl graces ChonglangTV with their most refined comment!
- Just another holier-than-thou Gaohua as usual lol. Let's downvote his ass into oblivion. Where do you think today's Xianzhong event is gonna happen btw?
Better be at the Tiananmen
Square.
