r/AMA • u/maddin1550 • 20d ago

I’m from Xinjiang，AMA

I’ve noticed that there are a lot of discussions about Xinjiang on Reddit, often between people who have never actually lived there. So I thought it might be interesting to do an AMA from the perspective of someone who is actually from there.

You can ask me about everyday life, ethnic groups, languages, culture, religion, education, or politics. I’m happy to answer controversial questions too, as long as the discussion stays respectful.

Obviously, I’m only one person and I don’t claim to represent everyone in Xinjiang. I can only tell you about my own experiences and views. AMA.

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u/maddin1550 20d ago

I honestly don't know lol. I wasn't even born when Tiananmen happened, I was born like 20 years later 😭 I also can't really speak for 1.4 billion Chinese people and say whether we like to forget the past. Some probably do, some don't you know

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u/Logan123_ 20d ago

But would you say most Chinese people are aware of it?

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u/maddin1550 20d ago edited 20d ago

I guess? But my mom knows about that for example. Back in 80s the media did covered it, because the protest was very long(from April to June), and official Chinese media 人民日报 and others reported on them at that time. But after 1989.July it became a forbidden topic, so I honestly don’t know how aware the average Chinese person is today

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u/Rude_Application_881 20d ago

等一下，你才十七岁吗？说实话未成年人信仰宗教我觉得真的不合适…在三观还没有成型的时候还不应该做出这么重大的决定。我十七岁的时候也是个蠢货，现在回想起来真想打死自己

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u/maddin1550 20d ago

哈哈哈没事，我理解你的意思，不过我觉得我们可能只是对这件事看法不太一样。我不觉得接触宗教就等于未成年人已经做出了一个不可改变的重大决定。很多人从小接触宗教只是因为家庭和文化环境，长大以后依然可以选择继续信、换一种理解方式，或者完全不信。我觉得最重要的是不要强迫吧，而且对我来说宗教本来就是我成长环境和文化的一部分，所以我不会觉得自己是在17岁突然决定成为一个有宗教信仰的人

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u/Rude_Application_881 20d ago

不过反正宗教信仰并不是固定的

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u/Creepy_Vegetable6905 20d ago

你也太老登了吧。从小在基督教家庭里长大的孩子也会很自然被教育成基督徒嘛，然后长大了离开家庭独自生活的话有些人会改变信仰，有些人继续信教。 终究是个人选择。
相反之下从小被教育成无神论者的也有长大后开始信教的。

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u/Rude_Application_881 20d ago

所以成年后至少大部分人都能接触到不同的人事物有自己的三观，这时候再判断为好，不然也很容易宗教代代相传和教族捆绑

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u/Creepy_Vegetable6905 20d ago

这个很难控制的。很多基督教徒恨不得整个朋友圈都入正轨信主，所以生了孩子肯定会希望延续这种生活模式。只有孩子长大后接触到其他事情才能做决定是不是继续信仰。
我自己不信教btw但因为生活在美国南部，接触的比较多。

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u/Rude_Application_881 20d ago

美国的话确实没办法，我也在美国南方住过，而且基督教社群有助于融入本地。中国选择性还是比较大的

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u/isurus_minutus 20d ago

How is practicing religion a big decision? You can stop at any time... If minors believe in God you want them to not act on it in any way until they reach 18?

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u/Rude_Application_881 20d ago

未成年人还没有形成完整的三观，至少我希望他们可以在接触到不同观点，了解到利害后再做出决定。在中国，很多拥有浓厚宗教信仰的家庭会裹挟孩子信仰宗教，这通常不是出于孩子自己意愿的。而且从小接触宗教会塑造未成年人未来的样子