One of the things that made me more excited to pass on to China, was to see that, unlike our European neighbors, people on this side the world are also engaged in healthy activity for a nap.
It's funny how so slight a detail like this can make you find common ground with people so different from you in so many ways, and that you feel somehow at home on the other side of the planet .
But, of course, nap in China is different from English.
For starters, the Chinese have developed the ability to sleep until on a broomstick, making naps are rather easier to implement.
Besides, workers of enterprises, with an hour for lunch, strive to complete your meal fast to return to the office and catch a nap, because in addition they make the healthy version and sleep half an hour. As I said, back in the office, the Chinese simply cross their arms on the table and rely on their hands, and maybe so, without more, go to sleep. Is very common to see some Chinese with their tables adorned with stuffed animals, or even a pillow using a pillow for this function.
Because of this practice which I was a little shocking the first time I saw the offices of Chinese enterprises become extremely quiet to that of 12:30 or 1, since half the staff is quietly lying on the table taking a nap.
But outside the office, theme it gets a little more complicated. Yet the Chinese do not allow themselves to be intimidated by the adversities of the environment. If there is a table nearby, or else the counter of the store or restaurant where they work, make the tactical office and head resting idly, but huddle in any corner, they find and to sleep!
The other day I was going through Gulou, Drum Tower, departure point for tours to rickshaw trip (these bikes with Chinese cart pulled by pedaling) which give you a tour of the hutongs around Hou Hai and when I met with this.
like it or not, though it seems somewhat cumbersome, is more or less comfortable. But few days later, returning to my home, I found these two workers, without thinking twice had found a way, to my perception a bit uncomfortable, do not miss a nap.
And everything is not to lose the good habits!