Being Asian with the Umbrella
In China, it is normal for females to carry umbrellas on cloudless sunny days. It is the same in many other Asian countries, like Japan and Thailand, where white skin is considered beautiful and dark skin is a telltale sign of a laborer; of hours toiling under the sun. As a person who wears spf 50 sunblock daily and who spent her spring break in Cancun under the shade of the large umbrellas by the poolside, I greatly appreciate this social custom. I walk more than 5km everyday and having a mobile protection from the sun makes me happy. I mean really, do you want wrinkly ugly skin and skin cancer? No thank you…
Check out this guy’s blog about umbrellas in China. The pictures are awesome!: http://chinesebrock.blogspot.com/2011/02/things-i-am-going-to-love-about-china_09.html
