My name is Siyu and I'm the creator of Tiny Eyes Comics, a webcomic series that shares Chinese culture through slices of everyday life.
A year ago, I published two collections of my comics on the differences between Chinese and Western culture (you can find it here and here on Bored Panda). For this post, I'm putting together a collection of my latest comics that touch upon Chinese family life from education to superstition, from mom to grandma.
You can find more of my comics by clicking on the link to my Instagram below. Don’t forget to vote for your favorite!
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Love
Offering Help
Grandma
Chinese
Lucky Number "6"
hahaha 666 is a chinese lucky number but we americans think its cursed
Tally Marks
Seperation
One Point
OMG. It's my childhood!! Ohh... and wooooeee betide if you get in the 80s... then the bamboo cane comes out.
I donated blood in high school, a few weeks later a card came in the mail saying what date I was eligible to donate again and that my blood type was A+. My mom got said "Congratulations, you finally got an A+ in sOmEtHiNg. :P
as for me whenever i got bad grades they angry like hell but whenever i got good grades they'll just like..... "I don't care"
Are ya kidding me? I would take him out to his favorite place to eat.
I agree with the mom If I get one point off, I want to commit suicide. If I get two points off, no biggie
Well that kid will either grow up to be a genius that hates his mother, a shut in who hates everybody especially his mother or a suicide.
This was me as a STUDENT. I was happy with the grade but I needed to know what I'd gotten wrong.
It's hard when you place so much emphasis on imitation, and THEN expect the individual to come through.
Gee, that's tough.... Many of us in Western countries are just happy if they actually go to school like they say they are 🙄... Guess this is why the Chinese are taking over the world 🗺
Panda
Vegetarian
Cook Like Your Mom
Noodles
"I Love You"
Thanksgiving
Michelin
Intimacy
Kiss
Getting Married
I support this. If you can't afford a roof over your head, you're in no position to be proposing marriage. The way it looks, you're putting the responsibility of that roof on your partner, and that's not cool. Key note, when I say afford, I don't inherently mean own. I rented a room in a house for years before moving in my with my wife, but the point was that I paid for my own shelter. If I couldn't afford that much, I would never have asked her to marry me. My wellbeing should *never* be her responsibility.
Bargain Queen
Chinese Name
Old Customer
Move Out, Move In
Well we Filipinos are more often be with our parents until we get married and sometimes even if we are we still doesn't move out because we can't leave our parents behind.
Black Sesame
Fish Heads
Eat More = Love
Time Perception
New Year
Luck
Declining Gift
Fry Bread
Tobacco Packaging
In the US, not so long ago, smoking was promoted to pregnant women to help them "relax", and kids were marketed to with candy (fake) cigarettes..... It's simply 2 different eras in marketing, in 2 different countries, with 2 different goals in mind. One is to make money off of cigarettes, the other is to not have the health care system pay for the repercussions of smoking cigarettes.
Baby Tooth
Is there a reason for throwing it out the window? In my culture a tooth is put under the pillow for the tooth fairy to come and take in exchange for money or a trinket. Would be interesting to know about any others, too!
Surname
Eat Fruits
Why no fruit until 2 hrs after a meal? So you’ll eat all your food I guess?
I don't care where you're from, nobody can cook like Mom! Or Grandma! The recipe never turns out the same....
Unless you are from a long line of c**p cooks and not turning out the same is a good thing!
Load More Replies...In the end, I didn't see much differences with my Serbian/French culture, here. :)
High five. As a Koreanised Italo-Croatian, I can tell you there's lots of similarities between Europe and Asia. ♥
Load More Replies...as a Chinese person, these are so true (at least for my family)! Keep it up!
I enjoyed the comics very much. Asian traditions are very nice. Americans are losing too many time tested traditions to laziness and apathy. It’s a shame.
I don't care where you're from, nobody can cook like Mom! Or Grandma! The recipe never turns out the same....
Unless you are from a long line of c**p cooks and not turning out the same is a good thing!
Load More Replies...In the end, I didn't see much differences with my Serbian/French culture, here. :)
High five. As a Koreanised Italo-Croatian, I can tell you there's lots of similarities between Europe and Asia. ♥
Load More Replies...as a Chinese person, these are so true (at least for my family)! Keep it up!
I enjoyed the comics very much. Asian traditions are very nice. Americans are losing too many time tested traditions to laziness and apathy. It’s a shame.