China's Newest Trend: Bean Sprouts Pinned To Your Hair - Modern Farmer

China’s Newest Trend: Bean Sprouts Pinned To Your Hair

A Chinese, and more literal, version of Alfalfa from the Little Rascals.

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Paper magazine alerts us to the new trend of Sproutcore, wherein fashion-forward men, women, and children in China have begun pinning sprouts to their heads. The plant in question can vary; sometimes it’s an actual live bean sprout – those crunchy long white sprouts you find across Chinese cuisine – but just as often it appears to be a facsimile made of cloth and wire.

So how did this happen? One theory is that it’s due to the enduring popularity of an animated Chinese show which is (inexactly, I’m sure) translated as “Pleasant Goat and Big Big Wolf.” Here’s a preview, from a 2010 movie made of the series.

It’s sort of a riff on Ralph Wolf and Sam Sheepdog (“Mornin, Sam.” “Mornin, Ralph.”) from the old Warner Brothers cartoons: A community of goats live in a pleasant pasture, and an evil wolf tries to eat them. One of the characters, whose name is translated as “Slowy” or “Slow Goat,” is depicted as a slow-moving but wise older character, and when he thinks too hard, leaves sprout from the top of his head.

The show is enormously popular; Disney even acquired the rights back in 2010 to broadcast it on various Disney channels. But the other explanation is an awful lot simpler: it’s adorable.

有些回忔开心过五笑下欣慰的说这是一段美好的,有些人认诔五最后反目成仇唅心勉励自己的说对着你只不过套着假面具做人做事因为最真实的你被整死五。这些年邂逅的人有很多好人不好的只是我.. 所以,我不介意做个千古罪人 情願讨厌我的人也不要喜欢我的人 #累死我爸爸的大儿子 #星期六 #凌晨 #總有 #一些想法 #心事 #031015💕 #seff #tgis #joox #我还是爱着你 #爱不惜手 #豔芽 #笑笑 #倒数六十天

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