Whether quarantined in outbreak cities such as China's Yunnan and Hubei provinces or self- quarantined at home across China to avoid the risk of Corona virus infection, the country's people have created many games to avoid boredom.
Social networks of this country spread humorous ways of people, from improvised lion dance - using plastic bags to wear a scarf and wrap a blanket as a body, to playing throwing rings, fishing at home...
According to The Guardian, for many of the millions of people trapped at home, the biggest problem is simply how to keep warm. Not many houses in Hubei or in central China have large heating systems. Therefore, families often have gas and electric heating fans around them, or place them under tables and cover with a blanket so that they can keep their limbs warm while eating, chatting or playing cards to kill time. They can also stay in bed covered with a blanket and use their phones. The daytime temperature here is about 10 degrees Celsius and drops below 0 degrees Celsius at night.
Wang Jianping (42 years old) is taking a New Year's holiday with his family in a village in Hubei province, only about 1km from Nhac Duong city, Hunan province. He said that most of the time, the whole family just sleeps and stays in bed. According to Wang, the border between the two provinces has been blocked, cars and motorbikes cannot pass through, so they cannot go far.
"When we go out, we mainly chat with close neighbors and remember the happy times of our childhood. Before the situation became serious, people used to sit together and play matches, but now no one wants to play anymore," he said.
For many parents with young children, the problem is how to get their children to listen indoors, wear masks and wash their hands regularly. Therefore, creative measures are often taken to make children forget.
A writer quickly wrote a book called "Why Can't I Go Out", in which he advised young children how to explain the need to stay indoors, the risks that viruses cause but don't scare them. The story has attracted 870,000 views since it was posted on Weibo on January 26.
