与水果共浴

与水果共浴 Lincoln: Now, an odd beauty ritual has tongues wagging on social media. Wu You, maybe you can enlighten us a little bit about what is going on here. WY: OK. Some people love bathing, some people are fond of fruits. Now, you may combine the two [Lincoln: Unbelievable] A recent report says that some Chinese tourists have spent the May Day holiday soaking in hot springs filled with apples, oranges and lemons. In this hot springs resort in Luoyang, Henan province, the fruit bathing is introduced from Japan and South Korea. It is very popular in Japan and South Korea. Michael: This is bizarre, So, hang on. You’re in the hot spring [WY: Yes] so it’s about, I don’t know, 40 degrees, it’s nice and warm [WY: It’s hot!] yeah, it’s hot, and you’ve got all these apples and oranges just floating around? [WY: Yes]. Lincoln: You’re telling me that in this warm bath… [WY: It’s a hot spring] in this hot spring, people are taking… notwithstanding the fruits themselves, but everyone else in there, doing…who knows what they’re doing?! WY: They are simply taking a bath. Lincoln & Michael: With fruit?! WY: Yes. Michael: OK, so why are they bathing with fruit? What’s the benefit of doing this? WY: OK, here comes the resort’s response. It claims bathing in fruit can moisturize and whiten the skin, and also, hot spring bathing with these kinds of fruits is good for your skin. Lincoln: You know what else is good for your skin? Moisturizer. If you have to moisturize, you can just do it from a bottle, you don’t have to drive to a spa thing. Michael: I mean, you see all sorts of moisturizers and skin creams with fruit extract and things like that, don’t you? I mean, I can see why there might be some sort of method in the madness. Lincoln: Yeah, but you don’t have a compulsion to go and sit next to it. Michael: I don’t know. Maybe it’s organic. Lincoln: Yeah, but how many fruits? Can I just lie in my bath and have one apple? Is that not enough? Do I need to have all of these people around me? Every now and again you get these weird beauty rituals and stuff. I know it’s commonplace now that some people, women would put cucumbers on their eyes. I still think that’s weird. I still think it’s a weird thing to put a slice of cucumber on your eyelids. WY: No, that’s not enough [Lincoln: What?] I just chop my cucumbers and then use the slices of cucumbers and just put it on my whole face. Not only the eyes, but also the whole face. Lincoln: The whole face? And what does this do? WY: That will be very good for your skin, making your skin smooth and light. Lincoln: Why is everything good for your skin?! What else is good for your skin? WY: Milk, tofu [Lincoln: Milk?!?] seafood. And last but not least, you can see there has been hot news not long ago along the coast, and you can see many women just swim with special protection on their head, a mask. Michael: Oh, the facekini! WY: Yes, the facekini, and those can protect your skin from being tanned, and also protect [against] the sunshine. Michael: Actually, that started in Qingdao a few years ago, because people like to swim in the sea in Qingdao, but there’s a lot of jellyfish, so actually, if you’re wearing this protective covering on your face, not only does it stop you getting a tan, which a lot of Chinese women don’t want to get, but it also helps to protect against jellyfish stings. Lincoln: Have you ever tried the facekini, Wu You? WY: No way! Lincoln: No way? Why not? You said that quickly, maybe too quickly. WY: It looks silly! Lincoln: It looks silly, I know. In China, we see people, often on very sunny days, have their umbrellas out and wear quite long sleeves and stuff like that. [WY: Yeah] Is that something that you find yourself doing? WY: I would not. I would simply put on a hat. Lincoln: Simply put on a hat. See, how easy is that? Michael: Not when you’re swimming, to be fair, not when you’re in the ocean. Lincoln: I’ve seen people swim with a hat on. Michael: If you’ve got one of those big, floppy hats on it would go all over the place. Lincoln: Yeah, but if you tie it together with a little string. Michael: What, like a little bonnet, like Bo Peep? Lincoln: Yeah, like a little bonnet at the bottom, Michael. I can see you right now, I can see you bobbing around in the ocean!