emptynest youth(空巢青年)

1、empty nest youth（空巢青年）（空巢青年）The definition of the empty-nest youth Empty-nest youth refers to the young people struggling in the big cities, away from home and relatives, living alone, lack of emotional sustenance（寄托）（寄托）and no family life. So this label always reminds us of some sentimental （傷感的）（傷

2、感的）things.When the empty nest elderly problem still remain to be solved, the so called empty-nest youth has recently become a well-concerning focus since last year. Differentiating from the passive solitude(孤獨(dú)）孤獨(dú)） of empty nest elderly, most of the empty nest youth are young people who choose to liv

3、e alone and lead a single life. This data comes from Youyuan network(有緣有緣網(wǎng)）網(wǎng)）which has 130 million memberships. And 68.3% of these memberships accept that they are empty-nest youth. This chart indicates the geographical distribution of the empty-nest youth.What we can know from this picture is that

4、the proportion of the empty-nest youth in the first and second tier cities is more than 70%, even if these big cities have a large population base. But more seriously, this proportion in the second and third tier cities is more than 80%, the highest city is Chongqing which reached 84.1%.Some data ab

5、out the empty-nest youth The trend of the solitary population(獨(dú)居人口）獨(dú)居人口）19902010This chart is about the national solitary population which indicates that the number is increasing rapidly.It should be noted that this statistic includes the solitary population of all ages. Among them, the proportion o

6、f young people aged 20 to 39 years old is close to 1/3 according to the statistics in 2013.Data from the National Bureau of Statistics (國(guó)家統(tǒng)計(jì)局）國(guó)家統(tǒng)計(jì)局）20132016Average solitary Average solitary proportion in Shanghaiproportion in ShanghaiNational average National average solitary proportionsolitary prop

7、ortionProportion of solitary population in big cities in 201314.6% The number of young people aged 20 to 39 years old is close to 20 million according to the statistics in 2013.58 millionAverage solitary Average solitary proportion in Beijingproportion in Beijing20%25%42.3 million60.3 million The ch

8、aracters of this group1. Loneliness This group tends to feel lonelier than their peers and their personal lives are largely confined to their rented apartments. The second cup half price promotion(第二杯第二杯半價(jià)）半價(jià)）will hurt them a lot. All these things like going to work, having a meal, watching movies,

9、going shopping and travelling have to be done alone. They are far away from home and relatives, living alone, lack of emotional sustenance, the lack of family life and working hard in the big cities alone, while the bustling(繁華的）繁華的） city and the survival from the pressure will make them appear more

10、 lonely.As they typically live far from work to save money on rent, these youth often spend hours commuting(往返工作地往返工作地點(diǎn)）點(diǎn)）, finally leaving them exhausted in the evenings.Sometimes things would be worse, if they havent finished the asked task , they have to work overtime at home. The characters of t

11、his group2. Exhausted The characters of this group3. Confused This confusion is the current situation of many empty nesters. They dont know whether to keep living in this big city or go back home. On the one hand, the house price is rising, the pace of life is accelerating, the pressure and the burd

12、en from life make them breathless. But on the other hand, there are full of opportunities and life is convenient in the big city, which makes a lot of empty nest youth wonder if they should continue to struggle or feel at a loss and go home. The characters of this group4. Takeout food There are a lo

13、t of interesting pieces about the empty nesters: If you buy some ingredient(食材）食材） for a meal and buy vegetables, you will hear the hawkers（?。ㄐ∝湥┴湥?says：Take a little more, that is not enough for 1 dollars. If you buy one or two fruits at a time, the fruit shop owner will cold-shoulder you. To avoid

14、 these embarrassments, they are inclined to order the takeout food, especially when they are exhausted. Because cooking for themselves deserves a lot of time and a easy mood. So in the most time, the takeout food might be their best choices.Data from Meituan Recently, the topic about the “empty nest

15、” youth on the Internet aroused heated debate. In fact, the empty nest is the inevitable(必將經(jīng)歷的必將經(jīng)歷的) experience of generations in the life stage, because before they really set up their own family, everyone has to experience this hollow state which means to accumulate the survival skills through exp

16、erience and toughening and to develop the self-care ability through the hard practice. Roman Roland once said, There is only one kind of true heroism in the world, that is to recognize the truth of life and still love it. These young people refuse to spend the most precious time muddling along(得過得過且

17、過且過) without any aim in their valuable time. They try to endure the loneliness, sense of loss, and striving with their perspiration（汗水）（汗水） and persistence, which is perhaps the best interpretation(詮釋）詮釋） of heroism.How to evaluate this phenomenonHere I would like to quote a commentary from Xinhua D

18、aily as follow: Life is boring, and my life is trying not to waste time in mediocrity(平庸平庸). This sentence from Conan Doyle speaks out the inner voice of thousands of fighters. Empty nesters choose an uneven road. Although, they have to leave the hometown away from their loved ones, but they are willing to fight for some possibility and chance. They try to strive to built a complete family , they spare no effort to make the c