When tourists ask for directions in Beijing, sometimes they get even more confused afterwards, because many Beijingers use “Easy”, “West”, “South” and “North” instead of “left” and “right” to describe locations. But how is one supposed to know which way is North?! In old Beijing where streets are designed to align with the four directions like a chessboard, people have picked up the habit of using four directions as their basic reference. They observed the sun and use monuments to locate “North”. There’s even an expression “找不着北”— “cannot tell which way is North” meaning that someone is confused or clueless. Nowadays it’s much easier to find ways since we can just ask our phones.🤓 #askfordirections #beijinglife #oldbeijing #eastwestsouthnorth #找不着北 #cityplanning #sliceoflife #tinyeyescomics (at 北京市 （Beijing, China）) https://www.instagram.com/p/B49fxsCF1lV/?igshid=1xr8mvj0pdqsg
