“月饼切开吃还是直接吃”上热搜：南北差异还是刻板印象？

中秋节要到了，网友们就月饼的吃法又吵了起来。

微博上，话题“南方人吃月饼vs北方人吃月饼”阅读已达1.7亿。

一则体现南北方人月饼不同吃法的视频在网上热传：

视频：@我的前任是极品

A debate is raging on Chinese social media about what's the best and courteous way of eating mooncakes.
月饼到底怎么吃才最得体？网友们进行了一场大辩论。

视频显示，南方人会拿起刀叉，把月饼精细地切成小块，一块块配茶吃，解腻；

而北方人则打开包装，整块塞进嘴里，一秒钟吞下，边吃边喝水，防噎。

Some people insist that the preferences vary from region to region. For example, the people from south China like to cut a mooncake into pieces and savor its texture while people from the north like to eat as it is, wondering why some people would cut a mooncake.
有些人认为，不同地区的人的习惯不同。例如，南方人喜欢把月饼切成块来品尝其细腻的口感，而北方人则喜欢整个吃，不理解为什么有人会切月饼。

北方小哥“一口闷”的吃月饼方式虽然搞笑，双语君的北方同事对此感到十分亲切，从小到大印象中，身边人大部分是直接拿起来吃，几乎不会用刀叉。

评论区也有不少人表示认同：

但也有人提出异议认为，南方人也会直接吃，北方人也能切开跟家人分享着吃：

对此，@中国日报在微博上发起投票，截至发稿前，已有4.2万人参与，其中2.5万人选择“拿起来直接吃”。

China Daily conducted an online poll on Weibo, where 59.5% chose to eat a mooncake up straight while 19.3% preferred to cut it into pieces before eating.

总的来说，月饼吃法风格各异，但以南北方划分并不合理。

The idea originates from a Chinese stereotype—people from the north is more straightforward while people from the south is usually reserved and likes to enjoy every bit of life.
这种想法源于一种刻板印象——北方人比较直率，而南方人通常比较矜持，喜欢享受生活的点点滴滴。

月饼怎么吃，还是得分情况，有的月饼如苏式月饼、北方的酥饼，确实可以一口一个，切开反而馅还容易碎。而那些又实又甜的月饼，人们大多选择切开分着吃，也蕴含着团圆之意。

However, some don't really agree with the "geography theory," they believe that how one would eat a mooncake actually depends on its size while others say that it may have a connection with the person's age.
然而，有些人并不真的同意“地理划分论”，人们怎么吃月饼实际上取决于月饼的大小，还有人认为这与年纪也有关系。

争论的背后，是对不变的传统的守候。你怎么吃月饼呢？

编辑：陈月华

来源：CGTN