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A product listing on Amazon recently made Chinese netizens around the world squeal with laughter
It was recently discovered that the common Chinese household chamber pot, which can also be used as a spittoon, was being sold as fancy kitchen antiques on the Canada-based marketplace.
According to Chinese portal Global Times, the product listing went viral in China with over 50 million views on a single post on Sina Weibo.
Chinese netizens were so amused that the enamel pot, where people usually urinate or spit into, was being called a ‘1960s antique fruit basket’
The listing described the pot as “beautiful” with colors and patterns on it that represent “traditional Chinese culture” and symbolises “the happiness of life”.
It also said “the basket has large storage space that can store any fruit” and was “practical with a wide range of uses”.
Attached photos in another Amazon listing suggested that they can be used as champagne ice buckets and storage for French baguettes.
The listings also recommended them as good housewarming and wedding gifts.
The pots are being sold at the price of CDN68.45 (RM220), which is almost 15 times their regular price in China
In fact, the same spittoons can also be found on Shopee in Malaysia for about RM50, and are marketed as ‘urine buckets’ usually for elderly care.
While Chinese netizens laughed at how they didn’t know their chamber pots were so highly regarded, other Asians from all over the world have also joined in on the viral joke and its implications of cultural appropriation.
OOOIII TU TEMPAT ORANG CINA DULU DULU BERAK LAH pic.twitter.com/jMXfkl47Vw
— Belajar Mandarinjer Online (@mandarinjer) February 23, 2021
Wonder which poor Chinese person is going to visit a white friend’s family and be invited to eat fruit from the chamber pot proudly displayed on their dining table. pic.twitter.com/ez02iptkpS
— NPC016 (@npc016) February 21, 2021
Pretty powerful image of putting champagne in a toilet https://t.co/PMnG572HCr
— Adrianna Tan (@skinnylatte) February 22, 2021