In order to eat free sushi, hundreds of Taiwanese changed the name to "Salmon", some people changed the name to 50 characters...

  [Global Times Comprehensive Report] The phrase "don't change your name or sit down" has been circulated for a long time, and it has been completely rewritten on the island these days.

For the two-day free sushi-eating event, a "rename wave" broke out across Taiwan.

  The Japanese chain conveyor belt sushi restaurant "Sushiro" held an event. As long as the name has the word "salmon", you can eat sushi for free on the 17th and 18th, resulting in the "salmon chaos".

As of the afternoon of the 18th, a total of 135 people in Taiwan had changed their names to "Salmon". Among them, a man surnamed Chen in New Taipei City changed his name to 50 characters in order to invite his girlfriend to eat sushi. ) In a stable relationship with OO (girlfriend's name) on March 14, 2021, I love you and I want to take you to eat salmon with me in my life," setting the longest name in Taiwan.

A motorcycle fan in Changhua changed his name to "Yamaha of the Department of German Language and Literature of OOO Motors, Motorsport, Knee Salmon, Grand Marshal, thank you OOO (mother's name)". He was so suffocated that the contractor almost fainted.

Some women changed their names to "Li Yu Wang vs. Salmon King" and "Jiang Salmon and Bear's Paw are delicious.

A police officer in Keelung even added "The Son of Yilan Super Thick Deep Sea Salmon King" after his original name, but he was persuaded that he should be more cautious in his words and deeds as a law enforcement officer.

  It is easy to change your name in Taiwan. Adults only need to take their ID cards, household registration books, and photos of the last two years, spend tens of NT dollars, and wait a few minutes to complete, and people on the island have three chances to change their names in their lifetime.

As for the "sushi man" who buys sushi for free, whether he earns or loses money, some netizens bluntly say that all Taiwan now knows about sushi man, "make money, okay? Getting on the news means getting free advertising."

The National Palace Museum in Taipei also rushed to catch up on the trend, changing the name of Emperor Qianlong to "Aisin Jueluo·Hongli Salmon" to promote a game.

Some Manchu descendants criticized that "Ghost Island just doesn't know how to respect people."

  A Japanese who has lived in Taiwan for a long time wrote in a fan article that if the event is held in Japan, no one should change the name: First, the name change in Japan is super troublesome. The name change costs about NT$500, and it takes 2-7 weeks. If the name is too strange, such as the pronunciation is super difficult, men and women cannot be distinguished, and it is easy to be misunderstood as a foreigner's name, etc., reasonable motives must be presented when applying, "It is impossible for Japanese courts to accept a name change in order to take advantage of the preferential treatment."

Second, the Japanese believe that the body and name are gifts from their parents and must be protected and thanked.

According to a survey conducted by Yahoo Chimo, “There are more than 100 people in Taiwan who changed their names to eat free sushi. Do you agree or disagree?” According to a survey, 74.5% of the netizens disagreed.

Some people have criticized that this kind of petty gain can be said to be completely unprincipled and do whatever they want.

  Lianhe News reported on the 18th that most of the applicants for the name change this time were young people, especially college students who changed their names together under the network effect, and then published articles to show off, wasting administrative resources, and highlighting the indiscretion and absurdity of Taiwan's name system.

"Joke with names", China Times reported on the 18th that this mentality of renamed games is purely fun, and it is affected by online games, chat rooms and PTT nicknames, which not only completely subverts traditional names. The notion of learning has exposed the hasty, careless, and coveted attitude of some young people in Taiwan today, which is completely worrying.

(Tao Xinran)