What does Southern Little Potato mean?

"Southern little potatoes" is a hot term on the Internet, specifically referring to the southern babies who come to the north to play in the snow, wearing light-colored down jackets and cute hats, and sitting in suitcases that can't even reach the ground with their feet.

At the beginning, some southern tourists called themselves "Southern Little Potatoes" when filming travel vlogs, expressing their excitement and uneasiness about "bravely venturing into the Northeast", which triggered a lot of passion and passion. *Ming. According to search engine searches, on November 13, 2023, a girl labeled herself Xiaodou on the platform for the first time. In the following month, this wave of self-labeling swept to other platforms.

Subsequently, in order to express their enthusiasm for hospitality, Northeastern people also use "Southern Little Potato" to address visiting guests, showing a sense of humor and intimacy. In the eyes of Northeasterners, although Southerners are small in size, they are as nutritious and delicious as small potatoes. This metaphor is full of praise and love for southerners, and also reflects the humor and fun of Northeastern people. The name "Southern Little Potatoes" embodies the deep friendship between Northeasterners and Southerners, and also expresses Northeasterners' expectations and vision for exchanges between the two places.

Related controversies:

On January 3, 2024, the topic "Southern Little Potato Stereotype" became a hot search topic on Weibo. In the poll "What do you think of the name Southern Little Potato" launched by Beijing Daily on Weibo, 53% of netizens voted for option one "cute", 14% voted for option two "very disgusted", and 12 % of netizens voted for option three as "not very good", and 21% of netizens voted for option four as "I don't care".

At first glance, the name "Southern Little Potato" is very cute. But with the popularity of this nickname, some southern netizens are not calm, thinking that this title is suspected of regional discrimination and will make people feel vaguely offensive about their height.

Because the name comes from the average height difference between northern and southern people: in the general impression of Northeastern people, southerners are shorter, and using "little potatoes" to describe southern tourists cannot get rid of the suspicion of height discrimination. . Some netizens even began to use the characters of "Little Potato from the South" and "Rough Man from the Northeast" to write various vulgar jokes about "wives literature".

The above content refers to Baidu Encyclopedia-Southern Little Potato