Foreign netizens expressed awe and envy over the Shenzhen high school video, calling the high school a “dream school” and saying it resembled a university or even a luxury hotel.
“If I were a new student here, I would get lost every day,” one TikTok user commented on a video from Shenzhen Futian High School.
Referring to Shenzhen High School Guangming Science City School, another wrote in Bahasa: “This school really looks like a luxurious luxury hotel.”
In the video, many people mentioned the Japanese light novel and anime series “Welcome to the Classroom of Merit,'' which is set in a prestigious high school in Tokyo.
Some wondered how much high school tuition costs in Shenzhen, while others joked about the travel time.
“Imagine your next class is on the other side of the school and you only have 5 minutes to get there,” one top comment read.
The hashtag “shenzhenhighschool” currently has 70.8 million views on TikTok, and many related keywords are also trending on the platform.
Similarly, this kind of school architecture is popular these days. The video also appears to have sparked renewed interest in the famous “Shenzhen school uniform” (singular), with the hashtag “shenzhenschooluniform” racking up 64.7 million views on TikTok.
Why are Shenzhen school uniforms so popular?
For those who aren't familiar, all public school students in Shenzhen wear the same uniform, regardless of where they attend school.
Since the city first adopted a standardized uniform policy in 2002, uniforms have grown into a symbol of Shenzhen's youth and community.
“Among Chinese students, Shenzhen is famous for its uniforms,” wrote Xiao Caixuan from Shenzhen in a 2017 Quora post.
“Some schools have badges sewn into the fabric to better differentiate the students, but everything else is the same.”
According to a report in the English-Chinese daily Global Times in 2015, fans of the school uniforms created social media accounts on microblogging platforms Weibo and Instagram and called on students in Shenzhen to post photos of themselves in uniforms. It is said that there is
Xiao added that both the summer and winter versions of the uniform are widely available on Taobao, as they are also popular among people from other cities and provinces in China.
And now you can also find it on Shopee and Lazada in Singapore.
A photo carousel by TikTok user “waiwainotsleep” promoting the international sale of Shenzhen school uniforms has received 270,400 views, 27,100 likes and 4,300 saves since being posted on December 14th. Collected.
Wai Wai, who claims to be a current high school student from Shenzhen, said in a photo that the uniforms can now be shipped overseas and can be purchased online in Singapore, Malaysia, the Philippines, Thailand, the United Kingdom and the United Arab Emirates.
In response to Filipino TikTok users, Wai Wai added that it can be found on Shopee and Lazada.
