Actually, with the Lunar New Year holidays approaching, there is a particular emphasis on reuniting with family and being together with loved ones. After all, family bonds are the most significant thing in Chinese people's hearts.

Several days ago, a wholesome meme featuring "four generations" has also attracted enormous attention in China, and around the world.

In Chinese culture it is common for multiple generations of a single family to live together under one roof.

The "four generations" meme begins with a child walking into a room and calling back to their parent, who in turn walks into the same room and calls back to their parent and so forth until four generations of family members have entered the room.

The meme started from Douyin, China's answer to the popular video app TikTok, and now families from around the world, including the Philippines, India and United States have all shared their own "four generations" videos online.

Many foreign online users have commented that the videos are the most heartwarming ones they have seen in recent years, as it makes them miss their own grandparents, who may have died.

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