30 kinds of non-mainstream subcultures, some healthy and some deformed, how many do you know or have played?
For example, personal appearance-Hanfu, Cosplay, JK uniform, beauty.
For example, ethnic performances-rap, talk shows, ethnic musical instruments.
For example, street skills-street dance, graffiti, tattoos, roller skating, skateboarding, parkour, flash.
Most of the above are played by young people, but if you think that "subculture" is only the field or territory of young people, it is all wet.
Take street skills as an example. The street dance that young people like belongs to "subculture", and the square dance that old people can see everywhere, you can't say it belongs to mainstream culture.
Also, the following "subculture" circles may not be the world of young people-such as the geomantic circle and the metaphysical circle; For example, car modification circle, network key political circle, war and historical residence. ...
Therefore, in fact, "sub-culture" is around us, not only often passing us by, but also accidentally wrapping us in it, and even we ourselves will be participants and experiencers.
What do you want me to say about people who like street dance? Don't underestimate the square dance of aunts and uncles, because everyone is actually mixed in the street and belongs to a "subculture".
On the other hand, grandmothers who go to the square dance every day, don't think that the young people who practice skateboarding next to you are stupid enough to throw a big step and sit on a fart pier. Don't forget that these children are playing the same sports as Gu Ailing, a gold medalist in the Winter Olympics.
Also, many serious "gentlemen" always look down on animation and e-sports, thinking that it is idle and that these things will ruin young people.
In Lao Fei's view, you don't have to hold this view.
First, if elderly people still remember these classic cartoons, such as "Making a scene in Heaven", "What's making a scene in the sea" and "Tanks falling from the sky", then I tell you that they are super awesome cartoons of that era.
Secondly, Japanese animation is very developed, including a great old man named Miyazaki Hayao, who is both an animation master and an animation screenwriter and director. His representative works include Spirited Away, City in the Sky, Princess Ghost, Listening, My Neighbor Totoro and so on. His idol is the producer of "Make a scene in Heaven"-the director and painter of Shanghai Animation Film Studio.
Third, rap or e-sports; Both street dance and skateboarding now have their own world competitions-if we China people win the championship, it will be an achievement with high gold content.
Finally, there was no animation, no e-sports and no such thing as "doing nothing" in the Qing Dynasty, right? But at that time, the children of the Eight Banners played eagle, cricket and even opium, which were the "mainstream culture" of the ruling class in the Qing Dynasty. As a result, the Qing Dynasty was completely decadent, making people numb, and almost broke the "feelings of home and country" of China people for thousands of years!
Therefore, "subculture" is not a poisonous snake and beast, and playing "subculture" does not mean doing nothing.
On the other hand-even if you like a certain "sub-culture" field you play, "sub-culture" is not the mainstream culture. Even though some health arts can be elegant, the genes in their bones are still "few".
On the other hand, even if you no longer like it, "subculture" is a part of social culture and can be seen everywhere around us.
In other words, "subculture" itself is a neutral word-people who like to play can't think of pushing it up, and people who are opinionated can't think of stepping on it.
As a code word to popularize knowledge seriously, Lao Fei-I really spent some time combing the seven characteristics of "subculture"-let you "know what it is and why".
1, ethnic minorities
"Subculture" only exists among a few people, but most people in society can't accept it, or are not interested in it, or even have never heard of it.
2. Locality
Most "subcultures" occur and are popular among minority groups.
3. Uniqueness
In the circle of "subculture", people may be in the same geographical position, may have the same beliefs and values, and may have the same hobbies.
4. Extensive
Under the mainstream cultural background of any society, there are rich "subcultures".
5. Variability
A "subculture" may emerge, become obsolete and disappear overnight; May change to varying degrees; And "subculture" is constantly emerging and disappearing.
6. Influence
Because the mainstream culture occupies a dominant position, the impact of "subculture" on the mainstream culture will also change; This change may be a positive improvement or a negative resistance.
7. Conversion
Mainstream culture and "subculture" can be transformed into each other, and it is possible for "subculture" of an era to replace mainstream culture; On the contrary, the mainstream culture of an era can also be weakened and become a "subculture".
Before we start the sub-item of "subculture", I'll make a bet with you-I won't say how many you've played, and I bet you can't have heard all of them.
1 Hanfu
Hanfu is a traditional national costume passed down by the Han nationality for more than 4,000 years. It is the crown service system in the Four Books and Five Classics. It is a necessary part of inheriting etiquette culture based on Confucian classics, Kai in Tang Dynasty, Twenty-four History and other classic subsets.
Hanfu system shows the hierarchical culture, consanguineous culture, political culture of Chinese civilization, attaching importance to posts and despising customs, valuing the long and despising the young, and Confucian benevolence and righteousness.
In recent 10 years, the Hanfu movement rose with the theme of restoring the national costumes of the Han nationality. There are different factions in the circle, including the restoration faction, the reform faction, the production faction and the immortal faction.
2. Lolita costume
1976, the first Lolita brand in Japan was born; In 1990s, Lolita clothing gradually became an independent fashion style.
Therefore, Lolita clothing originated in Japan in 1970s and 1980s, and its clothing is based on the street clothing style in Harajuku, Japan, which combines the elements of European court in Victorian, Rococo and Gothic periods, and then combines with the new clothing category produced by Japanese aesthetic children.
There are sweet, gothic and Chinese styles in the circle.
Nowadays, Lolita dress is not only a dress style, but also represents a way of life-lovely, exquisite and ceremonial.
3. JK uniform
JK is a Japanese buzzword, which means female high school students, so JK uniforms are the uniforms of female high school students.
JK uniforms are generally western-style uniforms and sailor suits.
Senior players can even divide JK uniforms into Kanto, Kansai, Nagoya and Sapporo according to different characteristics.
4、Cosplay
Cosplay is the abbreviation of "dressing game", which refers to the use of clothing, accessories, props and makeup to play a role in animation, games, paintings and film and television works; And the person who plays "dressing up" is called coser.
Based on this definition, you can imagine how widely things in this field can be played-because the role played by the dresser always has your interest, so that many people will have beautiful pictures of Cosplay in their mobile phones.
5, anti-string
Cross-dressing means that men or women get a special sense of satisfaction by wearing clothes of the opposite sex and imitating the dialogue and behavior of the opposite sex.
Many bloggers or broadcasters in this group have successfully attracted network traffic.
6, beauty circle
How can I put it? "Beauty circle" belongs to the mainstream culture in Europe, America, Japan and South Korea. With the emergence of a large number of beauty bloggers, it is gradually moving away from Asia and becoming the main body of China.
Beauty refers to the use of cosmetics and tools, using regular steps and techniques to render and draw people's faces, facial features and other parts, adjust colors and cover up defects, so as to achieve the purpose of exquisite beauty.
That's right: don't think that this circle is only for women. We must know that there are more and more male beauty bloggers in recent years, and the consumption of male beauty is also rising.
7. Animation Room
Animation House has a large group base-they like and study animation culture, always experience the latest release, and like to collect such things.
The pet words of the animation house are: the pet words of anime characters, the second element, the exhibition, the live broadcast and the buyer.
8. Beautiful circle
With the popularity of movies such as Justice League and The Avengers in the mainstream market, the "subculture" groups produced by American comic companies such as Marvel Comics, DC, Warrior and Dark Horse gradually expanded their beauty circle, and began to produce organized parties and online KOL.
However, with the so-called "lighthouse country" exposing the truth more and more, the audience of Marvel comic films in China is not as popular as before, and this circle is bound to be affected.
9. Game House
Genuine Game House-if "genuine" is emphasized-is a group of stand-alone and online games represented by audiences from Microsoft, Sony, Nintendo and Steam, with per capita game duration of 1000 hours.
Of course, the game house also includes audio gamers, P-club gamers, I wanna gamers, Galgame gamers, Roguelike gamers, Mugen gamers and other niche game circles.
Strictly speaking, players like the glory of the king and Chicken Eating don't belong to the game house.
10, net circle
The blogosphere is a group of bloggers and readers whose activities focus on many blog sites. You know, this circle can't be framed by "minority" basically-according to the survey of China Academy of Social Sciences, the number of online blog readers in China has exceeded 450 million!
Therefore, with the emergence of a large number of online works and film adaptations, and the gradual entry into society after the 1990s, this group will gradually become the mainstream and will be a subculture group in the future.
Of course, in the past three years, due to the epidemic situation and the turmoil in the entertainment industry, the speed of film and television conversion of online texts has been greatly affected.
1 1, vermicelli circle
The so-called model refers to other works derived by readers from one work.
The fan circle has spawned a very popular game at the moment-script killing.
People in this circle are usually very loyal-you know, this group once played an angry game with Sean Shaw fans online and won the support of most passers-by.
12, v home
This V refers to "VOCALOID", which is a speech synthesis software developed by Yamaha, a Japanese musical instrument manufacturer. By inputting tones and lyrics into the software, you can synthesize songs that were originally human voices.
VOCALOID was first popular in Japan, and its success led to the popularity of Vocaloid software, whose masterpiece is Song of Onions.
In the game Hatsune Miku-Geji Project, "Hatsune Miku" is the protagonist in the opening animation.
13, ghost pen
First of all, don't confuse this word with that little movie that some people like to watch.
With the popularity of small video playing software such as Tik Tok and A Auto Fast, the influence of this cultural circle has gradually expanded.
14, board game circle
Board games originated in Germany, involving war, trade, culture, art, urban construction, history and many other aspects. Most of them rely on paper materials and exquisite models.
It is a face-to-face game with great emphasis on communication. So now board games are an excellent way of communication in many occasions, such as family leisure, friends gathering, and even business leisure.
Well-known works in the circle include Magic Collection, Game King, Dungeons and Dragons, Call of Cthulhu and so on. The published works now include Three Kingdoms Kill, Wolf Man Kill, Hearthstone Legend and so on.
15, lovers of minority cultural works
This circle covers a wide area, but it is very small.
This minority cultural work includes cult films, feature films, experimental music, rock, heavy metals, electronic music, folk songs, musicals, operas, stage plays, treasure tombs, singing songs, chorus songs, epigrams, haiku, black fairy tales, light novels and primitive reasoning.
In fact, many of the above cultural categories are mainstream cultures abroad, but they are still minority cultures in China. Driven by entertainment programs, talent, rock, experimental music and other content began to cut into the mainstream vision.
16, niche jewelry circle
The scope of this circle is actually quite large.
Including hand-made circles: that is, the production and modification of ornaments, small objects and handicrafts.
Manual ring: a notebook with comprehensive and meticulous decoration and typesetting.
As well as wax, heraldry, rubber stamp, mounting, foreign calligraphy, glue dripping, wool felt and other enthusiasts.
17, niche food circle
Including red wine circle, whisky circle, craft beer circle, homemade liquor circle, niche coffee circle, time-honored restaurant circle, meal replacement circle, military food circle and other niche food lovers.
Well, it's not just diet, it's life.
18, ethnic flora and fauna circle
Only some people are keen on raising rare and exotic pets, crawling pets, insect-eating plants and other small species of animals and plants, and occasionally study and practice how to build a small ecological circle for them in their own homes.
19, minority collection circle
This circle is not limited to age, because it includes but is not limited to minority collections such as Wanwen, Star Cup, sneakers, stationery, animal bones, fossils, meteorites, amber, transparent bones, steam bugs, soldiers, and retro small objects.
Most people in this circle have no obsession with the value of their collections.
20, steampunk
Steampunk refers to an overhead world view, close to the Victorian industrial age, with steam machinery fanaticism as the background.
Its core elements include steam, flame, copper pipe, machinery, leather, waste equipment and so on.
By the way, people in this circle have a large age coverage, including mechanical art lovers after 70, 80, 90 and 00.
2 1, Cyberpunk
Cyberpunk is also a world outlook-usually black, purple, green, blue and red are the main colors to describe the future, which is based on the expression of "low-end life combined with high technology".
Cyberpunk's literature is strongly dystopian and pessimistic.
22, post-apocalypse
Because they are concerned about the post-apocalyptic world, such as the concept of wasteland-what if the world is destroyed by nuclear war?
The crowd in this circle covers the post-80s, 90s and 00s fans who are full of illusions about the future world.
23. Mysticism
The scope of this field is very large, including magic books, witches, alchemy, hypnosis, witchcraft, international conspiracy theories, semiotics, religion, rituals, aliens, UFO exploration and many other sub-fields.
24. Earthy flavor
This circle is a kind of "sub-culture" popular with short video on the Internet. It comes from the people and has a very strong local flavor, so it is called "local culture".
In fact, the "earth" here does not mean vulgarity, it may be outdated or of great aesthetic value-you know, "grounding gas" itself can also be said to be a kind of "earth".
25. language c
If you haven't heard of this circle, you can understand it as "drama essence"
It is said that people in circle C use the online community to gather and play some roles in some works, and use the identity of these roles to communicate and promote the plot.
26, brother
It refers to people who have lost their jobs, family and property for various reasons and become "brothers running with buckets" at any time to study odd jobs in Japanese knots.
I don't know if you see these people on the streets of the city, do you think-in fact, they also have a well-defined circle?
27. Model circle
It means that some people are not only interested in plastic models, but also keen on assembly, polishing, modification and spraying-the models here are mainly military equipment models and Gundam models.
The modeling circle is dominated by men, covering 30-50 years old. Senior players must have considerable economic strength.
28, baby circle
Don't get me wrong-the "doll circle" is not a "circle where sun dolls get together", but a person who watches, makes up, dresses up and transforms all kinds of dolls represented by spherical joint dolls.
Well, it's a rich hobby, mainly women in 15-35, basically from urban middle-class families and above.
29, refitting ring
As the name implies-this circle mainly focuses on the transformation and modification of motor vehicles.
First, modify cars and motorcycles to improve vehicle performance; One is to transform the appearance and increase the aesthetic feeling of the vehicle; One is to modify the RV to increase the comfort of the vehicle.
These people usually like cross-country and travel.
30. E-sports circle
A group of e-sports enthusiasts generated around e-sports, events, anchors, explanations and other elements. , mainly young people aged 65,438+05-32 who love esports games.
Some people say that the e-sports circle can be called the largest "Sao Hua" production base in the network.
Other categories
I won't expand on the more common and easy-to-understand categories.
For example, idol circle (there are abnormal rice circles), live broadcast circle (there are some vulgar live broadcasters for traffic), and cargo ring (there are some people or stars who make false advertisements but refuse to admit it).
Such as military fans, key political circles.
Like the expression circle.
For example, the poor travel circle.
For example, street circles-street dance, graffiti, tattoos, roller skating, skateboarding, parkour, streetball. ...
For example, ethnic minority performances-rap, talk show, stand-up comedy, ethnic minority musical instruments. ...
For example, minority toys-Rubik's cube, flower arrangement, pen twister, fingertip gyro ring, bucky ball, robot, drone, crossing machine and airplane model. ...
There are also technical houses, handicraft parties, collars and wool parties. ...
There is also a hacker circle in the technical house.
Although this paper summarizes 30 kinds of non-mainstream "subculture" branches, it mentions far more than 30 kinds; And there are some unhealthy or even abnormal categories, which are omitted in this article.
In addition, in the face of the huge extension of "subculture", even if I continue to write, I still can't fully summarize it.
But understanding the above is not only interesting, but also makes us feel that there are all kinds of colorful and wonderful things in this world.
Again-"subculture" itself is a neutral word, and its high-quality, wonderful and diverse things not only enrich the world, but also enrich our lives.