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Summer Cooling: Let the Body Cool Down, Don't Let Civilization "Cool Down"

2025-07-25   

The high temperature and unbearable heat in summer bring various cool scenes to life. At IKEA in Wuhan, people were everywhere on the sofa and bed. They thought they were here to experience the furniture, but the staff gave a bitter smile: they came as soon as they opened the door, lying there and scrolling through their phones, lying there for most of the day. In Liaocheng, Shandong, a KFC has become a "silver haired club", with elderly people taking off their shoes, sitting on lounge chairs, playing cards around tables, and sunflower shells flying around. The shop assistant gave a bitter smile and said, "I can't persuade you, I really can't persuade you!" Chongqing Metro thoughtfully placed rest chairs and set up cooling areas, but unexpectedly some people "took advantage of it", either bringing inflatable mattresses and sleeping soundly in the aisle, or setting up card tables, turning the transportation hub into a chess and card room. Even worse, they brought a rice cooker and someone hung a hammock in the stairwell, looking up and down leisurely, as if in the Maldives, passengers could only pass by sideways. The scorching heat is unbearable, and finding a cool place is understandable. But if the act of cooling off breaks through the bottom line of civilization and loses its sense of boundaries, it not only destroys the functional attributes of public spaces, but also impacts social rules and public order and good customs. When KFC becomes a "summer resort" and IKEA becomes an "IKEA hotel", it affects the normal operation of businesses; When the hammock shakes into an "air barrier" in the subway transfer hall, causing traffic congestion during rush hour and affecting public safety; When libraries and museums become "temporary restrooms", the lawns of parks are imprinted with mottled marks by cool mats, affecting the image of the city... When it comes to uncivilized behavior, it must be regulated. If allowed to spread, it will lead to the "broken window effect" - when someone breaks the rules without restraint, more people will follow suit, ultimately forming a vicious cycle of "whoever doesn't follow the rules takes advantage". On the other hand, the "evacuation" also needs to be "evacuation". It is necessary to increase the number of cooling points in public venues such as civil air defense projects, community service centers, elderly activity stations, sports centers, and exhibition centers, release cooling maps, set up seats at cooling points, provide orderly guidance, and facilitate citizens. At the same time, it is also necessary to remind citizens to cool off in a civilized manner through community announcements, media publicity, and other means. The image of a city is composed of countless details pieced together in public spaces - orderly footsteps in subway stations, peaceful interactions in shopping malls, clean lawns in parks... And those uncivilized cooling behaviors, like stains attached to the city's business card, silently yet clearly damage the texture of the city's image. To cool down in summer, we need to not only keep our bodies cool, but also warm up our civilization. Only when everyone starts from themselves, and the government, businesses, and citizens work together, can we create a harmonious and orderly cooling environment, allowing the city to showcase its civilization and warmth in the scorching summer. (New Society)

Edit:Luo yu Responsible editor:Jia jia

Source:yangtse.com

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