"Tourists are walking without their shirts"..."Beijing Bikini" that appeared in Jeju.

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In Jeju Island, a Chinese tourist takes off his jacket and walks down the street to earn public anger.

Recently, an online community on Jeju Island posted a message, "Shock to visit the Arboretum Night Market." Mr. A, who posted the post, shared a photo, saying that he saw an incredible sight while stopping at the night market with his family.

In the photo, a man believed to be Chinese is strutting down the night market with his top off, and he looks so full of tattoos that he can't see any gaps. From his upper body to his lower body, his whole body is engraved with "Irezmi" (Japanese for Yakuza tattoo). Mr. A sighed, saying, "I think he's Chinese because he's talking to the group in Chinese, but he's doing this in the middle of the night market with his whole body Irezmi and his shirt open."

Internet users who encountered this responded, "Why come to Korea and live in their own way," "I thought it was a T-shirt," and "I saw a person on the street wearing a straw hat and walking without a top."

The same behavior as this man is called a "Beijing bikini." It is the name given to men in China because they have often been seen exposing their upper bodies to avoid the heat. Originally, it was used to mean a man who rolls up his top to his chest and puts out his stomach, but the meaning has recently been expanded to refer to a man who has taken off all his top.

In some countries, fines are imposed to deter such 'Beijing bikinis'. Since last year, Spain's coastal city of Malaga has been charging 750 euros (about 1.11 million won) for topless people on the street, and France's Nice has been charging 35 euros (about 50,000 won) since 1999. The phrase "Always wear a top in public places such as on the street" was also posted everywhere. In China, some local governments, including Shandong Province, Handan, Tianjin, and Shenyang, are intensively cracking down on fines, but the Chinese people's love for "Beijing bikinis" is rarely dampened.

Reporter Park Sun-young of Digital News Team