Developmental Aspect of Human Emotional Crying
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This is a stage we learn to cry for our needs and express for desire.
*Adult tears have a much stronger impact on observers than those of infants
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The scene of Hong Kong’s return in 1997: Patten had tears in his eyes, and the daughter of the “Hong Kong Governor” cried in the sky
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This is a stage that we are unable to cry, resulted in delegated crying.
*In Chinese tradition, Female professional mourners were hired to theatrically cry in funerals. 3 times a day. The more you pay, the more they cry.
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This is Candlelight Vigil for June 4 Massacre, an annual activity in Hong Kong mourning the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre happened in Beijing since 1990. Beijing “banned any mourning by groups not specifically authorized”
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This is a stage transforming the crying energy into anger.
*Crying is considered cathartic and healthy, whereas the failure to shed emotional tears may be detrimental to one’s physical functioning.
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Hongkonger protested against the Chinese dictatorship regime as they know peaceful crying was useless.