Beijing: Hundreds of fans of China’s actor and singer Lu Han stood in long lines to touch a postbox in Shanghai after the pop star posted his photos with it, in what many netizens in the communist nation thought was a “crazy” act. Lu, 25, who shot to fame from after debuting in South Korean boy band EXO in 2012, posted a photo of himself and a postbox on the Bund in Shanghai on his Weibo account last Friday. “It’s Friday today, I was here, see you tomorrow,” the pop star wrote.
Soon the postbox, the sole purpose of which prior to April 8 was to receive mails to be delivered, has become the latest tourist attraction in China’s financial hub.
Lu’s fans have been photographed standing in a 300-metre- long queue at midnight to pose for photos with the postbox that Lu touched. Some have called this act “crazy”, and that the these young women fans could find something better to do rather than create a traffic jam in the middle of the night.
On the other hand, many have praised the fans’ good etiquettes, state-run China Daily reported. A Sina Weibo user Youyouzi said: “I don’t know what they are fussing about in the comments. The girls haven’t caused any troubles to anyone. They wanted to line up, and it’s none of your business.”
“It’s like how we all go to Oriental Pearl (the landmark TV tower in Shanghai) to take a picture. To the girls, this is a way of entertainment, and they are just taking photographs. See how the girls are all lined up in an orderly fashion. Great! The so-called righteous passersby don’t have to point fingers,” wrote another Weibo user.
