Anetizennicknamed"Muziran"postedathreadinaforum,saying,"Iattendedamiddleschoolreunionseveraldaysago,andtheorganizerpreparedagiftforeveryparticipant:aT-shirtprintedwiththeimagesofLiLeiandHanMeimei,thetwoimaginaryprotagonistsfromanEnglishtextbookdesignedformiddleschoolstudents.WiththeT-shirtintheirhands,manyclassmateswereonthevergeoftears.
Peoplebornbetween1980and1989mustbefamiliarwithLiandHan,twocharactersfromamiddleschoolEnglishtextbookpublishedbyPeople'sEducationPressbetween1990and2004.Someoneestimatedthathundredsofmillionsofmiddleschoolstudentsusedthetextbookoveraten-yearperiodbetween1990and2000.
ProductsrelatedtoLiandHansellwellonInternet
ManyproductsthatfirstbecomepopularontheInternetareusuallyasquicklyaspossiblemadeavailableatstoresandoftensellwell,LiandHan,ofcourse,arenoexception.AsearchforLiandHanonTaobao.comturnedupnearly500products,andcartoonsfeaturingLiandHanarehighlyacclaimedonDangdang.comandotherwebsitesthatsellbooks.
Themosthonest:EnglishtextbooksandtapesthatpreviouslycausedheadachesforsomanymiddleschoolstudentsoncetheysawthemnowaresellingwellontheInternetassecond-handproducts.Thetextbookhasanorange-redcover,onwhichaChinesegirlandaforeigngirlstandshouldertoshoulderbeforeaworldmap.Thecharactersinthetextbook,Li,Han,Jim,Lily,Lucyandtheirclassmates,studiedtogetherwiththemiddleschoolstudentswhousedthebook.Thepost-80sgenerationreminiscesaboutthecontentsofthetextbook,suchasthesisterlyHanwiththebobhaircut,thecuteandfunnyLi,animageofwhatagoodChinesestudentlookslike,aswellasthesentencetheysaidwhentheybecameacquainted:"mynameisHanMeimei,what'syourname"
Themosttraditional:TheT-shirtsareprintedwiththeheadportraitsofalltheprotagonistsinthetextbook,whichinclude,apartfromLiandHan,characterssuchasJimandLucy,aswellasparrotPollywithabigmouth.Therearemanydazzlingversionsavailable.Becauseofthecurrentweather,thepolo-neckedandhoodedsweaters,aswellthecardigans,werethebestsellingitemsimprintedwiththeimages.