A mystery box (盲盒) keeps what's inside a secret (秘密). Mystery boxes originally referred to toy boxes where consumers could not know what's in the box before they open them. They were first introduced by Japanese company EMI and later became popular. Nowadays, mystery boxes have already spread all over the world, and what's inside is no longer limited to toys. Many other mystery boxes are coming in different kinds and at different prices.
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Working people will order some food online during the workdays, but sometimes two meals will cost too much. The products that are on their due date are starting to attract young people. The "snack freedom" that can be achieved for 20 to 30 yuan is becoming a new carnival (嘉年华) for young people. Some believe the snack mystery boxes are only loved by elderly people, but actually they start to enter young people's life, because the box with milk, coffee, bread and snacks inside are much cheaper.
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Maybe archaeology (考古) is a bit boring, so some museums are trying very hard to get more people interested in the traditional art pieces and their cultural meanings behind them. The "Archaeological Mystery Box" is a cultural and creative product created by the Henan Museum. It puts the popular concept of "mystery boxes" together with cultural relics (文物). If you buy a piece of archaeological mystery box, sometimes you will also get a mini shovel (铲子). You will feel you are really digging for the archaeological pieces! It's so fun to learn about culture this way.
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Travel is like a box of chocolates: you never know what you're going to get, especially when using a mystery box plane ticket.
Earlier this year, mystery box travel are becoming among China's young people. In normal trips, people often plan their vacations well before they set off. After buying a mystery box at a low price usually 100or 200 yuan however, the travelers using this method will choose their departure (出发) airport and receive several destinations to choose from. After the destination is decided, their trip begins. If you travel alone and don't know where to go, you can have a try!
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Maybe you are tired of thinking about what flowers to buy for the new coming week. Some special mystery boxes of bouquets including different kinds of flowers are very popular on the Flower-plus platform. They will be sent to you every week, and you will never know what flowers are waiting for you. If you receive flowers of different kinds and different mixes, the excitement of opening the box will certainly hit you together with nice smell and great colors. Seeing such warm colors in winter and festivals makes it feel particularly warm at home.
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With a new term starting, lots of students are rushing to buy new stationery (文具), Erasers, ballpoints, and notebooks, schoolbags, and so on. But what if they come in a package and you don't know what are inside? Students love to buy stationeries in this way, because they love the feel of great surprise at the beginning of the term this way and have a nice talk with their classmates and friends about what they get. It will surely bring a lot of fun to their study time at school.
A. Stationery mystery boxes add fun to your study time. B. Leftover mystery boxes offer new ways to stop food waste. C. Unknown destinations give travelers a great surprise. D. Short shelf-life food mystery boxes help to save money. E. Archaeological mystery boxes help to bring fun to culture spreading. F. Flower mystery boxes get different kinds of flowers ready to brighten your day. |
