China’s ‘four generation’ challenge is the most heartwarming meme of 2019 thus far

Jan 10, 2019

Social media is a more wholesome place this week after a video meme from China depicting four generations of family members under one roof has gone viral.

What is it: The “four generations challenge” begins with a child walking into a room and calling back to their parent, who in turn walks into the same room and calls back to their parent and so forth until four generations of family members have entered the room.

this Chinese four generations meme is so wholesome omg pic.twitter.com/bozR6rB93w

— kassy (@kassy) January 4, 2019

Where did it start: Appearing to originate on Douyin, China’s version of the popular video app TikTok, the “four generations” challenge caught the attention of the West last weekend when Buzzfeed reporter Kassy Cho posted a video of a family participating in the challenge on her Twitter account.

Now: Since the challenge went viral, families from around the world, including the Philippines, India and United States have posted their own “four generations” challenge videos online.

Check out a few of these videos below (warning: they may make you really miss your parents or grandparents).

this is too cute a woman calls her mum, who responds and calls her mum, who also responds and calls her mum, who also responds and makes an appearance pic.twitter.com/tHLD6eFtNB

— kassy (@kassy) January 4, 2019

the challenge involves four generations of family members making an appearance so a son calls his dad who calls his dad who calls his dad pic.twitter.com/Q6UrBlIbWH

— kassy (@kassy) January 4, 2019

https://twitter.com/cin_mohr/status/1082006999309733888

Our four generations all the way from India 😉 pic.twitter.com/uSjqqZ3Pjw

— Hemant Mohapatra (@MohapatraHemant) January 6, 2019

We're visiting my grandmother this weekend and used the opportunity to make a Norwegian version 😄 #FourGenerations #Mamma pic.twitter.com/He8gMyCkhO

— Jannicke (@JannickesArt) January 5, 2019