When You Get to Heaven but It's Chinese
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When You Get to Heaven but It's Chinese refers to a viral video from TikTok about going to heaven and discovering that it's Chinese. The original video was posted by TikToker Papist Dalton (@papist_dalton) in 2022. It shows him greenscreened in front of a Chinese heaven background with Chinese music playing. He says, "No, it's fine. I just… I just didn't think it'd be Chinese." In the following years, the video was reposted across social media sites like Twitter / X. It was lauded by internet users who believed it was a top-tier TikTok video skit. Its positive reputation led to memetic references sometimes expressed in memes about Chinese heaven or discovering that something is Chinese to the subject's surprise.
Origin
On November 30th, 2022, TikToker[1] @papist_dalton posted a video captioned, "When you get to heaven but it's Chinese," showing himself greenscreened in front of a heavenly Chinese background with Chinese music playing. He says, "No, it's fine. I just… I just didn't think it'd be Chinese." Over two years, the video received roughly 549,500 plays and 68,500 likes (shown below).
@papist_dalton Why is there a filter for this lmao #catholic #biblememes #christianhumor #catholictiktok #christiantiktok ##catholichumor #religion #chinesehumor #chinese ♬ Pops by Traditional Chinese Music Arrangement(151163) – ginmugi
Spread
The video resurfaced en masse in early 2024, after a tweet shared by X[2] user @kimchicel on January 11th, reading, "I hope heaven is Chinese. Even if I didn’t expect it to be." Later on January 11th, X[3] user @andeanfemme quote tweeted them with the original video, gaining over 23,000 likes in 11 months (shown below).
when you get to heaven and it’s Chinese https://t.co/8OZKrgGLuh pic.twitter.com/o5oBzA3mqk
— ember🪷𓆤 (@andeanfemme) January 11, 2024
On March 11th, 2024, X[4] user @ctoafn quote tweeted a post reading, "What video is the reason they shouldn't ban TikTok?" attaching the Chinese Heaven video, amassing over 26,000 likes in nine months (shown below).
chinese heaven was life changing https://t.co/4HmxystR44 pic.twitter.com/cukwqWkiMP
— CTOAFN (@ctoafn) March 12, 2024
On December 21st, X[5] user @narrenhut quote tweeted a post about Idaho's large Chinese immigrant population in the late 1800s with an exploited and recaptioned version of the original video's thumbnail, reading, "When you get to Idaho but it's Chinese," amassing over 36,000 likes in 10 days (shown below).
On December 29th, 2024, X[6] user @squirtstain tweeted about the Death of Jimmy Carter, asking, "Do you think Jimmy Carter is making lots of friends right now in Chinese heaven?" The tweet received over 4,700 likes in two days (shown below).
Various Examples
chinese heaven is going to be so great https://t.co/pk95mIrvVO
— joyce (@h0mmelette) February 15, 2024
this tiktok has been entrenched in my mind for the past 2 years https://t.co/4RVM7bx7hO pic.twitter.com/qxMYv4diM6
— harverd professer (@EricAndAmerican) November 24, 2024
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External References
[1] TikTok – @papist_dalton
[2] X (via archive.is) – @kimchicel
[3] X – @andeanfemme
[5] X – @narrenhut
[6] X – @squirtstain
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