绿坝娘 格林达姆 绿8 綠壩娘 緑bar娘 緑bar子 グリーンダム グリーンダムたん Greendam Green_Dam_Girl
Green Dam Girl (绿坝娘, [i]lǜ bà niáng[/i]) is a [[personification]] of the [[China|Chinese]] government's DRM and filtering software "绿坝·花季护航 ([i]Luba Huaji Huhang[/i], Green Dam Youth Escort)" as well as an alternate personification of "[[Great Firewall|The Great Firewall]]" (China's elaborate internet censorship algorithm).

At first, her figure resembled [[Kawashiro Nitori]]. But later, her various designs appeared. In most versions, she either wears a hat with the symbol of "'河蟹 ([i]hexie[/i], River crab)'":[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harmonious_society#River_crab] or having a [[green hair|green]] [[twintails]] and [[red eyes]].

The word "Green Dam" were later used by both the Chinese netizens and outsiders as a shorthand term for the Chinese internet censorship (and various censorship deployed by the CCP in general). As such, Green Dam Girl has gained similar recurring [[meme]] status as [[Jiang Zemin]] within the Chinese internet community.

She has regionally various names. If you're searching for her pictures in [[Pixiv]], try all these tag names:

* Simplified Chinese: 绿坝娘 (Lu ba niang) or 格林达姆 (Green Dam) or 绿⑧ (Lu ba)
* Traditional Chinese: 綠壩娘 (Lu ba niang)
* Japanese: 緑bar娘 or 緑bar子 (Lu ba niang) or グリーンダム (Green Dam) or グリーンダムたん (Green dam-tan)
* English: Green Dam Girl

h4.See also

* [[Blue Dam]]
* [[Great Firewall]]
* [[OS-tan]]
* [[personification]]

h4. External links

* Wikipedia article: "'Green Dam Youth Escort'":http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_Dam_Youth_Escort#Public
* Hudong article: "'格林达姆(Green Dam)'":http://www.hudong.com/wiki/%E6%A0%BC%E6%9E%97%E8%BE%BE%E5%A7%86
* Grass-Mud Horse ([[alpaca]]) Lexicon: "Green Dam Girl":[https://chinadigitaltimes.net/space/Green_Dam_Girl]
* Danwei: "'Green Dam Girl'":http://www.danwei.org/net_nanny_follies/green_dam_girl.php
* Pictures of Green Dam Girl: "'槽边往事 80后之漫画逆袭：绿坝调教'":http://www.hecaitou.net/?p=5770
* "Megatokyo topic":http://forums.megatokyo.com/index.php?showtopic=1733788&st=50#
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