Though critics have picked up on the Sapphic aspects of Spider Lilies（刺青 Cìqīng）, the story has more important themes and motifs, such as love, loneliness, family and the lives of the weak and marginalized.
Category: Chinese Culture
Historical Hair Ornaments and Their Social Connota
Hairpins（发簪fàzān） and hair clasps were everyday embellishments(装饰品zhuāngshìpǐn) in old China. During the Ming (1368-1644) and Qing Dynasties (1644-1911), women's hair ornaments expressed traditional Chinese thought and culture in exquisite, sophisticated techniques.
The generic term for hairpins and hair clasps is ji. A one bar ji keeps coiled hair in place, and a two bar ji is a feature of the hairstyle itself. Before the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911) both Chinese men and women wore their hair in a coiled bun with a ji to keep it in place.
Chinese Film: the Park (Gong Yuan) 公园
In recent years, the Chinese park has become a venue where concerned parents convene to discuss potential partnerships for their children. Set in a Kunming park, first-time director Yin Lichuan（尹丽川 Yǐn Lìchuān） focuses her story on this matchmaking ritual, with a delicate story of a father-daughter relationship.
Huabiao 华表
Today I'd like to make an introduction of Huabiao. Huabiao, as something typical Chinese, is actually an ornamental or symbolic column erected in front of palaces, bridges, city gates, tombs or other places. They used to be made of wood, hence their other name–Huabiaomu. They were difficult to preserve, however, and the Haubiao we see today are mostly made of marble.
Chinese Film: House of Flying Daggers 十面埋伏
Film Name: House of Flying Daggers电影名：十面埋伏 Directed by: Zhang Yimou导演：张艺谋
Poem of the classics
1. 山明水净夜来霜，数树深红出浅黄。 The water is clear and the mountain is bright, The frost comes in at night; Trees are covered with deep scarlet leaves Mixed with yellow that is light.
Chinese Film: Police Story 2013 警察故事2013
Director: Ding Sheng导演: 丁晟 Starring: Jackie Chan, Liu Ye and Jing Tian主演：成龙 / 刘烨 / 景甜
Pigeon Egg-shaped Sweet Dumpling
Ingredients:
500 grams (1.1 lb) glutinous rice flour
250 grams (0.55 lb) sugar
1 gram (1/5 tsp) mint flavoring
2 grams (1/2 tsp) sweetened osmanthus sauce
Directions:
This Life of Mine我这一辈子
Today, I will introduce a Chinese film which called This Life of Mine (我这一辈子wǒ zhè yí bèi zǐ). So let us have a brief introduction.
Bookish Dreams
In the small tourist town of Yangshuo, Guangxi, a crowd meandered into a cement structure more akin to a tool shed than a house. They were dressed comfortably: some with necklaces and bracelets, some with tattoos, but all came with a book. This was the opening party for the southern town’s first independent bookstore, One Book Shop.
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