Tag: Chinese Studio

Mural 画壁

Today let's take a brief introduction of a famous Chinese movie named "Mural“.Mural is a movie directed by Gordon Chan (Chen Jiashang) and released on Sept. 29, 2011. Adapted from the sixth story of Pu Songling's collection of supernatural tales Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio, the film tells the story of Zhu Xiaolian (starring Deng Chao), a poor scholar who travels to the capital to take an examination. During this trip, Zhu becomes distracted by a mural and enters into the fantasy land depicted therein. There he meets the fairies who inhabit this fantasy land and encounters love and hate. The theme of the movie is kind of philosophical, “Illusions derive from the heart, and life passes like a dream.”

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A Chinese Ghost Story 倩女幽魂

Today let's take a brief introduction of a famous Chinese movie named "A Chinese Ghost Story".A Chinese Ghost Story (Qiannv Youhun) is a 1987 Hong Kong ghost film starring Leslie Cheung and Joey Wong, produced by Tsui Hark, and directed by Ching Siu-tung. The plot was adopted from a short story of Qing Dynasty Writer Pu Songling’s Strang Stories from a Chinese Studio (Liaozhai Zhiyi). The film is a classic of ghost movies in Hong Kong.

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Chinese Ghost Story

Have heard about Chinese Ghost Story? It's totally different from Western coutry. In keeping with the ghoulish spirit of the season, a classic Chinese ghost story from the book “Liao Zhai Zhi Yi” 《聊斋志异》is famous.

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Lesson 191 -Haircut III

Cam: Dajia hao.  Welcome to Chinese Studio.  I am one of your hosts, Cam.
YJ: And I’m Yajie.
Cam: Yajie, you have beautiful hair… we’ve been talking about hair cuts all this week… you have straight hair with great volume, shall we say.
YJ:  Thank you Cam…
Cam:  We’ve been focusing on how men can ask for haircuts, so let’s learn a few words women can use when getting their hair styled.

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Lesson 189 – Haircut I

YJ: It’s time to perfect Chinese your way in only five minutes a day. Welcome to Chinese Studio on CRI. Wo shi Yajie.
Cam: And wo shi Cam.  Yajie, one of the hardest things for a foreigner to do in China is get a haircut… especially if he or she doesn’t speak Chinese!
YJ:  Well, consider this a valuable lesson.
Cam: I can’t wait.

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