The White Horse in the West Wind(白马啸西风Báimǎ Xiàoxīfēng ) is a well-known Wuxia novella by Louis Cha. The title in Chinese can be roughly translated to White Horse Neighing in the West W
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The China Golden Rooster and Hundred Flowers Film Festival 中国金鸡-百花电影节
Approved by the central government, the China Film Golden Rooster Awards and the Mass Film Hundred Flowers Awards are two permanent national art awards, with a long history and a great influence
Mo Yan and his Books
Mo Yan
Born in 1955, the novelist/short story writer’s real name is Guan Moye (管谟业), better known by his pen name Mo Yan. He is a celebrated contemporary Chinese literary figure. His works are the most translated among all Chinese contemporary literature as well as the most pirated. Drew from Mo’s hometown and childhood memories, his style is a mixture of fantasy and reality, historical and social perspectives with heavy influence from Chinese folk culture. His most well-known novel is probably “Red Sorghum: A Novel of China (红高粱家族 Hónggāoliang Jiāzú),” later adapted in 1987 into the movie “Red Sorghum (红高粱 Hónggāoliang)” by Director Zhang Yimou.
US media: China is a ‘Confucian country’
孔子的国度China is a 'Confucian country' 如果回溯历史，在很长时间里，西方世界对孔子的了解都是“只闻其声，不见其形”。16世纪，传教士利玛窦第一次把中国文化中的孔子形象介绍到了欧洲，随后又传到了美洲大陆。For a long time, Westerners had heard of Confucius, but never seen his face. Jesuit Matteo Ricci introduced the image of Confucius in the Chinese culture to Europe in the 16th century for the first time, and later to the American continent.
English-Taught Programs at Chinese Universities
English-Taught Programs at Chinese Universities No. Name Majors
Five free Chinese podcasts you should be listening to
As I’ve mentioned elsewhere, I really like Chinese podcasts as a source of listening material.
Martial Art and Chinese Literature
Earliest literature work(文学作品wénxué zuòpĭn) on the martial art or chivalrous(a chivalrous man is polite, kind, and unselfish, especially towards women) characters was Records of the Grand Historian, a masterpiece from Sima Qian, the great historian in Western Han Dynasty. In the book, the sections such as Biographies of Knights-errant and Biographies of Assassins recorded the legendary characters including Jing Ke, Zhu Jia and Guo Jie in the form of historical biography.
Chinese Culture: Modern Chinese Literature (中国现代文学)
Today, I will introduce the modern Chinese literature. Modern Chinese literature refers to the works created from the First Opium War in 1840 to the founding of the People’s Republic of China in 1949.
Chinese Culture: Contemporary Chinese Literature (中国当代文学)
Today I will introduce the Chinese contemporary literature. First, let's have a brief introduction of Chinese literature.
The Teahouse 茶馆
Today let's take a brief introduction of a famous Chinese movie named "The TeaThe movie The Teahouse was adapted from Lao She's play of the same name. Released in 1982 and directed by Xie Tian, it starred Yu Shizhi, Zheng Rong and Lan Tianye, etc. The story is set in a typical teahouse in Beijing. It depicts the sufferings and collapse of China in the 1920s. This movie won special award of the 3rd Golden Rooster Award(1983) and special award of Excellent Film Award by Ministry of Culture in 1982.
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