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Dragon and peacock in China

龙是现实中不存在的动物,但在东西方都有这个虚拟动物的文化表述。中国文化传说中的龙是蛇身、鹿角、鹰爪和鱼鱗等的结合体。有人认为这是炎黄时代各部落被统一后,糅合各部落的图腾而形成的,在中国古代则常用来作为君王的代表。龙是中国人心目中最为神圣的动物,也是近代社会中华民族自视的象征。如龙的传人、龙子龙孙等。古代皇帝穿龙袍,被喻为真龙天子。家长希望自己的子女有出息,就叫"望子成龙"。在汉语中,"龙"总是用于褒义,如鱼跃龙门、龙凤呈祥、龙飞凤舞、龙腾虎跃、龙骧虎视、龙盘虎踞、藏龙卧虎、生龙活虎和攀龙附凤等。

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Farewell, My Concubine霸主别姬

Today let's take a brief introduction of a famous Chinese movie named "Farewell, My Concubine".An exemplar work of Chinese movies, ‘Farewell, My Concubine’ was awarded the Golden Palm award at the Cannes Film Festival. It is adapted from the novel written by Hong Kong female writer Li Bihua. The film tells the story of Cheng Dieyi, a Peking Opera singer who was sold to a Peking Opera troupe since the childhood. He has a close relationship with his senior fellow apprentice Duan Xiaolou, and the two rise to fame in the capital for co-starring ‘Farewell, My Concubine’.

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Qingming Festival in 2015

Qingming Festival, means clear and bright in Chinese, is the day for mourning the dead. It falls in early April every year. It corresponds with the onset of warmer weather, the start of spring plowing, and family outings.

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The Treatment刮痧

Today let's take a brief introduction of a famous Chinese movie named "The Treatment".The film “The Treatment” takes the misunderstanding aroused by the traditional Chinese treatment guasha (skin scraping) as the story line, reflecting the predicament the overseas Chinese plunging into due to the culture conflicts. The story comes to a happy ending with the predicament finally broken through thanks to the sincerity and love between people. The thought-provoking film is one of the best Chinese films that promote cultural understandings between the East and the West.

Grandfather Xu comes from China to visit the family of his son, Datong Xu (Tony Leung), in St. Louis. While there, he gives his grandson, Dennis Xu (Dennis Zhu), a treatment of Gua Sha to treat a slight fever (being unable to read English labels of medicine). The authorities, however, mistake the harmless traditional Chinese medical treatment for child abuse due to the obvious marks left on Dennis' back. The family goes through hell when the child is taken away by the child protection agency. Meanwhile, Grandfather Xu leaves America because he finds that the living environment is really not suitable for him, as he feels that a simple, harmless treatment like Gua Sha, which is so common in China, is treated as child abuse in America. Furthermore, he cannot converse in English. An American friend of the father, Benton Davis (Joe Erker), tries gua sha and proves that the treatment leaves painful-looking marks that are not actually painful or harmful at all. Finally, the child is able to return home and the family is reunited.

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Spring Festival

Chinese New Year starts with the New Moon(新月)on the first day of the new year and ends on the full moon(满月)15 days later. The 15th day of the new year is called the Lantern Festival(元宵节), which is celebrated at night with lantern displays and children carrying lanterns in a parade.

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My Life as McDull 麦兜故事

Today let's take a brief introduction of a famous lovely cartoon named "My Life as McDull".McDull is a cartoon pig character that is created in Hong Kong by Brian Tse (Xie Liwen) and drawn by Alice Mak (Mai Jiabi). The pig is ordinary in every way, yet it is just in such an ordinary character that the audiences see the reflection of themselves, their kids and people living around them. The series stories of McDull have exerted an amazing impact starting from the right beginning, and remarkable achievements have been made in the comic stories, film and their accessory products.

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About Procelain from the Yuan to the Qing Dynasties

In the Yuan Dynasty(元朝Yuán cháo), Jingdezhen(景德镇Jǐngdézhèn) already had ability to mass-produce fine blue and white porcelain(ceramic ware made of a more or less translucent ceramic). Then during the Ming and Qing dynasties, many new types of wares were created. High quality porcelain with elegant shapes made Jingdezhen known as "the Capital of Porcelain". Ceramics-manufacturing crafts reached its zenith in the Ming and Qing dynasties.

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Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon卧虎藏龙

Today let's take a brief introduction of a famous Chinese movie named "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon".Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon is a Chinese-language film in the wuxia martial arts style, released in 2000. A China-Hong Kong-Taiwan-United States co-production, the film was directed by Ang Lee and featured an international cast of ethnic Chinese actors, including Chow Yun-fat, Michelle Yeoh, Zhang Ziyi and Chang Chen. The movie was based on the fourth novel in a pentalogy, known in China as the Crane-Iron Pentalogy, by wuxia novelist Wang Dulu. The martial arts and action sequences were choreographed by Yuen Wo Ping, well known for his work in The Matrix and other films.

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Yixing Red Ware

A girl shows a gold screen artwork(photographs or other visual representations in a printed publication) with the image of rabbits(兔子tùzi) in Jinan, capital of east China's Shandong Province(山东省Shāndōng shěng), Dec. 20, 2010.

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Hero英雄

Today let's take a brief introduction of a famous Chinese movie named "Hero".Hero is a 2002 Chinese–Hong Kong wuxia film directed by Zhang Yimou. Starring Jet Li as the nameless protagonist, the film is based on the story of Jing Ke's assassination attempt on the King of Qin in 227 BC.

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