Category: Chinese Culture

Tomb of Dragon Emperor龙帝之墓(2008)

Today,I'd like to introduce a movie,The Mummy(木乃伊mùnǎiyī )3: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor(帝龙之墓dì lóng zhī mù).It is a 2008 American adventure film and sequel to The Mummy (1999) and The Mummy Returns (2001). The film stars are Brendan Fraser, Maria Bello, John Hannah, Luke Ford, and Jet Li, and it was released on August 1, 2008 in the United States. The film was directed by Rob Cohen, written by Alfred Gough and Miles Millar, and produced by Stephen Sommers (director of the previous two films), Bob Ducsay, Sean Daniel, and James Jacks. This film departed from the previous Egyptian setting. 

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A Playgirl’s Brief Candle: Yang Naimei (杨耐梅)

There is an old Chinese folk saying which says, contemptuously, that "actors are false, prostitutes untrue." (戏子无情,婊子无义 xìzi wúqíng, biǎozi wúyì) What is expressed between the lines is the scorn people in olden times had for these two major service professions, and even more so indicates the principal targets of that disdain were women.

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