Today, I will introduce a Chinese film which called Little Soldier Zhang Ga (小兵张嘎xiǎo bīng zhāng gā). So let us have a brief introduction.
Category: Chinese Culture
Read Between the Lines
Be sure to stock up on reading materials before Chinese New Year as Hong Kong's bookshops will be padlocked tight. In Cantonese, book is a homonym for 'lose' so reading is forbidden, or at least frowned upon…sort of.
The Big Boss唐山大兄(1971)
Today,we are going to talk about a 1971 Hong Kong martial arts action film, The Big Boss (唐山大兄 Táng shān dàxiōng ) , also known as Fists Of Fury.It is written and directed by Lo We (罗维Luó Wéi) i, with assistance from Bruce Lee ( 李小龙Lǐ Xiǎolóng ) . It stars Lee, Maria Yi , James Tien (田北俊Tián Běijùn) and Tony Liu (刘永Liú Yǒng) . Bruce Lee's first major film, it was written for James Tien. However, Lee's strong performance overshadowed Tien, already a star in Hong Kong, and made Bruce Lee famous across Asia.
Chinese Birthday Customs for Newborns
Chinese people put their family in a very important position as they regard it as a means to keep the family blood stream continuously running. And the running family blood stream maintains the life of the whole nation. That is why children production and breeding in China becomes a focus of all members of families. It is even accepted by them as an essential moral duty. There is a Chinese saying that of all who lack filial piety, the worst is who has no children.
Eat Drink Man Woman 饮食男女
Today, I will introduce a Chinese film which called Eat Drink Man Woman (饮食男女yǐn shí nán nǚ). So let us have a brief introduction.
Eat Drink Man Woman is a 1994 Taiwanese film directed by Ang Lee (李安Lǐ An) and starring Sihung Lung (郎雄Láng Xióng ), Yu-wen Wang (王渝文Wáng Yúwén), Chien-lien Wu (吴倩莲Wú Qiànlián), and Kuei-mei Yang (杨贵媚Yáng Guìmèi). Many of the cast members had starred in Ang Lee's previous film, The Wedding Banquet, with Sihung Lung and Ah Lei Gua once more playing central elderly figures, and Winston Chao. The film was released on August 3, 1994. The film was a critical success. In 1994, the film received the Asia Pacific Film Festival Award for Best Film, and in 1995 it received an Academy Award Nomination for Best Foreign Language Film. The film inspired the 2001 remake Tortilla Soup.
Time to Come Clean
Well, you had the good news so here is the bad news. Before you put your feet up and studiously do no sweeping you need to give the house a bit of spring clean and then make sure that all cleaning tools are tightly packed away in the cupboard.
Fist of Fury精武门(1974)
Today, we are going to talk about a 1974 film,named, Fist of Fury (精武门jīngwǔmén) .The DVD Release Date is March 1, 2001.In the film Bruce Lee ( 李小龙Lǐ Xiǎolóng ) kicked around Hollywood for years looking in vain for an American break when Hong Kong came calling. As Kato in the TV series The Green Hornet (青蜂侠qīngfēngxiá) he had become an Asian star (the series was renamed for his character when it crossed the Pacific) and ripe for his own vehicle.
Red Egg and Ginger Parties
In Chinese culture, a baby's first month birthday calls for a celebration. Proud parents introduce their latest addition to friends and relatives by holding a red egg and ginger party. Traditionally, the baby's name is also announced at this time.
Dirty Doings
Put your feet up and relax. Certainly the most enjoyable Chinese New Year superstition is that sweeping and cleaning are strictly forbidden. Why? Why ask, but if you must know it's because the Chinese believe that you'll sweep all of your good luck out if the front door.
Enter the Dragon龙争虎斗(1973)
Today, we are going to talk about a film which is t heatrical released in August 19, 1973.It is the last film completed by Bruce Lee ( 李小龙Lǐ Xiǎolóng ) before his untimely death (英年早逝yīngniánzǎoshì) , Enter the Dragon (龙争虎斗lóngzhēng-hǔdòu) was his entrée into Hollywood. The American-Hong Kong coproduction, shot in Asia by American director Robert Clouse, stars Lee as a British agent sent to infiltrate the criminal empire of bloodthirsty Asian crime lord Han (Shih Kien) through his annual international martial arts tournament. Lee spends his days taking on tournament combatants and nights breaking into the heavily guarded underground fortress, kicking the living tar out of anyone who stands in his way.
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