In ancient China, people had profuse feelings to express when historical events took place, both joyful or of grief. Classical literature possesses a profound culture, and is the epitome of the spirit, morals and wisdom of the Chinese people. It reflects the high level of civilization. The literary forms vary over this long period and each had its blaze of glory.
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Kung Fu Pop 精舞门
Today let's take a brief introduction of a famous Chinese movie named "Kung Fu Pop".Kung Fu Pop is the first domestic inspiring film displaying a confrontation of Shaolin Kung Fu and Thai boxing, with the most popular hip-hop as the carrier. The film is directed by Fu Huayang, a renowned advertising producer and secular disciple of Shaolin Temple abbot Shi Yongxin. Starring Chen Xiaochun, Fan Bingbing, and Asian king of dance Nam Hyun Joon, the film combines Chinese Kung Fu with modern hip-hop and disco dancing while adding quite a lot of fashion elements, telling an inspiring story of a man from the grass-root level that bravely pursues his dream of becoming the ultimate Dance King.
Chinese Bronze Vessels
Bronze is the alloy of copper, stannum and plumbum. After the invention of this alloy 5,000 years ago, bronze prevailed immediately and led our ancestors into a newstage – the bronze era.Generally speaking, bronze culture underwent three stages, that is, the forming period, the thriving period, and the turning period. The forming period indicates the Longshan Culture 4,500 – 4,000 years ago in the Neolithic Age; while the thriving period from Xia, Shang to the Zhou Dynasties (11th century BC – 221 BC), the artistic achievements of bronze vessels were extremely brilliant: bronze was widely used mostly as musical instruments in sacrificial temples, as weapons of war and other vessels in court life.
The Flowers of War 金陵十三钗
Today let's take a brief introduction of a famous Chinese movie named "The Flowers of War".Based on Yan Geling's novel "13 Flowers of Nanjing," the Nanjing massacre plays front and center in director Zhang Yimou's tale.
Gong Gong
Gong Gong(共工Gòng Gōng) is the God of Water in the ancient Chinese mythology and also believed to be the descendant(someone's descendants are the people in later generations who are related to them) of the Yan Emperor. The archetype of Gong Gong dates back to a powerful tribal leader in the period of "the Three Emperors and Five Sovereigns". Gong Gong is said to be the earliest flood-control hero. He led people to combat floods bravely and put floods under control by "blocking", rather than "dredging".
Kung Fu Panda 功夫熊猫
Today let's take a brief introduction of a famous Chinese movie named "Kung Fu Panda".The story tells a lazy and gluttonous panda Po, a kung fu fanatic, is mistakenly identified as “Dragon Warrior” – a legendary kung fu master, and forced to deal with the evil snow leopard Tai Lung, who has just escaped from the prison. Hence Master Shifu has to face the biggest challenge in life – training the lazy, clumsy, overweight panda Po to be a renowned kung fu master in a limited time.
Pushing Hands推手
Today let's take a brief introduction of a famous Chinese movie named "Pushing Hands".The screenplay of Pushing Hands was written by Ang Lee himself in 1990 and it won Excellent Screenplay Award from Taiwan government. In 1992, 37-year-old Ang Lee directed his first film based on this story in New York. This is a comedy which reflects the generation gap and cultural shock in a Taiwanese-born family who lived in New York. The contrast between the Chinese old man who emigrated to America and the female American writer, Ang Lee said, actually mirrors his two-faced life during the first few years after graduation. The film not only won Best Film Award at Asia Pacific Film Festival, but also achieved three awards, including Best Actor, Best Actress and Special Jury Award for Best Director, of Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival and Awards. What’s more, it was also nominated for nine other awards at Golden Horse Film Festival.
The story of Pushing Hands centers on an emigrated family in America and shows the contrast between traditional Chinese culture and American customs and habits. Different cultural backgrounds lead to different views on family. In western culture, individualism is highly emphasized and the American hardly accept to live with the last generation; while in China family means living together and looking after each other. Focusing on this contrast, the story of Pushing hands goes like this: Retired tai chi teacher Lao Zhu emigrates from Beijing to live with his son, American daughter-in-law, and grandson in a New York City suburb. Lao Zhu cannot speak English and it is quite inconvenient for him to go outside. Therefore Lao Zhu has to stay at home and practice tai chi. His daughter-in-law Martha, who writes at home, is afflicted for having no clue at that time. They two cannot communicate with each other and their relationship becomes more and more intense.
An End to Killing 止杀令
Today let's take a brief introduction of a famous Chinese movie named "An End to Killing".For the first time during recent thirty years, Universal Pictures International Entertainment bought film rights of a Chinese movie. The movie An End to Killing was directed by Chinese filmmaker Wang Ping. It will premiere on March 22th, 2013 in China and probable in this summer in Europe. The production costs 8,000 thousand yuan and the shooting scenes cover six provinces including Shandong, Mongolia and some regions of the northwestern China. It recounts the experiences of Qiu Chuiji’s journey to met Genghis Khan and persuaded him to stop killing.
Ashima阿诗玛
Today let's take a brief introduction of a famous Chinese movie named "Ashima".Ashima is the first color musical film with wide screen revue and stereo in China, produced by Shanghai Film Studio, directed by famous director Liu Qiong, starred by Yang Likun and other people. This film won the Best Dance Film Award of Sandander the 3rd International Music and Dance Festival in 1982 and Wenhua Award (issued by Ministry of Culture of the People’s Republic of China) in 1994. It was appraised as a classic of the 20th century.
A liquor-laden tradition: The Chinese picnic
As the poet and architect Lin Huiyin (1904-1955) wrote in one of her most famous poems: “In all the world, April days are the most beautiful” (人间最美四月天 Rénjiān zuìměi sì yuè tiān).
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