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Chinese Culture – The Wumen Painting School(1)
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With the demise of the Yuan Dynasty , Suzhou became a gathering place for Chinese intellectuals. These included many well-known painters. According to historical records, some 150 painters, about one-fifth of all the Ming Dynasty painters, were in Suzhou, and they formed an influential school of painting. ...1 day ago -
Sing for China: some reflections
China Music Radar —
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“For nearly a year I had lived in a world that seemed, at first, like something original. It was obvious from the beginning that the menace bore little resemblance to its publicized image, but there was a certain pleasure in sharing the Angels’ amusement at the stir they’d created. Later, as they attracted ...1 day ago -
Taiwan Whats Up Fail
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Taiwan Whats Up, which is trying to become an info source for foreigners in Taiwan, sent around a survey about local web portals, which Forumosa then disseminated to the wider expat community. The survey is weirdly designed as it is, but Feiren alerted me to a marker of the underlying racialist construction of ROC ...1 day ago -
Chinese Culture – The Eight Eccentric Painters of Yangzhou(7)
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The Ink Bamboo by Zheng Xie Once, when working as a county magistrate, Zheng Xie wrote on one of his bamboo paintings: “Listening to the waving bamboo lying in my office, I imagine it to be the complaints of the people; low is the rank of a county magistrate, I am concerned about every detail of the life of ...2 days ago -
Chinese Culture – The Eight Eccentric Painters of Yangzhou(6)
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Alcoholic Zhong Kui by Luo Pin Luo Pin (1733-1799), a native of Shexian County, Anhui Province, was a student of Jin Nong. He was the youngest among the Eight Eccentrics, but had rich knowledge and a unique painting style. He refused to serve the Qing government, led a poor life and made a living by ...3 days ago -
Happy Singles’ Day
Fools Mountain: Blogging for China —
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November 11th has now emerged as a new holiday dedicated to the singles in China. It essentially serves as an anti-Valentine’s Day, and is the Chinese equivalent of Singles Awareness Day (SAD), during which those unhappily unattached commiserate in their single status . In China, a single person is often ...3 days ago -
Chinese Culture – The Eight Eccentric Painters of Yangzhou(5)
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Li Fangying (1695-1755), a native of Nantong, Jiangsu Province, spent 20 years as a county magistrate. He was on good terms with Jin Nong and Zheng Xie and was accomplished at painting pines, bamboos, plum blossoms and orchids. In his later years, he concentrated on painting plum blossoms. His best known works are ...4 days ago -
A night at the (Chinese) opera
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University of Alaska-Big City recently opened a branch of Major Chinese Philosopher Institute, whose mission is to foster Amurrikan-Chinese relations and promote Chinese language learning for K-12 schools. This means that we have more Chinese events to go to, put on by MCP Institute, if we’re willing to drive an ...1 week ago -
The Spirit of Nien Cheng (1915-2009)
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Nien Cheng, author of best-seller Life and Death in Shanghai and one of the greatest Chinese voices of humanity to have opposed communism, passed away in Washington yesterday. To read her account of the cruelty and madness of the Cultural Revolution, during which she was imprisoned for six-and-a-half years and her ...1 week ago -
China Extends Its Influence To US IHEs Through Culture Centers
The Kept-Up Academic Librarian —
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Although the students are doing their work at a state school on Floridas Gulf Coast, the center they are studying in is part of a global outreach by the government of China called the Confucius Institute. The cultural and language centers have sprung up around the world, hosted at universities eager to boost their ...1 week ago -
The Buffalo Fish
Simplicitas ???? —
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Another trip to the local “Asian” grocery store (this time, Vietnamese), and another surprise. There were a large number of different types of “bufforlo fish” of all kinds being advertised in the store. Ignoring the misspelling for now, what I don’t understand is how do you get from 鲩鱼, which is a ...1 week ago -
Shanghai Through Other Eyes
Tai Shan —
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When I first started coming to Shanghai, a Shanghainese friend used to tell me that she had never realized that Shanghai was beautiful until she saw it through my eyes. Having lived here all of her life, she just thought it was another big city. Seeing it through other eyes that were less accustomed to the place ...2 weeks ago -
Chinese Culture – Qi Baishi（5）
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Dragonflies To criticize the corruption and tyranny of the Kuomintang gover-nment, he drew a tumbler and a crab inscribed with the sentence “See how long can you run wild.” After the founding of the People’s Republic of China he painted the picture Long Live My Homeland. During the war to resist U.S. ...2 weeks ago -
2 Random Thoughts on 3 Famous Chinese Guys
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~Mickey Kaus wonders about Anita Dunn, Mao, and Sun Tzu . Hilarious! (Insta-Prof piles on by snarking, "Do all Chinese look alike to Anita Dunn?" ) ~Congressman Jeff Flake (R-Arizona) has a shout-out to Confucius . By the way, happy 2560th birthday to Confucius.2 weeks ago -
Wu Man at the Carnegie Hall
China Music Radar —
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Pipa virtuoso Wu Man is playing as part of the ongoing “China Festival” at New York’s Carnegie Hall this week. You can read more about the China Festival HERE . The festival itself is called “Ancient Paths, Modern Voices, a Festival of Chinese Culture” and Wu Man is one of many trying to bring a modern ...2 weeks ago -
Chinese Culture – Qi Baishi（3）
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Red Leaves Qi Baishi made great accomplishments in painting, calligraphy , seal cutting, poetry and literature. His free-hand flower and bird paintings drew on the painting techniques of Xu Wei, Zhu Da, the Eight Eccentrics of Yangzhou and Wu Changshuo , thus showing his solid cultural foundation. Meanwhile, ...2 weeks ago -
Future X-Cops
Tai Shan —
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It’s no secret I am a science fiction fan. And while it might not be such a widely known fact about me, I admit that I am also quite a fan of Andy Lau’s work (both movies and music). That being the case, I suppose that I should not be too ashamed to say I am on the lookout for a DVD of Future X-cops, even ...2 weeks ago -
Chinese Culture – Qi Baishi（2）
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Roosters At the age of 27, he adopted Hu Qinyuan as his teacher, who taught him painting, seal cutting, poetry and literature. He made quick progress by diligent study. Then Qi spent seven years traveling the beautiful mountains and rivers of the country and making many friends, which broadened his views and ...2 weeks ago -
Chinese paper cutting art
YeinJee's Asian Journal —
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Chinese paper cutting is a folk art with close to 2000 years of history. Below are some amazing samples of great craftsmanship; most of the graphics are symbols of luck and prosperity, animals & pets, as well as reflections of daily folk lives… Read the rest of this post » Chinese paper cutting art ...2 weeks ago -
The Astonishing Long Horn Of The Chinese “Long Horn” Miao People Replaces Silver Jewelry
Easy Way to Happiness —
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Inhabiting southwest China, the Miao minority group is well known for their elaborate silver jewelry. Throughout centuries of migration, the Miao have been divided into various tribes. The Long Horn Miao is one of them. Post excerpt from: Easy Way to Happiness The Astonishing Long Horn Of The Chinese “Long ...2 weeks ago
