Shanghai World Expo Fascinates Visitors with City-oriented Themes

<正>The opening ceremony for the Shanghai World Expo 2010 took place in the Expo Culture Center on April 30, serving as a preclude to the official opening of this world acclaimed event. A     

Shanxi Handicrafts Fascinate World Expo Visitors

In the Shanxi Pavilion in the World Expo Park in Shanghai, some thirty handicraft masterpieces, including sculpture, lacquer, metal, embroidery and ceramics, are on display, representing superb craftsmanship and indigenous traditions of Shanxi Province.     

A Glimpse of the Shanghai World Expo

The Shanghai World Expo has concluded with great success, attracting more than 70 million viewers, a pledge committed by the Expo＇s organizing committee when bidding for the hosting right. The innovatively-designed pavilions of every participant country and organization fascinated both Chinese and foreign viewers with their hi-tech elements and rich traditions and cultures.     

Eye-catching National Pavilions of Shanghai World Expo

On May 1, 2010, Shanghai World Expo will embrace visitors from across the world. Like previous expos, Shanghai World Expo will also address significant issues of common concern of the world, with the theme of ＂better city, better life＂. Over centuries, encouraging progress and addressing the future has always remained a pivotal objective that all World Expo participants have tried to pursue. This global event fully expresses spirits and values of a time and provides an excellent opportunity for all participant countries to demonstrate their creativity and initiative.     

Shanghai World Expo in the Eyes of the Beninese Female Photographer

Just before the National Day of China on October 1,＂See China at Shanqhai World Expo＂ an Exhibition of the Beninese Female Photographer＂ was opened at China Culture Center in Benin. On the occasion of the Day of Benin at the Shanghai World Expo, the exhibition is part of the＂Beautiful Nations＂ exhibition series. Chinese Ambassador Mr. Geng Wenbin, Beninese Minister of Culture, Illiteracy Eradication and National Language Promotion, Director of the Benin Pavilion at the Shanghai World Expo as well as more than 200 distinguished guests attended the opening ceremony.     

World Expo Publications Sold Well

As the Shanghai World Expo 2010 continues to capture growing attention worldwide, publications on relevant subjects attract more readers, with increasing sales volumes The World Expo has a history of more than one and a half centuries, since its first session in London in 1851. Over the past two centuries, every host country has showcased its history, culture, arts,     

Chinese Artist Launches Maiden Voyage around the World

Zhai Mo, Chinese contemporary artist, stunned the media in the early winter of 2006 when he announced in a press conference that he would embark on his maiden voyage around the world on a no-engine boat, the first of its kind for a Chinese. Zhai Mo＇s abstract painting exhibition ＂E000.00.000 N000.00.000＂ was displayed in Beijing later. And ＂Road to Civilizations： Global Tour to Explore World Civilizations＂, a large-scale 260episode TV documentary program, was officially launched w an unprecedented event jointly presented by CCTV, China News Documentary Film Studio, Center of Comparative Studies of World Civilizations under China Academy of Social Sciences and CCTV Media Group. 21 well-selected team members would drive seven SUVs to travel around 50-strong countries across the six continents within 500 days. Meanwhile, a global voyage would take place simultaneously.     

Chinese Tea Spreads Fragrance around the Globe简

As the representative inheritor of scented tea-making skills, which was named as national intangible cultural heritage, Ms. Sun Danwei said, ＂The song Jasmine Blossoms is the song of the world, and now we will bring the jasmine tea to the rest of the world and make Wuyutai an international brand.＂     

传世经典

……当春天从玫瑰红的云彩中露出她的碧眼,当阳光在我的书桌上闪烁时,我渴望的发疯般地闻一闻那百花绽放的大地的芳香,看一看那山坡上落叶松的葱郁,听一听高地上云雀的歌唱。曾几何时,似乎比童年还要遥远的那个时刻,我满腔热情地拿起了笔。如果那时我的手在颤抖,那也只是因为希     

A Review on the Ninth Shanghai Film Festival

The ninth Shanghai Film Festival drew a close on June 25, 2006, which coincided with the centennial anniversary of the birth of Chinese lm. For all fans of this lm festival, the happy time during the festival will become a most valuable memory in their lifetime.An International Gala for Filmmakers It has been now generally acknowledged that the international fame of participant lm stars, directors and producers decides the international status of a lm festival. Many international stars hav…     

世界杰出天文学家落下闳

本以崭新的视角，论述了落下闳对天学的三大贡献：①将24节气纳入中国历法的体系之中，将天、数学、农学融合为一体；②研制浑仪和浑象，提出浑天说，将天观测与宇宙理论融为一体；③发明“通其率”算法，用辗转相除法求渐进分数，为历法计算提供了有力的工具。本还从化的角度，考察了为什么在四川会产生世界杰出的天学家落下闳，回顾了李冰治水、翁兴学对落下闳成才的直接和间接的影响。     

Ruins of the Bronze Age Inscribed on the World Heritage List

On July 13, Yin Xu, ruins of ancient Shang Dynasty capital ill Anyang City was inscribed on the World ＂Heritage List and became China＇s 33rd World Heritage site.     

近代上海城墙的建与拆

近代上海曾经有过城墙,还很具规模和气势,现在巳很少被人谈起。有意思的是,当年建上海城墙是因为外敌入侵,后来拆除城墙也是因为外敌入侵。所不同的是,入侵者的国度不尽划一,入侵形式迥然相异,只是两者间的侵略性质却丝毫没有不同。     

和合可能价值世界的诠释

和合可能价值世界，即美的价值世界，它是逻辑化的艺术虚拟世界，是自由度极大的价值创造公设，是化解价值冲突、慰藉精神生命的终极关怀。和合可能价值世界与现实可能价值世界的分野在于：一是以创造的实践方式为其基础，是超越现实性的可能性；一是以改造的实践方式为其基础，是现实性的可能性。宗教价值是指对不可能的可能性、不存在性的存在性的信仰的满足的价值。和合哲学价值学是指关于价值的根底、根据、发生和归宿的所当然的所以然的学说。艺术价值是指关于艺术自身的艺术价值的价值。     

车利尼马戏班沪上寻踪

记得60年代初，在北京的北海公园后门口，常能看到杂技表演的巨大广告。印象最深的是一幅“飞车走壁”的画面，车手几乎“横行”在略微倾斜的墙体上，让人看了提心吊胆。那时，年纪还小。家长们大概认为孩子们都会对这类特技表演感兴趣。于是，有了几次全家入场观看的经历。不过，好像一直没有见到广告画上的场景，而我的缺乏幽默感与好奇心，也使我对小丑的插科打诨以及魔术师的灵巧手法无动于衷。即使是笨拙的狗熊踩动着皮球而未失足落地，小狗们用叫声回答“老师”的加、减法提问，看过一次后，我也不再思念。     

Solving the "Accursed Riddle" of the Diplomatic Relations between Catalonia and Egypt around 1430

The last Arabic diplomatic document in Barcelona's Crown of Aragon Archive (ACA) that is still to be edited and studied is ACA Arabic doc. 164. The document is a preliminary draft of the commercial and peace treaty drawn up in 1430 by Alfons the Magnanimous, King of Aragon, Naples and Sicily (1396-1458), and the Mamluk Sultan al-Ashraf Sayf al-Din Barsbāy (825-841/1422-1437), signed in Rhodes (Ramadān 7 833/30 May 1430, ACA Arabic doc. 145), and published in 1939 by Ruíz Orsatti. Document 164 contained 111 folios, which were not in order, and for this reason specialists called it the "accursed riddle". The document was probably prepared for discussion during the summer of 1429, a few months before the definitive version was signed. It is longer than the final agreement, and contains an additional Chapter (33) which has not been published to date. Little documentary evidence of diplomatic negotiation between Muslim and Christian powers in Medieval times has survived, and this chapter provides us with a highly unusual example. In the first part of this study the document is described and its contents outlined. In sections 2 and 3 we edit and analyse the contents of the additional Chapter 33 and the Explicit that goes with it, which is absent from Ruíz Orsatti's version. We then present some historical data regarding the Catalan embassy to Rhodes, which will shed light on the diplomatic negotiations that concern us and the historical reasons for the censoring of Chapter 33.