The Memory of a Cenerdtion:Movie Review of Deacock

The setting of the film Peacock is the small town of Heyang, home of the Gao family. The Gaos are not wealthy, but there is no lack of love and warmth among them. The parents are hardworking, honest people. Weihong, the daughter, loves art and is full of dreams, but often feels depressed about her failure to join the military. Both her career and her marriage are unsuccessful. The elder son, Weiguo, has a slight mental disorder and is his parents' pet, but is often bullied by people outside the family. He also suffers setbacks in finding his ideal mate and has to settle on a less-than-perfect love to marry. The younger son, Weiqiang, is a sensitive, gloomy lad who is silent but self-adoring. He drops out of middle school and marries a divorced actress. Heyang, though a fictional place, is based     

The Flower Lake in the End of the Sky

Every adventurer may have a wish to travel to the end of the sky. In their minds, the end of the sky not only means a long journey and being away from urban hurly-burly, but also symbolizes the most beautiful place. The Flower Lake is such a place in the end of the sky.     

Peking Appliqué——Another Side of Colorful Chinese Handicrafts

PEKING appliqu(?),one of the many handicrafts of China,is an old art-form going backmany centuries.Different materialsare cut out and attached to oneanother to create a single-piece de-coration,much like embroidery.Itshistory can be traced back 2,000years to the Han Dynasty,whenartists would use thin scraps andpatches of silk to piece together aportrait or a depiction of the land-scape.During the Song Dynastyappliqu(?) enjoyed a resurgence andbecame very similar to traditionalembroidery.After the Qing Dynas-ty,appliqu(?) became very popularoutside the emperor＇s court and res-pectable women everywhere tookit up as a pastime,embroidering     

Facelift of Ningbo＇s Bund

“Bund” derives from an Anglo-Indian word for an embankment along a muddy waterfront. In the late 19^th century after Shanghai was forced to open to Western colonists, the Bund became the site of some of the earliest foreign settlements and now is known as one of the most recognizable architectural symbols of Shanghai. But the Bund is not a feature exclusive to Shanghai. Similar styles of architecture also appear in other coastal or river cities in China, such as Wuhan,Guangzhou, Chengdu and Fuzhou.     

A Hard and Lofty Mission—— The Translation and Publication of the Japanese Edition of ＂ The Panorama of the Great Wall＂

In November 11, 2003, the renowned Chinese writer Zhou Erfu, at age 83 and in the advanced stage of cancer, strenuously wrote a letter to his Japanese friend Yi Kenichiro, inquiring about the translation and publication of the Japanese edition of his novel ＂The Panorama of the Great Wall＂ which reflects the whole period of the Chinese people＇s anti-Japanese war from 1937 to 1945. Yi Kenichiro, with a medium-sized figure, gentlemen-like appearance and unswerving disposition, is a Japanese professor expert in Chinese literature and language. He was then busy with his teaching work and the translation of the Japanese version of Zhou＇s novel. Receiving Zhou＇s letter, he fell into a sad mood and hoped Zhou could be recovered soon and live up to the day when the whole novel was published in Japan.     

China—France Culture Year Features Wealth of Events

China and France have for centuries enjoyed friendly relations in the fields of politics, trade and culture. The China-France Culture Year, beginning this October, as the largest Sino-foreign event since the founding of New China, is expected to spark a new round of exchanges between the two cultures.After two years of planning, the China Culture Year is to be inaugurated in France soon this September. With the theme of "Ancient China, Colorful China, Modern China", the event aims to offer a comprehensive view of the     

＂Painting of Farming and Weaving＂： a Panoramic Portrayal of the Agricultural Society of Ancient China

Ancient China was an agricultural society where all capable emperors paid much attention to farming and ,weaving activities, Artistic creations depicting farming and weaving scenes can date back to the Neolithic Age. A bronze bottle from the Warring States period （475 BC - 221 BC） features hunting and planting scenes. Bronze wares of the pre-Qin period, painted relief bricks of the Han Dynasty, tomb murals of the Wei-and-Jin period and grotto paintings of the Tang and Song dynasties, all recorded farming, planting and weaving scenes of the agricultural society of ancient China. In the Southern Song Dynasty, in particular, thanks to its highly developed agriculture, a painter named Lou Shu created a piece of ink painting, entitled ＂Farming and Weaving Painting＂, reviewing agricultural skills and approaches of previous dynasties.     

Cultural Minister Cai Wu Interprets the Spirits of CPC Third Plenary SessionReform of the Cultural System Navigates ＇Unchartered Waters＂

The new central leadership which took office one year ago interpreted the governing concept and reform roadmap of the central government through the Third Plenary Session of the Eighteenth Central Committee of CPC. The Decision on Major Issues Concerning Comprehensively Deepening Reforms adopted on the conference was considered a top-level design, equal to a guideline. What are the meanings behind the various tasks related to the innovation of cultural systems and mechanisms proposed by the document？     

Traditional Art of Hawking Reappears in Tianjin

On October 1, a temple fair showcasing the traditional art of hawking took place in Traditional Culture Street of Tianjin. Vendors hawking cigarettes, tea syrup candies, goldfish, knife and scissor grinding and newspapers attracted many passers-by. Tianjin used to be a transportation hub of north China, which developed a unique folk culture featuring vendors hawking. In addition, its rickshaws, sweet painting, flour sculpture, all add to the traditional charm of the city which has a history …     

Haining Shadow Play:Legacy of the Song Dynasty

Leather silhouette was rst introduced to the court as a toy during the Western Han Dynasty (206 BC – 24 AD). According to the History of the Han Dynasty, Lady Li, Emperor Wudi’s favorite concubine, was a beautiful dancer but died of illness when she was very young. The emperor felt so sorrowful that he missed her day and night. A Taoist claimed that he could call back the spirit of Lady Li. In fact, he played leather images of the concubine behind a screen and the emperor watched it o…     

五粮液中庸文化的坚守与发展

五粮液文化是五粮液发展过程中产生的思想观念、制度规范、建筑雕塑、产品广告等的综合体。其核心是中国儒家的中庸文化,但也恰当地吸收了道家、墨家、法家等文化中的先进成分,它是五粮液不断走向成功的反映。中庸文化应当与时俱进,在全球化时代进行现代转型,使文化成为五粮液强大的软实力。     

《看了明朝就明白》序

2004年,我在京中一次文友的聚會上,與武漢作家、以出版長篇歷史小說《張居正》享譽文壇、近日更榮獲茅盾長篇小說獎榜首的熊召政先生聊明史。甚投機,便脫口而出:“我要寫一部明朝的書,書名就叫《看了明朝就明白》。”素以捷才见稱的熊先生立即說:“好啊!我也要寫一部書,書名叫《看了明朝不明白》。”我倆不禁哈哈大笑。     

An intercultural test of the generality of interpretations of nonverbal cues

This study examines Mehrabian's claim concerning the cross-cultural generality of implicit metaphors that underlie a set of coding rules for the interpretation of nonverbal behaviors. Responses of Japanese and American school teachers were used to discover whether observers from two different cultures interpret nonverbal behaviors during interpersonal communication according to the three-dimensional metaphorical scheme proposed by Mehrabian and to assess the degree of intercultural consensus about dimensions and interpretations. Factor analysis, factor structure comparisons, and multiple discriminant analysis yielded evidence of significant differences between groups both in the dimensions used and in the interpretations of nonverbal cues along those dimensions.     

孔子义利观新解

谈孔子的义利观,得先说说孔子的行学。行学,是规范人们行为的学说。荀子说:“行也者,行礼之谓也。”行学,就是礼仪学。先说什么是礼。千百年来,人们对礼的认识,只是很浅层次的。因而,中国虽号称礼仪之邦,道德水准却不敢使人恭维。很大原因是人们对礼认识有误。礼的出现和发展,不是一蹴而就的,是在漫长的社会发展中逐渐规范形成的。礼不是能随意制定出的,而是在世世代代传下来的文明的传统里面。不管是朝代的更替,还是社会政治制度的根本转变,都不可能异想天开地另创一套礼。奴隶制向封建制转换时如此,封建制向社会主义或资本主义体制转换时…     

Son of Science,Heart of Love and Beauty of Art

Renowned American geneticist and physician Walter Sutton compares truth [science], kindness [religion] and , beauty [art] to the three sides of a pyramid, He notes that when a person stands on the bottom of different sides of a pyramid, he will find the distance between either sides is quite long, Many people have made lifelong pursuit but they have only ended up learning about a Small part of Sclence.     

人力车发明史

人力车在许多西方人的眼里，和斗笠、舢板、梯田等一样属于东方的特有物品，但事实上早在17、18世纪，巴黎街头就出现过一种被称为“vinaigrette”——“香料盒”的人拉的二轮“马车”。法国画家兼雕刻家Claude Gillot(1673年-1722年)的画里，曾经描绘过两辆“香料盒”的相遇：在他的画中，一辆“香料盒”在街道的拐角，遇上迎面而来的另一辆，两个车夫面对面，拉着豪华车的做着手势，让另一辆车让路。     

襄王云雨辨

自从宋玉《高唐赋》面世后，“巫山神女”、“云雨”、“阳台”等词，常见于古诗词曲，小说中更多。例如李白《清平调三章》之二：“云雨巫山枉断肠”、李商隐《无题》：“神女生涯元是梦”等。但关于这场男女欢会的男主角，有人却说是楚襄王，如李白《襄阳歌》：“襄王云雨今安在？”还有多人，暂不举。     

繁荣地方史学论纲

发展和繁荣地方史学研究 ,不仅是社会发展与进步对中国历史学提出的要求 ,而且也是中国历史学自身发展的需要。发展与繁荣地方史学研究 ,应当注意八个方面的问题 :锐意创新 ;紧贴现实 ;突出特色 ;百花齐放 ;放眼世界 ;联合攻关 ;造就名家 ;走向网络     

天道之兩維早期儒家《詩》學與《易》學的變奏

無論我們對於子貢"夫子之文章,可得而聞也;夫子之言性與天道,不可得而聞也"的說法做出如何的詮釋,<論語>所見孔子思想中天道角色的模糊確實是顯而易見的.①除了子貢這裹的說法之外,我們看不到另外孔子和門弟子們討論或者提到天道的例子.如果考慮到子產"天道遠,人道邇,非所及也"②之說所顯示出來的春秋後期政治和文化精英對於天道的疏遠,那麼孔子的這種模糊或許可以被理解成是很自覺的選擇.