The Sun Chaser on the Great Wall

It is not dasy to find free time for an interview with ShiXiaotan.especially during the summer vacation when he is even busier than usual.Shi Xiaotan is a teacher at Beijing Post and Telecom University and likes to spend his free time on his favorite hobby-photography.or be more precise.taking pictures of the Great Wall.You may call his dorm room a studio because apart from daily necessities.it is full of photo equipment such as enlargers.knives chemical botties pictures.photography magazines.and of course.a computer.     

Beauty of the Common People Comments on the film Toqether

Liu Cheng, a cook from a small town, takes his son Xiao Chun to Beijing to participate in a violin contest. The boy takes the fifth prize. Liu Cheng persuades teacher Jiang of the Children's Palace to teach his son, and he himself gets a job in Beijing to pay for the tuition. Xiao Chun and his teacher gradually get to like each other. Meanwhile, Xiao's skill is improving. Xiao starts up a friendship     

The Artistic Journey of a Chinese Painter

Hepingli, a working-class residential district developed in the 1950s in Beijing. At 9 am everyday, Duan Xiaoying appears in a first-floor apartment in the district after driving his daughter to school and his wife to office respectively. This small apartment is the legacy of his diplomat father who liked doing woodwork for leisure. Duan recalls that his first oil painting box was made by his father. Now the apartment becomes his studio where he spends the whole day for oil creation. Duan us…     

Ceramic Master-hand Deng Shaoping

Art instills spirit into material and endows material with life. Deng Shaoping, who has associated his lifetime to clay, will have fresh understanding of clay whenever he is ready to make ceramics. With his skilled hands, clay becomes artworks with beauty of spirit.     

A Master Scholar in His Nineties Cherishes Higher Aspirations

Ji Xianlin, a master scholar at age 95, has dedicated his whole life to the study of Oriental cultures. He is expert in not only modern Western languages but also a number of ancient Oriental languages such as Sanskrit, Veda, Pall, ancient Indian and Tochafian languages. Thanks to his outstanding achievements in Oriental studies and his ＂Collected Works of Ji Xianlin＂ totaling more than lO million Chinese characters, Ji has been reputed as ＂national treasure＂. In his nineties, Ji spends every minute in doing research work, even when he is now nursed in the hospital ward.     

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     

A Color Feature Film——FAREWELL TO DEATH

Luo Tianyang, a talented photographer, runs a photo studio. He is the pride of his mother and wife. However, under pressure from some friends, he begins taking drugs. His wife, a gentle and kind-hearted young woman, encourages him to get clean and sticks with him through thick and thin, helping him fight the agony of drug addiction. At last, Luo Tianyang says goodbye to drugs and returns to a happy life with help from his mother, his wife, friends and police officers.Director: Wang Wei Dire…     

Pinwheels Bring Happiness

Liang's lifetime has been dedicated to pinwheel making and it is said pinwheels that he has crafted can make a hill if put together. Thanks to his pinwheel makers' family and his disposition to have fun, pinwheels have been with Liang in all his life. Liang was born in a family of pinwheel makers in the eastern suburb of Beijing in the early 1930s. Pinwheels that Liang's family made were quite popular in neighborhoods and during the Spring Festival Liang's grandfather sold pinwheels in a tem…     

THEVALUEBEYONDTHE VALUABLES--A glinpse of master Painter Qi Baishi

If there is any miracle in the modern fine affs history of China, you can＇t point anyone but him. His name is Qi Baishi who lived through 1864 to 1957 and was a benchmark of Chinesefine arts and a great man of his time. He used to be a carpenter, but because of his persistence on the exploration of art, he climbed onto the peak of Chinese fine arts and eventually became a world renowned Chinese painting master.     

Guqin： an Ancient Instrument with Aesthetic

＂You must know about guqin if you want to collect it. It is not just an object with seven strings and a skeleton. Rather, it is a miraculous musical instrument through which the player expresses his feeling. When you listen to the sound of guqin, you will have an untold feeling which is deep and profound,＂ said Zhao Jiazhen.