China and the American Dream Revisited, Dr. Richard Madsen
October 24, 2017
Richard Madsen is a distinguished professor of sociology and an affiliated faculty member at the School. He is the director of the Fudan-UC Center on Contemporary China and is serving as the acting provost of Eleanor Roosevelt College for the 2014-15 academic year.
He is the author of 12 books on Chinese culture, United States society, U.S.-China relations and international relations, including the landmark village studies “Chen Village under Mao and Deng” and its sequel “Chen Village: Revolution to Globalization.”
His 1995 book “Habits of the Heart” won the Los Angeles Times Book Award and was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize, while 1984’s “Morality and Power in a Chinese Village” won the C. Wright Mills Award. His most recent book is “Democracy’s Dharma: Religious Renaissance and Political Development in Taiwan.”
Called “one of the modern-day founders of the study of Chinese religion,” Madsen is currently working on a book about happiness in China, which he describes as an exploration on searching for a good life in China in an age of anxiety, tapping into people’s sense of meaning.
For more information, please visit Richard Madsen’s personal site.
VR China: World of Wonders – Qiandongnan
#360VR #VRChina #TwoSessions #Qiandongnan
China: World of Wonders is a new Virtual Reality series focusing on 10 tourist destinations in the country. It was released as part of CGTN's coverage of the Two Sessions, one of China's most important annual political meetings. In the final episode, we wrap up our journey in Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture in southwest China's Guizhou Province. The New York Times listed Qiandongnan as a must-visit destination in 2016. Tourists will be amazed by the folk culture. Kaili, the capital of Qiandongnan Prefecture, is famous for the Miao and Dong ethnic culture and has also been praised as the town of a hundred festivals. Nearby villages inhabited by the ethnic minorities are also worth visiting.
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silent movie The Vale of Tears (苦海) in 1934
erotic silent feature film The Vale of Tears (苦海) in 1934
presented by Canton (廣州) Chinese Artistic Film Company (華藝影片公司), Hong Kong branch
film crew:
(i) Mr. Shak Yau Yue Tony (石友于) as screenwriter (編劇), film director (導演) and principal actor (男主角);
(ii) Mr. Jason Leung (梁傑臣) as executive producer (監製);
(iii) Mr. Shak Chung Shan (石鐘山) as production manager (製片主任).
cast:
(a) Mr. Shak Yau Yue Tony (石友于) as an oppressed youth;
(b) Ms. Lum Mui Mui (林妹妹) as his lover;
(c) Ms. Leung Pak-fei (梁白非) as a wild woman;
(d) Ms. Tong Shan-shan (湯珊珊);
(e) slim comedian Mr. Yeung Kwun Hap (楊君俠) as an old hermit.
film plot: In city, an oppressed youth was persecuted cruelly by hooligans, he was compelled to exile to Diamond Hill (鑽石山), Kowloon, where Diamond Hill (鑽石山) was still a wildland in early 1930s. He met a ferocious big wild man, and sexy wild woman, such ugly big wild man wanted to eat him as dim sum! Fortunately, he used trick to subdue such big wild man. Later, he met an old hermit (slim comedian Mr. Yeung Kwun Hap (楊君俠) as ), they became intimate friends. However, the old hermit was ill, and quickly passed away, he was so sad to bury the corpse into the grave.
華藝公司（Chinese Artistic Film Company）出品，哀情、悲苦國產巨片《苦海（The Vale of Tears）》。
石友于（Mr. Shak Yau Yue Tony）的心血結晶品，為苦海中人開闢一條新生路。
情節離奇變幻，令人意想不到。
發揮理倫真諦，令人深表同情。
表演悲哀慘痛，令人涕泗滂沱。
野人吃人心寒膽震！
手足離散凄楚動人！
有魁梧的野人；有猴形的生番；有蠻女裸體的曲線美。
離奇的變幻，令人目駭心驚！
宏偉的佈景，令人心曠神怡！
倫理的真諦，令人遷善改過！
砭俗的南針，令人改絃易轍！
辭親的痛苦，令人心驚骨折！
悲哀的表演，令人傷懷欲哭！
俠義少年，躍樹跳牆，輕似燕，快如風。
深山野人，猙獰好殺，兇類虎，殘若狼。
各界當心：本港（Hong Kong）發現野人（wild man），茹毛飲血，身高九呎（3.3 m），男性兇悍異常；女性酥胸袒臂。野人匿居於某山（鑽石山），日昨電影明星（movie star）石友于（Mr. Shak Yau Yue Tony）遇之於深山中幾為所害，欲知詳情，請後日（中華民國念三年五月三日，星期四）到『中央戲院（Central Theatre）』一看《苦海（The Vale of Tears）》。
影畫戲本事（film plot）：一名青年（石友于飾演）被逼逃到深山裡去，遇上兇殘成性的野人和酥胸半露的蠻女，果兜衰野面目猙獰，張牙欲噬要生吞活剝那青年，遭遇驚險萬分，青年急用智力將該奇人制服。後來，青年結識到一名隱居深山的老翁（諧星楊君俠飾演），並與他結成莫逆之交。然而老翁因病逝世，青年傷痛之餘，親手把老翁埋葬。
（一）香港《工商日報》，中華民國念三年三月廿七日，星期二（27th March, 1934, Tuesday），第三張第三版。
電影消息。
《洞房雙屍案（The Wedding Tragedy）》一片為本港（Hong Kong）『華藝影片公司（Chinese Artistic Film Company）』出品之偵探巨片（detective movie），現定於本月廿九日（29th March, 1934, Thursday）在中央戲院（Central Theatre）公映，印有精美特刊（programme booklet）分派各界。又該公司第二部出品（second production）《苦海（The Vale of Tears）》一片，亦將下月中旬（middle April, 1934）攝製完成，其橋段緊醒，表情迫真，尤更進步云。
（二）香港《工商日報》，中華民國念三年五月二日，星期三（2nd May, 1934, Wednesday）， 第三張第三版。
《苦海（The Vale of Tears）》電影消息
《苦海（The Vale of Tears）》一片為本港（Hong Kong）華藝影片公司（Chinese Artistic Film Company）第二部出品（second production），亦石友于（Mr. Shak Yau Yue Tony）導演兼主演之成功作也。此片敘述一被環境壓迫之青年，身受種種痛苦，但卒能奮鬥到底，打開一條生路。石氏表演深刻動人，足以振起一般青年之奮發精神。面對于男女之愛；手足之情，亦極真摯，誠一部有益人心世道之巨作也。現定於明日（3rd May, 1934, Thursday）在中央戲院（Central Theatre）放映云。
（三）香港《工商日報》，中華民國念三年五月三日，星期四（3rd May, 1934, Thursday）， 第三張第三版。
《苦海》電影消息
華藝影片公司（Chinese Artistic Film Company）繼《洞房雙屍案（The Wedding Tragedy）》後，更進步之作品《苦海（The Vale of Tears）》，由今天（3rd May, 1934, Thursday）起開映於中央戲院（Central Theatre）。談片內容離奇曲折，耐人尋味，大約寫一有志青年，為國效力，奮鬥到底，而卒得成功歸來。野人作惡一段，恐怖非常，為國片中所罕見。全片由石友于、林妹妹等星合演，成績甚為優異云。
又訊云：「電影明星（movie star）石友于君（Mr. Shak Yau Yue Tony），日前在九龍（Kowloon）鑽石山（Diamond Hill）攝取外景（exterior）時，突遇一身長九尺（3.3 m）之奇人（wild man），面目猙獰，張牙欲噬，石氏急用智力將該奇人制服，擒之而歸，今日開始在中央戲院（Central Theatre）陳列，欲觀該奇人真面目者，可到該戲院參觀云。」
（四）香港《工商日報》，中華民國念三年五月五日，星期六（5th May, 1934, Saturday），第三張；第三版。
華藝（Chinese Artistic Film Company）繼出巨片
本港（Hong Kong）華藝影片公司（Chinese Artistic Film Company），成立未及半載，已先後完成《洞房雙屍案（The Wedding Tragedy）》及《苦海（The Vale of Tears）》兩部巨片，進步之速，成績之優，已為各界人士所贊許。查《苦海（The Vale of Tears）》一片，已於前日（3rd May, 1934, Thursday）起在中央戲院（Central Theatre）放映，觀者極眾，今日（5th May, 1934, Saturday）為最後一天，凡好觀國片者，不可錯過！又該公司第三部出品《婚後的問題（Married Life）》，亦將開始攝製，此劇為石鐘山（Mr. Shak Chung Shan Stephen）所編，描寫倫理真諦，深刻動人，誠一部傑構，除向滬上（Shanghai）特聘兩位色藝俱優女演員（two pretty good actresses）擔任主角外，聞石氏亦將現身銀壇。查石氏掌教於聖心書院（Sacred Heart College），十三年來如一日（he has been a secondary school teacher for 13 years since 1921），平日對教育（education）與體育（sport），均所熱心提倡，若一旦上鏡頭，必定有所貢獻云。
（五）香港《工商日報》，中華民國念三年五月十九日，星期六（19th May, 1934, Saturday），第三張；第二版。
華藝（Chinese Artistic Film Company）學員修業期滿
香港（Hong Kong）華藝影片公司（Chinese Artistic Film Company），成立求及四月，已先後完成《洞房雙屍案（The Wedding Tragedy）》及《苦海（The Vale of Tears）》兩部巨片，成績優良，極得社會人士之贊許，惟該公司尚感於電影人材（film crew）缺乏，特設立演員養成所，以資造就。現第一屆男女學員之修業期滿，經于月之十五日（15th May, 1934, Tuesday）由石鐘山（Mr. Shak Chung Shan Stephen），石友于（Mr. Shak Yau Yue Tony）、鮑志豪（Mr. Pau Chi Ho, he is the younger brother of Dr. Pau Chi Shing (鮑志成醫生)）三位主考（three Catholic invigilators），結果成績甚佳，並訂予二十日上午十時（at 10 a.m. on 20th May, 1934, Sunday），假座油麻地（Yau Ma Tei）普慶戲院（Astor Theatre）舉行學員修業期滿頒授証書典禮，敦請鄧以賢西醫生（Dr. Tang Yee Yin）頒給証書（certificates），並有音樂（music）、國技（Chinese martial arts (Kung Fu)）、歌舞（cabaret）及諧劇（comedy）《怕老婆》、話劇（drama）《號角召情鴛》等遊藝助興，名種遊藝均為各男女學員擔任，屆時定有一番盛況，是晚則在該公司製片場（film studio at Chan Cha Garden (陳七花園), Diamond Hill (鑽石山), Kowloon (九龍)）暴行茶點歡敘會。又該公司第二部出品《苦海（The Vale of Tears）》一片，由昨日（18th May, 1934, Friday）起，一連三天（from 18th to 20th May, 1934, Friday to Sunday, total three showing days）在普慶戲院（Astor Theatre）放映，觀者甚眾云。
1655 City Lights - Nanjing
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My trip to Guizhou (China)
My trip to Guizhou province in a form of a video, I hope you enjoy it….
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Eight minutes of a Tea Ceremony
This is eight minutes of jasmine tea preparation. Video shot in the Wenjiang Vocational School in Wenjiang, Sichuan Province, China
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Mahjong
Mahjong, also spelled majiang, mah jongg, and numerous other variants, is a game that originated in China. It is commonly played by four players (with some three-player variations found in South Korea and Japan). The game and its regional variants are widely played throughout Eastern and South Eastern Asia and have a small following in Western countries. Similar to the Western card game rummy, mahjong is a game of skill, strategy, and calculation and involves a degree of chance.
The game is played with a set of 144 tiles based on Chinese characters and symbols, although some regional variations use a different number of tiles. In most variations, each player begins by receiving 13 tiles. In turn players draw and discard tiles until they complete a legal hand using the 14th drawn tile to form four groups (melds) and a pair (head). There are fairly standard rules about how a piece is drawn, stolen from another player and thus melded, the use of simples (numbered tiles) and honours (winds and dragons), the kinds of melds, and the order of dealing and play. However there are many regional variations in the rules; in addition, the scoring system and the minimum hand necessary to win varies significantly based on the local rules being used.
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Ibn Battuta Mall - China Court - 360 Video - 4K Quality
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Mahjong
Mahjong, also spelled majiang, mah jongg, and numerous other variants, is a game that originated in China. It is commonly played by four players . The game and its regional variants are widely played throughout Eastern and South Eastern Asia and have a small following in Western countries. Similar to the Western card game rummy, mahjong is a game of skill, strategy, and calculation and involves a degree of chance.
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Chinese street breakfast
One ordinary chinese street breakfast before take the bus for go work
大陸茶藝表演
在廣州的某一個景點有個泡茶小妹表演茶藝～ 跟我們台灣的很接近巴！
Belly Dance
Performing at the Annual Southern Coast Chinese Culture assication Foundersing party- Irvine night. Choregoraphy by Huang , Yanhua. dancers; Dongping Huang, Haidi Wei, Susan Li, Meilin Dong, Sovia Wang, Jackie, Amy Hou, chiyoko.
Incredibly Colorful Spring Flower Fields Around The World
Incredibly Colorful Spring Flower Fields Around The World
Une approche de la peinture chinoise
Hu Kaiping est reconnu pour ses peintures chinoises et occidentales à Taiwan, à Hong Kong et au Japon.
Il a appris cet art sous l'égide du célèbre artiste Chen Haiying et a été directeur de la Faculté des Arts de Hong Kong. Des grands musées au Royaume-Uni, en Allemagne et au Mexique recueillent considérablement ses œuvres.
Il affirme que la Compétition Internationale chinoise de Peinture de NTD aidera les artistes chinois à regagner leurs racines traditionnelles.
[Hu Kai-ping, Artiste peintre]:
[A travers la compétition] les chinois peuvent suivre la voie traditionnelle et continuer à la promouvoir comme la renaissance de la culture chinoise. J'espère que plus de gens pourront apporter leur soutien et je souhaite un grand succès à la première édition de la compétition de NTD.
La force de Hu repose sur les personnages, les décors, les fleurs, les oiseaux et les animaux. Il pense que les peintures doivent incarner les principes de vérité, de compassion et de beauté afin qu'ils puissent toucher le cœur.
C'est peut-être pourquoi il aime tout particulièrement peindre les enfants.
[Hu Kai-ping, Artiste]:
Les enfants sont purs, honnêtes et adorables. Un peintre recherche la beauté et manifeste la beauté à tous, afin d'apporter à la société l'harmonie, la vérité, la compassion et la beauté.
Il dit qu'un peintre doit posséder des capacités fondamentales, prêter attention à sa propre amélioration et comprendre l'art traditionnel seulement alors peut-on créer une bonne peinture.
[Hu Kai-ping, Artiste]:
Une peinture est un reflet de la personnalité. Si vous n'avez pas une bonne personnalité et ne vous cultivez pas vous-mêmes, vous ne pourrez pas créer une belle peinture, une peinture qui a de la profondeur, un sens intérieur et de l'influence.
Hu est un croyant religieux qui aime pratiquer le Taichi et le qigong. Il insiste sur le fait que c'est seulement lorsqu'une personne est en paix qu'elle peut créer une bonne peinture.
[Hu Kai-ping, Artiste]:
Parce que vous êtes en paix, c'est mieux pour la concentration. Au cours d'une longue période historique, la plupart des peintres chinois pratiquaient le qigong.
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History of tea | Wikipedia audio article
This is an audio version of the Wikipedia Article:
History of tea
00:00:38 1 Geographic origins
00:02:28 2 Origin myths
00:04:26 3 Early history
00:04:36 3.1 China
00:11:17 3.1.1 Hong Kong
00:11:34 3.2 Japan
00:14:19 3.3 Korea
00:16:10 3.4 Vietnam
00:16:57 4 Global expansion
00:18:53 4.1 Portugal and Italy
00:19:44 4.2 India
00:22:35 4.3 Iran
00:23:11 4.4 Taiwan
00:23:48 4.5 Thailand
00:24:50 4.6 Turkey
00:25:09 4.7 United Kingdom
00:31:08 4.8 United States
00:32:20 4.9 Canada
00:32:52 4.10 Australia
00:34:27 4.11 Sri Lanka
00:35:17 4.12 Africa and South America
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