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Ancient Sports in China

( 2008-07-08 )

Sports in ancient China were extremely rich and diversified, each with distinct features of its own. Traditional Chinese life preserving arts, in particular, combine bodily movements and mental activity in a way rarely seen in sports practised in other parts of the world. With their unique values
in promoting health and combating disease, these arts are invaluable assets to mankind.

With their unique national features, oriental charm, health-keeping and therapeutic values and entertaining effects, ancient sports form an intrinsic part of Chinese civilization. Today, they are being steadily improved on a scientific basis and have taken their place in the sporting world,
enriching the treasure house of human civilization.

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HSK - Tan Dun’s Opera “Tea” will be staged

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Tan Dun’s Opera “Tea” will be staged

( 2008-06-30 )

Synopsis

Tea-- The Heart's Mirror tell us such a story: in the Tang Dynasty of ancient China, Japanese Prince Seikyo fell in love with Chinese princess Lan during his study of Tea Ceremony in China and expressed his wish to marry her. The Chinese emperor asked Seikyo to recite a tea poem and Seikyo's
excellent performance led the emperor to approve their marriage, which made the Crown Prince, elder brother of Lan, disgruntled.

Amidst a tea festival, a Persian prince offered a thousand horses in exchange for one book: Book of Tea . The Crown Prince reluctantly took out his Book of Tea for the exchange, however, Seikyo expressed doubt that this wasn't the true book shown him by its author, his teacher the Tea Sage Luyu..
Angry and jealous, the Crown Prince challenged Seikyo and vowed to sacrifice his own life if Seikyo could show him the "real" Book of Tea. Seikyo promised to end his life if proven wrong.

Then Seikyo and Lan began their journey to seek for the authentic Book of Tea. In a tea festival, they met Lu, daughter of Lu Yu. Lu announced Luyu's death and consented to give Seikyo and Lan the Book of Tea on the condition that they vowed to spread its wisdom throughout the world. As they read
it, the Crown Prince burst in and grabbed the book. A fight erupted between Seikyo and the Crown Prince. Attempting to stop the duel, Lan was mortally wounded. The crown prince was so regretful and gave his sword to Seikyo so that he could pay for her sister's death with his own life. However,
Seikyo sliced off his own hair with the sword and became a monk preaching Tea Ceremony in Japan thereafter…

Cast

Composer: Tan Dun

Writer/Lyrics: Tan Dun, Xu Ying

Director/Choreographer: Jiang Qing

Stage Design: Jiang Qing

Costume Design and Dressing: Patrizia Von Brandstein (Germany)

Lighting Design: Tommy Wang (Singapore)

Colored Glaze Design: Yang Hui-Shang (Taiwan, China)

Property Design: Thomas Lundgvist (Sweden)

Researsal Conductor: Erik Ochsner (USA)

Percussion Director: Haruka Fujii (Japan)

Background Painter: Ding Xiongquan

Multimedia Animation: Wang Qiang

Editor: Feng Hui

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Learn mandarin - Ancient Track-and-field Sport

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Ancient Track-and-field Sport

( 2008-07-07 )

In ancient China there was a fairy tale called "Kuafu Running after the Sun." Untrue as it is, the story does reflect people's admiration for great runners. Walking and running are the most fundamental abilities of man in daily life as well as in fighting. In ancient times when the means of
transport were extremely simple and crude, people attached great importance to improving their walking and running abilities.

"The quality of troops lies in speed" was one of the most important maxims in ancient Chinese art of war. Eminent strategists of all times, from Wu Qi of the Warring States Period (475-221 BC) to the Ming Dynasty patriotic general Qi Jiguang (1528-1587), required their men to "run light-footedly"
while carrying their weapons and with their coats of mail on. In ancient times, when dukes and princes traveled around in carts, their bodyguards had to run behind them. These bodyguards, called "brave warriors," were selected through stringent tests" and enjoyed high esteem.

By the Yuan Dynasty (1271-1368), a long distance running race was held every year by the ruler inspecting his guards. According to a Yuan Dynasty history book titled Chuo Geng Lu, the race covered at distance of about 180 li (90 km) and the winner was awarded a silver disc while the others were
given satin of different lengths. It was to some extent like today’s marathon. This was actually a kind of cross-country race that was held at regular intervals.

This was the original form of ancient track-and-field sport in China.

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Chinese Studies - Treasures in Shaanxi History Museum

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Treasures in Shaanxi History Museum

As the seat of dozens of imperial capitals, Northwest China’s Shaanxi Province is rich in cultural relics. The Shaanxi History Museum, located in Xi’an, capital of the province, is home to over 370,000 precious relics unearthed in Shaanxi over the past years. Its collections range from bronze
wares to pottery figures, gold and silver wares and mural paintings from the Tang Dynasty (618-907) tombs. Among its precious collections, 18 pieces have been listed as national treasures.

1. Yu Ding (Bronze Tripod)

Age：Western Zhou Dynasty (about 1,100-771BC)

Height: 77 cm; Diameter: 56.5 cm

Unearthed in 1972 at Yangjia Village, Meixian County, Shaanxi

The vessel has three legs and patterns of auspicious animals carved on the surface.

This Ding was named after Yu, a Western Zhou official. 27 Chinese characters in four lines are inscribed inside the vessel, recording a king named Wang Jiang, who took back the fields he had bestowed to Shi Lu and gave them to Yu as awards. The inscription indicates the field ownership system at
that time - that is, the king was the owner of all the fields under his jurisdiction and had the right to retake or bestow them to any of his subordinates.

2. Wushi Wei Ding (Bronze Tripod)

Age：Western Zhou Dynasty

Height: 36.3 cm; Diameter: 34.3 cm

Unearthed in 1975 at Dongjia Village, Qishan County, Shaanxi

The vessel has three pillar legs, with patterns of auspicious animals carved on the surface.

207 Chinese characters in 19 lines are inscribed inside the vessel, recording a land lawsuit in the Western Zhou dynasty. In the fifth year during the reign of Emperor Zhougongwang (922- 900BC), a man named Qiu Wei reported to the ruling officials that he had a land dispute with his neighbor
Bangjunli. At last, it was judged that part of the land in dispute belonged to Qiu Wei. This inscription indicates the land system underwent changes in the middle of the Western Zhou Dynasty. At that time, some land belonged to individuals, rather than the king. However, the government still
controlled land transfer among citizens.

This vessel is of great importance to research on the land system during the Western Zhou dynasty.

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HSK - Artists celebrate China-Australia ties with exhibition

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A group of artists, who have had experiences in both China and Australia, put their works on display at an exhibition in Hong Kong on May 13, with some reflecting upon their experiences of the cross-cultural interaction.

Lindy Lee, an Australian-born Chinese artist, put together a group of family photos to show the impact of changes in both China and Australia on her cultural identity. With the photos in sanguine colors of red, blue and orange, Lee said she was trying to bring about the essences of her
cross-cultural experience in the artistic form.

"When I first came back to China, I found that all the women in China had something similar to my mother. They all shared something. It was beautiful," the artist said.

The Australia-China exhibition, named Process-Journey, brings together the works of Tony Scott, Guan Wei, Jayne Dyer, Li Gang, Laurens Tan, Rose Farrell and George Parkin. It will run for 10 days through May 22.

Supported by the Australian government and the Australian Consulate in Hong Kong, among others, the exhibition was also a celebration of the 35th anniversary of the diplomatic ties between China and Australia, which is one of the first Western countries to establish diplomatic ties with the
People's Republic of China.

Tony Scott, who co-organized the exhibition, said all the artists have had experiences of or connections with both Australia and China.

Australia Consul-General Les Luck said the exhibition was a sign of the deep and diversified relationship between the two countries.

"Artists can play an indispensable role as intermediaries, using very personal means to make clear wider cultural, political and aesthetic matters of interest to both Australians and Chinese," he said on inaugurating the exhibition in Wanchai, Hong Kong.

Artist Jayne Dyer said she has been living in Beijing recently and found the Chinese capital stimulating.

Laurens Tan said he had been living in both Sydney and Beijing, where the artist community is one of the biggest in the world, thereby, enabling conversations between different cultures.

Li Gang, a Chinese artist, put on a series of bronze waste shoes spanning about a decade, which he said were a sign of how the shoes had changed over the years in China.

Editor: Dong Jirong

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Free Chinese Lesson - American Classic Gets a Chinese Makeover

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American Classic Gets a Chinese Makeover

When Ephraim Cabot brings his young bride Abbie to their remote New England farm, little does he see the turmoil that her arrival will bring his family. Ephraim's youngest son at first loathes the newcomer, but when hatred gives way to lust, the resulting conflict threatens to rock the peaceful
farm.

Eugene O'Neill's "Desire under the Elms"

Eugene O'Neill's "Desire under the Elms" may be familiar to many theatergoers but how would it be if performed in China's Chuanju Opera In 1989, the playwright Xu Fen tried to adapt it into a Chuanju Opera play entitled “Wild Desire” (Yuhai Kuangchao) and the Chengdu Chuanju Opera Company
premiered it that May.

As part of the ongoing Chuanju Opera Week, presented by the Chengdu Chuanju Opera Company, the play will run at the Memorial Hall of Peking University on Saturday.

Chuanju Opera "Wild Desire" is adapted from Eugene O'Neill's "Desire under the Elms"

Because of the sparseness of its style and its avoidance of melodrama, "Desire under the Elms" was acclaimed immediately as a powerful tragedy and has continued to rank among the great American plays of the 20th century.

"Desire is definitely not an easy work to carry off but we try deliver the original spirit and power of the drama as well as appeal to Chuanju fans," says the playwright Xu.

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Study Chinese - Chinese Acrobatic Ballet "Swan Lake" Applauded by Austrians

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Chinese Acrobatic Ballet "Swan Lake" Applauded by Austrians

Wandering by the lake in a forest, a beautiful girl is suddenly taken away by a ferocious black hawk and is turned into a white swan. A prince, who dreamed of her horrible experience, embarked on a long, arduous journey to rescue her and finally gains her love.

"Swan Lake," a classic ballet which is familiar to Western audiences, has been interpreted by Chinese acrobatic artists into a new form, which received applause from the audience in Vienna.

The acrobatic ballet, performed by the Guangdong Acrobatic Troupe of China, gave two fantastic performances in Vienna Tuesday and Wednesday. The performances were held in the City Hall of Vienna with an average ticket price of 50 euros.

An official from City Hall told Xinhua that a total of 4,800 seats were prepared for the audience and all tickets for the shows quickly sold out, with an estimated 6,000 people coming to the show Wednesday.

"This show is great, and it won't let the audience down," he said.

Featuring Chinese cultural elements such as a Dragon boat, the Forbidden City and red lanterns, the stage design together with the colorful costumes and fantastic traditional Chinese acrobatic arts created incredibly brilliant scenes and successfully illustrated the classic love story.

Pianist Axel Zwingenberger told Xinhua the show was "one of the best performances" he had ever seen.

The performers displayed professional skills, and the combination of the eastern acrobatics and the Western ballet was "perfect," the pianist said, adding that "it (acrobatic ballet) isa quite smart idea, really lovely."

His comments represented those of the vast majority of the Vienna audience. Long-lasting applause and shouts of "bravo" could be heard after each section of the performance. Some audience members even went backstage and wanted to see those Chinese artists who "created such magical art."

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Learn Mandarin online - Hong Kong Chinese Orchestra on Four-city Tour of UK

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Hong Kong Chinese Orchestra on Four-city Tour of UK

Hong Kong Chinese Orchestra (HKCO) is on its first major tour of the United Kingdom, said the Information Services Department of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region in a press release on last Saturday.

The HKCO tour started Friday with a concert at the Royal Festival Hall in London, followed by another three concerts in Manchester, Birmingham and Gateshead.

The tour was sponsored by the Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office in London, together with the Arts Development Fund of Home Affairs Bureau, the press release said.

The objective of the tour is to highlight the fascinating and vibrant cultural and musical heritage of Hong Kong to audiences in the United Kingdom.

The Orchestra's repertoire for the tour is a mixture of traditional and contemporary pieces chosen to represent different ethnic flavors from different areas of China, the press release said.

It includes modern classics such as Tracing our roots with the Old Pagoda Tree by Zhao Jiping, the composer of the film score of the award-winning movie Raise the Red Lantern, A Thousand Brushstrokes for pipa and orchestra by Hong Kong composer, Law Wing-fai, a pipa solo performed by the renowned
pipa virtuoso, Wong Chi-ching, and Terracotta Warriors Fantasia by Maestro Peng Xiuwen, according to the press release.

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Chinese Mandarin - Stories Behind Architectural Charm

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Drum and Bell Towers

How did they tell time

the Drum Tower

the Bell Tower

The Drum and Bell towers are situated at the northern end of the central axis of the Beijing Inner City to the north of Di' anmen Street.

The Bell Tower used to send out chimes at dawn and the Drum Tower told the time in the evening. They ceased this function more than 80 years ago.

In the Qing Dynasty, the hours were marked at night beginning at 7:00 p.m., a procedure that was popularly called "setting the watch." At this hour, the drums were sounded 13 times. After the watch had been "set" in this fashion, each subsequent two-hour interval was marked by a single drum beat.
Civil and military officials oriented their lives around these time signals. At the sounding of the third watch (1:00 a.m.) officials attending the morning court audience rose from there beds and at the fourth (3:00 a.m.) assembled outside the Meridian Gate (Wumen). At the sounding of the fifth
watch (5:00 a.m.) they entered the Imperial Palace and knelt on the Sea of Flagstones (Haimen) before the Hall of Supreme Harmony (Taihedian) to await instructions from the emperor.

The towers are still surrounded with crisscrossing Hutongs (lanes and allays) and courtyard residences, setting off the magnificence of the imposing tower gates and imperial palaces along the central line.

Walking westward from the Drum Tower, one comes to Houhai, literally ‘back sea’. It’s a place of old and new, boasting not only well-preserved Hutong but chic bars.

Editor: Dong Jirong

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Learn Chinese online - Chinese Performing Troupe to Tour Canada

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Chinese Performing Troupe to Tour Canada

To enhance cultural exchanges between China and Canada, the troupe has also prepared an outstanding performance for the western mainstream audience, which will be presented at a Canadian top theater, the National Arts Center. An Ottawa symphony orchestra will collaborate with the troupe to perform
a Chinese classical Yao Dance while Chinese performers will play the Canadian folk song: Red River Valley.

Editor: Dong Jirong

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Speak Chinese - Oil Paintings of Contemporary Students

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Learn Chinese online - The Eight Eccentric Painters of Yangzhou

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The Eight Eccentric Painters of Yangzhou

Plum Blossomsby Jin Nong

After theFour Monk Painters, theQing Dynastysaw the rise of another revolutionary painting school in theEight Eccentric PaintersofYangzhou. The eight painters are Jin Nong, Huang Shen, Zheng Xie, Li Shan, Li Fangying, Wang Shishen, Gao Xiang and Luo Pin. Their paintings did not follow the old
brushstroke conventions, making them look strange compared with other paintings of the time. In addition, these painters were proud and uncontrolled and had bold personalities; thus they were named the Eight Eccentric Painters.

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Chinese Character - Wang Shuhe

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Wang Shuhe

Wang Shuhe, also named "Wang Xi", was from Gaoping (now Gaoping County, Shanxi Province) of the Western Jin Dynasty (265-316). He lived around the third century, but his accurate dates of birth and death are unknown. He was born into a noble family. The superior living and learning environment
offered Wang Shuhe good education since his childhood. Later, because of frequent wars and turmoil, the family moved to Jingzhou of Hubei Province.

When Wang Shuhe lived in Jingzhou, Zhang Zhongjing was just at the peak of his medical career. Also because of the friendship with Zhang Zhongjing's disciple, Weixun, and gradually developed an interest in medicine, and was determined to study medicine. He sought ancient teachings,learned
extensively from all kinds of classics available, and probed into pathogeny in every way. He respected classical works but not followed them blindly. He learned from experienced famous doctors, took in all their merits, so he improved his skills very soon and gained great fame among his
contemporaries. Because of his high medical skills,he was selected as the military doctor of Cao Cao when the army of Cao Cao went to the south to fight with Liu Biao in Jingzhou in 208 AD. Thereafter, he successively served as a doctor for royal families, for the imperial court and so on. Later,
he was promoted to Minister in charge of imperial medical affairs.

Wang Shuhe not only had a good knowledge of prescriptions recorded in classical books, but also did in-depth research on sphygmology. In order to help doctors correctly apply pulse-feeling diagnosis techniques, there was an urgent need for a monographic work on sphygmology. The greatest
contribution in his life was the compilation of Mai Jing (The Pulse Classic), the earliest monographic work on sphygmology available in China.

Wang Shuhe's contributions to medical science were not limited to sphygmology; he also made outstanding contributions to the collation of ancient literature. One of the most influential works on Chinese medical science, Treatise on Febrile and Miscellaneous Diseases, was a basic textbook of
traditional Chinese medicine in all times, and many accomplished medical scientists had carried out research on it. However, owing to chaos caused by wars,the original book was lost soon after its publication. Wang Shuhe thought highly of Zhang Zhongjing's academic ideas and knew the great value
of the book. So he spared no pains to collect it everywhere, and recompiled it, dividing it into two parts, Treatise on Febrile Disease and Jinkui Yaolue (Golden Summary). Thus, Book on Miscellaneous Diseases of Enteric Fever was preserved and handed down. Of course, later generations have
different opinions on this book. Wang Shuhe's contribution to the collation of ancient books on traditional Chinese medicine is great, and the precious works he left for later generations are praiseworthy. Without Wang Shuhe's collation,we would not have been able to know the achievements of Zhang
Zhongjing in medical science.

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Chinese Mandarin - Kunqu Opera: Fifteen Strands of Coins

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Kunqu Opera: Fifteen Strands of Coins





DanKunqu Opera: Fifteen Strands of Coins












ZhejiangKunqu Opera Troupe

Kunqu opera is one of China's oldest forms of traditional opera. In 2001, UNESCO added Kunqu opera to its list of "Masterpiece of the Oral and Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity." The Zhejiang Kunqu Opera Troupe, established in 1955, staged a groundbreaking production of Fifteen Strands of
Coins in 1956, ushering in a resurgence of the art of Kunqu opera. The Zhejiang Kunqu Opera Troupe currently has over ninety professional Kunqu performers, including thirty-two National Class One performers. Five members of the troupe have received the Plum Blossom Award, China's highest honor for
achievement in Chinese theater. The repertory of the Zhejiang Kunqu Opera Troupe currently includes several hundred classic Kunqu opera pieces. The troupe has toured numerous times in Asia, the United States, and Europe, gaining extensive popular and critical recognition.









Contact Information:

Presenter: Zhejiang Kunqu Opera Troupe
Contact: Wu Ning
Telephone: 0571-8597-6290
Fax: 0571-8523-1784
Email: Wuning_77@hotmail.com
Address: No. 118, Shangtang Road, Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province
Post Code: 310014












Introduction:

Butcher You Hulu borrows fifteen strands of coins, then misleads his stepdaughter Su Rongjuan into thinking that he obtained it by selling her as a servant. Unwilling to submit to a life of servitude, Su flees in the night to seek refuge with relatives. Gangster Lou A'shu breaks into You's home,
kills him, and makes off with the money. Itinerant merchant Xiong Youlan, coincidentally carrying fifteen strands of coins along with his goods, encounters Su Rongjuan on the road and they become traveling companions. Lou A'shu seizes the opportunity to frame Xiong and Su for You's murder and the
theft of his fifteen strands of coins, and they are thrown in jail. Without bothering to investigate, the lazy and arrogant county magistrate wrongly convicts Xiong and Su of the crime and sentences them to death. Just as the sentence is about to be carried out, Supervisor of Executions Kuang
Zhong discovers that the evidence against Xiong and Su is false. Staking his position on Xiong and Su's innocence, Kuang orders the execution to be halted while he reconsiders the case. Disguised as a civilian, he returns to the scene of the crime to discover the truth, and in the end brings the
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Re: ZDT 0.7.0 Available

I just installed 0.7.0

However i get the following error message when trying to create new categories

Bad SQL grammer [SELECT category_name From category order by CATEGORY_ORDER] in task...



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