A Jade Sculptor’s Dream

A craftsman’s journey from one art to another Give Lang Xiaofeng a jade stone and he can transform it into a splendid work of art. At his studio in Beijing,Lang was carving a small piece of jade under the light of a table lamp. Around Lang there were many uncut and finished     

Manas Studies： a New International Discipline

In 1999, the publication of five works in the first series of＂China Epic Studies＂ marked a new phase in epic studies in China. The subject of one of those five books was Manas. Ms. Lang Ying from the epic study team of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences is in charge of the research on Manas.     

HOTEL INFORMATION

Grand Hyatt Beijing On January 17, 2006, Grand Hyatt Beijing welcomed the famous young pianist Lang Lang for his first performance in Beijing's Great Hall of the People. Pictured Christopher Koehler, General Manager of Grand Hyatt Beijing, and Lang Lang.     

Buddhism in China and Its Origin

Buddhism originated in India in the 6th-5th century B.C., based on the teachings of Siddhartha Gautama of the Sakyas.As a prince of a tribe in today's southern part of Nepal, he grew tired of luxury and material goods and a world where there was old age, sickness and death, and went to search for "enlightenment:".One evening he was sitting under a banyan tree and fell into a deep meditation during which he achieved" enlightenment." He was given the title Buddha (the awakened or enlightened) and was also known as Sakyamuni (the wise man of the Sakya tribe). He died in 480 B.C.     

Xin Nian Hao!

Happy New Year–Xin nian hao!This is heard again and again in the Concert Hall in Aarhus.Both Chinese and Danes greet one another,and all are here to celebrate the Chinese New Year.It all started in humble surroundings in 2002.It was in a shopping mall in the outskirts of Copenhagen.In spite of lack of space and facilities the celebration was a relative success,and     

Should Custodians Be Held Legally Accountable for Negligence?

正Two children fell from the fourth floor in a shopping mall and died in late February in the northern city of Tianjin.One of them was 5 years old and the other was 2;they were sister and brother.At the time of the incident,their father was holding one in each arm beside a glass fence.Suddenly,one child fell,and as the father tried to catch him,the other child also slipped from his grasp.     

Badai Culture and Art Festival

On February 17, 2013, the eighth day of the first lunar month, in the Miao village of Wodazhao in Huahuan County of Xiangxi, Hunan, the scene at the Willow Pond was one of great animation, bustle and noise： the first Badai Culture and Art Festival was taking off in grand style. Thousands of Miao people from Huahuan, Jishou, Fenghuang and Baojing in Hunan, and Songtao in Guizhou congregated here, dressed in festive finery, to celebrate together with visitors from all parts. It was a varied spectacle, including the grand Miao ritual of bull sacrifice, folk dances in original form, dragon and lion dances, Miao arts, folk songs, drumming and dramas, all to celebrate the Spring Festival, to pray for good weather, bumper harvests, thriving businesses, and a peaceful and prosperous nation in the newly- arrived year. It was also a curtain-raiser for the start of the spring tilling by the Miao farmers.     

LETTERS

The topic of＂dreams＂ reminds me of a text by the late Chinese writer Shi Tiesheng who was paralyzed when he was 21, in whichhe elaborated on his devotion to sports. He loved track and field the most, more than writing, and his favorite star was Carl Lewis whom, with a strong body and super speed, he regarded as the luckiest man on earth. Shi once thought that he would do anything to have Lewis＇ physique and vigor in another life, if there were one. But observ- ing the athlete＇s rise and fall after a doping scandal, he gained fresh understanding of success, happiness and life in general. He said his dream was to have a healthy body, a beautiful soul and life wisdom. While acknowledging that many think one should not be too greedy or ambitious, Shi＇s overriding belief was that everyone has the right to dream big, and to look forward to the best in the world.     

James Endicott and His Life in China

J ames Endicott was born in Sichuan Province, China in 1898. He was the first son of a Ca-nadian Missionary. As a well-known social activ-ist, he devoted his whole life to the people-to-peo-ple friendship between Canada and China. James spent his childhood in Chengdu, an oldand peaceful city of Sichuan. His memory ofChengdu was full of beautiful dreams and happi-ness. He was a spirited child and delighted in fly-ing kites. One of his kites was like a dragon, 40feet long. When it …     

Lines of Life

My first experience of standing in a line for public medical care was when I was a baby in my mother's arm. So it was actually she who stood in the line so that I could get the free vaccination for measles and some other diseases. I remember it even after decades because it was painful. The medical worker made two incisions on the arm and a lot of the kids started bawling in shocked protest.     

Lovers of the world, unite!

According to Chinese legend, too, there is a Valentine's Day. On the seventh day of the seventhmonth of the lunar calendar, Niu Lang, the cowherd, and zhi nu, his wife, the weaving maid, meet each other in Heaven, on a bridge made of magpies across the Milky Way. This special time falls on 22 August this year. Recently, more and more people have begun to celebrate Chinese Valentine.     

THIS WEEK PEOPLE & POINTS

正LEGENDARY VOLLEYBALL COACH RESIGNS Lang Ping announced that she stepped down as head coach of China’s national women’s volleyball team on September 1.Lang, one of the most famous Chinese volleyball players in the 1980s known for her fierce spikes, returned to the national team as head coach in 2013. The first time she took up the post was back in 1995.     

Imbuing Art with Life

Iremember that when I was a child two peonies grew in the courtyard of my house. One was white and the other was pink. As well as tending to them, loosening the soil and bringing them water, I often observed and drew them. I saw how it requires persistence and patience for a peony to survive the harshness of winter and come forth in spring to bring its beauty to the world. From this early interest, my ambition has always been to be a painter specialized in these fascinating flowers. Later when I became an adult and gained more knowledge and experience,     

Underground experience

The very first time I attempted to negotiate a fulu(service road),I feared for my life. And that was just trying to cross the thing. Having slept off my jetlag, I staggered out of a Beijing hotel and onto the road. It was dark. Unlit bikes flew past in the shadows. A car shot up the fulu in the wrong direction. There were a hundred people marching up the road, and a hundred more scurrying down. It was chaos on the boulevards, and it was scary. My head twisted from left to right and back ag…     

Puffing Their Best Feet Forward

Foreign diplomats in Beijing hit the road in a solidarity fun run for the Olympics It was a day out of the office for Philippe le Gall.Clad in a baggy white T-shirt and black miming shorts,the Seychelles' ambassador to China looked ready for action. Le Gall was running a 1-kin race in a villa complex in northeast Beijing,where the Slovenian Embassy is located.The race, hosted by the embassy on April 26,104 days before the opening of the Beijing Olympics, attracted diplomats from about 50 countries. Its theme was"diplomats running for peace and friendship."     

ECONOMIC FEATURES IN 2007

It was a wild ride for China's economy in 2007.Hanging onto the raging bull was difficult for some and highly profitable for others.Worried that overheating markets could affect the economy,by year's end,the govern- ment had raised interest rates six times and bank reserves 10 times.The macroeconomic slogan shifted from"prudent to tightened"—a signal that inflation,a surging consumer price index and excess liquidity are the main targets of financial regulators in the coming year.Even though there were jit- ters,the overall economic picture was rosy in 2007:GDP growth around 11.5 percent,foreign and domestic investment growth was up,and domestic consumption took a greater role in overall economic development.     

18 new ways to feel Shanghai Bund

Shanghai once had its most colorful days in 1930s, when the Bund was a center for entertainment and recreation nicknamed as "ten miles of foreign spectacles". In the early days of the 20th century, the government of Qing Dynasty(1616-1911) was forced to open the ports for foreign trade; Shanghai was then made a commercial port by the foreigners, and a street was constructed between Waibaidu Bridge and Dongjinling Road, named "Bund" or "Waitan" in Chinese. In the following years, buildings appeared in the bund one after another, presenting a wonderful ablaze night scene with lights. The warehouses and factories located in the     

A Way of Life

The pace and nature of life in traditional Tulou compounds is undergoing major changes it was 7 a.m., but the scene inside the Tulou building, called Bu Yun, was already a hive of activity. One of 46 Fujian Tulou buildings added to the UNESCO World Heritage List this July, Bu Yun in Nanjing County teemed with activity. Children brushed their teeth, women washed clothes, men set out stalls full of souvenirs and others stood chatting in the local dialect. Huang Zhixiong, who was born and raised in the three-floor square building, was among the crowd. He has been running a tourist-transportation business for six years, making a living by taking tourists on motorcycle tours of the scattered architecture that dots the hills in the south and west of Fujian Province.     

Harry Potter Weaves His Magic in China

ON a stormy night so severe that dozens of trees were knocked down in the innerBeijing suburb of Dongzhimen, local girl Zhang Jing braved the harsh weather and empty streets to make her way to a cinema. Inside Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix was playing on the silver screen. ＂HP fans＂ with Zhang Jing＇s dedication are by no means rare in China. Despite hitting local screens a month behind the global release date, enjoying only limited publicity and suffering from a small number of film prints in circulation, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix was a certified blockbuster in China, grossing over RMB 110 million in just nine days.