Take a long historical and magical journey in Shanxi


Shanxi is one of the birth places of Chinese nation. Except for the rich storage of coal resource,there are also rich in cultural relics and thus has much tourism resource. Shanxi is a province that has the most units preserved as national key historical relics in China. The abbreviation of Shanxi province is “Jin”, because Shanxi province was the place where the Jin kingdom located 4000 years ago.Of course there are more things that you could pay attention to. If you want to travel to Shanxi, then the three places you would not want to miss.

By: Hanyu Qie 121106136 class 4

Taihang Great Canyon

Taihang Great Canyon

Taihang Great Canyon

  • Level of attraction: AAAA
  • The best time to travel: May—October
  • Opening time: 07:00~19:00
  • Ticket price:¥160(including sightseeing vehicle:60)

Taihang Great Canyon

Taihang Great Canyon

 

The Taihang Great Canyon is located in Huguan County of Changzhi City.

First of all,I would like to recommend to you the Taihang Great Canyon. Because I grew up in Changzhi city, naturally, I often visit there.

There’s only one path to get there. But on both sides of the road, there’re mountains on one side while the other the cliffs. Every time I went there, I was so scared that I nearly had a heart attack. One of the main canyons—Wuzhi Canyons and one of 9 branch canyons—Hongdou Canyon are the most classical canyons that I ever visited. The water here is very clean, flowing all year round without stopping. And in Hongdou canyon, there are tens of thousands of Yew and they are so beautiful. The sceneries impressed me deeply when I was a child. And every time I go there, I would certainly shocked again and again by her beauty and mystery. However what shocked me is also that my classmates who lived there. When I was in high school,some of my classmates did come from the Taihang Great Canyon. They were boarding at the school, but every Friday, school was closed early in order to enable the students could catch the last bus which destined for The Taihang Great Canyon—their home. At the meanwhile, the drivers always increase their bus for the students.

Honestly, all of these make people in the city have a lot of feelings.

A mountain Sacred to Buddhists—Mount Wutai

Wutai Mountain

Wutai Mountain

  • Level of attraction:AAAAA
  • Tip:Rent a car(It might a little expensive.)

Mount Wutai

Mount Wutai

Mount Wutai is located in Xinzhou city, Wutai country. It is one of four major Buddhist mountain in China and one of five famous major Buddhist holy places. Mountain Wutai is one of the earliest places to build Buddhist temple in China. Since the Eastern Han years, the ancient temples built with magnificent pagoda and temples. All of those are the ancient architecture and cultural resources.

In addition to faith, many people go to Wutai Mountain has a very important reason: to make a wish. Mount Wutai is the first of China’s four famous Buddhist mountains, and is one of the world’s five major Buddhist mountains. It is not just the history of natural causes, but also because the Mountain seems to possess a power of magic: All most of the wishes people promised in Wutai Mountain are realized. It’s so amazing.

Of course, I thought those wishes which are able to realize are practical. I wonder why this land is so amazing, but there are so many people with a pious heart to make a wish, and finally realized, which is why the Wutai mountain every year will attract so many Chinese and foreign tourists, the Buddhist believers to visit the mysterious land.

Meanwhile, Wutai Mountain as a great summer resort, if you also want to try this magical powers, you might walk in Wutai mountain, have a look, make a lovely wish. I believe that your wishes if strong enough, honest enough, they will certainly be achieved.

THE ROOT

THE ROOT

Root of China—The Grand Scholar Tree, Hongdong

  • Level of attraction:AAAA
  • Ticket price:¥50

Ancient Chinese Scholar tree, also called Hongdong Grand Scholar tree.

The big ancient Chinese scholar tree in Hongdong County of Shanxi is also a sacred place for people from central plains of China to seek their roots and worship their ancestors, because it once was a famous immigration site in the Ming Dynasty . The common saying “If you ask where my ancestors are , the big Chinese scholar tree in Hongdong County , Shanxi Province gives full proof ” can be used as an evidence of immigration history.

Ancient Chinese Scholar tree

Ancient Chinese Scholar tree

There an ancient and interesting legend about the big Chinese scholar tree. When working with immigration, in order to distinguish clearly , immigration officers cut a knife in each immigrant’s little toenails as a tag. From then on, therefore, people often say that whether their own ancestors are big locust tree immigrants, just take off your shoes and look at your little toenails whether it is divided in two. Haha, guess what? My little toenails just like this!

If you find yourself or your relatives or friends around are also under such a situation, just pack up your possessions and to hongdong big pagoda tree honor your ancestors, that’s quite a good idea. And You will start a wonderful journey! Let’s move!

[LINK: http://www.shanxichina.gov.cn/zh/index.shtml]




Cheap self-help travel


As the saying goes: life is movement.Tourism is one of the best ways of movement. So how to save money to travel  and can have a good tourism is particularly important.

By fangyuan Ma  130307217  class3

We can save money from three aspects:the transportation, the hotel and visit scenic spot.

First of all,try to walk,it dosen’t make you spend money.If you are too tired you can take bus.Do not choose to take a taxi in a strange city,because you are not familiar with the  local traffic,and are easy to be cheated.If you want to go to another city,choose to take a train rather than a plane,not only enjoy the scenery along the way but also can save the money.风景名胜

The second point,the hotel can be booked online advanced,so that you can make sure to have a place to live,and can also save some money. You can travel also live in a reliable local people’s home, or live in a cheaper and safe small hotel.

Finally, visit scenic spots you can go to those are free or buy group tickets. If you are a student can also bring a student id card, so that the ticket will be cheaper. Many a mickle makes a muckle, so you can save a large mount of money.

In addition to the three aspects that says above, there are also other aspects can save money, as long as we notice enough and have sensitive eyes, calculation of the brain,so that we will save unnecessary money.

Saving is a virtue, I hope you pay more attention in our daily life. Let’s take a pleasant trip that can save unnecessary.

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Danba valley –abundant in beauty


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Do you want to see the chinese beauty? Do you want to look for snow mountain, original glasslands and special lama temple? The most important thing is that, do you want to experience the charm of the china’s most beautiful town? If you have interested in, please come with me!! I will show the different Danba valley for you !

By: Yangfan Wu  130306235  Class 1

Danba valley is located in the eastern sichuan ganzi Tibetan autonomous prefecture. There is the whole of China the most beautiful natural landscape

Beautiful legend always comes from the beautiful place. Many years ago, a phoenix flied to Danba Morre mountains, she was deeply attracted by the beautiful natural sights. She decided to stay in Danba for living, so she turned into tens of thousands young girl and brought laughters and hope for Danba. It is worth mentionning is that so many ancient chinese emperor’s concubines are come from Danba. So Danba really is a place rich in beauty.QQ图片20140613143515

It is said that the more traffic block, the more beautiful scenery. Danba’s Dangling is an untapped land. There are hot springs, paradise valley, Tibetan village, flat plane and gourd sea. Because the original environment, everyone must ride into the plateau. Here you can see the majesty of the sunrise, also can see the significance of the sunset, can see the gentle of cloud, also can see the stars are full of sky. Morre mountains from the bottom to top of the hill has three typical Tibetan village, you can choose one to try the local sip of tea, feel the local residents enthusiasm and taste the fresh fruit and vegetables. There also have lots of bunkers. Danba called thousands residental towers. There is the famous glasslands mosca. It is a original glasslands, but the wildlife and human are friendly.

Danba is a pure town, when you come here, only the thing you should do is to relax and hug the nature. Of course, got to the place where such a traffic block, transport and accommodation is a problem must be prepared in advance. Although the accommodation is really poor, the price is indeed cheap. There are two big hotels, one is Danba’s Hotel,the other is Danba QQ图片20140613143527young hostel. Although the rooms are small, most tourist think its clean ,tidy, and the most thing is here are so many common interest people to communicate . Danba is located in southwest China, mountains, ravines crossbar, traffic is very inconvenient. I advice you can start from chengdu. Set off at seven o ‘clock in the morning and reach the Danba takes about nine hours. It is a long trip, so you should take entertainment and snakes for solving the boring.

Danba is a place of great faith. The people here are very kind, because they have faith in everyone’s heart. Their eyes like a lake clear, warm warm like a fire, their singing like a lark ringing sound, their dancing like a snake enchanting. The Danba’s girls are so beautiful that every tourist are attracted by them.I believe that good place to produce clean and pure mind, pure heart will have a good appearance.

Since I know Danba, I have fell in love with it. The most beautiful in the world is simple and pure, so love Danba with me!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 




A Travel to Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region


A_Travel_to_Inner_Mongolia_Autonomous_Region2Have you ever been to Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region? And have you ever heard it? And today I would like to show how to travel Inner Mongolia. When to go? What to see?

By:Guanyu Zhou 121101132 Bilingual Broadcasting Class 1

The Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, which borders with both the Republic of Mongolia and Russia, is the widest province in China .Also it is the third largest Chinese province  but not very populated. The province has  24 million inhabitants.

When to go
Climate in Inner Mongolia is various all year round. Winter is cold and clong, with frequent blizzards. However summer is short and warm. The climate changes from arid to semi-humid from west to east. The annual rainfall is 80 – 450 millimeters, also increasing from west to east. The main feature of the climate here is that the different in temperature between days and nights is very big, so tourists should wear layer of clothes when traveling here.

What to see
Inner Mongolia has a  long history and brilliant culture. There are many places of interest. Some of the key historic sites are:
Wudangzhao Monastery in Baotou  used to be the residence of the highest ranking lama in Inner Mongolia and now it is the only intact Tibetan Buddhist monastery in Inner Mongolia.

Inner Mongolia is the hometown of Genghis Khan (1162-1227), the great leader of Mongolians. His Mausoleum, located 185 kilometers (about 71 miles) south of Baotou, holds his clothing buried in his memory.

Dazhao Temple is the best-preserved temples in Hohhot. Xilituzhao Palace is the largest surviving Lama temple in Hohhot.A_Travel_to_Inner_Mongolia_Autonomous_Region3

Zhaojun Tomb, six miles to the south of Hohhot, is located on one of the most beautiful scenes of ancient times. A legend says that each year, when it turned cold and grass became yellow, only this tomb remained green and so it got the name Qing Zhong.

Wanbu Huayanjin Pagoda used to be a place where nearly ten thousand volumes of Huayan Scripture were preserved. It is an exquisite and magnificent brick-wood structure about one hundred and fifty feet tall.But what is most attractive about Inner Mongolia is its natural beauty.

Vast grasslands, including the Xilamuren Grassland, Gegentala Grassland and Huitengxile Grassland are all good places for a grassland experience. The mushroom-like yurts, bright sky, fresh air, rolling grass and the flocks and herds moving like white clouds on the remote grassland, all contribute to make the scenery a very relaxing one.A_Travel_to_Inner_Mongolia_Autonomous_Region1

While visiting Inner Mongolia you may try different activities such as Mongolian wrestling, horse & camel riding, rodeo competitions, archery, visiting traditional families and enjoying the graceful Mongolian singing and dancing. The best time to visit the grassland is definitely during the traditional Mongolian Nadam Festival period when there is a better chance to both participate and feel the lively atmosphere of the grassland life.

You can also visit deserts in Inner Mongolia. The deserts are located in the western part of the province: the most famous and visited ones are the Badain Jaran Desert, Tengger Desert and Kubuqi Desert. Early autumn (from the middle of August to the end of September) is the best time to explore the desert as the temperatures are very temperate.

[LINK: http://www.nmgtour.gov.cn/]




Sacred and classical city


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Would you want to enjoy living on high elevation? Lhasa may be a good choice. Blue sky and clean air will make you comfortable. So let’s go to see it with me.

By: Miao Hong  130306109  Class 1

A lot of people want to feel the sacred and classical city. You know, Lhasa has a long ancient history. Standing on the roof of the world,?you can?feel from?the shock of the soul. What’s more, the pious religious atmosphere can wash world people’s heart. In particular, The Potala Palace is the most representative of Lhasa building. If this is the first time you come to Lhasa, you must not miss this place.

The Potala Palace was built in the year seventh Century king Song Xan Gan Bbu period since 1300 has been the history of. How ancient The Potala Palace is! In the early seventh Century, Song Xan Gan Bbu moved to Lhasa, married Princess Wencheng of the Tang Dynasty, especially in the construction of the palace on a total of one thousand three nine storey building, named Potala Palace. In the other word, Potala Palace is he gave Princess Wencheng “romantic houseful”. There is a silver copper alloy system connected by a bridge between Song Xan Gan Bbu and Princess Wencheng Palace. So, we can see that the two of them have loved each other so much.QQ图片20140611160535

When it comes to Potala Palace, I must mention that the White House. The White House, is the Darai Lama Winter Palace. The White House for exterior wall is white and the name, the existing Potala Palace’s most ancient building is the Dharma cave. Inside the cave, for Song Xan Gan Bbu had reportedly made him and the Princess Wencheng, Nepal foot statue of Princess and others tied statue. At the top is?Darai?Palace “Sun Temple”,?a part of the hall roof?open,?the sun can be launched into the?night,?with?tarpaulin?covered, so it is named “Sun Temple”.

On the other hand, every year there are many festivals held a grand ceremony. Now I will tell you about WangGuoJie festival. “Hope fruit” Festival is an annual Tibetan people wish the agricultural harvest festival. n the Potala Palace and eight streets in Lhasa as the center of town, the local people dressed in festive costumes, and some under the banner of flags, some carrying highland barley, grain plunge into the bumper harvest tower, tower is a white “hada”, holding banners, some beat gongs and sound drums, singing songs and opera, some carrying a portrait of Chairman Mao, around the head turn, round, people carrying tents, highland barley wine, and talk over the past and present, while carousing, some still hold the traditional horse racing, archery, horse riding, yak racing up and dance. Young men and women love in the evening dance around the campfire, singing in antiphonal style flirting, until late at night. At this moment, you can feel the hospitality of local people.

I’m sure you won’t feel disappointed for Lhasa.

 




Travel Hangzhou


图片In the hot, long summer vacation, I ushered in the first summer camp in life. Despite the high temperatures 38 ℃, but is a contemptuous disregard for is in the excitement of the me. This time we want to visit is the gathering of talents capital — Hangzhou. 

Ying Ding  130306138

Hangzhou Qian Tang prosperous since ancient times, about human history and the history of five thousand years of civilization of more than eight thousand years, is the Southern Song Dynasty Kyoto is located, is also one of the seven ancient capitals of China. It is the rivers and Lakes Creek, beautiful jungle, where the men of literature and writing, but now, I will also enter the modernized city. Walking in the city and landscape, with children see another have a style of one’s own Hangzhou.

After a few hours by car, Qian Tang river began to appear in my sight, looking around, the sun shines through the river, the river slowly eastwards, glittering, such as numerous Silver Snake swimming. Distance, several patrol boat was not lost on the horizon……

Where the most interesting, should the number of Ling’anTianmu Mountain, it is a home be misfits mountain, where there is no stretch as far as eye can see the sea, there is no special delicious seafood, only the endless mountains. Although, there is no home waves grand, solitary smoke no desert, but there are also some distinctive beauty, surrounded by mountains and on the road, it is wide open to see, like a stone into a valley near stone, stone mandarin. There are waterfalls superposition, Bitan bunchy five waterfall pool, play pool, water lake, made me feel as if: “waterfalls three thousand feet, doubt is the Milky Way fell nine days.” The really be struck with fright, and ShimashiTaniaimi, the world famous australian. In Ling’anTianmu infinite attachment, to “give me one day, you Millennium” Songcheng scenic area. It is China’s intangible cultural heritage gathering place, the street distillery, dye works, clay Fang, special snack, dotted with all sorts of occupations old workshop. Especially Miss Wang Yuanwai home throwing Hydrangea uxorilocal performance is to be well-known, far and near, in Songcheng, as if through the time, back to the downtown street in the Northern Song dynasty.

Speaking of Hangzhou, I believe you will invariably think of the beautiful West Lake, there had been cast as white snake and Xu Xian thousand years of the edge, of course the husband and wife edge their have ruined here, and Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai into a butterfly emergence will follow the story is make known to every family…… Lotus tablets which Sir Georg Solti beside the green lotus leaves, lotus lotus village trails, Xi’an grow more enchanting, it can be called “next day leaves infinite Bi, lotus flowers in red”!

The Hangzhou three days for which I opened up a vision, let me feel the charm of ancient and modern Chinese, if there is a chance, I hope through the motherland on both sides of the Changjiang River, mountain resort, on a tour to get more cultural knowledge.




The cheek of time a drop of tears–India


19300001337712131348007980520As one of the four great ancient civilizations of India, it still retains a lot of beauty and mystery stories. In addition to Buddhism, there is also a romantic love story of the taj mahal. Many people call it “time face a drop of tears”. Do you want to know what happened there? Let’s go to visit to India.

 

By: Xijuan Ye 130306120 Class 1

 

The taj mahal is located in the northern Indian city of agra, its mysterious and amorous feelings. Also because of its beauty is famous all over the world. But it’s just the princess of the taj mahal Hal’s grave. Why a grave is can attract so many people to visit? I think, probably because of the beautiful love story about it..

 

The story of the taj mahal is legendary. JiMan o · ba slave is said to be a pretty woman of Persian ancestry, shah jahan very dote on her. She is very kind, and she is good at all kinds of skills. When she was twenty-one years old, she is married to the prince kurram. After marriage, she and kurram share the joys and sorrows, hand, footprint battleground. In 1628, the kurram after a fierce war succeeded to the throne, he named his shah jahan, meaning the king of the world. JiMan · o ba slave also reached the highest palace title — — taj mahal. Her life is not successful, however, when she was 35 years old, she died in childbirth. Before she died, shah jahan asked what she wanted, the taj mahal, Hal told him, her only hope is that she has a unique mausoleum

 

Lost his beloved wife, shah jahan was inconsolable, overnight into his hair became gray, he no longer to carry on the war, the next day he returned to his country.

 

Shah jahan didn’t break his word, he took a lot effort to build the unique tomb in the world. Sunrise rises, the rising of the sun with the morning mist curled up on the river, as if to the taj mahal from sleep wake up, it is quiet at this time. At noon, the taj mahal in the top of the head blue sky white clouds, on water and green trees, and it always dazzling sunshine in South Asia, it is more grown exquisitely carved, sparkling. Wait until in the evening, the taj mahal ushered in it the most enchanting day. Under the setting sun afterglow, white taj mahal began from sallowness, golden yellow, gradually become pink, dark red, pale blue, with the rising of the moon, the final regression into silver. under the moonlight gently brushed, it said goodnight to the tourists, the taj mahal in the peaceful looks very elegant and chic,bright and charming.

 

Taj mahal, by Indian poet rabindranath tagore has described as “eternal a tear on the cheek. The taj mahal is a building for love, it is all made of white marble palatial cemetery, in one day in the different time and different natural light show different characteristics, its harmonious reflection symmetry, gardens and water together created countless visitors are amazed at the miracle. This is not the cold grave, it means the rebirth of love. This is the pride of India, the miracle of the world.

 

Taj mahal born for love, and the touching love story also let the taj mahal of brilliance in the later will still be attention. Local people said, despite more than 300 years to the sides of the taj mahal majestically stood two dark red mosque to protect it, even though every day there are always accompanied by hundreds of thousands of tourists from around the world, but the taj mahal is lonely, as beside the rippling river, there is a lonely beauty expects her lover to return.




Follow the song to Prague


By: Rulan Sheng 130306139 Class 1

“I stand in the Prague Square at gloam
Throwing down a hope beside the making a wish pond
That white pigeons back on to the setting sun
That tableau is so beautiful that I dare not to see”
Have you ever heard the song<Prague Square> When I first heard the name of Prague, it’s from this well-known popular song. At that time, “the Little I” became to be interested in the beautiful country—Prague which seems to have something special to happen or full of artist breathe.8c1001e93901213fe45f5b7d55e736d12f2e9526

Legend has it that libue said a prophecy about Prague “A great city, its glory can reach the stars in the sky! I saw it on the VOR in the forest Tawa Riversteep cliffs. There is a man digging out a threshold(prah) for the house to build a castle called Praha . The princes and dukes should bow before the threshold, they are going to bow for the castle and wrapping city. It will be respected, get everyone’s honor and the whole world will praise it”
History and prophecy meets! In 9th Century, the right bank of the Vltava River and the commanding high castle consists of the first Prague. From that moment, Prague is destined to be extraordinary prosperity, doomed like twinkling stars
Once upon a time, Prague is the capital of Bohemia, and became the Holy Rome Empire capital in Charlie IV, after became the  financial centre of central Europe .Then, Prague has become the most famous tourism city in eastern Europe.
Follow the footsteps of music, walking into the church of Prague, looking for the colourful glass in lyrics .You will be surprised that the spired glass decorated the tall and dark church appearing so much lively.
A history of the city always with water .Verona Arno River Adige, Florence Prague Vltava River. A river , is not only breeding the people on both sides of the branch , but also containing the abundant history of life.
At that time, the old bridge over the Florence Arno River left a deep impression on me. The most narrow spot of Arno river gathered the most people. And the Charlie bridge over the Prague Vltava River made people feel a lot which is the oldest stone bridge in Europe .The 30 Saint statues on the bridge wait quietly and watch the time flow.
When Michelangelo praised the Florence cathedral cathedral dome: “I can build a larger dome, but can not be more than the beauty of it.” So the dome became the world’s the one and only. Prague also has the only astronomical clock.
In the Legend, in order not to let second magnificent astronomical clock born in the world, the authorities ordered to stab the craftsmen in the eyes, then the Prague astronomical clock becomes the only. The clock dial is drawn on the representation of the earth and sky background, and there are four main mobile disk, which are the twelve signs of the zodiac disc, old Czech schedule, the sun and the moon. Are they also depicts the world changes and the slip of time?
Perhaps, we have all forgotten, Prague, there is also a worth remember characters –Kafka
That a “Metamorphosis” perhaps out of you, also out of me
Now the Golden Lane also retains the former residence of Kafka No. 22
About Czech, about Prague. In the stage of history there is a word has not be forgotten before–
Bohemia. the people in Bohemia Born free, love life render a romantic and leisurely life.
After fifteenth Century, the wandering world people– Gypsies migrated.
So the world civilization added Into the history of Czech. Also because of this
Czech’s construction or Life or Dwelling all perplexing reflect the country characteristics .Gothic Baroque Rococo.. every gives this country heavy.




A rough description of Ireland


Ireland, a beautiful European cities. It’s capital city is Dublin. Has 4.5 million population.

By Haoming Gu  13030611750e704048b4c3

Since joining the European Union in 1973, Ireland has transformed itself from a largely agricultural society into a modern, technologically advanced Celtic Tiger economy.

Agricultural lowlands make up most of the interior, which is broken in places by low hills and includes considerable areas of bogs and lakes. There are coastal mountains to the west, rising to over 1 000m in places. Nearly a third of the population lives in Dublin.

The Dáil , or lower house of Parliament, is composed of 166 members while the Seanad , or upper house, has 60 members. Parliamentary elections are held every five years. The President, elected for a seven-year period, mainly performs ceremonial duties.

Although the history of Ireland has seen troubles and turbulence, its people have always been associated with a love of music and storytelling. Often referred to as the land of saints and scholars, the country is the birthplace of many famous English-language writers, such as Yeats, Joyce, Beckett, Wilde and Shaw. Ireland is home to internationally known rock bands and singers such as U2, The Corrs and Sinéad O’Connor.4C202E929777C7D314A4F9457F987F

Simple meat dishes and boiled vegetables such as the potato, carrot, turnip and parsnip form the principal ingredients of traditional Irish cooking.

In addition, is about the culture of Ireland on a diet. It’s similar to the traditional diet and the UK Ireland, family diet to potatoes, vegetables, beef class is given priority to, bread is Irish diet. The potato recipe is rich, vegetable cooking way is given priority to with water. Due to Dublin near the sea, so there are a lot of fresh seafood, seafood cuisine is very much also. Ireland on the basis of the traditional diet has introduced the way of eating in other countries, such as France and Italy, Irish food not greasy, very light. Usually dinner for potatoes, meat (lamb, pork, chicken or fish, one or two vegetables (carrots, celery, cabbage, Onions, peppers, cucumbers, mushrooms are seasonal vegetables), or eaten raw (a salad), or boiled; In addition, the Irish people love to eat dairy products, eggs, cheese, milk, yogurt, fruit, etc.




Lee: Attitude toward marriage to be loyal, but making a film, how fun is how to take it.


I believe that most people think ang lee is a rational, calm, traditional filmmakers, but today I want to analyze “crouching tiger, hidden dragon”, “brokeback mountain”, as well as”lust, caution” to work out some secrets about lee.like what is the meaning of the hulk and tiger?What kind of story can attract the ang lee?and Why is “lust, caution” so controversial?
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15507_1310915367QQ0DThe first time I know ang lee is because of a movie “wedding banquet”, which is a popular play about traditional ethics, entirely in Hollywood Chinese movie. If i remember clearly, it was a summer vacation ,my brother and i watched this film together.My brother is Lee’s fans .He said Lee is crazy about adventuring, take “wedding banquet” as an example,the story is in Chinese sensitive topic – gay and lesbian issues, but he hold was in place, he used the Chinese unique ethical point of view to deal with this problem, made the tragedy turned into comedy, and won the audience’s consistent high praise

After entering university, in the classroom of “analysis of the film” ,he teacher told us that “crouching tiger, hidden dragon” is his writing career of watershed, and there are big differences in his early movie.In early movie ,he give priority to family and the father-son relationship.And start from the “crouching tiger, hidden dragon”, lee unconsciously into the subconscious level.2007910145722144 In his middle age, the love, desire, all take turns from “crouching tiger, hidden dragon”, “brokeback mountain”, and rushed out of “lust, caution”. Here, I would like to briefly introduce three films. “Crouching tiger, hidden dragon” is the Chinese martial arts kung fu, but there is no general martial arts films that thrive of heroism, instead of looking for runescape humanities connotation of a kind of deep thinking and reserved; “Brokeback mountain” is about the complicated relationship between two men love and sex; “Lust, caution” is more than the 40 s of Shanghai during the Anti-Japanese War as the background, tells the female college students turns (tang wei) using beauty close to Mr Yi (Tony leung) intention to assassinate the traitors. When lee leap into this new field, he abandoned the previous dull, in the movie, he seemed to tear off the mask, face the real self, explore the human nature.

u=806053808,198154028&fm=56Once, ang lee has a reporter to interview, ask he made what is the feeling of “crouching tiger, hidden dragon”, lee said: “this is my first time to blatant for love movie.” Later, when the “brokeback mountain”, body language has become the focus. In the film the great mountains of rock wool to sudden sky, clouds and wind, and darkness of the earth, even the flow conditions of the river, stream, lake, reflects the character’s psychological mood from time to time, make the audience daydream. Especially in “brokeback mountain,” the two reunited, fled to the mountains for the first time, whether two people stripped tie, jumped into the lake, or chat late at night, behind surging pentium river, is a metaphor of the inner states as well as the relationship between each other’s characters. In a word, this a series of details are said ang lee is constantly changing, from the beginning of conservative director, to now is good at using body to render the emotional liberation, but everything is so reasonable. This is reflected in the “lust, caution” was just right.

xin_3107041011102502946612In “lust, caution”, Ang lee directly omit metaphor, indirect expression, to directly enter the body entanglements to echo the characters’ inner struggle and external situation changes, this is really too shocked, too attractive. But it was banned by the Chinese,and the reason is not civilization. In fact, in my opinion, even if lee does not make the film “lust, caution”, he also can choose other subjects to express their inner change. It is interesting to note that ang lee fighting the sex scenes in the movie always entangled, even some traces of abuse. Like Luo Xiaohu in “crouching tiger, hidden dragon,” Li Mubai with jade jiaolong, in “broke back mountain,” jack and ennis, If you only see pictures of ang lee, you absolutely can’t imagine his heart will have a really love, love deeper, but unfortunately the world of love. But I think this is what I am willing to take the time to understand the secrets of his work.

What the deepest impression on me is a sentence said by Lee,” if a story is insufficient scary, sensitive, I’m afraid it can not attract me.” I Can’t fully understand until last year when I begun to try to write a movie script, I totally understood if a story is black and white, the writers are not attracted, so how to attract the photographer, the actor and the audience? As far as i known,there are a lot of romantic stories appeared in the films of ang lee, but in real life, he had a very happy family.For the reason that something can not be achieved in real life, moved to the big screen display. So, i what the safest thing is risk in the movie.