Faye Wong: a highly successful and influential Chinese singer-songwriter and actress who is usually referred to as a diva. She was born in Beijing, moved to Hong Kong in 1987 and rose to stardom in the early 1990s by singing ballads in Cantonese. Since 1995, she has recorded mostly in her native Mandarin, often combining alternative music with mainstream Chinese pop. "I Am Willing" is one of her signature songs from the early years.
The song, "You're Happy, So I'm Happy," was interpreted by the media and some critics as a song written for her newborn baby girl. However, Faye Wong says the song simply expresses the feeling of happiness. However, you can still feel her delight about becoming a mother. Let's hear it!
You always say there is a lot of time, you can wait for me. I didn't understand before that there is a "tomorrow" for sure. Missing you is like a breathing pain.
We learn about the past and present of Fujian Fuken music, a Chinese music company that makes and distributes mix tapes, put on shows, etc.
Performers recall the day of a spectacular performance at the opening ceremony of the 2008 Olympics.
This well-known story commonly used to educate children on the values of courtesy and fraternal love involves four-year-old Kong Rong giving up some larger pears to his older and younger brothers. Still employed in current times, this text has been used for elementary education since the Song Dynasty.
The Chinese idiom, "San Xin Er Yi," literally means, "Three hearts, two thoughts." It can be used to describe someone who splits his energy between many things instead of focusing on one task at a time. The simple vocabulary in this video gives an example of "San Xin Er Yi."
This idiom is used as a metaphor for the punishment of a person to alert others to correct their behavior.
Hear the story from which the saying, "Hun Shui Mo Yu" came about. It means to take advantage of a chaotic time or deliberately create confusion to obtain benefits.
This Chinese idiom advises people not to give up halfway through or leave something unfinished.
"Shou Zhu Dai Tu" means, "Sitting by a stump, waiting for a careless rabbit to hit the stump." Originally, it referred to the routineer in an ironic way. Later, the metaphor came to mean one does not take the initiative to work hard and wants to get a windfall.
Do you know whether ginger grows on the ground or in a tree? Unfortunately for the man in this video, neither does he.
This story brings alive the Chinese idiom about contentment. It depicts how a small little bird that is not strikingly beautiful stays happy every day.
The story continues with Liu Bang plotting to seize the strategically-important Guanzhong area with a clever tactic of deception dubbed "To Secretly Cross at Chencang." After defeating Xiang Yu, Liu Bang went on to found the Han Dynasty.
A grizzly tale of a mysterious series of murders in Qing-era Guangdong gives us a saying which means "an absence of justice." This video explains the origins of the phrase and breaks down its meaning character by character.
This Eastern Han-era story of a principled man who turned down a duke's invitation is the origin of an expression which means "to flatter and suck up to."
Learn how the story of two impostors inspired the idiom, "To catch a turtle in a jar" (To go after easy prey).
Learn how a trusting shepherd inspired the idiom, "To usher the wolf into the house" (To ask for trouble).
For an early age you could tell my grandmother was different. She was precocious and beautiful. An artist, a spy and a beauty her life was a whirlwind.
My grandmother was not one to sit back in times of turmoil. She was politically active and performed across the country promoting Nationalism. Her courageousness even lead her to be detained by the Japanese.
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