Peking University (PKU) is a public university in Haidian,Beijing,China. It is affiliated with and funded by the Ministry of Education of China. The university is part of Project 211,Project 985,and the Double First-Class Construction. It is also a member in the C9 League.
Chinese folklore encompasses the folklore of China,and includes songs,poetry,dances,puppetry,and tales. It often tells stories of human nature,historical or legendary events,love,and the supernatural. The stories often explain natural phenomena and distinctive landmarks. Along with Chinese mythology,it forms an important element in Chinese folk religion.
The grand chancellor,also translated as counselor-in-chief,chancellor,chief councillor,chief minister,imperial chancellor,lieutenant chancellor and prime minister,was the highest-ranking executive official in the imperial Chinese government. The term was known by many different names throughout Chinese history,and the exact extent of the powers associated with the position fluctuated greatly,even during a particular dynasty.
Yang Zhensheng was a Chinese educator and author from Penglai District in Shandong Province. In 1919,Yang and 31 other Peking University (Beida) students participated in the Tiananmen Square protests of 1919. They were arrested by the police for demonstrating outside the home of Cao Rulin,minister of communication and the chief spokesman for Japanese colonial interest in the Chinese government;Yang and the other students were jailed for three days. Yang was considered a "hot-headed radical" in the Beida literature department and stirred the ire of his professors by sharply critiquing Chinese culture. He went on to study personal and behavioural psychology at Columbia University.
Romance of the Three Kingdoms is a Chinese television series adapted from the classical 14th century novel of the same title by Luo Guanzhong. The series was produced by China Central Television (CCTV) and was first aired on the network in 1994. It spanned a total of 84 episodes,each approximately 45 minutes long. One of the most expensive television series produced at the time,the project cost 170 million yuan. It was completed over four years and involved over 400,000 cast and crew members,including divisions of the People's Liberation Army from the Beijing,Nanjing and Chengdu military regions. Some of the dialogue spoken by characters was adapted directly from the novel. Extensive battle scenes,such as the battles of Guandu,Red Cliffs and Xiaoting,were also live-acted.
Gu Jiegang was a Chinese folklorist,historian,and sinologist who was best known for his seven-volume work Gushi Bian. He was a co-founder and the leading force of the Doubting Antiquity School,and was highly influential in the 20th century development of Chinese historiography.
The Doubting Antiquity School or Yigupai refers to a group of scholars and writers in Chinese academia,starting during the New Culture Movement,who applied a critical historiographical approach to Chinese historical sources. They put forward theories doubting the authenticity of texts and narratives that,in traditional Chinese historiography,were often accepted as authentic.
The Water Margin is a 1998 Chinese television series adapted from Shi Nai'an's classical 14th-century novel of the same title. It was produced by CCTV with Zhang Jizhong as producer. It was first broadcast in China in January 1998. The series also featured action choreography by Yuen Woo-ping.
Justice Bao is a Chinese TV series starring producer Jin Chao-chun as the Song dynasty official Bao Zheng. The series ran for 3 seasons from 2010 to 2012. In addition to Jin,Kenny Ho,Fan Hung-hsuan and Lung Lung again reprise their iconic roles from the 1993 Taiwanese hit Justice Pao and the 2008 Chinese series Justice Bao.
Dong Zuobin or Tung Tso-pin (1895–1963) was a Chinese archaeologist. He was a leading authority on the oracle bone and turtle shell inscriptions of the Shang dynasty. In 1928,Dong supervised the first archaeological dig of Anyang,the Shang capital. Dong was a professor at National Taiwan University and director of the Institute of History and Philology at Academia Sinica from 1950 to 1954. Dong's construction of a Shang chronology was his most important research achievement.
The Great Military March Forward:Engulf the Southwest,also known as The Liberation of Southwest China,is a 1998 Chinese epic war film directed by Song Yeming and Zhu Jianming and written by Lu Zhuguo. The film stars Fu Xuecheng,Lu Qi,Gu Yue,and Zhao Hengduo. The film is about the war between the Communist troops and the KMT troops in southwest China during the Chinese Civil War.
Epic is the second album by seminal Chinese metal band Tang Dynasty,released on December 20,1998,on Jingwen Records. It is the band's only album to feature founding guitarist Kaiser Kuo,a Chinese-American responsible for shaping the band's early direction. The album's release followed an extended period of turmoil within the band.
Zhang Jie,also known as Jet and Ketsu,is a mainland Chinese voice actor.
Deyunshe,formally Beijing Deyunshe Culture Communication Company Ltd.,is a Chinese xiangsheng organization and folk art performance group based in Beijing,established by comedians Zhang Wenshun,Guo Degang and Li Jing in 1995. Originally known as the Beijing Conversation Conference,in 2003 it changed its name to Deyunshe. It is the key to "let the cross talk back to the theatre". On July 3,2011,Deyunshe inaugurated a new form in the Beizhan Theatre,by using the dialects dramas and comic dialogues to interpret the cross talks of various styles from the Qing dynasty to the Republic of China.
1921 is a 2021 Chinese historical film directed by Huang Jianxin and Zheng Dasheng and starring Huang Xuan,Ni Ni,Wang Renjun and Liu Haoran. The film premiered in China on 1 July 2021,to commemorate the centennial year anniversary of the Chinese Communist Party.
Liu Siqi,also known as Liu Songlin (刘松林),was the wife of Mao Anying,the first son of Mao Zedong.
Chung-Chang Shen was a Chinese linguist,folklorist,ethnomusicologist,and antiquarian best known for rescuing the Juyan Han wooden slips during the Second Sino-Japanese War.
