Mandarin Movie: Bian Lian: The King of Masks

Posted by Charlie @ Discovering Mandarin Wednesday, 19 August 2009 0 comments
Wang Bianlian (Xu Zhu) is an aging street performer known as the King of Masks for his mastery of Sichuan Mask Changing Art. His wife left him with and infant son over 30 years ago. The son died from illness at age 10. This left Wang a melancholy loner desperate for a male heir so he could pass on his rare and dying art.A famous master performer of the Sichuan Opera, Master Liang offers to bring Wang into his act, thus giving him fame and...

Daily Chinese Proverb: Let it Be

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This is a proverb that Daoists take seriously and the French call Laissez-faire, which in English literally means "Let it be". Leave things to their own devices, get on with life and let everything be as it will be, without stressing.顺其自然shùn​qí​zì​rán​Let things take their own course(Without external influence)无为 (wú​wéi​) means very similiar and literally 'Inaction' and is used most often within Daoism.Photo Source:Fli...

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