Taiwanese/Chinese ManiaMay 16, 2008 1:27 am

An Olympic promotion video featuring 24 movie stars will make its debut on the CCTV Movie Channel at 19:35 on Thursday night.

The promo, directed by Lin Jinhe, attracted 24 movie stars from the Chinese mainland, Hong Kong, and Taiwan to play athletes competing in various Olympic sporting events, the portal website 163.com reported.

In the promo, movie veteran Vicky Zhao, or Zhao Wei, played a fencer and competed with Jeff Chang from Taiwan.

Another popular actress Fan Bingbing showed her charm in equestrianism, revealing her perfect combination of strength and beauty.

The audience is also treated to other players’ talents in Olympic events such as tennis, swimming, judo, boxing, and badminton.

Although numerous promos for the upcoming August Olympics have been shot, Lin Jinhe is quite confident that this special promo will catch the audience’s eye and be remembered as a classic. This is because "all the athletes in the promo are played by professional movie stars," said Lin.

However, the audacious idea took great effort from both the director and the actors.

Lin said that making the video was tough at the beginning. Despite using staffs to demonstrate movements, the actors could learn each Olympic sport very well. Fortunately, several staff members at the paralympic games venues were on hand to help Lin finish the promo.

Although three of China’s leading actresses Vicky Zhao, Fan Bingbing, and Li Bingbing are included in the cast, none of them was the leading heroine, the director said.

"Each of these 24 players speaks for one Olympic event, and all these sports are of equal importance," Lin said. "It is the Olympics that attracted them to play the roles, not the payment."

 

Source: http://asianfanatics.net/ 

 

 

Taiwanese/Chinese ManiaMay 8, 2008 1:30 am

       Tokyo Juliet 
            This 2006 romantic series has seventeen episodes and was aired in GTV. The main casts of this series are Ariel Lin as Lin Lai Sui, Wu Chun as Ji Feng Liang and Simon Yam as Chu Xing. The series is all about a young girl (Lin Lai Sui) who met a young boy (Ji Feng Liang) in a party and she was comforted by that young boy under the table when she was scared. The boy appreciates her long hair because it was so dark and shiny just like a doll. Since that incident, the young girl never cuts her hair for him. After the party they parted their ways. Lai Sui drew a “Daisy” design dedicated for her mother and she joined the art contest when she was five years old. Unfortunately, her design was stolen by Chu Xing and her family was destroyed. She promised not to fall in love until she can get what she owns and win over Chu Xing in the fashion industry. When she grew up, she met a guy named Liang and every time she is with him she would feel warm and comfortable. Until she found out that Liang was the little boy who comforted him long time ago. When they started dating, lots of disruptions and problems occurred between the two of them.

Taiwanese/Chinese ManiaMay 3, 2008 12:46 am

                        chinese calligraphy                                        

                    Calligraphy is viewed as a great part of Chinese culture and Chinese people really emphasized its meaning. For them it is like a painting in which it is capable of expressing the emotions of the Chinese people through several designs and forms and even shows their intellectual skills. Aside from it is an abstract art, it is also a written language. Moreover, calligraphy also is a practical tool of the people’s daily living. It is also famous in their place and evidences can be found inside the houzses of the people and even outside which are being displayed in several forms. It is also important for them because it brigs them spiritual and physical benefits and can also help in disciplining oneself in different virtues in life. Chinese people also believe that it can change a person’s view in life and realize good things and live with it.