走后门 Sign in to follow this Followers 0 Entry posted by anonymoose · April 11, 2018 576 views This is the back door to a restaurant (to the kitchen specifically) in Mianyang. Report Entry Sign in to follow this Followers 0
Report reply Publius 1,615 Posted April 12, 2018 Interesting. From this bio piece of the calligrapher, I would expect this couplet to be adorning the front door of a subdistrict office. Share this comment Link to comment
Report reply 889 1,753 Posted April 12, 2018 That video requires a health warning. Click on it at your own risk. Share this comment Link to comment
Report reply 889 1,753 Posted April 13, 2018 Yes. Nothing like a bout of nausea to start off the day. Share this comment Link to comment
Report reply imron 5,248 Posted April 13, 2018 Ignore the visuals, listen to the joke, it's funny! Share this comment Link to comment
Report reply Lu 3,172 Posted April 13, 2018 Why would that make you nauseous? Jealousy? It's a funny story, if a bit tame, and 大山 is indeed just very good at Chinese (I can't judge his 相声, but people are laughing so it must be alright). Share this comment Link to comment
Report reply 889 1,753 Posted April 13, 2018 Roddy says we should play nice now. Besides, there are plenty of other threads here bashing him. But some things should not be forgotten. For most, June 4 was a massacre. For DS, it was an opportunity. Share this comment Link to comment
Report reply Lu 3,172 Posted April 13, 2018 42 minutes ago, 889 said: For most, June 4 was a massacre. For DS, it was an opportunity. That sounds damning. What do you mean? Share this comment Link to comment
Report reply 889 1,753 Posted April 13, 2018 "In a documentary, filmed in 1996 by the Canadian National Film Board, Dashan is in a pedal boat on Beijing's imperial lakes, explaining his phenomenon and refuting claims he is an apologist for the communist regime. "His fledgling career was only six months old when the tanks rolled into Tiananmen Square, on June 4, 1989, to confront pro-democracy students, some of whom studied alongside him at Beijing University, and their supporters. "As Beijing brooded and the world looked on in shock, many foreigners were either kicked out of or left the Middle Kingdom. Rowswell was one of the first to return. "'I didn't see staying away or coming back as a statement for or against the Chinese government,' he says in the film. 'I frankly find people who believe foreigners should not have gone back to China as just stupid. It is so imbecilic, I cannot argue against it. Dashan is neither pro-Chinese government nor against it.'" http://www.scmp.com/article/731167/acting-fool https://www.flickr.com/photos/akadashan/24370226990/in/photostream/ There's long been a perception that the Chinese authorities have eased DS's way because of his support at a time when China was abandoned by many other foreigners. Share this comment Link to comment
Report reply Lu 3,172 Posted April 13, 2018 Interesting article, thanks. I don't know much about Dashan, but judging from that article it seems to be the Mo Yan discussion all over again: does a famous artistic person have an obligation to call out the bad sides of the country they are working in? I suppose being Canadian, Rowswell has more obligation there than Mo Yan who has more at stake. Share this comment Link to comment
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