Beijing │ China’s Surrounding Security Environment and Surrounding Strategy
Time:October 26th (Friday) 19:00-20:30.
Location:Room 602, Floor 6, Cultural Building, No.59 Zhongguancun Street, Haidian District
Speaker:Fang Changping (Associate Dean, School of International Studies, Renmin University of China)
The Trump administration of the United States provoked a global trade war and stepped up the implementation of the so-called "Indo-Pacific strategy", and the competitive factors in Sino-US relations became more prominent. Sino-US trade talks are deadlocked. When the United States, Mexico and Canada reach a new North American Free Trade Agreement, the United States actively appeases its Asian allies in an attempt to force China to back down. How can China break through? The United States, Japan and Europe have accelerated pragmatic cooperation, and the linkage and cooperation between other countries in the region have become more active; The ups and downs of the DPRK nuclear issue and the new trends of the South China Sea issue have important influences on the regional situation. Global terrorist activities tend to be diversified and decentralized, traditional threats rise and fall, non-traditional threats continue to spread, and the fear of global disorder is pervasive. How does China deal with the increasingly complex surrounding security environment by taking the surrounding relations into consideration? Professor Fang Changping from the School of International Studies of Renmin University of China will give you a wonderful lecture.
Beijing │ Recognition of Sanzang’s Hometown, Race and Identity
Time:October 26th (Friday) 19:30-21:30.
Location:Chengxintang, Room 101, Unit 2, Building 1, Yard 6 Chama Street, Xicheng District
Speaker:Yang Zeng (postdoctoral fellow, Department of Asian Studies, University of British Columbia, Canada)
Sanzang Bukong was the founder of Dahong esoteric Buddhism in the middle Tang Dynasty and translated a large number of Buddhist classics. At the same time, as a foreign monk, he gained great political power in the Su Dynasty and the Dai Dynasty. Therefore, various materials appeared behind him to remember his achievements. Such a famous figure, when the historian started writing, adopted a different way to write a basic message: as a foreigner, what country did he come from? In this regard, the statements in the scriptures are also very different. This problem has puzzled many esoteric scholars in ancient and modern times. Are these statements really contradictory to each other as they literally seem? His background is not well known to his disciples and colleagues? Or is there a different historical orientation behind this different statement?
Beijing │ A person who doesn’t experience failure can’t stick to what spirit —— A reader sharing meeting of Huang Fan’s poetry collection "The Moon Has Insomnia"
Time:October 27th (Saturday) 14:00-16:00
Location:One-way space on the third floor of Aegean Shopping Center, No.12 Qisheng Middle Street, Chaoyang District
Guest:Huang Fan (poet, novelist), Ouyang Jianghe (poet), Wang Jiaxin (poet, translator), Xiaoxiao (poet), Gu He (poet), Yasufu (poet).
Huang Fan is a poet who pursues an independent style and enjoys wide popularity in the poetry circles on both sides of the Taiwan Strait. He is also an excellent novelist and a literary preacher. The Moon is Insomnia is an anthology of Huang Fan’s poetry creation for more than 30 years. In this sharing activity, Huang Fan will come to the site to tell the story of writing, share the secrets of writing and interact with readers. Specially invited guests Ouyang Jianghe, Wang Jiaxin, Xiaoxiao, Gu He and Yasef (Cuba) will discuss Huang Fan’s writing together. Readers can communicate with the guests on the spot about their concerns, and they can also hear Huang Fan and the guests’ wonderful recitation.
Beijing │ Beijing Opera in the Qing Dynasty and the various styles of the market.
Time:October 27th (Saturday) 14:30-16:30
Location:Yanjiyou Bookstore, Floor 1, Building 3, No.35, Chengxi Street, Haidian District.
Guest:Guo Anrui (Associate Professor, Department of History, UCLA) and Yang Nianqun (Professor, Institute of Qing History, Renmin University of China)
In the Qing Dynasty, traditional Chinese opera performances conveyed ideas about self, family, society and politics in different social classes. Beijing has attracted a variety of traditional Chinese opera performance factions and audiences, and extended to become the center of cultural value diffusion. It is against this background that Guo Anrui took opera performances as a perspective to examine the cultural history of the city, carefully and interestingly analyzed the diversity of opera performances in Beijing at that time, and explored the role of the theater as an important place to express public discourse in Beijing in the Qing Dynasty. Opera, like a kind of cultural adhesive, provides cultural knowledge across gender, class and ethnic differences in Beijing. In this activity, the author revealed the operation of traditional Chinese opera performances by the imperial court and various organizations, and provided a window for understanding the great social changes in the late Qing Dynasty.
Beijing │ Fictional Writing in the Age of Mass Media: ian mcewan’s Dialogue with Gefei
Time:October 27th (Saturday) 15:00-17:00
Location:Lecture Hall, Building C, China Modern Literature Museum, No.45 Literature Museum Road, Chaoyang District
Guest:Ian mcewan (writer), Ge Fei (writer) and Li Er (writer)
Ian mcewan is not only a recognized British national writer, but also a Booker Prize winner and a popular candidate for Nobel Prize in Literature. He is well-known in the world literary world for his works full of charm, style and keen wisdom and his outstanding contribution to narrative art. By 2018, Shanghai Translation Publishing House has introduced and published 17 works by ian mcewan, including The First Ceremony of Love, Atonement, Sweet Teeth and Children’s Bill. On the afternoon of October 27th, ian mcewan will visit China Museum of Modern Literature, and have a dialogue with China writers Ge Fei and Li Er to discuss the fictional narrative in the mass media era.
Beijing │ "Human Games" New Book Conference
Time:October 27th (Saturday) 15:00-17:00
Location:Yufeng Library, No.69 Chengfu Road, Haidian District
Guest:Zhong Yu (best-selling author, national second-level psychological counselor) and Tang Jiayu (screenwriter)
Zhong Yu, nicknamed the "master of digging holes" by fans, is good at American drama-style digging and digging, and keeps digging and filling holes to keep readers’ high reading pleasure and interest. The writing material of the new book "Game on Earth" comes from the follow-up investigation of mental patients that lasted for two years. It has been revised for three times, trying to wave the flag for mental patients around people through literary creation, hoping that people will understand and pay more attention to them. On the afternoon of October 27th, Zhong Yu came to Yufeng Library with his new work "Human Games" to talk about why he was so familiar with and interested in mental illness. What is the daily psychological consultation like? Are half of us mentally ill? How many souls are there in your body …
Beijing │ │ Shadow —— Film Conceptual Design and China Painting Style
Time:October 27th (Saturday) 19:00-20:30.
Location:RENDEZ-VOUS Bookstore, 4th Floor, Beijing SKP Shopping Center, No.87 Jianguo Road, Chaoyang District
Guest:Thomas Lautenbach (film visual effects director), Song Tao (film concept designer), Huang Fei (film column extraordinary salon host)
Chinese painting pays attention to charm and artistic conception. It wasn’t built in a day. Ancient literati began to learn calligraphy and painting since childhood, and solid basic skills are the foundation of their achievements in calligraphy and painting. In a chapter of The Doctrine of the Mean, the phrase "to the greatest extent and to the smallest extent" is the most appropriate way to evaluate the visual effect of the film Shadow. Painting is precious in aura and understanding. What qualities should a film conceptual designer have? What is conceptual design? On the evening of October 27th, Song Tao revealed the secret to you. Let’s take a look at his basic skills and feel his understanding and aura! There is also the mysterious guest Thomas Lautenbach, an international blockbuster special effects artist. How does he understand the ink painting style in China and how does he translate the director’s intention into CG visual language?
Beijing │ Philosophy meets chemistry, what will happen? -The Art of Thinking and the Secret in the Flame Salon
Time:October 28th (Sunday) 14:00-15:30
Location:798 Creative Plaza, No.2 Jiuxianqiao Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing German Cultural Center Goethe Institute
Guest:Zhang Xingang (Assistant Professor, Department of History, Peking University Western Classics Center) and Zhang Hongzhang (Researcher, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences).
What kind of sparks will be sparked when different disciplines collide? In the eyes of experts and scholars in different fields, what is the significance of humanities to researchers in science and engineering, and what impact will science and engineering have on humanities in turn? In this reading salon, we invited Zhang Xingang, a classical scholar from Peking University, and Zhang Hongzhang, a researcher from Dalian Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, to have a dialogue between philosophy and chemistry, humanities and science.
Beijing │ │ Imperial Hand Magic and Royal Politics —— Interpretation of The King’s Miracle
Time:October 28th (Sunday) from 14: 00 to 16: 00.
Location:Floor 2, Hanfenlou Bookstore, No.36 Wangfujing Street, Dongcheng District
Guest:Zhang Xushan (Professor of History Department of Tsinghua University) and Li Longguo (Professor of History Department of Peking University)
In this activity, Professor Zhang Xushan and Professor Li Longguo will introduce Marc Bloch, the author of The King’s Miracle, the book’s connotation and academic significance.
Beijing │ Telling life by religion and transcending it in the secular world —— Siddhartha by hermann hesse
Time:October 28th (Sunday) 14:00-17:00
Location:Dongcheng District Ditan Jia He Deng Chan Yi living space
Speaker:Yihui (Editor of China Modern Literature Museum)
Siddhartha is not a biography. Siddhartha, the protagonist, has spiritual similarities with the Buddha in history, and has also experienced loneliness and trouble, pursuit and penance, twists and turns and transcendence, awakening and enlightenment. In the book, Siddhartha is the seeker and Gautama is the seeker. In the fifth reading session of Ditan Reading Club’s first season "The Way of Life" series, we will read Hesse’s Siddhartha and experience Siddhartha’s life together. This issue will be read by the editor of China Museum of Modern Literature, the editor of China Modern Literature Research Series, and teacher Yi Hui, a doctor of Peking University literature.
Beijing │ Wandering: Movies and Travel
Time:October 28th (Sunday) from 14: 00 to 16: 00.
Location:Sanlian Taofen 24 Hours Bookstore, No.43 Sanlitun North Street, Chaoyang District
Guest:Europa (film critic), Caoxi (magazine editor)
Independent film critic Europa travels all over the world in his new book "A Adventure: Movies and Travel". By visiting filming locations all over the north and south and exploring the preferred streets of many directors, he blurs the sense of distance between "real space" and "distant place" with words and photos. On the afternoon of October 28th, Europa and Caoxi will visit Beijing Sanlian Taofen 24-hour Bookstore (Sanlitun Store) to communicate with the readers on how to examine the scenery in movies and discover the scenery during their travels.
Beijing │ The Beauty of Director’s Art
Time:October 28th (Sunday) from 14: 30 to 16: 00.
Location:National Grand Theatre, No.2 West Chang ‘an Street, Xicheng District
Speaker:Luo Jinlin (Professor, Central Academy of Drama)
In the art of drama, director is actually quite young as a profession. It is only a century and a half since the first Duke Meningen was recognized as a special director. However, with the rapid development of drama in modern times, the director’s art has increasingly become the most striking charm in contemporary drama. In this classic art lecture hall, we are still honored to invite Professor Luo Jinlin, a famous drama director and professor of the Central Academy of Drama, to listen to the third lecture in the series of discovering the beauty of drama: the beauty of directing art.
Beijing │ Universal Chinese Characters: the Structure of Chinese Characters and the Beauty of Calligraphy
Time:October 28th (Sunday) 14:30-16:30
Location:Multifunctional Hall, Floor 1, Block A, Capital Library, No.88 East Third Ring South Road, Chaoyang District
Speaker:He Daqi (painter, Beijing special teacher)
In China, the most influential calligraphy book is Shuowen Jiezi written by Xu Shen, a native of the Eastern Han Dynasty. On October 28th, Mr. He Daqi will explain the classic Shuowen Jiezi, the relationship between the radicals of Shuowen Jiezi and the structure of Chinese characters, the common misunderstandings of Chinese characters in daily life, and the relationship between calligraphy art and the etymology of Chinese characters. Wonderful calligraphy and painting demonstrations and explanations of the etymology of Chinese characters with historical and cultural connotations will make this lecture rich in humanistic connotation and aesthetic taste.
Beijing │ Half-Blood, Dense Forest, Isolated Island —— Jamaican Novels with Multiple Blends
Time:October 28th (Sunday) 14:30-16:30
Location:Yanjiyou Bookstore, Floor 1, Building 3, No.35, Chengxi Street, Haidian District.
Guest:Alesia Mackenzie (writer, painter, journalist) and Chen Yongguo (professor and doctoral supervisor of Tsinghua University Foreign Languages and Literature Department).
Since Auliffe senior, a Jamaican writer, won the Commonwealth Writer Award for the first time in 1987, Jamaican literature has attracted more and more attention in the global literary field, gradually separated from "Caribbean literature" and entered the vision of international readers. On the occasion of the publication of The Queen’s Case: A Collection of Contemporary Jamaican Short Stories, I have the honor to invite alesia Mackenzie, winner of the Jamaica Commonwealth Writers Award and editor-in-chief of The Queen’s Case: A Collection of Contemporary Jamaican Short Stories, to re-examine the history and development of Jamaican literature and its position in world literature.
Beijing │ The Literary Roaming of the Old Soul —— Zhu Tianxin’s Novel Trilogy New Book Salon
Time:October 28th (Sunday) 15:00-17:00
Location:F5 one-way space of Chaoyang Joy City, No.101 Chaoyang North Road, Chaoyang District
Guest:Zhu Tianxin (writer) and Tang Nuo (writer)
Wang Dewei, a critic, called these three novels a trilogy of novels written by Taiwan Province at the end of last century. Long before the uproar, Zhu Tianxin left an oral historical record as a literary gesture for the ethnic groups scattered in the city and faded from memory, "naively dreaming of earning some freedom of disapproval in the recognition of the island." In these three novels, we can see Zhu Tianxin’s truest unbearable heart and remember that she once wrote Taiwan Province with such pen and courage. On the afternoon of Sunday, October 28th, we invited Zhu Tianxin and Tang Nuo, a writer, to visit the one-way space together, starting with her novel trilogy, and entering the literary roaming of the old soul together.
Beijing │ Leading Children into the World of Science Fiction —— The launching signing ceremony of the new book "Science Fiction for Children" in Sisyphus Bookstore
Time:October 28th (Sunday) 15:00-17:30
Location:Chaoyang District Chaoyang North Road Longhu Beijing Changying Tianjie Shopping Center East Zone 1F Atrium Sisif Bookstore
Guest:Kitajima (poet), Liu Cixin (science fiction writer), Han Song (science fiction writer) and Dai Jinhua (professor at the Institute of Comparative Literature, Peking University Chinese Department).
In traditional reading, children’s exposure to fantasy literature should be fairy tales, but the fantasy of fairy tales is doomed to disillusion. In fact, everyone’s growth process is the process of disillusionment of fairy tales. We gradually understand that animals can’t talk, plants have no souls, and stones and rivers can’t have life. But science fiction is different. Science fiction goes the opposite way to fairy tale fantasy. If children have read science fiction, as they grow up, science fiction will not be shattered, but will become more and more real. With the development of the times, the possibility of these imaginations becoming reality is increasing. On October 28th, let’s talk about science fiction for children.
Beijing │ The Last Novelist of the Republic of China —— The mainland premiere of Zhu Xining’s works Iron Slurry and Hiderigami.
Time:October 29th (Monday) 19:30-21:00.
Location:Gulou west Theater, No.6 Xiaobadao Hutong, gulou west Street, Xicheng District
Guest:Dai Jinhua (Professor, Institute of Comparative Literature, Chinese Department, Peking University), Hong Ying (writer), Tang Nuo (writer), Zhao Lixin (actor), Zhu Tianwen (writer) and Zhu Tianxin (writer).
Utopia is fortunate to launch a series of works by Mr. Zhu Xining for the first time in mainland China. On the evening of October 29th, with his novels "Iron Slurry" and "Hiderigami" first published in mainland China, we invited the writer’s daughter Zhu Tianwen, Ms. Zhu Tianxin, Mr. Tang Nuo, a student, and many other guests, such as Dai Jinhua, Hong Ying, Shi Hang and Zhao Lixin, to reread the forgotten classics and enter Zhu Xiceng’s literary life to get to know this "last novelist of the Republic of China".
Shanghai │ How do we get news in the new media era?
Time:October 26th (Friday) 18:30-20:00.
Location:Shanghai American Center, Room 540, Dongfeng, shanghai centre, No.1376 Nanjing West Road, Jing ‘an District.
Speaker:Stephanie Edgerly (associate professor, Meade School of Journalism, Northwestern University, USA)
Where do you get the news? Will people’s access to information affect their views and thus society? In the new media era, the audience is in a lot of information every day. As news consumers, it is very important to understand this environment and its characteristics. In the lecture on October 26th, the American Center in Shanghai invited Stephanie Edgerly, an associate professor at Madison School of Journalism, Northwestern University, to talk with you about the new media landscape in the United States.
Shanghai │ The moon is full tonight: philip larkin’s poetry collection "High Window"
Time:October 26th (Friday) 19:30-21:00
Location:3rd Floor, Sinan Bookstore, No.517 Fuxing Middle Road, Huangpu District
Speaker:Hu Sang (poet, translator)
The poetry collection "High Window" contains all the works published by Larkin before his death, including his four most famous poetry collections "Northern Boat", "Less Deceived", "Weddings on Whitsunday", "High Window" and some anecdotal works, so we can see the whole picture of Larkin’s poetry creation. This Friday night, we will read "High Window" with Hu Sang, and draw energy from Larkin’s "mourning".
Shanghai │ Translation and Rewriting: Crazy Roland by Wang Jun and Calvino
Time:October 27th (Saturday) 14:00-16:00
Location:Sinan Literature House, No.505 Fuxing Middle Road, Huangpu District
Guest:Wang Jun (Italian Professor and Doctoral Supervisor of Beijing Foreign Studies University) and Romack (Lecturer of Zhejiang Normal University).
This year, Wang Jun, a professor of Italian at Beijing Foreign Studies University, won the literary translation award of the 7th Lu Xun Literature Award for his translation of the narrative poem Crazy Roland by the great Italian poet Ludovico Ariosto in the 16th century. Undoubtedly, translating Crazy Roland is an extremely arduous task. Translators have to face not only obvious but endless differences in language expression, but also a huge gap in style between Italian literature and China literature. So, how to make this great narrative poem of Ariosto understood by China readers? Professor Wang Jun and Italian scholar Romack will discuss the inevitable relationship between faithfulness and betrayal, regression and transcendence when rewriting the text through the Chinese version of Crazy Roland by Professor Wang Jun and the version rewritten by Calvino in modern Italian in 1970.
Shanghai │ Bethune in Historical Materials —— The launching ceremony of the new book Not Far from Wan Li
Time:October 27th (Saturday) 14:00-16:00
Location:Zhongshuge, 4th Floor, Ruiou Department Store, No.1601 Nanjing West Road, Jing ‘an District
Guest:Li Yan (writer, dean of Confucius Institute at the University of Waterloo), Chen Xingeng (former editor-in-chief of Literary Newspaper) and Yang Yang (vice president of Shanghai Theatre Academy)
Bethune is a household name in China. With a high degree of internationalism, communism and selfless work enthusiasm, he has made brilliant contributions to the liberation of the people of China. Besides, he also has a richer, more three-dimensional and more real life. On October 27th, Shanghai Literature and Art Publishing House officially released a new book "Not Far from Wan Li" in Zhong Shuge Jing ‘an Store to commemorate the eightieth anniversary of Bethune’s medical team’s visit to China. Li Yan, a Chinese writer, together with famous critics Yang Yang and Chen Xingeng, recalled Bethune’s visit to China and explored the spiritual world of this idealist.
Shanghai │ Shanghai culture: tracing back to its two sources
Time:October 27th (Saturday) 14:00-16:00
Location:Art Garden Zhenshangshe, 3rd Floor, Art Bookstore, No.424 Fuzhou Road, Huangpu District
Speaker:Li Tiangang (Professor, Department of Religious Studies, School of Philosophy, Fudan University)
Shanghai in the 19th century had the most cosmopolitan urban culture at that time, surpassing Paris, London and new york. The cosmopolitanism of the Bund and Nanjing Road made Shanghai different from other cities in modern China. In the Victorian era, Shanghai was the first city in China to use street lamps, the first city to introduce cars and open bus lines, and built the earliest power plant in China and the third in the world. In the 1980s, the old jazz band of Peace Hotel became one of the representatives of Shanghai characteristics … Professor Li Tiangang will take Nanjing Road as an example, starting from Shanghai in the 19th century, and trace back to the two sources of Shanghai-style culture with you: the "Victorian era" imported by modernity and the "golden age" of Chinese and foreign integration.
Shanghai │ What is the "Godel Program"
Time:October 27th (Saturday) 14:00-16:00
Location:Fudan Jingshi Bookstore, No.579 Guoquan Road, Yangpu District
Speaker:Hao Zhaokuan (Professor, School of Philosophy, Fudan University)
In a famous paper in 1947, Godel predicted the independence of the continuum hypothesis (CH), and pointed out that as a clear mathematical proposition, CH must be either true or false. Its independence only shows that the existing axiomatic system ZFC of set theory is incomplete for the concept of set. So he suggested that we should try to find new axioms to strengthen ZFC and finally prove or deny CH. This is the "Godel Program". In this activity, Hao Zhaokuan, a professor at the School of Philosophy of Fudan University, will discuss the "Godel Program" with you.
Shanghai │ destiny takes a hand book-the story of that man
Time:October 27th (Saturday) 14:00-15:00
Location:Muji 3F, No.775 Huaihai Middle Road, Huangpu District
From small to large, is there a person whose words have always inspired you to grow up? Is there a person’s story that has always accompanied you on your journey? Above the temple, the story may be that the princes and princes will make great efforts to govern and work hard; Far away from the rivers and lakes, the story may also be a red story of talented people and beautiful women, and they are at ease. Open MUJI launched a long-term planning book exchange activity of "Destiny is Destiny’s Book", and brought a book that he wanted to share with others. Through interactive communication, he finally took away the most interesting book from the books brought by others, so that each other’s "stories" and "books" could be passed on. The theme of this time is "People’s Stories", which can be biographies, writers’ essays, or even famous sayings … As long as people and things have an impact on you, you are welcome.
Shanghai │ In the era of one-click beauty, do we still need aesthetics?
Time:October 27th (Saturday) 16:00-17:00
Location:7/F Guangde Space Xinhua Bookstore, Aegean Shopping Park, No.1588 Wuzhong Road, Minhang District
Guest:Li Lei (Moderator) and Ma Xiaohui (Erhu Artist)
In Aesthetics of this Era, Li Lei interviewed 13 unique people from different fields, such as Ma Weidou, Xiao Quan, Lu Chuan, Ji XIII and Ma Xiaohui, and redefined the strong spirit of the times and aesthetic style. They are seen, remembered and recorded, which is the comfort of our times. Beauty makes us recognize each other and meet in this era. On the afternoon of October 27th, Li Lei and Ma Xiaohui will discuss with you what kind of aesthetics this era needs.
Shanghai │ Meeting with Internet Gods —— Looking forward to China’s online literature in the next 20 years
Time:October 27th (Saturday) 16:15-18:00
Location:Sinan Literature House, No.505 Fuxing Middle Road, Huangpu District
Guest:Hong Xue (network writer), Luo Shui (network writer), Fu Tian (network writer) and Ding Ye (network writer)
As a new literary form, online literature is stepping on the time node of "20 years". In the past 20 years, online literature has grown from scratch, from "non-mainstream" to "mainstream", from unknown to profoundly dominated the reading habits of hundreds of millions of people, and has become a literary phenomenon that cannot be ignored at present. In order to thoroughly study the Supreme Leader’s Socialism with Chinese characteristics Thought in the new era and the important exposition of the Supreme Leader on literary and artistic work, implement the spirit of the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China and the National Conference on Ideological and Political Work, promote the sustained and healthy development of online literature in China, and build a highland of online literature in Shanghai, 2018 Shanghai Online Literature Week was held from October 22 to 27 this year, during which many activities were held, including readers’ meetings and exchange forums. This Saturday afternoon, with the theme of "Looking forward to China’s online literature in the next 20 years", four newly elected presidents and vice presidents of Shanghai Online Writers Association will come to Sinan Reading Club to have a close contact with readers.
Shanghai │ Local accent has not changed Ⅵ: Keep the homesickness in the dialect.
Time:October 28th (Sunday) 14:00-15:30
Location:Muji 3F, No.775 Huaihai Middle Road, Huangpu District
Guest:Zhu Zhenmiao (Ph.D., Chinese Language and Literature, Shanghai University) and Miss Mai (columnist)
Protecting language diversity is as important as protecting species diversity and ecological diversity. Dialect, like snacks and buildings, is an important symbol of local culture, but nowadays fewer and fewer people can speak "hometown dialect". Faced with the gradual decline of dialects, there are such a group of people in Shanghai who are committed to studying Shanghai dialect, protecting Shanghai dialect, carrying out various activities to popularize Shanghai dialect and contributing their own strength to the inheritance and development of Shanghai dialect. Do we need to learn dialects? What can we do to protect dialects? In October this year, Open MUJI invited Mr. Zhu Zhenmiao, who is committed to the inheritance and protection of Shanghai dialect, and together with Miss Mai, a columnist of Shanghai dialect, to review her own road of Shanghai dialect inheritance.
Shanghai │ What can we read when they are talking about short stories?
Time:October 28th (Sunday) from 14: 00 to 16: 00.
landPoint:7/F Guangde Space Xinhua Bookstore, Aegean Shopping Park, No.1588 Wuzhong Road, Minhang District
Guest:Xiao Bai (writer), Zhang Yiwei (writer) and Wang Ruoxu (writer).
Nowadays, the old literary magazine "Fiction World" is about to usher in the third year after its revision. In this era of indulging in traffic, it is still building its own paper kingdom by word, brick and tile. This Sunday afternoon, let’s unveil the mystery of this kingdom and see the light of this world together with the authors of Novel World.
Shanghai │ China Folk Religion: The Belief World of China People One Hundred Years ago
Time:October 28th (Sunday) 14:00-17:00
Location:Building a bookstore on the first floor of Jiayu Building, Building 8, No.18 Gongping Road, Hongkou District
Speaker:Li Tiangang (Professor, Department of Religious Studies, School of Philosophy, Fudan University)
This Sunday, in the fourth lecture of JIC Lecture Hall "Civilization" series, Mr. Li Tiangang, a professor of religious studies at Fudan University, will help us understand the universal revelation elements in China’s official and folk religious beliefs from ancient times to the present through his own years of research and folk investigation. We will follow Professor Li Tiangang, and see the religious life of China people, its past, present and future from the folk custom changes of a small town in the south of the Yangtze River in the past hundred years.
Shanghai │ "The Charm of Time: Architecture and Town Protection in Four European Countries" New Book Sharing Meeting
Time:October 28th (Sunday) 14:30-17:00
Location:Building 2, Science and Technology Oasis Phase III, No.2570 Hechuan Road, Minhang District, ICICLESPACE Zhihe Space
Guest:He Xiaoxin (scholar), Lv Weifeng (architect), Wu Yunxia (professor of architecture department of Shanghai University) and Zhang Qingping (editor-in-chief of the magazine)
On October 28th, He Xiaoxin will come to Wo Space in ICICLESPACE, take us on a tour of European ancient architecture and town protection, and discuss with architect Lv Weifeng, professor Wu Yunxia of Shanghai University, and professor Zhang Qingping, editor-in-chief of id+c magazine of Interior Design and Decoration: the enlightenment and reference significance of the beauty of thousands of cities in Europe to China today.
Shanghai │ "Luo Shen Fu": Meeting with readers of the famous illustrator Ye Luying Sisif Bookstore.
Time:October 28th (Sunday) 15:00-16:30.
Location:Sisif Bookstore, Floor 2, LuOne Kaide Jingcui Plaza, No.268 Xujiahui Road, Huangpu District
Speaker:Ye Luying (illustrator, picture book author)
Luo Shenfu (picture book version) won many illustrations prizes such as "Oscar in the global Chinese animation industry" and "China Animation Golden Dragon Award for Best Illustrator Award", and was listed in CCTV’s "National Treasure", which was exhibited on the same stage as the national treasure Gu Kaizhi’s "Luo Shenfu Map". The magnificent and long-drawn picture, the imaginative scene of the gods gathering, and the poetic scene with oriental artistic conception show the endless imagination of the disappointment of love between man and god in every detail. On October 28th, let’s go through the beautiful myth of the Millennium and appreciate the beauty of Luoshen together.
Shanghai │ Horror, Dreamer and Magician —— ian mcewan’s Style Elements: ian mcewan’s Dialogue with Xiaobai
Time:October 31st (Wednesday) 14:00-16:00.
Location:Sinan Literature House, No.505 Fuxing Middle Road, Huangpu District
Guest:Ian mcewan (writer) and Xiaobai (writer)
Ian mcewan is one of the most influential writers in English literature. He is good at sketching the inner anxieties and fears of modern people with delicate, sharp and cold writing, and actively exploring the problems of violence, death, lust, good and evil. Most of the works are short stories, the contents of which are bizarre and absurd, and they are called "black comedies". Many works reflect the dominant power of sexuality and the distortion of human nature under the influence of sexual desire. In this activity, ian mcewan will talk about the style of Xiao Bai’s works.
Shanghai │ Reading of ian mcewan’s Works
Time:October 31st (Wednesday) 19:00-20:30.
Location:Yanjiyou Bookstore, B1 Floor, raffles city West District, No.1139 Changning Road, Changning District
Guest:Ian mcewan (writer), Huang Yuning (publisher, translator and writer), Feng Tao (publisher and translator), Xing Hang (news anchor) and Chen Xuan (news anchor).
Ian mcewan, a British writer, is one of a series of activities in China. This is a reading session. The writer himself, publishers, translators, news anchors and other guests read McEwan’s novels.
Shanghai │ Hope and Challenge: Immigration Stories of Asian American Writers
Time:November 1st (Thursday) 18:30-20:00
Location:Shanghai American Center, Room 540, Dongfeng, shanghai centre, No.1376 Nanjing West Road, Jing ‘an District.
Guest:Lin Yuling (writer) and Karen Yamashita (writer)
"Who am I?" I believe many people have thought about this ancient, important and occasionally disturbing question at some point. It is this question that makes Asian American writers Shirley Geok-lin Lim and Karen Yamashita begin to think about the hopes and challenges related to the fate of human beings and individuals. In the lecture, the two writers will talk about their works and their Asian-American identity.
Shanghai │ Rebuilding Fictional Belief: McEwan’s Dialogue with Sun Ganlu
Time:November 1st (Thursday) 19:00-20:30.
Location:Building a bookstore on the first floor of Jiayu Building, Building 8, No.18 Gongping Road, Hongkou District
Guest:Ian mcewan (writer) and Sun Ganlu (writer)
In this activity, McEwan will talk to Sun Ganlu, a China writer, with the theme: Rebuilding fictional beliefs.
Guangzhou │ "Mamma Mia! The significance of female symbols in musicals
Time:October 26th (Friday) 19:30-21:00
Location:Fang Fang, MU35, taikoo hui, No.383 Tianhe Road, Tianhe District
Guest:Shi Yijun (director), Shen Xiaocen (singer), etc.
On the evening of October 26th, the musical Mamma Mia! "The Chinese main creator and some starring actors will be guests in Guangzhou, explaining the secret of this script that has been popular all over the world for 20 years, revealing the story behind the Chinese version of the Chinese team, and telling their eyes" Mamma Mia! The significance of "the book" to women’s freedom.
Chengdu │ approaching Sanxingdui and talking with God —— Ancient Shu Civilization Communication Conference and New Book Sharing Conference of Legend of Shu Emperor
Time:October 27th (Saturday) 14:00-15:45.
Location:No.4 Renmin West Road, Qingyang District No.2 Academic Lecture Hall of Sichuan Provincial Library
Guest:Zhu Jiake (curator of Sanxingdui Museum) and Liu Caicai (Sanxingdui cultural promotion ambassador and writer)
As a bright pearl on the vast land of Sichuan, the ancient Shu civilization shines with the excavation of Sanxingdui site. There are few written records of ancient Shu civilization, but what kind of brilliant civilization does that mysterious country that really existed have? Who was the King of Shu during the Battle of Makino? What does he have to do with Sanxingdui site? Have Emperor Yan and Huangdi, the ancestors of China, ever been to the ancient Shu State? Is Huangdi Xuanyuan the son-in-law of King Can Cong? What did Baodun Site, known as the third existing ancient city site in China, look like thousands of years ago? Is the ancient Shu kingdom at the same time as Xia, Shang and Zhou Dynasties, Spring and Autumn and Warring States Period a closed place or a country with extensive diplomacy extending in all directions? Thousands of years ago, in the vast Sichuan Plain, how many heroes were there and how many great achievements were made? If you are a little curious, please join us and start a trip to ancient Shu.
Chengdu │ │ Approaching Ancient Shu and Talking with God —— Ancient Shu Civilization Dissemination Conference and New Book Sharing Conference of Legend of Shu Emperor
Time:October 27th (Saturday) 16:30-18:00
Location:Water bar on the first floor of Southwest Bookstore, No.350 Shangdong Street, Jinjiang District
Guest:Tang Miao (captain of the archaeological team of Baodun site) and Liu Caicai (ambassador and writer of Sanxingdui culture promotion)
The dissemination of ancient Shu civilization and the second series of new book sharing sessions of the legend of Shu Emperor.
Hangzhou │ Erhunzi talks about history.
Time:October 26th (Friday) 19:00-20:30.
Location:Xingshanghui Living Room, Huanglong Vanke Center, No.77 Xueyuan Road, Xihu District
Speaker:Chen Lei (from the media)
The whole network has more than 5 million fans, and published four historical comic books including Half-hour Comic History of China and Half-hour Comic World History in two years-the name of popular writer Chen Lei, which has been firmly remembered by more and more people. On the evening of October 26th, in the living room of Xingshanghui of Hangzhou Huanglong Vanke Center, Chen Lei will take his new book "Half-hour Comic History of China 3" as a guest at the scene of "Qianbao Reading Club IP Fengyunlu". What are you waiting for? Come and talk about history with Chen Lei and laugh at your ABS!
Hangzhou │ The image of Hangzhou in the travel notes of Japanese modern writers visiting China.
Time:October 27th (Saturday) 9:30-11:00.
Location:Wenlan Lecture Hall, the first floor of Zhejiang Library, No.73 Shuguang Road, Xihu District
Speaker:Sun Lichun (Professor, School of Foreign Languages, Hangzhou Normal University)
This lecture will take the travels of Meiji writer Tokutomi Sohō, Taisho writer Ryunosuke Akutagawa and Showa writer Kobayashi Hideo as examples to analyze the image of Hangzhou. Generally speaking, Japanese modern writers who came to China basically created the contradictory and divided image of Hangzhou, which set the ideal Hangzhou against the real Hangzhou. This praise for the ideal Hangzhou has weakened with the deterioration of Sino-Japanese relations in modern times, while the contempt for the real Hangzhou has become more and more obvious. In their orientalist discourse, Hangzhou was otherized and objectified. They saw themselves from the other Hangzhou, and their distorted description of Hangzhou made the Japanese at that time satisfied themselves.
Hangzhou │ Love in Shakespeare’s Works
Time:October 27th (Saturday) 14:00-15:30.
Location:Wenlan Lecture Hall, the first floor of Zhejiang Library, No.73 Shuguang Road, Xihu District
Speaker:Hao Tianhu (Professor, School of Foreign Languages, Zhejiang University)
Shakespeare came from a small town in England and went to London to work hard. How did he become a master of literature without going to college? What is the charm of his plays? In this lecture, the guest will introduce why Shakespeare can’t help becoming Shakespeare. In Shakespeare’s time, drama was equivalent to our movies. What did the thrilling and popular love stories in Shakespeare’s plays tell us, such as Romeo and Juliet, Othello and Desdemona, troilus and Cresida?
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Time:October 27th (Saturday) 14:30-16:00
Location:Wangxiaobo Bookstore, 1st Floor, Building 28, Rainbow City, Binjiang District
Speaker:Xu Yanming (data analyst, text researcher)
A pure science and engineering man has an indissoluble love affair with Chinese characters. Xu Yanming said that he had a strong interest in Chinese studies since he was in middle school. He taught himself eight characters, Chinese medicine and so on, and liked reading Chinese classics. With in-depth study, he gradually realized that if he wants to read classics, he must learn Chinese characters well first, and then he began to pay attention to philology and learn to "explain Chinese characters". From Xu Shen’s Shuo Wen Jie Zi to various Oracle Bone Inscriptions, bronze inscriptions and unearthed documents, after work, Xu Yanming spent most of his time on Chinese character research and education, sorting out more than 400,000 words in reading notes. On October 27th, we invited xu teacher to the bookstore to talk about a data analyst’s love affair with Chinese characters from the hieroglyphics of "the words hide mountains and rivers from birds and beasts".
Hangzhou │ five key words to understand Xiao Hong —— A new book sharing session of One Hundred Details about Xiao Hong
Time:October 27th (Saturday) 15:00-16:00
Location:F2 Zhongshuge, Building 4, Avenue of Stars International Plaza, No.228 Jiangnan Avenue, Binjiang District
Speaker:Ju Mang (freelance writer)
Xiao Hong, a famous modern female writer, has attracted the most attention in two aspects, one is her literary height, and the other is her short and tortuous legendary life. There are too many contradictory materials and opinions about her in the past, which are both fascinating and curious. In this sharing session, Ju Mang will extract five most important keywords, namely, times, literature, freedom, youth and women, and tell the fundamentals of Xiao Hong’s life-Xiao Hong created in the "golden age", Xiao Hong nurtured by new literature, Xiao Hong carrying the May 4th freedom gene, Xiao Hong who personally staged "Nora ran away" in her youth, and Xiao Hong who just started to explore gender equality but needed love …
Hangzhou │ "Gourmet" Wang Zengqi
Time:October 28th (Sunday) 9:30-11:00.
Location:Wenlan Lecture Hall, the first floor of Zhejiang Library, No.73 Shuguang Road, Xihu District
Speaker:Zhai Yejun (Associate Professor, Chinese Department, Zhejiang University)
Wang Zengqi is delicious, good at cooking and good at talking about eating, so that the literary and art circles "rumor" and "say that Wang Zengqi is a gourmet". However, how can a eater who does nothing more than cook dried shredded pork, cold radish, stuffed meat, fried dough sticks and other home-cooked dishes, but also say that "meat eaters don’t despise" and "fish I want" can’t get on the table? In this regard, Wang Zengqi is quite self-aware. He said that he is not as good at eating as Zhang Daqian. He just loves cooking and loves to ponder how to "cook coarse dishes carefully". From this self-report, we may be able to see clearly the uniqueness of this gourmet who needs quotation marks, how this uniqueness carved himself in the history of China’s food culture, and how it corresponded with his novel creation. In this activity, let’s listen to Zhai Yejun, an associate professor of Chinese Department of Zhejiang University, and talk about Wang Zengqi, a "gourmet".
Nanjing │ Why Love Has Becomes History —— Zhang Yiwei’s New Chamber Book Sharing Meeting
Time:October 26th (Friday) 19:00-21:00
Location:Pioneer bookstore, No.173 Guangzhou Road, Gulou District
Guest:Zhang Yiwei (writer) and Jing Zhu (writer)
New Tune is a collection of lyrical literary works by Zhang Yiwei, a young Shanghai writer and lecturer in the Chinese Department of Fudan University. The title of New Tune is taken from Huang Tingjian’s poem "Always be able to tune the tune, show the sentence and enter the new tune". In this activity, the two guests will reinterpret the classics from a brand-new perspective, relive the literary stories, understand the old stories, and explore the new songs of the times in the close reading and comparison of novels, operas and movies.
Nanjing │ │ The longer you will be, the more you will look like the book you have read —— Reading Sharing Meeting of legendary translator Yu Zemin
Time:October 27th (Saturday) 14:00-16:00
Location:Wanxiang Bookstore, No.8 Jinyinjie, Gulou District
Speaker:Yu Zemin (translator and writer)
Human communication is inseparable from translation; Understanding the world is inseparable from literature. Reading is a way of life that runs through literature, translation and writing. Reading shapes the soul, personality and life. In this activity, translator Yu Zemin will talk with readers about his reading experience, how he embarked on the road of literature from a medical graduate, and how he became attached to Hungarian literature. He will also talk with you about his stories and experiences in reading, translation and writing, starting with Hungarian literary giants such as Si Nuo Holkay laszlo and Marai Sandor.
Nanjing │ Seventeen years old is the amber chosen by time —— Sharing meeting of the new book "Seventeen-year-old hussars" in Nanjing
Time:October 27th (Saturday) 14:30-16:30
Location:Pioneer bookstore, No.173 Guangzhou Road, Gulou District
Speaker:Lu nei (writer)
Seventeen-year-old light cavalry is the only collection of short stories in the writer’s road so far, which includes 13 novels that he wrote intermittently in the past nine years from 2008 to 2017. Using the capacity of a book to fully display such a critical moment of life as 17 years old is to find such an equivalent time weight for readers to some extent. At the age of 17, it seems that everything is still confused and chaotic, but many hidden lines have been buried, and the life after that is just revealed one by one. For a writer, short stories are usually a better way for him to roam other writing fields, but on the way, he used this book to complete his complement to the "Follow the Trilogy". In the eyes of continuous attention on the road, their 17-year-old time provided not only a thin sample of youth, but a deeper and wider field.
Nanjing │ A game of chess in a fleeting time —— Chu Fujin’s new book release conference of Chess Language
Time:October 28th (Sunday) 14:00-16:30.
Location:Pioneer bookstore, No.173 Guangzhou Road, Gulou District
Guest:Chu Fujin (Vice Chairman of Jiangsu Writers Association) and Shao Zhenzhong (President of Jiangsu Chess Academy)
Chu Fujin was praised as "the best writer in Weiqi field and the best writer in Weiqi", and Li Jingze praised him as "the first person in China literary world". The coming out of the novel Chess Language is inevitable by accident, and it is another masterpiece of Chu Fujin’s writing about people, history and China’s traditional culture with chess after Black and White and Black and White. In this activity, the author will bring a new book to talk about "chess language" with readers.
Nanjing │ Your Name —— Readers’ Sharing Meeting of Selected Poems of Ji Xian
Time:October 28th (Sunday) 16:00-18:00
Location:Pioneer bookstore, No.173 Guangzhou Road, Gulou District
Guest:Lu Xuexun (writer, son of Ji Xian), Huang Fan (poet, associate professor of Nanjing University of Science and Technology), He Ping (professor college of nanjing normal university, doctoral supervisor), Wu Xinhai (researcher of modern literature historical materials), He Tongbin (writer, deputy editor of Zhongshan) and Yu Bang (poet and novelist).
Ji Xian, an advocate of modern poetry in Taiwan Province, is also known as the "three elders" in the poetry circle with Qin Zihao and Zhong Dingwen, and enjoys a high reputation in the Taiwan Province poetry circle and even the whole Chinese poetry circle. His works, such as The Wolf’s Alone, Your Name, and A Leaf of a Sophora japonica, are widely known and can be called the classics of new poetry. In this activity, several guests will talk with readers about the rhyme of Ji Xian’s poems.
Changsha │ "Knowledge of The National SouthWest Associated University’s Legacy" Editorial Sharing Meeting
Time:October 27th (Saturday) 14:30-15:30.
Location:Desiqin 24-hour bookstore on the first floor of Desiqin City Plaza, No.18 Xiangfu Road, Yuhua District
Guest:Chen Baoxin (Zhizhong social media operation) and YUKI (Zhizhong book publishing director)
The National SouthWest Associated University, a university bred in suffering, witnessed the break of the times, but shouldered the cultural revival. On October 27th, Zhizhong social media operator Chen Baoxin and Zhizhong content producer YUKI visited Desiqin 24-hour Bookstore with the special edition of "The Legacy of Zhizhong The National SouthWest Associated University" to restore the historical truth of The National SouthWest Associated University for you and take you through the Guanghua era in which there were endless string songs in the war.
