AS one of the earliest women pilots in China, Quan Jiyu has earned honors and has had unique experiences. She has held an important position in the history of aviation in China and the Republic of Korea. Quan Jiyu was...AS one of the earliest women pilots in China, Quan Jiyu has earned honors and has had unique experiences. She has held an important position in the history of aviation in China and the Republic of Korea. Quan Jiyu was born in Pyongyang, Korea in 1901. When she was nine years old, the Japanese invaded her country. The struggles against Japanese aggression were ongoing everywhere which significantly influenced young Quan Jiyu. In 1919 in Korea, the March lst Independence Movement occurred and Quan Jiyu, just 18, became展开更多
MY nationality, the Zhuang nationality, has the largest population among the minority nationalities in China, the population being 15.49 million. In my hometown the Zhuang people still keep their own culture and a str...MY nationality, the Zhuang nationality, has the largest population among the minority nationalities in China, the population being 15.49 million. In my hometown the Zhuang people still keep their own culture and a strong sense of the nationality. Since 1949, great changes have taken place in the families of the Zhuang people, including the life of women. The different experiences of my grandmother, my mother and myself reveal the changes of this ethnic group. My grandmother was born at the beginning of the century, when the bourgeois democratic revolution led by Dr. Sun Yat-sen, the Revolution of 1911, was undertaken in China to overthrow the Qing Dynasty. This revolution didn’t influence my grandmother’s life much, for during her time the Zhuang people didn’t have much contact with the展开更多
DESPITE his youth, Cao Yong, a member of Chinese Calligraphers’s Association, is a highly skilled calligrapher who has spent many years studying the works of artists both ancient and contemporary. Cao, who is in his ...DESPITE his youth, Cao Yong, a member of Chinese Calligraphers’s Association, is a highly skilled calligrapher who has spent many years studying the works of artists both ancient and contemporary. Cao, who is in his early 30s, says he believes that the art of calligraphy depends on excellent national traditions and con-展开更多
Yaakov Shabtai＇s ＂Departure＂ seems, at first glance, only to chronicle the illness and death of an unnamed grandmother living in Tel Aviv, as witnessed through the eyes of her grandson. The grandmother, an observan...Yaakov Shabtai＇s ＂Departure＂ seems, at first glance, only to chronicle the illness and death of an unnamed grandmother living in Tel Aviv, as witnessed through the eyes of her grandson. The grandmother, an observant Jewish woman with socialist politics, liberal social views, and many friends, differs strikingly from her Israeli family. They are wholly secular Jews who disavow belief in religion. They observe yahrzeits, Jewish religious festivals, and holy days only as long as grandmother lives. They discontinue all Jewish observance the moment the grandmother dies, thus allegorizing a complete intergenerational break in Jewish identity. The story ends with the melancholic narrator realizing that he has no memory of the date of his grandmother＇s death. This article contends that this seemingly simple narrative has profound historical and referential meanings. The story functions as an allegorical critique of escalating social and religious divisions in Israel, as well as the implications of the loss of Jewish religion on Jewish identity. ＂Departure＂ reveals that the process of dis-identification and post-Zionism begins with the family： symbolically with the figure of the grandmother, whose peaceful, sociable identity stands in peril of becoming removed from the possibilities of her mode of Jewish being influencing future generations.展开更多
My childhood has gone and will never come back. Yet I still cannot forget those happy days of my childhood. I was brought up by my grandmother. She loved me very much. Every night, I sat by her after supper and listen...My childhood has gone and will never come back. Yet I still cannot forget those happy days of my childhood. I was brought up by my grandmother. She loved me very much. Every night, I sat by her after supper and listened to her fascinating stories. How I liked those tales! They always brought me to a different world.When I fell sick and had to be in bed, my grandmother took good care of me and made all kinds of delicious food for me.展开更多
文摘AS one of the earliest women pilots in China, Quan Jiyu has earned honors and has had unique experiences. She has held an important position in the history of aviation in China and the Republic of Korea. Quan Jiyu was born in Pyongyang, Korea in 1901. When she was nine years old, the Japanese invaded her country. The struggles against Japanese aggression were ongoing everywhere which significantly influenced young Quan Jiyu. In 1919 in Korea, the March lst Independence Movement occurred and Quan Jiyu, just 18, became
文摘MY nationality, the Zhuang nationality, has the largest population among the minority nationalities in China, the population being 15.49 million. In my hometown the Zhuang people still keep their own culture and a strong sense of the nationality. Since 1949, great changes have taken place in the families of the Zhuang people, including the life of women. The different experiences of my grandmother, my mother and myself reveal the changes of this ethnic group. My grandmother was born at the beginning of the century, when the bourgeois democratic revolution led by Dr. Sun Yat-sen, the Revolution of 1911, was undertaken in China to overthrow the Qing Dynasty. This revolution didn’t influence my grandmother’s life much, for during her time the Zhuang people didn’t have much contact with the
文摘DESPITE his youth, Cao Yong, a member of Chinese Calligraphers’s Association, is a highly skilled calligrapher who has spent many years studying the works of artists both ancient and contemporary. Cao, who is in his early 30s, says he believes that the art of calligraphy depends on excellent national traditions and con-
文摘Yaakov Shabtai＇s ＂Departure＂ seems, at first glance, only to chronicle the illness and death of an unnamed grandmother living in Tel Aviv, as witnessed through the eyes of her grandson. The grandmother, an observant Jewish woman with socialist politics, liberal social views, and many friends, differs strikingly from her Israeli family. They are wholly secular Jews who disavow belief in religion. They observe yahrzeits, Jewish religious festivals, and holy days only as long as grandmother lives. They discontinue all Jewish observance the moment the grandmother dies, thus allegorizing a complete intergenerational break in Jewish identity. The story ends with the melancholic narrator realizing that he has no memory of the date of his grandmother＇s death. This article contends that this seemingly simple narrative has profound historical and referential meanings. The story functions as an allegorical critique of escalating social and religious divisions in Israel, as well as the implications of the loss of Jewish religion on Jewish identity. ＂Departure＂ reveals that the process of dis-identification and post-Zionism begins with the family： symbolically with the figure of the grandmother, whose peaceful, sociable identity stands in peril of becoming removed from the possibilities of her mode of Jewish being influencing future generations.
文摘My childhood has gone and will never come back. Yet I still cannot forget those happy days of my childhood. I was brought up by my grandmother. She loved me very much. Every night, I sat by her after supper and listened to her fascinating stories. How I liked those tales! They always brought me to a different world.When I fell sick and had to be in bed, my grandmother took good care of me and made all kinds of delicious food for me.
