人物与抽象

今天讲五十年代的人物画相对抽象派的画，战后有一批有影响的抽象派画家，受冷战影响，经济复苏影响，渐离欧洲或是英国，而更接近美国的影响，澳洲有个人主义倾向的抽象派画家，创造神秘，神话，。。。

年年大吉

Catfish shares the same pronunciation with year and two catfish together mean year on year. Orange shares the same pronunciatioon with good fortune and a large orange means extremely good fortune. The objects conbined mean great fortune year after year. As an object of good fortune, historical records say that in the Song dynasty, only the empress was permitted to eat gold oranges which explains why oranges are often used to mean good fortune in images of good luck. Leopards are animals of bravery and leopard images were worn by Qing military officials on their costumes. In the past, leopard tail referred to wages and honor and military art was called leopard strategies. Leopard shares the same pronunciation as announcement and, combined with the happiness sound in magpies, means announcement of happy news. as birds of good luck that bring good news, magpies are darling birds.

秦兵马俑的真相

今天无意中看到一个天大的奇闻，虽然早已发生，我却刚刚知道，原来有专家在质疑秦兵马俑的主人到底是谁。也许因为最近秦兵马俑展在此热火朝天地，观者如潮，可见世人对这些真人大小的兵马俑充满了好奇。

Qin Shihuang's reign

Qin Shihuang was born Ying Zheng in about 259 BC. As the sole king of Qin, Ying Zheng proved to be a tough ruler. He attacked the other warring states surrounding Qin, intent on bringing them all under his rule. One of Qin Shihuang's great reforms was to standardise written language, currency and weights and measures throughout his empire. The man who During his time as emperor, Qin Shihuang was as ruthless as he had been in attaining that title. He quashed any opposition by centralising the administration, forcing the nobility of the other states to move to his capital at Xianyang. He began building a city to match the magnificence of the empire he hoped would last 10,000years. He was also constantly concerned about barbarian invasions, plots and assassination attempts. To keep out the barbarians, he began building a defensive wass, the Great Wall. To foil plotters he executed all who showed the slightest opposition to him or his policies. To avert assassinations he kept a distance between himself and everyone around him, although there were three near-successful attempts to kill him. He also became obsessed with immortality and invited magicians to his court looking for a way to stay alive forever. Despite his efforts he died in 210 BC.

秦始皇与他的地下大军

How many times we've been visited to the exhibition of The First Emperor: China's Entombed Warriors? Five times! The great exhibition has attracted a great number of viewers. In the third century BC, China was a patchwork of warring states. From this the ruler of the kingdom of Qin, Ying Zheng, emerged to unify all of the states into one bigger nation. His reign as Qin Shihuang, the first emperor of China, did not last long but had a huge impact, politically and culturally. once an obscure figure in Chinese history, since the discovery of his tomb in the 1970s he has become famous worldwide. Artifacts from the tomb of the emperor are often a huge drawcard at galleries and museums, particularly the army of terracotta warriors that were buried with him.

艺术博物馆巧遇

今天在艺术博物馆里被来自楚地的青铜器给迷住了，竟不知旁边有人在左右打量我，很长时间才反应过来原来是碰到馆里的大人物了，当然这位专家马上要去美国。。。

买书杂记

今天去学校转转，借了两本书，又买了一本书，买书真是成了我的最大嗜好，舍不得买衣服，却舍得买书，这已成了一大习惯，难改了，也不想去改了，因为我买的书都是我看中的，都能给我带来阅读的快感。

品酒随感

和狐狸一起去一家酒店品酒，天空中下着雨，但这并不能阻挡爱喝酒的人，穿大街走小巷地，最后我们在酒店的后仓房中止步。小小的仓房中已挤满了人，Wine Tasting，这是一个非常诱人的工作，。。。

中国古乐及磬说

今天在艺术博物馆看到了一场平时绝对看不到的表演，中国长安何家营的鼓乐社在博物馆大厅里演奏古老的乐曲，他们穿着古装，吹拉弹打的乐器也是古代的，完全可以把人的思绪拉回到遥远的从前。Chime stone is an ancient royal percussion musical instrument often made of stone. The sound this chime stone makes is clear and very pleasant. the chime stone hung on the ruyi and the ruyi hung on the coral combine to mean happiness, celebration, and the state of being well-contented.

一团和气

Afu is a clay statue popular in south China with a horizontal couplet in the hands that reads "kindness leads to happiness". In the past, the ninth day of the first month of the lunar year is regarded as the birthday of the Heavenly God, the head of Daoism. Rituals are to be performed and sacrifices offered to him on that day. Kindness is the focus on that day and no offense shall be made. Harmony was highly treasured in the past both for business and families.
Bloody hot! Today is 42 degrees centigrade. I was heading to the city，the train with all the windows wide open, obviously there's no air-con, it's burning inside the carriages. The situation even get worse, the train stopped three times in the middle of nowhere! Who will be killed by the hot weather? Anyway, some people are treated at the Central station due to the heatstroke. What a hot weather! What a lucky day! What a developed country!

奇热无比的新年

Zhong Kui, estabished himself among the common folks as the house guardian against evil spirits, often appears ugly and frightening in pictures. Though unpleasant in appearance, Zhong Kui is a popular figure as he sees it his exclusive responsibilities to drive away evil spirits. Gradually, he has become the god of good fortune. As he plays the flute, the music stays round the house for three days, bringing over good tidings.

国际标准书号

ISBN(The International Standard Book Number)即国际标准书号，是一套用来标明各种书籍的序号，最初由英国一间名为Whsmith 的书商所创立，到七十年代， 国际标准化组织（ISO)将其纳入标准化种类之一，可以方便图书的出版与管理， 亦有利于国际间出版物的交流。