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发帖数: 6973 | 1 Edward Wong, Repackaging the Revolutionary Classics of China; A revival to
promote stability, not rebellion. New York Times, June 30, 2011
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/30/world/asia
/30redsong.html?_r=1&scp=1&sq=wong%20red%20stability&st=cse
Quote:
"'In this absurd time, they encourage you to sing revolutionary songs, but
they do not encourage you to wage a revolution,' He Bing, the vice dean of
the law school at the China University of Political Science & Law, said at a
recent graduation. Surprisingly, the audience of aspiring lawyers, judges
and police officers applauded wildly.
"Despite the criticism, the revival has stirred nostalgia among some Chinese
for the Mao era, even those who lived through its horrors. For them, red
culture evokes the simple ideals and unalloyed patriotism of that period
more than the traumas endured. And red songs are the music of their
childhood.
My comment:
(a) I am clueless why a girl in top photo (which does not appear in the
print edition) has a red dot in between eyebrows. I thought it is done in
India only.
(b) tyke (n; from Old Norse tīk bitch):
"1: DOG; especially : an inferior or mongrel dog
2a chiefly British : a clumsy, churlish, or eccentric person
b : a small child"
www.m-w.com
(c) cerise (color)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cerise_(color)
(d) red culture 红色文化
(e) WANG Erxiao 王二小
(f) sing-along (n): "SONGFEST"
* songfest (n): "an informal session of group singing of popular or folk
songs"
(g) HE Bing/China University of Political Science & Law 何兵/中国政法大学
(h) Niccolò Paganini
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niccol%C3%B2_Paganini
(1782-1840)
(i) 庆红歌进北京，“我爱北京天安门" (an alternative title is 中国唱红面面观
红歌和政治紧相连). VOA Chinese, June 30, 2011.
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/news
/Uncut-News-TitleChina-in-Red-Frenzy-Ahead-of-Party-Anniversary-124786094.
html
mentions both the above report and
Tom Orlik and Melissa Powers, You Can’t Have a Party Without Music: A Red
Song Primer. China Real Time, June 30, 2011.
http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2011/06/30
/you-cant-have-a-party-without-music-a-red-song-primer/
, when it (the VOA report) says, "华尔街日报(6/30)报导说，这次唱红运动，始于
重庆。薄熙来希望能利用这个活动来进入政治局常委。在重庆一次唱红歌咏比赛中，观
众和演员不下10万人。" |
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