36 Characters [三十六个字]- with English Subtitles [英文字幕]
A useful video to show beginner Chinese learners how Chinese (photographical) characters originally came about. Enjoy.
President Trump Works As A Waiter At His Own Hotel
Donald Trump spending a day in the shoes of his employees at Trump Tower Chicago.
Dana Rohrabacher Might be Trump’s Choice for Secretary of State
So far the Trump administration has openly shown interest for some people to fill key positions within the administration, and many were pleasantly surprised. Sen. Jeff Sessions for the position of Attorney General. Gov. Nikki Haley from South Carolina as the new United Nations representative. Meanwhile, Sen. Ted Cruz has met with Donald Trump in […]
Explore California’s Wonderland- Santa Barbara
Driving down California’s Pacific Coast Highway 1, away from the hustle and bustle of cities, you will enjoy freedom and spaciousness between the ocean and sky. Beside ever-changing scenic coastlines, mountains and villages, you may begin to wonder if there are any other places, places that dwell beneath the mountains or hide by the shimmering […]
A Taste of French Cuisine in San Francisco
France, much like China, has different schools of cuisine in different regions. For France, Paris is the Mecca of all culinary art. All chefs have to be in Paris at least once in their lifetime to receive the most rigorous training known to the world, and to taste the gourmet cuisines from all of France. […]
Katharine Hepburn 1985
This interview with Katharine Hepburn originally aired in 1985. Also check out our Middle Land Youtube channel
The Opening of the Academy Awards: 1965 Oscars
Bob Hope opens the 37th Academy Awards, and Claudia Cardinale and Steve McQueen present the Oscar for Sound to the Warner Bros. Studio Sound Department (accepted by George R. Groves, Sound Director) for My Fair Lady. Introduced by Arthur Freed with orchestra conducted by Johnny Green. Featuring red carpet arrivals and overture with Gregory Peck, […]
Velazquez and the meaning behind painting – Las Hiranderas
Western painting is full of symbols and allusions. (TRANSLATION NOTE this is not ‘illusion’ but ‘allusion’ – reference, association, relationship.] In traditional painting their meanings had roots in other paintings, other arts, in religious and secular texts, and also in the artists’ invention. However, ‘reading’ the symbols depended on each viewer’s knowledge of these other […]
Western and Eastern Art To Elevate Human Culture
Liu Ren said, “A long time ago, Chinese students had already traveled abroad to learn classical fine arts in the West, but the essence of classical Western arts had not been systematically inherited in fine art academies in China. China’s fine art education was modeled on that of the Soviet Union; a systematic art education […]