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Author: Zhang Licheng
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Publish Date: 2006-08-29
Features: In 1999, Chinese conductor Li Bolun, despite being ill, fulfilled a century-old promise with American violinist Isaac Stern. The concert, hosted by Ying Ruocheng who had just recovered from a serious illness, was followed by the demise of the three masters. This "concert where I've never seen so many flowers, never heard such thunderous applause, and never seen so many people crying" became an eternal masterpiece in the hearts of music lovers. The article "The Last Concert," accompanied by vivid and touching images, provides a detailed account of the concert's behind-the-scenes story. In this issue's "People" section, one subject is Yuan Chuanmi, a professor at Nanjing University's Biology Department, written by his daughter Yuan Jingmei, capturing the sorrow and helplessness of an environmental scientist. The other is Ku Shulan, an elderly Shaanxi artist named "World Folk Art Master" by UNESCO. Both articles reveal the true life of their subjects, especially "The Master's Tears," which shows how pale and insignificant character portraits filled with praise can be. This issue of "Dakuyou," features eight of Ku Shulan's "Brilliant" (as described by Professor Qiao Xiaoguang of the Central Academy of Fine Arts) paper-cut works, printed in special colors.
Lu Xun loved art, especially woodcuts. He particularly admired German female painter K?the Kollwitz and Japanese painter Kishida Ryōko. The young women depicted by Kishida, with their exotic urban architecture and electric trams as backgrounds, tall figures, faces like peach blossoms, and ambiguous smiles, resonate deeply with Lu Xun's inner state after his extremely lonely and long youth, when he finally awakened and shouted, "I can also love." The article "Kishida Ryōko's Lyric Painting Era" introduces the life of this little-known painter and features his exquisite works. The newly published "Letters from Shen Congwen" in two volumes are filled with inexplicable omissions. Biographer Li Hui meticulously corrected them. Shen's son Huju described the version as "like a misprinted stamp, becoming a certain kind of specimen." "The City in Crisis" is the working notes of director Gao Qunshu for the upcoming film "Tokyo Trial." At my request, Director Gao completely rewrote the original 20,000-word manuscript. With a tone completely different from typical entertainment reporting, he shows us a shocking reality in the film industry. As he said, "I witness not the birth of a film, but its destruction," and "Many of our domestic films are gradually dying step by step, and it's not a problem of the system." The bookplate for this issue is drawn by Taiwanese cartoonist Xiao Yanzhong.