＂The other day my uncle took my younger brothers and me to the market in Longfu Temple. What impressed me most there was the Peking Opera played in the copper plate. All the characters were paper-made miniature figur...＂The other day my uncle took my younger brothers and me to the market in Longfu Temple. What impressed me most there was the Peking Opera played in the copper plate. All the characters were paper-made miniature figures in theatric costumes. The most beautiful was the martial arts role who wore feathers on the head, four small banners on the back and a suit of armor with a ring of animal hair underneath. All those miniature figures were placed in a bigger copper plate. When the showman struck the plate, they all revolved, presenting such a marvelous battle scene.＂ That was the description of animal hair-made figures that Bing Xin, a renowned woman writer, recalled at age 81 in her article ＂I Have Been to Beijing＂. Respected as ＂Grandmother of Literature＂, Bing Xin once said when she was still alive, ＂My early time in Beijing was strange and boring.＂ But the unique toys of animal hair-made figures brought her much comfort and still left fresh memory in her mind until her late years.展开更多
In Dashanzi outside the northeast 4th loop road in Beijing, there is a factory numbered 798. Old residents in Beijing perhaps know that it was a secret factory in the past. But now it has become a world famous Soho ar...In Dashanzi outside the northeast 4th loop road in Beijing, there is a factory numbered 798. Old residents in Beijing perhaps know that it was a secret factory in the past. But now it has become a world famous Soho art village.展开更多
文摘＂The other day my uncle took my younger brothers and me to the market in Longfu Temple. What impressed me most there was the Peking Opera played in the copper plate. All the characters were paper-made miniature figures in theatric costumes. The most beautiful was the martial arts role who wore feathers on the head, four small banners on the back and a suit of armor with a ring of animal hair underneath. All those miniature figures were placed in a bigger copper plate. When the showman struck the plate, they all revolved, presenting such a marvelous battle scene.＂ That was the description of animal hair-made figures that Bing Xin, a renowned woman writer, recalled at age 81 in her article ＂I Have Been to Beijing＂. Respected as ＂Grandmother of Literature＂, Bing Xin once said when she was still alive, ＂My early time in Beijing was strange and boring.＂ But the unique toys of animal hair-made figures brought her much comfort and still left fresh memory in her mind until her late years.
文摘In Dashanzi outside the northeast 4th loop road in Beijing, there is a factory numbered 798. Old residents in Beijing perhaps know that it was a secret factory in the past. But now it has become a world famous Soho art village.
