Depicting Africa

How did you come to participate in this project？ I was informed about the project in February 2011 when the China Artists Association organized a competitive bidding among artists. There were 10 designs that the judges looked at, and our design won by a unanimous vote. After that, it still had to get official approval from the African Union and China. It took me three months to design and make the sculpture with my postgraduate students. During that time, many people contributed, I invited art masters and professors in the field to be counselors for our team. Many of them climbed on lad- ders to make adjustments to the piece with their own hands.

From The Serenity Dwelling Collection to The Tea Smoke Pavilion Collection:ANew Discussion on the Guiding Principle behind Zhu Yizun's Object-Depicting Lyrics

The Lyric Collection on Objects of the Tea Smoke Pavilion is an anthology that Zhu Yizun compiled in his later years by carefully selecting object-depicting lyrics he composed throughout his life.Approximately 70 percent of the works were created before he participated in the imperial examination in 1679.This indicates that this anthology does not fully reflect the characteristics of the lyrics he penned in his later years.The collection title"Tea Smoke Pavilion,"as revealed in The Lyric Collection of the Serenity Dwelling,reflects the poet's distinctive approach to expressing emotions through depicting objects.A detailed examination of Zhu's works from the perspectives of textual structure,language,tone pattern and rhyming demonstrates that Zhu has consistently adhered to the same guiding principle when composing object-depicting lyrics.He has elevated the technique of“objectification,”pioneered by the poets of the Southern Song Dynasty to a new realm,crafting a unique beauty in object-depicting lyrics,which is different from the beauty of Song lyrics.His success is rooted in his emotional experiences depicted in The Serenity Dwelling Collection.His relentless exploration in artistic forms has provided a source of inspiration for scholars of later generations to explore how to convey personal sentiments.It also offers an opportunity to reflect on the merits and demerits regarding the development of object-depicting lyrics during the Qing Dynasty.

Langston Hughes' Art of Writing as Reflected in his Short Story Early Autumn

The art of writing reflected in the short story Early Autumn by Langston Hughes is discussed from three perspectives:the careful choice of the title "Early Autumn"; the unique psychological depiction of characters; and the special purpose for the description of settings and scenes in this story.

Practice and knowledge of volumetric development of deep fractured-vuggy carbonate reservoirs in Tarim Basin, NW China

Different from the continental layered sandstone and fracture-pore carbonate reservoirs, the fractured-vuggy carbonate reservoirs in the Tarim Basin are mainly composed of fractured-vuggy bodies of different sizes and shapes. Based on years of study on the geological features, flow mechanisms, high-precision depiction and the recovery mode of fractured-vuggy bodies, the idea of “volumetric development” is proposed and put into practice. A “body by body” production methodology is established with respect to volumetric unit of fractures and vugs based on vuggy body’s spatial allocation and reserves. A variety of development wells, various technological methods, and multi-type injection media are used to develop this type of reservoirs in an all-around way. As a result, the resource and production structures of the Tahe oilfield are significantly improved and a highly efficient development is achieved.

Dancing Flying Apsaras

THE Dunhuang mural is a well-known art treasure of the world, Painted on the Mogao Grottoes along the famous Silk Road, it portrays

The Rock Paintings of the Helan Mountains

THE HelanMountains sit ina corner of theNingxia Hui Autonom-ous Region of north-western China in a widearc running for 250 kmfrom north to south.Insome places the range is20 to 30 km across;the individual moun-tain peaks are on aver-age 1,400 m above sealevel and the high-est peak Shaguozhou,reaches 3,556 m intothe sky.When the YellowRiver enters

Artists of the Northeast

A group of artists consisthingmainly of members of theJilin Academy of Art is ac-tive in the vast snowy area ofnortheast China.These artits go tothe mountain and fields to learn.about ordinaly people’s lives andcustoms and depict these and thelandscapes in their paintings。Nourished by the white moun-a bold,simple and vivid style.Huang Qiushi,a famous land-scape painter of the northern school,uses vigorous strokes with a free andnatural application of ink.His paint-ings are in grand style,revealingvigor and vitality and depicting theexternal world vividly and truly, butat the same time expressing his ownideas and feelings.He thinks his

Magnificent Chinese Mythology

LIKE other ancient civilizations of the world,China hasmany rich tales of mythology.these early accounts are thehuman discernment of the manymysteries that surround nature,heaven and earth.Chinese classics such as TheTales of sea and Mountains,Zhuangzi,the Lamenf,or Encountering Sorrow,Question to Heaven,Huainanzi,TheAccounts of the Ten Continents,TheBook of Supernatural Things and TheAccounts of Marvels are treasures ofChinese mythology.The contents ofthese Works have been presentedstudied and verified as originalsources.Modern Chinese

AN INTERVIEW WITH PROFESSOR CHEN FENG EDITOR OF THE BOOK A DEPICTION OF TRIALS OF STRENGTH BETWEEN CHINA AND THE US

The Editor’s Note:Recently a book titled A Depiction of Trialsof Strength Between China and the US was published in Beijing.It isedited and mainly written by Professor Chen Feng of China Instituteof Contemporary International Relations.Four young researcher ofthe same institute also participated in the writing.After the book waspublished,it has evoked strong repercussions both at home andabroad.Its first edition has already been sold out and the second edi-tion has rushed through print.Foreign press and news agencies alsopay much attention to the book and have made quite a few comments.Some foreign experts and scholars have asked the publishing house orthe authors to send them a copy of the book.Some overseas publish-ing house have even proposed to purchase the book’s copyright.A-gainst this backdrop,members of the editorial department of this jour-nal has had a special interview with Professor Chen Feng to ask abouthis motive to write the book and some other related matters.Below isa brief record of the interview.

Anatomical study of infratemporal fossa in coronal sections

Objective The study aims to provide three-dimensional anatomical data to physicians through studying the regional anatomy of infratemporal fossa. Methods Coronal sections of one cadaveric head were prepared with freezing milling technique. After labeling,extraction and reconstruction of the serial thin sections of the specimen,

Bible Depicted in 2,000-year-old Han Dynasty Stone Carvings

Wang Weifan is a member of the standing committee of the China Christian Council, and a Christian theology education professor. He recently discovered that several Eastern Han Dynasty museum exhibits in the Jiangsu Xuzhou Han Dynasty Stone Carving Museum include depictions of the bible and of

A SPECIAL ISSUE OF THE US WEEKLY "SCIENCE" FEATURES A PANORAMIC DEPICTION OF TODAY'S CHINESE SCIENCE IN A DETAILED WAY

For the first time in history, the current state and latest developments of China’s S&T endeavors become the keynote of one of the world-renowned scientific journals,"Science," published by the American Association for Advancement of Science. The prestigious journal "Science,"is one of most influential scientific periodicals in the world today.Under the banner headline of "Science in Asia: China" at a special issue coming out recently, it recounts the increas-

An overview of the latest developments in facial imaging

Facial imaging is a term used to describe methods that use facial images to assist or facili-tate human identification. This pertains to two craniofacial identification procedures that use skulls and faces—facial approximation and photographic superimposition—as well as face-only methods for age progression/regression, the construction of facial graphics from eye-witness memory (including composites and artistic sketches), facial depiction, face mapping and newly emerging methods of molecular photofitting. Given the breadth of these facial imaging techniques, it is not surprising that a broad array of subject-matter experts partici-pate in and/or contribute to the formulation and implementation of these methods (includ-ing forensic odontologists, forensic artists, police officers, electrical engineers, anatomists, geneticists, medical image specialists, psychologists, computer graphic programmers and software developers). As they are concerned with the physical characteristics of humans, each of these facial imaging areas also falls in the domain of physical anthropology, although not all of them have been traditionally regarded as such. This too offers useful opportunities to adapt established methods in one domain to others more traditionally held to be disciplines within physical anthropology (e.g. facial approximation, craniofacial super-imposition and face photo-comparison). It is important to note that most facial imaging methods are not currently used for identification but serve to assist authorities in narrowing or directing investigations such that other, more potent, methods of identification can be used (e.g. DNA). Few, if any, facial imaging approaches can be considered honed end-stage scientific methods, with major opportunities for physical anthropologists to make meaningful contributions. Some facial imaging methods have considerably stronger scientific underpin-nings than others (e.g. facial approximation versus face mapping), some currently lie entirely within the artistic sphere (facial depiction), and yet others are so aspirational that realistic capacity to obtain their aims has strongly been questioned despite highly advanced tech-nical approaches (molecular photofitting). All this makes for a broad-ranging, dynamic and energetic field that is in a constant state of flux. This manuscript provides a theoretical snap-shot of the purposes of these methods, the state of science as it pertains to them, and their latest research developments.

Geologic-seismic models,prediction of shallow-water lacustrine delta sandbody and hydrocarbon potential in the Late Miocene,Huanghekou Sag,Bohai Bay Basin,northern China

The Huanghekou Sag is located at the southeast part of the Bohai Bay Basin, northern China. Large-scale shallow lake delta developed in the Neogene provided suitable geological conditions for the formation of a subtle oil-gas reservoir in this area. The key for analyzing sandstone reservoir and sedimentary facies is by using seismic attributes(amplitude) to establish the relationship between lithology combination and seismic attributes. The lower unit of Late Miocene Minghuazhen Formation at the BZ34 block in the Huanghekou Sag was subdivided into 10 parasequence sets(PSS). Thicker sandstones mainly occurred in PSS1 and PSS10, whereas thin sandstones are mostly observed within other parasequence sets. This study presents statistics and analyses of lithology, i.e., statistics of root-meansquare(RMS) amplitude and lithology of well locations in different parasequence sets of the study area,as well as 1-D forward seismic models of 7 types of lithology combinations, the establishment of a spatial distribution of 2-D sandbody, forward seismic models etc. Our study indicates that high amplitude peaks correspond to thicker sandbodies, while low amplitude indicates non-development of sandbodies(generally less than 2 m), and medium amplitude agrees well with large sets of mudstones interbedded with medium and thinner sandstones. Different sand-mudstone combinations genetically reflect a combination of multiple micro-facies, therefore, amplitude features can predict sandbodies as well as facies characteristics.

A Multi-Channel Salience Based Detail Exaggeration Technique for 3D Relief Surfaces

Visual saliency can always persuade the viewer＇s visual attention to fine-scale mesostructure of 3D complex shapes. Owing to the multi-channel salience measure and salience-domain shape modeling technique, a novel visual saliency based shape depiction scheme is presented to exaggerate salient geometric details of the underlying relief surface. Our multi-channel salience measure is calculated by combining three feature maps, i.e., the 0-order feature map of local height distribution, the l-order feature map of normal difference, and the 2-order feature map of mean curvature variation. The original relief surface is firstly manipulated by a salience-domain enhancement function, and the detail exaggeration surface can then be obtained by adjusting the surface normals of the original surface as the corresponding final normals of the manipulated surface. The advantage of our detail exaggeration technique is that it can adaptively alter the shading of the original shape to reveal visually salient features whilst keeping the desired appearance unimpaired. The experimental results demonstrate that our non-photorealistic shading scheme can enhance the surface mesostructure effectively and thus improving the shape depiction of the relief surfaces.

Otherness, Intercorporeity and Dialogism in Bakhtin's Vision of the Text

In Bakhtin, dialogism and intercorporeity are closely interconnected by a relation of reciprocal implication: there cannot be dialogue among disembodied minds, nor can dialogism be understood separately from a biosemiotic conception of the sign. Bakhtin's monograph on Rabelais forms an organic part of his writings, including those produced by his collaborators and friends Voloshinov and Medvedev. According to Bakhtin, dialogue concerns literature and life. He evidences the ideological character of the contemporary conception of the individual body described as separate from other bodies and self-sufficient. And, in fact, through his readings of Rabelais' s works he evidences the validity of the carnival vision of the grotesque body.

Graphs in Practical Situations

Linear graphs are often used to depict conversion graphs and travel graphs. Example: The following graph shows the conversion between the Singapore dollar (S $) and the Malay- sian ringgit (RM) in 2000.

张允菡:其实我们什么也不是

毕业于国立台湾艺术大学雕塑系的艺术家张允菡,在移居保安街新址的台北当代艺术中心举行名为＂其实我们什么也不是＂的个展。艺术家在不改变艺术中心作为聚会活动场所种种日常运营工作的前提下,以最极简的方式完成了与插画家廖怡惠的合作。廖怡惠以张的绘本为视觉传达媒介,想象那段张允菡身体莅临的北极——那段艺术家视为＂遗失所有追溯的路径＂的经验。

敦煌莫高窟五百强盗成佛故事画再研究

五百强盗成佛图是敦煌石窟中有名的佛教故事画题材之一,又被称为“得眼林”,共存有两幅,分别位于莫高窟西魏第285窟南壁和北周第296窟南壁,具有很高的史料和艺术价值。第285窟位于洞窟崖面南区中段第二层,规模中等,坐西向东,主室呈方形,覆斗形顶,是莫高窟最早有纪年的洞窟。五百强盗成佛图位于南壁偏上部分,从东向西,依次排开,画面恢宏,情节紧凑,是莫高窟西魏时期最大的一幅故事画,也是莫高窟最早的因缘故事画。

Dance Drama Depicts Love at the Sanxia Gorge

THE dance drama "Love at the Sanxia Gorge" tells the story of an ordinary young couple who are passionately in love. Because there have been quite a few national dance dramas depicting love between a man and a woman, the creators of this drama and the performers with the Chongqing Song and Dance Troupe have tried their best to impress their audience. The female lead dances in a