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Saturday, September 14, 2013
The Power of Art
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Friday, September 13, 2013
Monday, September 2, 2013
Powerful Asian Women More Than 1400 Years Ago
My American friends always asked me if I loved the book "Snowflower & The Secret Fan", I said no because it was the same old westernized fiction of the same old boring feet binding story.
I don't know why Westerners always have this fixation about Chinese women or Asian women being weak, suppressed and passive. Examples of strong and ambitious women are numerous throughout the history in Asia. Above is a drama about the first female ruler in Korea over 1500 years ago. The history about the 2 female characters are real, Princess Mishil, an ambitious and influential female politician who obtained her princess title by being the concubine of a series of Kings and Princess Deokman, the daughter of a King whom Princess Mishil put to the throne. Determined to break Princess Mishil's control over the emperor and the royal family, Princess Deomkman later became the first female emperor in Korea, defying the centuries old succession rule and the social status of the kingdom. The TV series is based on the history of these two women and is about their love of their country. It's about the competition of two women who wanted to possess the country for their very different dreams and ambitions. As a Chinese, I learnt a lot about Korea's culture by watching this dramatization of a piece of Korean ancient history. I learnt that there were 3 nations back then and that it was not unusual for women from the royal family and nobility to marry more than 1 husband and to bear children with several husbands... I learnt that China's Tang dynasty later also had its first female emperor about one generation later.. I wonder if the Korean Queen was the inspiration.
This would have been a great historical novel in Asian theme. It depicts the desire of power and love of 2 Asian women, and their dreams and hope. Without one of the women, there wouldn't be the other, and yet with one of them, there can't be another. The nation would be lost without these women and history would be re-written. This piece of Korean history is so fascinating that I just have to share the theme song and the MTV of the dramatized TV series....and I have to say no great historical novel so far, can beat this TV series ...Queen Elizabeth's story became boring, compared to this....These two ladies in ancient Korea exercised tremendous courage, wit, and fought their life long battle for their dreams with great grace. They didn't submit to their destinies, but rather they were determined to make destinies and to make history. Remarkable! On the other hand, "Snowflower & the Secret Fan" is simple minded, one dimensional story that uplifted Snowflower's poor background by mere marriage, which doesn't make sense to me at all. Rich people would never marry poor farm girl in that era. If a poor farm girl were to married into a wealthy family and defy all the rules that banned it, then lots of plotting and scheming had to be done... But only Chinese women would know how to fight and defy such rules and certainly not by sitting there hoping they got the right birthdays...this is why a historical novel written by a westerner normally doesn't convince.
You can click here to buy the entire TV series on DVD with sub-title.
Saturday, August 31, 2013
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Monday, June 24, 2013
Book Review: Love the One You're With
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It took me over 2 years and many trips to the bathroom and hair salon to finally finish the book. I bought this book because of the great reviews. This wasn't cheap at brand new hardcover price!! So I forced myself to read it. This is an extremely lame story. I am surprised such childish and unpolished writing, and the lack of creativity can produce a bestseller. What has become of this world? Anyway, the story is not entertaining, not romantic, not surprising. New York City and Atlanta are both very different and interesting cities and yet I experienced nothing fun or interesting from reading this book. The characters are the most boring people I had read!!!
After the heroine accidentally bumped into her ex-boyfriend, it took almost the entire book for her to wonder and to think about what she should do next.... I would expect something exciting would have happened during the long course of time, something shocking, something heart throbbing that would make me marvel at the end when she rescued herself from making the worst possible mistake in her life. But there was none of that, it was more boring than real life. I feel like the book was trying to stretch the story and the pages because ideas were running out. In fact, a lot of tear jerking moments and heart pounding surprises could have happened after one bumped into her ex-bf. Too bad the author wasn't creative enough. When the book went on and on, it seemed the author realized she had taken up too many pages and had to come to a conclusion and forced the heroine to make a decisive conclusion between her husband and her ex... What caused the heroine to make the final decision she made was so lame and lack of depth. This is one of the most annoying books I had read.
I didn't spend money on buying a romance novel so I could read a realistically boring story. I wanted romances, entertainment and escape into a different world that I don't live in... I got none of these for the money I spent.
Sunday, May 12, 2013
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