Tapestry
This tapestry, focuses on identity - a girl’s identity. On the bottom, you can see the Red Cross which is a metaphor that she needs help. The bottom left is a brown rhombus - bandage, which means she has been hurt, but it can be seen as a scar as well. The two triangles mean the mouth, upper triangle is upper lip, and lower triangle is underlip. Look upward, you can see different eyes. The left eye is close, and you can see the eyelashes down, while the right eye is an arc which means she is smiling. Continuing to look upward, she has a different dark color with baby blue bowknot. The face is very complicated, including many emotions and feelings. When you see this work in a distance, you may think she is not happy, because the dark triangle stands out, while if you look at her more closely, and ignore the dark color, the inverted triangle seems as if the lip is up which means she is smiling. When you see the eyes, she seems unhappy because her eyes are closed, however, it seems like something fun makes her squint. Moreover, the black and golden color represent MIZZOU which means the girl is a Mizzou student.
In fact, this is a self-identity which combines my identity with my close friend who is an international student as well. The reason I created this work is that I am going to conduct a research titled: Inquiry into international student identity through a/r/tography. A/r/tography is an art-based research methodology. Based on my completed work, the pattern has changed from the original plan, because in my pre-thinking, this work was to be based only on my friend’s identity. I think, however, things are always complicated, not so absolute. My friend’s identity seems very negative and at the same time there is some aspect reflected underneath the sadness. It could possibly be happiness so I added the element of my own identity which is positive and energetic adding a positive aspect.
Everyone is different, so identity is always a productive and meaningful topic to explore. Actually, I am receiving some ideas from my research and reflective teaching classes. I think it is important for international students to explore their own identities, and get to know themselves. What am I? Who am I? What do I value most? Definitely, this is a living, continuing inquiry. In addition, I conducted a small research focusing on self-identity with my Chinese friends who are graduate students at Mizzou, and they do not have any art experiences. I’d like to share some thoughts that I concluded from this small research. First, spiritual maturity is a key point to understanding self-identity. It could be related to age, to intelligence, to environment. With the development of mental maturity, people discover themselves in depth. The reason I have this thought is because the participants were over 25 years old and they have had to adjust to a new life in the U.S. The new environment requires them to grow up and to be mature, and to get to know themselves. I asked them “do you really know yourself?” “Yes!” they said emphatically. I think this is an expression of being mature. Second, most of them are positive towards life here. Third, most importantly, it is beneficial for me to get to know my friends.
My related work - xylene image transfer - some portraits made by my friends when I taught them how to create their portraits by using PicsArt app. Actually, my friends thought that their artworks are limited to expresssing only a small portion of the meanings of their identities, and one of them asked me why we spent so much time exploring identity since the artworks are so limited. I think art is a tool, a tool to express life. However, the most important idea is that art teaches us to know people, life, and the world from small to big. Art skills are important to learn, however, everyone need not be an artist, an art teacher, or an art researcher, while it helps people perceive, understand, and appreciate all meaningful ideas which may be invisible. Art makes life, people, and world meanings visible.
This tapestry, focuses on identity - a girl’s identity. On the bottom, you can see the Red Cross which is a metaphor that she needs help. The bottom left is a brown rhombus - bandage, which means she has been hurt, but it can be seen as a scar as well. The two triangles mean the mouth, upper triangle is upper lip, and lower triangle is underlip. Look upward, you can see different eyes. The left eye is close, and you can see the eyelashes down, while the right eye is an arc which means she is smiling. Continuing to look upward, she has a different dark color with baby blue bowknot. The face is very complicated, including many emotions and feelings. When you see this work in a distance, you may think she is not happy, because the dark triangle stands out, while if you look at her more closely, and ignore the dark color, the inverted triangle seems as if the lip is up which means she is smiling. When you see the eyes, she seems unhappy because her eyes are closed, however, it seems like something fun makes her squint. Moreover, the black and golden color represent MIZZOU which means the girl is a Mizzou student.
In fact, this is a self-identity which combines my identity with my close friend who is an international student as well. The reason I created this work is that I am going to conduct a research titled: Inquiry into international student identity through a/r/tography. A/r/tography is an art-based research methodology. Based on my completed work, the pattern has changed from the original plan, because in my pre-thinking, this work was to be based only on my friend’s identity. I think, however, things are always complicated, not so absolute. My friend’s identity seems very negative and at the same time there is some aspect reflected underneath the sadness. It could possibly be happiness so I added the element of my own identity which is positive and energetic adding a positive aspect.
Everyone is different, so identity is always a productive and meaningful topic to explore. Actually, I am receiving some ideas from my research and reflective teaching classes. I think it is important for international students to explore their own identities, and get to know themselves. What am I? Who am I? What do I value most? Definitely, this is a living, continuing inquiry. In addition, I conducted a small research focusing on self-identity with my Chinese friends who are graduate students at Mizzou, and they do not have any art experiences. I’d like to share some thoughts that I concluded from this small research. First, spiritual maturity is a key point to understanding self-identity. It could be related to age, to intelligence, to environment. With the development of mental maturity, people discover themselves in depth. The reason I have this thought is because the participants were over 25 years old and they have had to adjust to a new life in the U.S. The new environment requires them to grow up and to be mature, and to get to know themselves. I asked them “do you really know yourself?” “Yes!” they said emphatically. I think this is an expression of being mature. Second, most of them are positive towards life here. Third, most importantly, it is beneficial for me to get to know my friends.
My related work - xylene image transfer - some portraits made by my friends when I taught them how to create their portraits by using PicsArt app. Actually, my friends thought that their artworks are limited to expresssing only a small portion of the meanings of their identities, and one of them asked me why we spent so much time exploring identity since the artworks are so limited. I think art is a tool, a tool to express life. However, the most important idea is that art teaches us to know people, life, and the world from small to big. Art skills are important to learn, however, everyone need not be an artist, an art teacher, or an art researcher, while it helps people perceive, understand, and appreciate all meaningful ideas which may be invisible. Art makes life, people, and world meanings visible.
Basketry - Twining: Yin and Yang Diagram
I created a symbol of the Yin-Yang diagram. The bright color represents Yang, the creative principle. The dark color represents Yin, the receptive principle. These principles are most commonly known in the west as the Yin-Yang diagram, expressing the idea of complementarity of change: When Yang is at stop, yin is increasing, and vice versa. Yin and yang are semantically complex words. Yin is a Noun and it is also a philosophy. It represents negative/passive/female principle in nature, and it refers to the moon as well. In fact, the Chinese character for yin 阴has the moon represented on the right side 月yue. However, Yang represents positive, active, male principle in nature, and it also refers to the sun. The yang character 阳has day 日ri on the right side. In Chinese philosophy, yin and yang describe how seemingly opposite or contrary forces may actually be complementary, interconnected, and interdependent in the natural world, and how they may give rise to each other as they interrelate to one another. Consequently, the reason why I made this diagram is to pursue the philosophy of the balance. This coiling work would be a reminder for me to keep in balance towards everything in life as well.
This coiling work does not really look like a traditional Yin-Yang diagram, because I have not created the original boundary between dark and bright. However, I have portrayed the fluidity of each force to be continuously flowing into each other by a line which is meant to represent a flowing river traversing mountains and valleys. The two smaller images, white on black and black on white, represent the interconnection between the opposite forces combining to unite as one.
I created a symbol of the Yin-Yang diagram. The bright color represents Yang, the creative principle. The dark color represents Yin, the receptive principle. These principles are most commonly known in the west as the Yin-Yang diagram, expressing the idea of complementarity of change: When Yang is at stop, yin is increasing, and vice versa. Yin and yang are semantically complex words. Yin is a Noun and it is also a philosophy. It represents negative/passive/female principle in nature, and it refers to the moon as well. In fact, the Chinese character for yin 阴has the moon represented on the right side 月yue. However, Yang represents positive, active, male principle in nature, and it also refers to the sun. The yang character 阳has day 日ri on the right side. In Chinese philosophy, yin and yang describe how seemingly opposite or contrary forces may actually be complementary, interconnected, and interdependent in the natural world, and how they may give rise to each other as they interrelate to one another. Consequently, the reason why I made this diagram is to pursue the philosophy of the balance. This coiling work would be a reminder for me to keep in balance towards everything in life as well.
This coiling work does not really look like a traditional Yin-Yang diagram, because I have not created the original boundary between dark and bright. However, I have portrayed the fluidity of each force to be continuously flowing into each other by a line which is meant to represent a flowing river traversing mountains and valleys. The two smaller images, white on black and black on white, represent the interconnection between the opposite forces combining to unite as one.
1930s Shanghai Advertising Poster Art
Advertising poster art was the result of the integration of Chinese and Western culture. It was an artistic form which combined traditional Chinese painting with western poster art. Advertising posters were derived in Shanghai in the late 19th century, and it was popular during the period of the Republic of China (1901 – 1949). However, advertising posters bloomed and prospered in the 1930s. Advertising poster art was a largely commoditized product. With the strengthened exchanges between China and the outside world, and globalization of commercial activities in Shanghai, China’s advertising poster art began the process of globalization. In the 1930s, “commodity + beauty = advertising” was a widely used form among western countries which became the main form of China’s advertising posters.
Advertising posters used the image of fashionable women as advertising models and that immensely promoted the pace of the Chinese women’s liberation movement. It was strongly opposed to the feudal custom that women must bind their feet, as it simultaneously directly advocated women’s liberation.
Advertising poster art in modern Chinese history was a product of modern society with culture as its conveyer and economy as its goal. It typically reflected the combination of culture and business, the combination of culture and secular life. The advertising poster not only disseminated Chinese traditional culture, but also disseminated western culture, and it reflected the unique style of China during the period of the Republic of China. Therefore, it has become the most predominant historical feature of advertisement in the 1930s.
In my final project, I continued to work on the 1930s Shanghai Lady. However, at this time I chose to use advertisement to depict these ladies. Actually, the initial 1930s Shanghai advertising posters were Chinese traditional paintings. I was wondering how to imitate this kind of painting by using modern technology. So I used Photoshop to create the effects that look like Chinese traditional paintings, meanwhile, I used screen printing again to make them appear more authentic. My purpose is to recall the most memorable aspects of advertisement in the 1930s.
When the viewers look at these images, the first thing coming to their attention would be these beautiful ladies. However, when I looked over my final project several times, I was struck by the observation that I only used females throughout the process from the first critique to the final critique. The explanation is simple, I did not find out any poster depicting men in the 1930s. Moreover, I was deeply impressed by the construction of Shanghai advertisement. But why did people in 1930s only use the image of women in advertizements? The article The Image of Women in Network TV Commercials offers an interesting answer to this question. The author thinks that women are most often seen as decorative (sex objects) or useful (housewives and mothers), but hardly ever as professionals or working wives. I agree with the authors theory, especially, when I review and consider the similarities of my project.
Advertising poster art was the result of the integration of Chinese and Western culture. It was an artistic form which combined traditional Chinese painting with western poster art. Advertising posters were derived in Shanghai in the late 19th century, and it was popular during the period of the Republic of China (1901 – 1949). However, advertising posters bloomed and prospered in the 1930s. Advertising poster art was a largely commoditized product. With the strengthened exchanges between China and the outside world, and globalization of commercial activities in Shanghai, China’s advertising poster art began the process of globalization. In the 1930s, “commodity + beauty = advertising” was a widely used form among western countries which became the main form of China’s advertising posters.
Advertising posters used the image of fashionable women as advertising models and that immensely promoted the pace of the Chinese women’s liberation movement. It was strongly opposed to the feudal custom that women must bind their feet, as it simultaneously directly advocated women’s liberation.
Advertising poster art in modern Chinese history was a product of modern society with culture as its conveyer and economy as its goal. It typically reflected the combination of culture and business, the combination of culture and secular life. The advertising poster not only disseminated Chinese traditional culture, but also disseminated western culture, and it reflected the unique style of China during the period of the Republic of China. Therefore, it has become the most predominant historical feature of advertisement in the 1930s.
In my final project, I continued to work on the 1930s Shanghai Lady. However, at this time I chose to use advertisement to depict these ladies. Actually, the initial 1930s Shanghai advertising posters were Chinese traditional paintings. I was wondering how to imitate this kind of painting by using modern technology. So I used Photoshop to create the effects that look like Chinese traditional paintings, meanwhile, I used screen printing again to make them appear more authentic. My purpose is to recall the most memorable aspects of advertisement in the 1930s.
When the viewers look at these images, the first thing coming to their attention would be these beautiful ladies. However, when I looked over my final project several times, I was struck by the observation that I only used females throughout the process from the first critique to the final critique. The explanation is simple, I did not find out any poster depicting men in the 1930s. Moreover, I was deeply impressed by the construction of Shanghai advertisement. But why did people in 1930s only use the image of women in advertizements? The article The Image of Women in Network TV Commercials offers an interesting answer to this question. The author thinks that women are most often seen as decorative (sex objects) or useful (housewives and mothers), but hardly ever as professionals or working wives. I agree with the authors theory, especially, when I review and consider the similarities of my project.
1930s Shanghai Ladies and Chinese Calligraphy
Chinese calligraphy is the quintessence of Chinese culture, which has a history of two thousand years. When the ancient Orientals carved the earliest abstract symbols on the walls of their cave houses, and on animal bones and tortoise shells, their symbolic action marked the beginning of the Chinese written language and civilization. There are mainly five styles of Chinese calligraphy, Seal Script, Clerical Script, Standard Script, Cursive Script, and Semi-cursive Script. Those scripts embody China’s personalities and attitudes. The Standard Script is widely used in today’s China, and there are some features to distinguish this style. For example, a Chinese character is written squarely. Usually, this style means upright personality. However, I think the most elegant style is the Clerical Script. When you look carefully at this style, you will find some specific characteristics. For instance, the horizontal stroke looks like a dancing silkworm. Many times when I practice the Clerical Script, it makes me think about 1930s Shanghai ladies, and my mind will bring up a beautiful face of a 1930s famous celebrity - Ruan Lingyu. Therefore, I decided to use Chinese calligraphy to portray 1930s Shanghai ladies.
Chinese calligraphy is the quintessence of Chinese culture, which has a history of two thousand years. When the ancient Orientals carved the earliest abstract symbols on the walls of their cave houses, and on animal bones and tortoise shells, their symbolic action marked the beginning of the Chinese written language and civilization. There are mainly five styles of Chinese calligraphy, Seal Script, Clerical Script, Standard Script, Cursive Script, and Semi-cursive Script. Those scripts embody China’s personalities and attitudes. The Standard Script is widely used in today’s China, and there are some features to distinguish this style. For example, a Chinese character is written squarely. Usually, this style means upright personality. However, I think the most elegant style is the Clerical Script. When you look carefully at this style, you will find some specific characteristics. For instance, the horizontal stroke looks like a dancing silkworm. Many times when I practice the Clerical Script, it makes me think about 1930s Shanghai ladies, and my mind will bring up a beautiful face of a 1930s famous celebrity - Ruan Lingyu. Therefore, I decided to use Chinese calligraphy to portray 1930s Shanghai ladies.
Teaching International Students
I think it is important for educators to know how to teach and improve international students’ learning skills and how we engage them in the communities. Moreover, it is vital for us to model to domestic students the way get along with international students. Most importantly, the contributions that the international students bring are one of the component of cultural and global awareness.
I interviewed several of our peers who have had experiences teaching foreign students and also I interviewed some international students, including me. It is interesting to know what they think in their perspectives, and how educators/professors put effort in helping us, teaching us and developing our learning skills. I am hoping this video will be useful and practical for k-20 educators, and I think this is a starting point to contemplate how to model the cultural and global awareness for students and how we create a global collaborative environment.
I think it is important for educators to know how to teach and improve international students’ learning skills and how we engage them in the communities. Moreover, it is vital for us to model to domestic students the way get along with international students. Most importantly, the contributions that the international students bring are one of the component of cultural and global awareness.
I interviewed several of our peers who have had experiences teaching foreign students and also I interviewed some international students, including me. It is interesting to know what they think in their perspectives, and how educators/professors put effort in helping us, teaching us and developing our learning skills. I am hoping this video will be useful and practical for k-20 educators, and I think this is a starting point to contemplate how to model the cultural and global awareness for students and how we create a global collaborative environment.
Comparison of Education Between USA and China
The most prevalent topic seemed to be the sharing of numerous differences in education between the U.S. and China. This comparison generates many critical thoughts which are difficult to portray visually. However, I heard many wonderful suggestions from peers and most of them suggested to emphasize contrast and comparison of education beliefs and teaching methods between in the U.S. and China. I have a strong interest in this question, but in addition I had a second problem which was how to connect these comparisons to myself and how did my perceptions transform from beginning to the end of this course? Based on this question, I re-synthesized the data that I collected. I then divided them into two categories – teaching methods and education beliefs. After that, I started re-writing the narratives which can be seen below. According to the narratives, I started working on the storyboard and the following questions ensued: How do I present my transformation visually? How can I transform the written data to visual dynamic image? Kayla’s educational lineage tree is what I want to create, however, I did not know what kind of software to use. Well, thanks to Kayla’s help, I figured out how to use the new technology. Honestly, it took a long time to make a stop-motion video, however, it is worthwhile to create such unique video. Back to the images, I focused on each narrative and tried to think about the visual scenes related to it. This process of making stop-motion video is complicated and overwhelming, however, I cherished the opportunity to try a new app and to experience the making of a new kind of video. Most importantly, I explored this central question on my way to becoming a future teacher.
I think this video is very meaningful to me presently and in the future, because this will be a friendly remembrance to me of my travel down the road to becoming a teacher. I understand that my memory of the contents of this course will eventually be forgotten to some extend, however the quintessence I have received will be remembered because of this stop-motion video, and because the ideas from this video are essential to me.
In addition to the video, I’d like to share some thoughts about the teaching methods and the education beliefs that I personally believe are essential to be a good teacher. I was taught that U.S. education is considered to be the best education in the world. I do not know whether it is right or wrong, however, I have to say my preconceived notion of education in the U.S. was different from reality to some degree. It reminds me of my undergrad advisor Dr. Shi who always reminds students that we have to explore the world by ourselves with first hand experiences, and be cautious to accept as fact those that have been transformed many times. So now with so many personal experiences, I have transformed from a young girl to an “experienced” pre-service teacher. I hope I can really implement some methods that I mentioned in the video in the future, but I know I might change a little bit based on future classes. Moreover, I have a better understanding of students who come from poor families, and I think it is vital to know how to teach and work with students living in poverty in case I am placed in a school where the majority of students live in poverty. Certainly, I have gradually come to realize why impoverished families in the U.S. do not emphasize education for their children, even though I have not experienced direct contact with the situation of those families. Thanks to Amy Bauer’s help, she highly recommends reading the book titled A Framework of Understanding Poverty which was very helpful for me, a foreigner here, to understand the real situation. I feel like we cannot say which countries’ education are best, because every country has its own education “problems”. However, nowadays many scholars suggest to follow the example of American education ignoring the real circumstances existing in China. It is difficult to copy other countries’ systems without considering the reality of all the environmental factors. Anyway, I have gradually grown up from the little sapling and I am proceeding along my path to becoming a teacher.
The most prevalent topic seemed to be the sharing of numerous differences in education between the U.S. and China. This comparison generates many critical thoughts which are difficult to portray visually. However, I heard many wonderful suggestions from peers and most of them suggested to emphasize contrast and comparison of education beliefs and teaching methods between in the U.S. and China. I have a strong interest in this question, but in addition I had a second problem which was how to connect these comparisons to myself and how did my perceptions transform from beginning to the end of this course? Based on this question, I re-synthesized the data that I collected. I then divided them into two categories – teaching methods and education beliefs. After that, I started re-writing the narratives which can be seen below. According to the narratives, I started working on the storyboard and the following questions ensued: How do I present my transformation visually? How can I transform the written data to visual dynamic image? Kayla’s educational lineage tree is what I want to create, however, I did not know what kind of software to use. Well, thanks to Kayla’s help, I figured out how to use the new technology. Honestly, it took a long time to make a stop-motion video, however, it is worthwhile to create such unique video. Back to the images, I focused on each narrative and tried to think about the visual scenes related to it. This process of making stop-motion video is complicated and overwhelming, however, I cherished the opportunity to try a new app and to experience the making of a new kind of video. Most importantly, I explored this central question on my way to becoming a future teacher.
I think this video is very meaningful to me presently and in the future, because this will be a friendly remembrance to me of my travel down the road to becoming a teacher. I understand that my memory of the contents of this course will eventually be forgotten to some extend, however the quintessence I have received will be remembered because of this stop-motion video, and because the ideas from this video are essential to me.
In addition to the video, I’d like to share some thoughts about the teaching methods and the education beliefs that I personally believe are essential to be a good teacher. I was taught that U.S. education is considered to be the best education in the world. I do not know whether it is right or wrong, however, I have to say my preconceived notion of education in the U.S. was different from reality to some degree. It reminds me of my undergrad advisor Dr. Shi who always reminds students that we have to explore the world by ourselves with first hand experiences, and be cautious to accept as fact those that have been transformed many times. So now with so many personal experiences, I have transformed from a young girl to an “experienced” pre-service teacher. I hope I can really implement some methods that I mentioned in the video in the future, but I know I might change a little bit based on future classes. Moreover, I have a better understanding of students who come from poor families, and I think it is vital to know how to teach and work with students living in poverty in case I am placed in a school where the majority of students live in poverty. Certainly, I have gradually come to realize why impoverished families in the U.S. do not emphasize education for their children, even though I have not experienced direct contact with the situation of those families. Thanks to Amy Bauer’s help, she highly recommends reading the book titled A Framework of Understanding Poverty which was very helpful for me, a foreigner here, to understand the real situation. I feel like we cannot say which countries’ education are best, because every country has its own education “problems”. However, nowadays many scholars suggest to follow the example of American education ignoring the real circumstances existing in China. It is difficult to copy other countries’ systems without considering the reality of all the environmental factors. Anyway, I have gradually grown up from the little sapling and I am proceeding along my path to becoming a teacher.
Can You Hear Me?
This Short film tells about a pure love story between two young people who loved each other but were hesitant to speak out. Finally, they meet each other again by destiny and fall in love. This Short film was shot in the city of Quanzhou, Fujian Province, China. The actors and actress are students from the top universities and colleges majoring in drama, such as the Central Academy of Drama, Beijing Film Academy, and Xinghai Conservatory of Music. The Short film was premiered online at one of the most popular and famous video websites in China, PPS-Aiqiyi.
This Short film tells about a pure love story between two young people who loved each other but were hesitant to speak out. Finally, they meet each other again by destiny and fall in love. This Short film was shot in the city of Quanzhou, Fujian Province, China. The actors and actress are students from the top universities and colleges majoring in drama, such as the Central Academy of Drama, Beijing Film Academy, and Xinghai Conservatory of Music. The Short film was premiered online at one of the most popular and famous video websites in China, PPS-Aiqiyi.
Blind Massage
Xiao Tong, a beautiful girl, was blinded after an unfortunate accident. As she grows up, her aunt opens a blind massage shop for her, which becomes her sole source of income as well as the only one she can depend on. Then one day she met Xiao Wu, a simpleton but pure and kind boy, who only knew to be good to her and changed her life totally. Xiao Wu would go to her massage shop every day with the money he secretly took from his grandma. He liked to tell stories to Xiao Tong and insisted on taking her back home every day even when his hand was badly hurt in a jade-processing factory the first day he worked. He would not hesitate to fight for her. For him, the purpose was simple: to help Xiao Tong make money so that she can cure her eyes. There was a bond gradually built up between them, something deeper and purer than love. However, it didn’t last too long. One day, Xiao Wu disappeared from Xiao Tong’s life until the policeman came to Xiao Tong’s shop...
Xiao Tong, a beautiful girl, was blinded after an unfortunate accident. As she grows up, her aunt opens a blind massage shop for her, which becomes her sole source of income as well as the only one she can depend on. Then one day she met Xiao Wu, a simpleton but pure and kind boy, who only knew to be good to her and changed her life totally. Xiao Wu would go to her massage shop every day with the money he secretly took from his grandma. He liked to tell stories to Xiao Tong and insisted on taking her back home every day even when his hand was badly hurt in a jade-processing factory the first day he worked. He would not hesitate to fight for her. For him, the purpose was simple: to help Xiao Tong make money so that she can cure her eyes. There was a bond gradually built up between them, something deeper and purer than love. However, it didn’t last too long. One day, Xiao Wu disappeared from Xiao Tong’s life until the policeman came to Xiao Tong’s shop...
A, B, O AND AB
This Short film tells about funny stories happening among the four young women having different blood-types (A, B, O and AB respectively) who live together in the same apartment. The movie discusses several hot topics, such as dating arranged by friends and parents, horoscopes and blood-type matching theories in dating, etc. This Short film is sponsored by the Baidu.com Inc.
This Short film tells about funny stories happening among the four young women having different blood-types (A, B, O and AB respectively) who live together in the same apartment. The movie discusses several hot topics, such as dating arranged by friends and parents, horoscopes and blood-type matching theories in dating, etc. This Short film is sponsored by the Baidu.com Inc.
The Story of Mr. Lin
Because of the boom in online shopping, more and more people in China are working in the courier industry. Lin Mingcong is one of them. The job of a courier is quite easy in the eyes of most people. But the fact is that there are a lot of things to learn. It needs many years of effort to be qualified for the job. He said “I deliver packages every day and when people get them on time, that’s the thing that makes me feel happy. My job is simple and ordinary. But through my job I deliver happiness, which makes me happy too.”
Because of the boom in online shopping, more and more people in China are working in the courier industry. Lin Mingcong is one of them. The job of a courier is quite easy in the eyes of most people. But the fact is that there are a lot of things to learn. It needs many years of effort to be qualified for the job. He said “I deliver packages every day and when people get them on time, that’s the thing that makes me feel happy. My job is simple and ordinary. But through my job I deliver happiness, which makes me happy too.”
Opportunity Favors Only The Prepared Mind
In June of 2012, another season of graduation for students, some began job hunts; some chose to pursue further study. Though differing in choice, each had the same goal, to be more successful. Wang Xiaodong, a student of Shanghai University of Finance and Economics, decided to prepare for the exam of postgraduate in his junior year. However, after a year of preparation, he changed his mind and started to send CV to apply for jobs and was finally successful when hired by a foreign company. What made him changed his mind? What was the turn point? And is there any inevitability behind the success? These are some questions we explored.
In June of 2012, another season of graduation for students, some began job hunts; some chose to pursue further study. Though differing in choice, each had the same goal, to be more successful. Wang Xiaodong, a student of Shanghai University of Finance and Economics, decided to prepare for the exam of postgraduate in his junior year. However, after a year of preparation, he changed his mind and started to send CV to apply for jobs and was finally successful when hired by a foreign company. What made him changed his mind? What was the turn point? And is there any inevitability behind the success? These are some questions we explored.
Old Pictures - New Memory: Stories From Shanghai
This is one of the promotional films for the celebration of the Spring Festival 2013 (Chinese New Year). The film presents a lot of old photos and the current life of the people in the old photos. By comparing the past and present, the film shows that the pursuit of dreams, the love for our family, and the persistence to our belief and values remain unchanged even though we get older as time flies. This film was sponsored by Baidu.com Inc. I led the team travel all over China in 2012 and collected plenty of old photos and stories from people having various backgrounds.
This is one of the promotional films for the celebration of the Spring Festival 2013 (Chinese New Year). The film presents a lot of old photos and the current life of the people in the old photos. By comparing the past and present, the film shows that the pursuit of dreams, the love for our family, and the persistence to our belief and values remain unchanged even though we get older as time flies. This film was sponsored by Baidu.com Inc. I led the team travel all over China in 2012 and collected plenty of old photos and stories from people having various backgrounds.