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August 31st is Zhang Wei's 40th birthday. He, who debuted as a member of the Flower Band at the age of 14, has become a "young veteran artist" who has been in business for 26 years. A few days ago, he held a "Great Time" concert in Shanghai. At the age of 40, he doesn't look much different from when he debuted at the age of 14. He still has the iconic hedgehog head, with plenty of hair that is enviable, and his body is still colorful, as if he has knocked over a color palette. He still held a guitar, with a playful smile on his face, speaking at an astonishing speed, and performing with great force. Through the large screen on site, sweat beads on his head were clearly visible. In Shanghai, where concerts are crowded, Da Zhangwei's performance may be the liveliest. The Shanghai Oriental Sports Center has become a large amusement park, with slides, trampolines, and bathtubs all moved onto the stage. When "Xi Shua Shua", "Bei Er Shuang", and "Hua Die"

The Shaanxi People's Art Theatre version of the play "White Deer Plain" has received continuous praise since its premiere, setting a record of 497 tours in 75 cities over the past 6 years. This is a magnificent epic that records the 50 year changes in the Wei River Plain. In June 1993, writer Chen Zhong vividly portrayed the customs and traditions of the Guanzhong region in his novel "White Deer Plain", which spanned over 500000 words. Since then, novels have been adapted into TV dramas, movies, and stage works multiple times, allowing people to explore the "original" in their hearts in various forms. The Shaanxi People's Art version of "White Deer Plain", which premiered in 2015, was stamped by Chen Zhongshi as the most satisfactory version. The film "White Deer Plain", written by Meng Bing and directed by Hu Zongqi, which brings together three generations of talented actors from Shaanxi People's Art Theatre, will soon return to Shanghai. On September 23rd and 24th, it will perform three consecutive performances at the Oriental Art Center, giving Shanghai audiences an opportunity to participate

Finance and people's livelihoods are closely related. On September 1st, the "Encountering Wealth - People's Finance and People's Livelihood Development" historical literature exhibition was unveiled in the directory hall of the Huaihai Road Library of Shanghai Library. A 5-meter-long Shanghai century old financial hand-painted scroll, 1 to 5 sets of RMB complete sets, commonly known as the "Old Eight Stocks", the earliest listed and traded stocks and "subscription certificates" in the Shanghai securities market, various early credit cards, certificates of deposit and passbooks, old bank propaganda posters, financial historical materials and newspapers, etc., present visitors with the historical context of people's finance and people's livelihood development. Since modern times, Shanghai has been the financial center of the whole country and even the Far East, with a profound financial cultural heritage at the exhibition site. Since the establishment of the People's Republic of China, the development of Shanghai's financial industry has still been at the forefront of the country, leaving behind many precious historical documents, including early financial journals, newspapers

Recently, the "Ancient Town and National Style" Original Micro Video Competition hosted by the People's Government of Xinchang Town has launched a solicitation order to the society, hoping to record the story of Xinchang through short videos, promote water town culture, and help "Jiangnan Water Town Ancient Town" apply for world cultural heritage. The Xinchang Ancient Town, located in the Pudong New Area of Shanghai, has undergone a long history and nurtured a unique water town culture. Entering Xinchang Ancient Town, one can glimpse the history of Xinchang Ancient Town from the mottled and weathered stones, and see the traces of this water town from the Song, Yuan, Ming, Qing to the present day. As one of the popular check-in destinations in Shanghai, the ancient town area is still home to a large number of residents, preserving traditional lifestyles, and is therefore also known as the "living ancient town". At present, Xinchang Ancient Town is jointly applying with ten ancient towns in Jiangsu and Zhejiang for the title of "Jiangnan Water Town Ancient Town"

On August 30th, Shanghai Poly Grand Theatre held a press conference for the 9th anniversary celebration performance season of "Starlight for Nine Years, Infinite Splendor". The oriental aesthetics represented by the dance drama "Dream of Red Mansions", the dance poetic drama "The Journey of a Legendary Landscape Painting", and the musical poetic drama "The River" of the Chinese Opera and Dance Theater, once again competes with the overseas boutiques that have been reunited for a long time to shine in Shanghai Poly Theater. On September 4th and 5th, the musical poetry drama "The Great River" will blend and resonate with music and poetry to express admiration for the mother river, as well as praise for life and light. The Little Birch Dance Art Troupe, known as the "most beautiful business card of Russia," invited audiences to walk into the undulating birch forest on September 10th. On September 29th, dancer Wang Yabin will bring the dance drama "Madame at Sea". She shared at the press conference that in order to tell Chinese stories in world languages and present world stories with Chinese elements

The 5th "Jiangnan Ruhua - Chinese Oil Painting Exhibition" recently opened at the Suzhou Art Museum. The exhibition showcases a total of 213 works, including 189 selected works, 22 judges' works, and 2 specially invited works, interpreting the beauty of Jiangnan through oil painting. It is worth mentioning that Shanghai painter Du Haijun won the Yan Wenliang Excellence Award, making him the first Shanghai painter to receive this award. The "Jiangnan picturesque" exhibition at the exhibition site was jointly organized by the Suzhou Municipal Government and the Chinese Oil Painting Society. Since 2015, it has become an authoritative academic brand in the field of oil painting and a professional exhibition with national influence. This exhibition received a total of 6494 registered works. Through preliminary evaluation, re evaluation, and original selection, the expert evaluation committee selected 189 exhibition works and voted to select 10 works for the Yan Wenliang Art Award

Yesterday was the 15th day of the seventh lunar month, a traditional Chinese festival for ancestor worship. Some young people have alternative choices: some bring their graduation certificates and certificates representing their grades to visit graves, some light incense to have a conversation with their ex friends, and some bring photos of their deceased loved ones to the places they want to go. On the Internet, "turning Zhongyuan Festival into" Journey to Dream Ring "has become a hot topic today. Once known as the "Ghost Festival", the original frightening image of Zhongyuan Festival Festival is changing. Some citizens have expressed that many cultural traditions are actually built on simple emotional values and are worthy of systematic research, exploration, and inheritance, and their emotional core should be passed down in a more contemporary way. The magical creatures on Mexico's Day of the Dead once appeared in the movie "Journey to Dreams" where Ms. Luo, a citizen, lived in a neighborhood near Central, with a house age of about ten years

"There are three factors that influence a person's creativity throughout their lifetime: the environment in which they grew up, what they learned, and their talent. Your creativity is related to the environment in which they grew up, and that is your emotions. The family village is my feelings, and I can't finish talking about it." The 15th anniversary commemoration event of "Treasure Island Village" was recently held at the Shanghai Theater. 67 year old Wang Weizhong, as one of the screenwriters and directors, is also an authentic child of the family village, and once again talked about the place where he grew up. Wang Weizhong shares memories of his family's village. Wang Kaishi showed a strong interest in the creation of "Treasure Island Village" among the audience at the theater. Since its premiere in 2008, "Treasure Island Village" has performed more than 300 times and attracted nearly 500000 viewers. Screenwriter and director Lai Shengchuan said, "Baodao Village has a very unique vitality. This play has now broken away from its original form."

August is nearing its end, with four films grossing over 2 billion yuan and a total number of viewers exceeding 502 million in the summer film season, setting a new record in Chinese film history. Although there are some impressive works in the summer season of domestic dramas, it overall gives people a feeling that it is difficult to sell them. Although the audience has been debating on the Internet about who Xiaoyao really loves in everlasting longing for each other, and some people have also verified whether the ending of Lotus Tower is sad or happy frame by frame, compared with the popularity of the domestic drama "Crazy Wind" at the beginning of the year, these topics do not seem to be out of the loop. Is there a real "hit drama" this summer? A large number of ancient puppet dramas have been produced, with 35 ancient costume themes. "Since I watched Huanzhu Gege when I was young, ancient costume dramas seem to be bound to the summer archives." This summer, Chen Feiliu, a post-90s white-collar worker, has tracked down everlasting longing for each other, Lotus Tower, and Chaoyang all the way

The 2023 Yangtze River Delta Youth Excellent Folk Story Lecture Competition, which focuses on telling folk stories, searching for the roots of China, and forging the soul of the nation, has undergone preliminary and final rounds. Recently, 20 contestants competed on the same stage at the Jiading District Youth Activity Center in Shanghai. The competition aims to provide more young people with the opportunity to read, tell, and inherit classics, discover and promote excellent folk stories, and enhance their cultural literacy and national identity. The speech competition lasted for 4 months, with nearly a thousand people from Shanghai, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, and Anhui registering for the competition. After expert screening and evaluation, five contestants from Shanghai, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, and Anhui each advanced to the finals and competed in a final in Shanghai. When Emperor Wu of Liang established the country over 1500 years ago, Nanxiang was still just a small village with beautiful mountains and rivers, with only a dozen or so households in the village. Everyone in the village was diligent

On the occasion of the 9th "99 Public Welfare Day", Yuewen Group teamed up with the Mantianxing Public Welfare "Mobile Book Box" project to launch the "Yiqi Reading Good Books" public welfare action, donating mobile book boxes to rural children, enriching reading resources, and promoting rural cultural revitalization. For minors, the role of reading in their growth process is self-evident. According to the "2022 Rural Primary School Reading Status Survey Report" released by the China Academy of Press and Publication, about 20% of rural primary school students do not read extracurricular books or do not read extracurricular books frequently due to lack of guidance. As a supporting enterprise for the "Mobile Book Box" project of this 99 Public Welfare Day, Yuewen Group has been paying attention to the cultural life of rural children for many years. Through diverse reading public welfare actions such as rural primary school book corners and rural book clubs, it helps children understand the world. During this public welfare day event, users can

On September 1st, Shanghai enterprise miHoYou announced the launch of the public welfare cultural and tourism integration project "Sand Sea, Light, and Wilderness", with its first stop landing in Ningxia. The Genshin Impact "Sand Sea Glitters, Green Fields and Manxiang" public welfare cultural tourism project was launched. The respondents provided a Micha tour to donate to the China Greening Foundation. Through the "Happy Home" project, they provided high-quality lycium seedlings for local farmers in Zhongwei, Ningxia, and helped the planting of lycium economic forest and rural revitalization. The public welfare documentary short film "Sand Sea Light" was also released on the same day, telling the touching story of Ningxia forest rangers. Miyou's IP Genshin Impact also cooperated with the "Genshin Impact Tourism One Card" to launch the "Yuanshen Special Public Welfare Cooperation - Ningxia Tourism One Card". Every user buys one, they will plant a medlar seedling in Zhongwei through the China Greening Foundation. One card holders can enjoy free travel to Ningxia and surrounding areas for 60 days

In a sense, competition is inevitable in human society, but how should we understand childhood competition? What are parents and children arguing about? What kind of social consciousness is reflected behind childhood competition... American scholar Hillary Friedman conducted a comprehensive study of childhood competition activities in American society based on detailed interviews in her book "To the End: Raising Children in a Competitive Environment"; Translator Dong Yingzhi translated this monograph with rigorous yet vivid strokes, presenting it to Chinese readers. We can look back at the current phenomenon of childhood competition in Chinese society through the issue of childhood competition in American society, but in any case, "To the End" only provides one perspective on the problem, not the whole, and not the standard answer. To the End: Pacing in a Competitive Environment

Oppenheimer is currently being released globally. "Nolan's films are easy to get in, but extremely difficult to get out. After watching them, they are like ink dripping into water, constantly spreading in your mind. We can't erase the movie we just watched from our minds. It's not even really over yet. In many ways, it's actually just beginning." This is Tom Sean's evaluation of Christopher Nolan, one of the most eye-catching and talked about film creators in the world today. This senior film critic and scholar, who has known Nolan for over 20 years, conducted an exclusive in-depth interview with him for over 3 years and published the book "Nolan Variations". This book is intertwined with dialogue interviews and Sean's discourse, providing unprecedented closeness and a vast amount of first-hand information, making it a must read for understanding Nolan and his films. Each chapter is fascinated by Nolan

"This is what we should do." Storytellers of different ages and genders said the same sentence, echoing in the East Hall of the Shanghai Library Reading Theater. This is the voice of the "June 28 bus accident righteous group" and also the voice of all typical characters who "touched Shanghai". Applause echoed on the scene time and time again, with the climax occurring at the moment when the real prototypes behind these stories took the stage. On the afternoon of September 1st, the launch ceremony and first presentation of the "Touching Shanghai" story tour touched everyone at the East Hall in the picture above, and the one month city wide tour activity began accordingly. On June 28, 2022, a bus accident occurred in Huinan Town, Pudong New Area. Bus driver Wang Guochun suddenly felt unwell while driving and quickly informed the passengers to get off the bus. Later, he fell into a coma and the vehicle slid forward into the river; Another

"Can you tell what shape the decorations on this iron window are? It's an exquisite and elegant jasmine flower, which has become a popular spot for everyone to take photos and check in. The design inspiration for the interior space decoration of the theater comes from the water wave pattern, which interprets the water waves into a layer by layer arc shape and applies it to the ceiling and walls..." On the day before the start of school, the Jasmine Theater held a presentation performance for the "ACE Special Training Camp" children, and the campers transformed into guides to unlock the new map of the theater. In early November 2021, the Shanghai Drama Art Center held the "SDAC ACE" event, inviting commentators for the centennial drama exhibition for middle school students throughout the city. "ACE" is selected from the three letters in "Announcer", meaning "Speech Responsibility" at the Shanghai Theatre Art Center. Since 2021, this event has been held three times and has cultivated

On September 4, 1953, the Shanghai Film Actors Troupe was established. With the support of Shanghai Film Group, the series of interview programs of "I and the Shanghai Film Actors Troupe" have been completed and will be updated daily on the troupe's official account from September 4 this year. Niu Ben, Xiang Mei, Da Shichang, Liang Boluo, Hongxia, Zhang Yunli, Zhang Wenrong, Zhu Manfang, Wang Shihuai, Zhao Jing, Ma Guanying, Cui Jie, Zhang Xiaolin, Yu Hui, Tong Ruixin, Li Zonghan, Chen Long, Tang Yan... During interviews, the three generations of actors from the Shanghai Film Actors Troupe elaborated on the history of the troupe and their reflections on performing arts, leaving precious memories for Chinese cinema. On October 29, 2018, the Shanghai Film Actors Troupe returned to their "home" on Wukang Road. On that day, many veteran artists from the troupe were thrilled. 70 years

"Passionate Singing · Building Dreams for the Future" - Exhibition and Evaluation of the "Dream Chorus" Citizen Chorus Competition at the 2023 Shanghai Citizen Culture Festival in Xuhui District, "Passionate Singing · Building Dreams for the Future" - Exhibition and Evaluation of the "Dream Chorus" Citizen Chorus Competition at the 2023 Shanghai Citizen Culture Festival in Xuhui District, held on August 31 at the Shanghai Conservatory of Music Opera House. This competition brings together 20 choir teams of all ages, including 16 participating teams and 4 performing guest teams. For the first time, the competition adopts a new competition system of "professional judges scoring+public judges voting+guest team assistance scoring". More than 700 on-site viewers act as public judges to vote in real-time, choosing their own brightest "star" in their hearts. "Passionate Singing · Building Dreams for the Future" - Xu from the 2023 Shanghai Citizen Culture Festival "Dream Choir" Citizen Choir Competition

From September 29th to October 6th, the highly anticipated 2023 Chenshan Natural Life Festival will officially return, with its stage design, duration, and cast significantly exceeding previous years. Over the course of 8 days, Chenshan Botanical Garden and Classic 947 will work together to bridge the "last mile" between parent-child interaction and cultural arts. Through 5 major sections, 4 stages, 28 plant science popularization activities, and 50 live music and art performances spanning multiple art fields such as choir, symphony, chamber music, folk music, jazz, folk music, dance, drama, and opera, they will take turns to perform, jointly creating the largest outdoor parent-child carnival in Shanghai. The 11th Golden Week of the Chenshan Natural Life Festival returns to meet music at the Chenshan Botanical Garden. The Chenshan Botanical Garden has a unique natural environment and sound field conditions, and the three major performance spaces for this time

On September 1st, Tencent Video's 2024V Vision Conference was held in Shanghai, where key films in the film and television industry were released on site. Since the beginning of this year, Tencent has produced impressive TV series. Among them, "The Long Season" scored 9.4 points with Douban as the highest score of domestic dramas in the past five years, "Three Bodies", which had been honed for seven years, scored 8.7 points, and was praised as the benchmark of Chinese science fiction dramas, while the ancient costume drama "everlasting longing for each other" led the summer stage. At the same time, multiple works covering different themes such as ancient costume, era, fantasy, urban, love, workplace, comedy, etc., such as "The Sea in Dreams", "Jade Bone Distance", "Love is Just", "The Three Branches of the Wild", "The Ordinary Road", "Joyful Face", and "The Legend of Magpie Sword Gate", have also sparked a trend of following dramas. Tencent Video releases a new film list at the 2024V Vision Conference. The film list released on site includes adaptations from Yi Shu's long story

"Whether you want to watch a comedy to relax after work, or a tragic and romantic love story, or a hardcore revenge mystery, the audience can find the answer in the trilogy," said director Xu Zidong. On September 1st, the play "Capone Trilogy" premiered at the Shanghai Theatre Art Center. One week before its premiere, all episodes of the play were sold out. The Capone Trilogy stills are adapted from the history of Chicago being occupied by gang leader Al Capone in the 20th century. It revolves around three cases that occurred in room 661 of the Lexington Hotel in Chicago, showcasing the absurdity, complexity, and danger of Chicago at that time. The drama was written by Jamie Wilkes and co conceived by Jesse Compton. The Chinese version is starring Shen Lei, Gong Xiao, Zhou Quan, Mai Zi, and Zu Yongchen. The Capone Trilogy

"I remember in my third year of studying abroad, I happened to hear the piano performance of" The Shepherd's Flute "by chance. The lively and lively allegro took me back to my childhood. This sweet and melodious piece was perfect for playing with two guitars. The upper and lower parts kept talking and echoing. Playing with two guitars ensured that the sound was similar while maintaining their own independent lines." International classical guitar young performer and guitar professor at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, Su Meng, recalled, "We specially placed the double guitar premiere of this work at the NewYork Carnegie Hall in the United States as the return to the entire concert." Highly loved by the audience. Su Meng, the organizer of the Life Reading Club, provided the sixth "Summer" event of the "Life Reading Club" on the afternoon of September 2nd, jointly organized by Zhongfu Group, Community Morning News, and Jiading District Library

On the afternoon of September 2nd, at the Jinjiang Small Auditorium in Shanghai, the original public welfare boutique concert of Ma Xiaohui's "New Culture, Tourism, New Art Education, and New Life" was held, titled "One Erhu Tour Across the World". Ma Xiaohui, the "Erhu Fairy", uses his erhu to converse with Chinese and Western instruments such as cello, viola, violin, piano, and horsehead qin. He also crosses boundaries with Chinese and foreign cultural elements such as qipao, Chinese kung fu, and modern dance, bringing a flowing feast of Shanghai style culture and art. In Ma Xiaohui's view, today, cultural tourism is not only a form of rest and entertainment, but also a great art education and a new way of life. "We hope to use innovative expressions with Chinese humanistic spirit and Shanghai style characteristics to explore the ways of opening up 'new cultural tourism, new aesthetic education, and new life', heal the soul, praise nature, and open a new chapter in telling the story of China well on the world stage."

Composer Wu Wei, born in the 1980s, created China's first symphony to write about "jade". This is "Wu Wei's Third Symphony", also known as "The Symphony of Jade's Sacrifice". Recently, this work was published and distributed by Shanghai Music Publishing House, presenting it in a three-dimensional format of score, vinyl, and CD. The score book has one code, and by scanning the code, you can hear music. The music can be synchronized with the score, and the vinyl master disc is produced in Germany and the Netherlands. The Symphony of Yu's Sacrifice can be regarded as a collaborative work between master and disciple, inspired by the opening preface of Wu Wei's narrative poem "Yu Gu Zhi" by Zhang Guangtian. Zhang Guangtian is an authentic Shanghainese who went to Beijing to pursue his career in the early years. He became familiar with theater, novels, and film music in the industry and was also a professor at the School of Experimental Art and Science and Technology at the Central Academy of Fine Arts. Wu Wei graduated from Beijing Film Academy and later studied under Zhang Guangtian. He once worked for

On the morning of September 2nd, the revised version of the twelve volume and over 6 million word "Complete Works of Yu Yi" was first released at the Shanghai Library. In 2018, the first edition of "The Complete Works of Yu Yi" was published, which is the first complete collection of top-level teachers in the field of basic education in China. In September 2019, Yu Yi was awarded the national honorary title of "People's Educator". At the age of 94, she still writes tirelessly, providing in-depth analysis of the current difficulties, causes, and solutions in education and teaching, and forming rich and unique educational insights. This comprehensive revision of the Complete Works of Yu Yi has added nearly 500000 words, with many articles, reports, and letters written in the past five years. Faced with twelve new books, Dong Shaoxiao, Associate Professor of the School of Marxism at Shanghai Conservatory of Music and Vice President of the Shanghai Teachers' Study Research Association, couldn't help but sigh: "Each new book is like a piece of basic education."

On the evening of September 2nd, the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra made its debut at the Shanghai Oriental Art Center. Renowned conductor Van Zhiden teamed up with violinist Yang Tianwa to present a romantic "Mendelssohn" night. In his final season as the Music Director of the Hong Kong Orchestra, which was also the milestone 50th professional season of the orchestra, Van Zhideng teamed up with the orchestra to present a memorable concert venue for audiences in Shanghai. Dong Tianye, born in Amsterdam in 1960, started learning the violin at the age of 5 and became the youngest violin principal in the history of the Royal Dutch Concert Hall Orchestra at the age of 19. However, the violinist did not become his ultimate destination. During a rehearsal of the band, Fan Zhideng served as the conductor. At the end of the rehearsal, the guest conductor and famous conductor Bernstein

On September 2nd, Beijing Opera performer Shang Changrong and his students Yang Donghu and Chen Zhipeng made an appearance at the Lingang Performing Arts Center in Pudong New Area, singing the excerpt from "The Grand Ceremony of Zhenguan", "Jointly Creating a Prosperous Era", and the audience applauded. As the beginning of the series of performances of "China-Chic September Lingang Opera Style", celebrities from the major troupes of Shanghai Opera Art Center gathered for a performance on the 2nd day, which made the audience shout for joy. Shang Changrong said, "Beijing Kunming Shanghai Yuehuai Opera and Pingtan Opera are traditional and popular with many young people. How to make more people like and actively inherit and disseminate traditional culture is a topic that opera practitioners have been promoting over the years. Lingang, which is under full construction, is a" city for young people ". Shanghai's urban construction has always attached importance to cultural support, when the needs of both meet,

On September 2nd, YOUNG Theater, located in Yangpu District, Shanghai, celebrated its first anniversary of opening. The second GOAT Special Youth Drama Exhibition, jointly initiated by YOUNG Theater and Beijing International Youth Drama Festival, officially opened. Within a month, 6 cutting-edge theatrical works, 3 theatrical performances, 3 theatrical cross-border forums, and 2 theatrical appreciation and exchange activities will be held to comprehensively create a "theatrical festival" for young theater enthusiasts to share, exchange, and interact with. The GOAT Special Youth Drama Exhibition was jointly launched by YOUNG Theater and Beijing International Youth Drama Festival in 2022. GOAT stands for "Greatest Of All Time", which means "breaking through boundaries, constructing new and seeking change". The second theater exhibition received 118 young artists

"This event integrates various lifestyle elements such as music, travel, art, and markets, bringing the sense of ceremony, memory points, and landmark buildings that music fans pay attention to into one scene. It is not only a unique music festival, but also an ideal lifestyle that young people long for and can touch." Li Jie, CEO of barley, interpreted the recently held 2023 Anaya Xiami Music Festival in this way. In the two days and three nights, music fans go to the Anaya Auditorium and Lonely Library in the morning to take photos, and in the afternoon sit on the beach to experience the charm brought by sound and light, opening up new cultural and entertainment lifestyles for young people. The event brings together 27 well-known musicians from both domestic and international backgrounds. The legendary British band Suede gave their final one hour performance, admiring the band's performances of "West Lake" and "Goodbye Jack". Chen Qizhen performed "The Meaning of Travel" and "Still Quiet" by the 80s generation

Lao Tian, Tian Zhongluo, pen name Yuan Ying. Comrades in the newspaper are accustomed to calling him "Lao Tian". On the evening of September 1st, it was learned from the WeChat group of "Wangfujing Old Newspaper" that Lao Tian had passed away at the age of 99. Although Lao Tian lived a long life, upon hearing this news, I still felt very sad and sorrowful for a long time. Until early in the morning, there was still no drowsiness. Find two letters that I have treasured for nearly 30 years, as well as two books that Lao Tian gave me in the year of Jia Wu, "Last Night's Stars, Last Night's Wind," and "Yuan Ying's Autobiography," and read them for a long time. The person has passed away, and style depends on it. I was born too late. The first time I saw Lao Tian was in 1976, my second year at the People's Daily. At that time, the People's Daily was still on Wangfujing Street. Newspapers often hold editorial or party member meetings in the conference room on the 5th floor. One day when I went to a meeting, a familiar comrade pointed to the two people in the front row and lowered his head to talk