Arts and Entertainment
Music, Movie, Book and Painting
Made: Big Bang's Special Album
The Korean wave is sweeping all over the world nowadays. There are a lot of factors which have contributed to the Korean wave like K-pop, Korean dramas and Korean movies. More and more people love K-pop especially and it is not excessive to say that K-pop is the best contributor of the Korean wave.
Among a lot of famous K-pop star, ‘Big Bang’ is one of the most unique, talented and remarkable groups in all of K-Pop. They started a project named ‘MADE’ that is divided into four parts and each part include two singles. This project was started on June 1st and ended in September. What makes this album special compared Big Bang’s other albums is two songs were released on the first day of each month and at the end, four parts were united in a one album (but the final part named E was released on August 5). Each part of this album has a name that is ‘M’, ‘A’, ‘D’ and ‘E’ and the final album’s title is ‘MADE’.
Some of the Big Bang’s fans liked this project because they could listen to new music every month. Furthermore, releasing a song monthly is keep going on when the middle of this year. Thus, fans could see Big Bang in the media more easily. Also, in a position of company named YG, it was a big chance to earn money because a large number of fans spent money on buying Big Bang’s products during this period. But some of the fans did not like this project because even though they want to listen to the whole song of the album, they would have to wait until the project was finished.
Jiyoung Hwang
An Officer and A Gentleman
Do you have a memory of passionate love? In other words, have you ever been wounded by someone lead to you love? Love can make our lives happier. However, love can wound us and it create prejudice among people. Sometimes, prejudice interrupt loving someone. Love can even kill us. Not only love is so beautiful, but it can also cause tragedy.
There is a movie called An Officer and a Gentleman made in America, and released on July 28th, 1982. There are 2 couples, who have different endings toward their love stories. The story is love between a candidate, who is competing being an officer, and a female factory worker.
In the small town, there is a military academy and a small factory where the candidate and the woman worker. They love each other a lot, but when the candidate is commissioned, they decide to break up. And the men will leave to their place of work. They dreamed their love will last forever when they start their love. But, the reason why they break up is they have prejudice toward that each other Men’s prejudice is that the Women’s has a purpose of a better social status, which he doesn’t have, and women’s prejudice is that men’s love is not real, but just a basic need. And this cause is common in that town. This prejudice makes them unfortunate and breaks their love. Love can overcome their prejudice? I think that is this movie’s theme. If you feel their real love, How about watch this beautiful movie?
Juhyeon Park
Night on the galactic Railroad
Whenever night falls and the starry sky is beautiful, I sit at my desk alone. As long as I am free, it is a wonderful time for reading. Gorky once said: “Books are the inseparable life companion and mentor of the young people”. This time I would like to take this opportunity to recommend a fairy tale for all ages —— Night on the Galactic Railroad from the Japanese author Miyazawa Kenji. The whole story mainly narrates a lonely boy who takes a train to a galaxy and has an amazing adventure. The fairy tale only uses 2,400 words to describe a flourishing galactic world. There are imaginative constellation stations, cranes that have been turned into surprising candy, and a lot of other creative things in this world. More interestingly, because the adventure in the galaxy is only a dream, the author hides numerous clues about the dream secretly in this adventure. This not only gives readers an endless enjoyment, but also resonates with readers. Although the writing is defined as a fairy tale, it is also a beautiful story for adults. Under the exquisite scenery, the book actually implies a sorrowful and lonely world of emotion. I think this story could bring different feelings and meanings for all people. It is a masterpiece worth reading.
Zixing Hong
Along the River during the Qingming festival
Along the River During the Qingming Festival is a painting, done by the artist Zhang Zeduan.He lived in the Song dynasty in China 900 years ago. It describe the daily life of people from the Northern Song period and the scenery of the capital, Bianjing, today's Kaifeng. “The painting is considered to be the most renowned work among all Chinese paintings, and it has been called ‘China's Mona Lisa ’."
The scroll is 25.5 centimeters (10.0 inches) in height and 5.25 meters (5.74 yards) long. In its length there are 814 humans (of whom only 20 are women), 28 boats, 60 animals, 30 buildings, 20 vehicles, 8 sedan chairs, and 170 trees. The countryside and the densely populated city are the two main sections in the picture, with the river meandering through the entire length.
The left half is the city’s area, and the end of it leads into the the gates city. Many economic activities, such as people loading goods onto the boat, or shops, and even a tax office which is can be seen in this area. Many people from all works are depicted, such as: actors, paupers, peddlers, jugglers, monks asking for alms, fortune tellers and seers, doctors, millers, metalworkers,innkeepers, teachers, masons, carpenters,and official scholars from all ranks.
Quiyu Chen