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Myth of Love (Chinese: 爱情神话), also released as B for Busy, [1] is a 2021 Chinese romantic comedy drama film, [2] written and directed by Shao Yihui, produced by Xu Zheng, and starring Xu, Ma Yili, Wu Yue, Ni Hongjie , and Zhou Yemang . The film was released in China on December 24, 2021.
Yue Lao (Chinese: 月下老人; pinyin: Yuè Xià Lǎorén; lit. 'old man under the moon') is a god of marriage and love in Chinese mythology. [1] He appears as an old man under the moon. Yue Lao appears at night and "unites with a silken cord all predestined couples, after which nothing can prevent their union."
Yuán (traditional Chinese: 緣; simplified Chinese: 缘; pinyin: yuán; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iân) or Yuanfen (traditional Chinese: 緣分; simplified Chinese: 缘分; pinyin: yuánfèn; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iân-hūn), "fateful coincidence," is a concept in Chinese society describing good and bad chances and potential relationships. [1]
Evidence that the phrase was in use as early as 1936 is provided in a memoir written by Hughe Knatchbull-Hugessen, the British Ambassador to China in 1936 and 1937, and published in 1949. He mentions that before he left England for China in 1936, a friend told him of a Chinese curse, "May you live in interesting times."
The beginning of the memoir has the childhood of Rao Pingru in the 1930s, [1] when he lived in Nancheng. [4] He served as a soldier for the Kuomintang (KMT) in the Second Sino-Japanese War and the Chinese Civil War in the following decade; [1] he headed a platoon while in the service of the KMT. [3]
Some 42% of respondents indicated that they consider China an enemy of the United States — up from 34% in 2021 when the Washington-based research organization began asking the question.
Love and Redemption (Chinese: 琉璃; pinyin: Liu Li) is a 2020 Chinese television series based on the novel Liu Li Mei Ren Sha (琉璃美人煞) by Shi Si Lang (十四郎). It premiered on Youku and Mango TV on August 6, 2020. [1] [2] It stars actors Cheng Yi as Yu Sifeng and Yuan Bingyan as Chu Xuanji.
A scary, sobering look at fatal domestic violence in the United States