Today my Chinese Cinema class took a field trip to the China Art Museum, Shanghai to check out the animated version of Along the River During the Qingming Festival. If you remember back to my first semester at ECNU, I judged a English contest for the Communist Youth League at the China Art Museum. The original Along the River During the Qingming Festival in Beijing, know as China's Mona Lisa, depicts the Song capital of Bianjing, modern Kaifeng, during the Qingming Festival. The animated Along the River During the Qingming Festival was the China Pavilion's big hit during the Expo 2010; when the China Pavilion of Expo 2010 became the China Art Museum, Shanghai, they kept the massive video exhibit in tact. To be honest, the animated Along the River During the Qingming Festival feels like it would be better taught in a Chinese Gaming class rather than a Chinese film class; the work reminds me more of video games like Banished or the civilian campaign in Stronghold 2 than any film. It is a work you can watch for half an hour, though this may be because I tried to find the Jews of Kaifeng in the work (I think I found one). With so much going on and so much motion it is almost impossible to view the whole work quickly. It is a very interesting piece of multimedia art and is worth checking out if you have some extra time in Shanghai.
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Dad
4/28/2017 09:06:01 pm
How did you know the dude was Jewish? Did he have a yarmulkah or peyes (sp?)?
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4/30/2017 04:24:04 pm
The Jews of Keifeng traditionally had blue kippot, I think one guy in the image thing had one on.
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sharon
4/28/2017 11:56:47 pm
hey - how come you didnt take me there?
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4/30/2017 04:22:25 pm
I didn't know this was a thing until I went.
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Gramma M
5/1/2017 10:07:56 am
Interested in more info about the Jews of Kaifeng. Art museum itself an interesting structure. How is the gallery space for hanging regular sixed pictures?
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