Tian Zhuangzhuang

1.Introduction In retrospect, the Chinese motion pictures industry has been growing exponentially from 2012 to 2015.Drived by the integration of the whole cultural industry, penetration of financial capital and participation of Internet economy, the Chinese movie industry has been stepping into an era with vigor and vibrancy. The overall box office reached to 5.1 billion in 2014 from 2.2 billion in 2010 and the trend of national box office is still upward as shown in Fig.1.1.below. Figure.1.1 Total box office revenue of Chinese films from 2010 to 2015 Data source:Entgroup Box office track(EBTO) The success of the box office revenue over the last past years can be attributed to both macroscopic factors such as government policy and microscopic factors including the audience ' purchase behavior and psychological needs. First of all, the favorable policy environment helps boost leapfrog growth of box office currently. For example, the Ministry of Culture and PBOC promoted cooperation of financial capital, social resources and cultural industry in 2014, which indicated that leaders in government were putting increasing emphasis on the cultural industry{Anonymous:encADRGF}. Second, Internet giants aspire to enter the film industry to capture market share. Represented by BAT(Baidu,Alibaba and Tencent), they have acquired some media companies or established business divisions specializing in movie production and marketing to compete in the market. It is…

The Mandate of Heaven was created during the Zhou Dynasty. This mandate was created as a means to explain their overtaking of the Shang Dynasty. The Mandate stated that there was only one legitimate ruler of China and that this particular ruler had also been blessed by the gods. The Duke of Zhou, the ruler of Western Zhou was a great defender and powerful ruler. It was during this time that China moved away from Shangdi and moved toward Tian, or Heaven. While the SHangdi dynasty was filled with…

The Chinese peoples lives, government and economy circled around the Mandate From Heaven. The Mandate from Heaven was created by the Zhou Dynasty in 1046 BC to get rid of the Shang Dynasty, the point of it was to have the idea that only one person could rule over China and they had the permission and right from the gods if they ruled correctly. If the Dynasty did not rule right the Gods would send signs such as natural disasters to show that they don't approve of they way the dynasty is being…

A few weeks ago I went and visited a "retired" Buddhist Temple here on Oahu. It was only ten minutes from my house and as I drove through the gates, I realized it was part of a much larger plot of land. A portion of it was a cemetary that was categorized by different faiths. I thought it really interesting that while there might be strong differences between the religions that they may be laid to rest right next to on another. A roman catholic lay boardering the buddhist. The aura of the entire…

its wholesomeness, belies the tumult of the backdrop -- Communist China during the 1950s and 1960s -- some of the most unsettled years in the country's long history. The juxtaposition of the simplicity of everyday life and the complexity and disorder of an untamed political system that, at times, rivals anarchy, strikes the audience right between the eyes in the often disturbing and simultaneously beautiful film, "The Blue Kite". Renowned film critic, Roger Ebert, writes in his 2003 review of…