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Introduction:
One day in David’s room. John and David have become very close friends, and they are talking about each other’s families. Suddenly Cindy comes in. She seems to know almost everything that John asks her. What a smart girl!
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(Source: chineseculture.about.com)
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Author:Ding Cong |
Modern cartoon can be defined as a category of integrated art combining drawings, literature, technology and film images, which can depict an intact story by way of a string of immobile pictures. Understood in this way, Chinese cartoons are latecomers on the worldwide stage.
After the establishment of modern China in 1949 (the People’s Republic of China), a new generation of famous cartoonists, like Wang Fuyang, Ye Chunyang, Miao Di, and Zhan Tong, greatly developed the cartoon industry.
However, during the Cultural Revolution (1966-1976), China’s cartoon art started to wither.
In the 1980′s, China’s cartoon art began to flourish again and many young artists became devoted to it.
In the 1990s, Japanese cartoons entered China and soon became quite popular, adored by domestic cartoon fans, especially young people, as the cartoons refreshed the traditional image of cartoons and created a new and fun cartoon style.
Japanese-style cartoons typically have heroes and heroines who are always depicted as especially handsome and gorgeous with big eyes and slim bodies. The subjects of the stories are entertaining and sensational, including young love, scientific or magical fictions, and some violent fights or contests.
Compared with their Japanese counterparts, US cartoons tend to concentrate on heroic themes. The heroes are often endowed with supernatural abilities in these cartoon works, such as “Spiderman” and “Batman”. Many of these US cartoons are usually adapted into movies after obtaining great success as comic books.
In fact, these modern cartoons have become icons of popular culture and have successfully found a place within industrial mass production and mass markets. Faced with competition by such fantastic pictures with their innovative visual impact and simple but attractive stories, Chinese cartoons are being forced to innovate in turn in order to bring domestic cartoons into the industrial age.
（Source: chinaculture.org）
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Lying in the southeast of Heilongjiang Province, the Jingpo Lake is a famous scenic spot and summer resort in north China, and reputed as the West Lake in the North. As a narrow lake on high mountains, the Jingpo Lake was formed ten thousand years ago when lavas from volcano eruptions blocked the way of the Mudan River. About 350 meters above sea level, the lake covers an area of 90 square kilometers.
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Main sights in the are include Jingpo Villa, Dagu Hill, Xiaogu Hill, White Stone Lazi (lazi means large pieces of stones in local dialect), City Wall Lazi, Pearl Gate, Taoist Mountain, Diaoshuilou Waterfall, and Underground Forest, etc.
Surrounded by water on three sides, an island named the Jingpo Mountain Lodge lies on the north bank with some small villas and facilities on it. Except this mountain lodge, there are few constructions on the lakeside and all one can see are continuous mountains covered with dense forests. The beautiful natural landscape is the most attractive feature of the lake.
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A dam is built to the northwest of the Jingpo Mountain Lodge. The lake water pours down from the top of the dam, forming a grand waterfall of 20 meters high and 40 wide, and then rushes into the Mudan River. A pavilion fenced with iron chain is built close to the waterfall for visitors to appreciate the fascinating view.
Walking to the northeast of Jingpo Lake, near the Small North Lake, one can find a narrow area stretching over 20 kilometers. There are 7 volcano vents along the way from southeast to northwest, with countless trees growing in it. This scene is the famous underground forests.
The Jingpo Lake Scenic Area is also abundant in local special products and forest resources, with an area of 60,000 hectares covered with dense forest. Moreover, the lake is also a natural reservoir.
(Source: chinaculture.org)
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