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Introduction:
In present-day China, families are becoming smaller in size. Single-parent families, DINK families, and single-child families now make up a certain percentage of the Chinese population. However, China remains a society that places a high value on close family ties. Therefore, frequent visits among relatives are quite common and Chinese almost always look to family members for help in times of difficulty.
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Zhang Leping —-Story of San Mao
The world-renowned Chinese cartoon “San Mao,” drawn by Zhang Leping 70 years ago, tells a story to modern Chinese children of his own bitter childhood during World War II.
Zhang’s San Mao series was first published in installments starting on November 20, 1935 in the Shanghai paper Xiao Chen Bao.
When the Anti-Japanese War (World War II) broke out in 1937, Zhang served as a member of the wartime committee of the National Cartoonists’ Association. In Nanjing (East China), Wuhan (Central China), Changsha (Central China), and Guilin (Southwest China), he produced numerous posters and cartoons, among which “Chinese Children,” “San Mao’s Sword,” and “The Final Struggle” were significant.
After the war ended, Zhang returned to Shanghai in 1946 and published, “San Mao Joins the Army” in the newspaper Shen Bao.
In 1947, he produced “The Story of San Mao (Three Hairs),” about a homeless orphan tramp. From June 1947 to the end of 1948, he published his representative work, “Urchin San Mao,” in 234 installments in Shanghai’s Da Gong Bao. This was later reprinted in four parts and sold throughout the country.
“Urchin San Mao” told the story of thousands of children and was a powerful indictment of old China. The wretched existence of the poor stood in sharp contrast to the profligate lives of the rich, which evoked a strong response when it appeared in Da Gong Bao.
With the founding of the People’s Republic of China (PRC), Zhang’s work entered a new stage and a new San Mao appeared in “San Mao Greets Liberation,” “San Mao’s Past and Present,” “San Mao’s Diary,” “San Mao Learns from Lei Feng,” and “San Mao Loves Science.”
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The East Lake in Wuhan is located in the eastern suburb of the Wuchang City, Hubei Province. Built into a park after the founding of new China, it was listed among the first batch national key scenic resorts by the State Council in 1982.
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The East Lake scenic area covers an area of 87 square kilometers, of which the water area is about 33 square kilometers. The lake has bending banks. With continuous mountains on the south bank and hills on east and west banks, the north bank is flat. Over 70 various constructions were built along the lake, including pavilions, terraces, and towers, together with more than 2 million species of trees.
According to different natural environments, the scenic area can be divided into 6 parts, namely listen to rotes, Mill Hill, fallen wild goose, white horse, piping, and Luohong, among which scenic spots in the listen to rotes area are near each other. Walking through the Huangliwan Gate of the East Lake, one will find the listen to rotes area. With weeping willows along the lake, this area, surrounded by stretching mountains, has a lotus pond. One can also find a number of yachts berthed along the bank. Main scenic spots and constructions in this area include the Xingyin Pavilion, the Changtian Building, Jiunudun Monument, and the Huguang Pavilion. The Xingyin Pavilion was built to commemorate patriotic poet Qu Yuan. Built on a mid-lake island between Lotus Wind and Fallen Feather bridges, the three-storeyed pavilion features a traditional national architectural style, with green tiles and round columns.
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