[Part 2 of Tourism, the series. Part 1 here]
Since it was a bit of a bah humbug attitude that launched the tourism series…
About Tourism, the series
Engraved into a sizable hunk of Labrador granite, on a pedestal in the executive anteroom at the Beijing Sounds Studios:
Tourist, n. One who favors packaged over live, who inches [...]
A sound you almost certainly will get to hear in Beijing someday, if you’re so fortunate, is the sound of Lǐ Chuányùn 李传韵 fiddling. The Qingdao native is a world phenomenon and the recipient of a loan instrument from the Stradivari society. What you won’t hear from Beijingers, though, is his particular flavor of Mandarin. [...]
Director's selection
- Tāng v. Tāngr
- Silkworm husbandry
- Bay-Jing / Beizzhing
- Zhonglish
- Sand diapers
- Tip of the turd
- Zrrr, Zrrr!
- The humble-V says veng veng
Box office hits
- 2009 fiscal year
- 2008 fiscal year
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