resist boredom (1)
Due to the isolation at home, I have a lot of free time. Find something to watch and listen to every day, and share it by the way, maybe it will help others too. Just treat it as a newsletter, it will be updated from time to time.
1. Well-documented: The flu mortality rate in the United States is 800 times that of China?
This article introduces in detail the differences in the methods of influenza statistics between China and the United States. If you are interested, you can read it.
https://chinafactcheck.com/7246/
2. The movie "Mouthpiece"
When her mother died suddenly, Cassandra recalled the good or bad relationship between her and her mother during her funeral, and shared her emotions with those around her. The way the two play one role in the movie is not a split personality, but a voice of inner opposition. The last part of the eulogy was really moving, unanimous voice, the best moment in the whole film.
The film is currently available for viewing online on MUBI.
MUBI:
https://mubi.com/films/mouthpiece-2018
3. The Theory of Joy and Perseverance
Let me tell you the reason why I read this ancient text. I listened to the latest issue of "Wan Ti" on "Jiuxiao Radio" in the morning, which featured Dou Wei & Chao Jian's latest work "Le Yi Lun". Then I went to Wikipedia to find the full text, which is wonderful. I hope everyone can read it again, and if you don't know what it means, you can go to the Internet to find the translation. Sometimes reading ancient prose is to learn from the past to the present.
wikipedia:
https://zh.m.wikisource.org/wiki/Le Yi Lun (Xiahou Xuan)
Radio Nine:
4. Cold Food Festival
The Cold Food Festival, also known as the No-Fire Festival, the No-Smoking Festival, the Cold Festival and the Hundred-Five Festival, usually falls on the 105th day after the Winter Solstice. It is close to the Qingming Festival, one or two days before the Qingming Festival. In the early Qing Dynasty, after Tang Ruowang's "Shixian Calendar" was established, the interval between Qingming and the Winter Solstice was shortened. In order to maintain the custom of the Cold Food Festival one or two days before the Qingming Festival, the folks set the Cold Food Festival one day before the Qingming Festival. The modern 24 solar terms follow the Tang family, so the Qingming Festival falls on the day after the Cold Food Festival. --Wikipedia
A festival that has been forgotten by many people. This year's Cold Food Festival is from April 4th to 6th. It was also remembered when listening to "Jiuxiao Radio", and it was also because of Dou Wei & Chao Jian's music - they put Su Shi's "Cold Food Post" ( Known as the third line of the world) made a piece of music.
wikipedia:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cold Food Posts
Radio Nine:
5. Prinzhorn Dance School "Home Economics"
The lyrics on this album are amazing, especially the song "Education".
6. Philip Larkin "High Window"
A collection of poems I've been reading recently.
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