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Thread: what do u think about shanghai girls?
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[quote=MARRIE,410481]Hello, Guest. If you are from other parts of China, I hesitate to judge u and your folks even if we are of the same nation. We are different in terms of eating, clothing, living, ways of thinking, apperance, big difference of accents of speaking the same language. China become great coz we are united bringing about our own cultures that have been melted to the Chinese cultures as a whole for two thousands years since Qing Dynasty. Here is about Shangnese from other source. Shanghai Soul Exploring Shanghainese Culture (sanghei venho), from the language to the arts Shanghainese are a contentious, if cautious, crowd, and definitions of what constitutes both Haipai (海派, Shanghai Style) and “New Haipai” range significantly. The term Haipai originated with literary and artistic modernization movements over a century ago, but took on a life of its own to describe all forms of culture considered typical of Shanghai. The most well-known incarnation was ‘40s scribe Zhang Ailing, iconic for her descriptions of urban life and the quirky Shanghainese character. Zhang’s modern literary successor Wang Anyi also portrays the finicky Shanghainese, most famously in 长恨歌 (Chang Hen Ge), or Song of Everlasting Sorrow, now available in English translation. Haipai is generally associated with lane life, speaking Wu (Shanghainese is a dialect of the Wu language), exploring the “petty urbanite” (as Shanghainese jokingly refer to themselves) sensibility and is considered rooted in the Wu- Yue or Jiangnan culture of eastern China. “In Jiangnan, [the people] reference water, tend to be a bit feminine and care about the individual–it can be soft,” describes Jiang Yipeng, a Shanghainese galleryist now living in Beijing. She adds that many of Shanghai’s immigrant artists come via the China Academy of Fine Art in Hangzhou. Peng Xiaolian, an acclaimed Haipai film director, laments that many young Shanghai natives now only speak Mandarin (and English): “But I think Shanghainese is more trendy now. That is why [we] are proud of [famous Wu-speaking, Haipai slapstick comedian] Zhou Libo. Outsiders hate Shanghainese, think we are too proud, so we are embarrassed. He was the first to speak out proudly, to say we can be proud to be Shanghainese [without it being a bad thing].” [/quote]
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