"JAPAN SURRENDERED!"On August 15,1945,Ta Kung Pao announced the historic news with a striking front-page headline in oversized characters-Japan had officially declared its unconditional surrender.What a mome..."JAPAN SURRENDERED!"On August 15,1945,Ta Kung Pao announced the historic news with a striking front-page headline in oversized characters-Japan had officially declared its unconditional surrender.What a moment of complete victory of China's resistance against imperial Japan!展开更多
This paper analyses the chanting of 21 five-syllable modem-style poems, which is Chinese traditional style of poem reciting with cadence and pleasant melody, in order to fmd out the prosodic hierarchy according to pau...This paper analyses the chanting of 21 five-syllable modem-style poems, which is Chinese traditional style of poem reciting with cadence and pleasant melody, in order to fmd out the prosodic hierarchy according to pause duration, and probe the phonetic features and methods of chanting. Results reveal that pause exists after ＂level-level＂ tonal combinations, which is a kind of metrical pattern of Chinese poetry. The duration of syllables doubles in sentence final position. An exclamation is added when the sentence ends with a checked syllable. The pitch of syllables with level tone is lower than that of syllables with oblique tones, alternation of level and oblique tones forms the chanting melody. Sentences and poems with same metrical pattern have the same chanting melody.展开更多
Religious music is an inevitable and important topic when exploring the significance of the“new”or“deep”dimension of religion or spirituality.Traditional Chinese culture influenced Chinese Buddhist chanting practi...Religious music is an inevitable and important topic when exploring the significance of the“new”or“deep”dimension of religion or spirituality.Traditional Chinese culture influenced Chinese Buddhist chanting practices,developing special melodies,languages,and meaning,and establishing special mind and body practice system spanning thousands of years.Advances in music therapy,meditation,and vocal research give the Chinese Buddhist chanting mind and body practice system enough theoretical support to facilitate the construction of the discipline in the modern era.This paper adopts the scientific approach to tracing and analyzing the origins of the body and mind system in Chinese Buddhist chanting practice and reviews how the system benefits the mind and body and modern society in general.This paper also examines the issues confronting the standard and development of special chanting skills in Chinese Buddhist music in the modern era.展开更多
“Chanting to express one's qing(emotions)and xing(natural inclination)”holds a central position in a series of lyrical theories in Chinese classical poetics.Based on the philosophy of emotions and dispositions,t...“Chanting to express one's qing(emotions)and xing(natural inclination)”holds a central position in a series of lyrical theories in Chinese classical poetics.Based on the philosophy of emotions and dispositions,this concept marks the development from the expression of aspirations and emotions in general and collective poetics prevalent in the pre-Qin period to the lyrical theory of individual poetics.The poetry of literati in the Han and Wei dynasties originated from the view of“expressing aspirations”and gave rise to the view of“springing from emotions.”During the Southern and Northern dynasties,poetic thought centered on qing and xing began to be established,and people often associated poetry with“chanting to express one's qing and xing”in addition to the concepts of“expressing aspirations”and“springing from emotions.”The poetics of the Tang Dynasty absorbed the view of“Introduction to Mao's Version of The Book of Odes”on the ballads and court hymns composed in the decline of the Zhou Dynasty and the theory of qing and xing from the Southern and Northern dynasties.Its fundamental assertion regarding poetry is“chanting to express one's qing and xing,”and it endowed the traditional theory of qing and xing with an emphasis on individuality and a reverence for natural aesthetics.Despite advocating the didactic purpose,the poetics of the Tang Dynasty essentially aligned with the ballads composed in the decline of the Zhou Dynasty,“chanting to express one's qing and xing.”In the Song Dynasty,the theory of qing and xing was combined with individual ethical essence,serving as the ideological foundation of the emphasis on reason in Song poetry.In the Ming and Qing dynasties,poets still followed the traditional theory of qing and xing,considering qing and xing as the foundation of poetry.Among them,the school of“expressing one's inner self”emphasized the natural expression of individuality and valued inspiration and innovation.展开更多
The paper focuses on the respiratory prosody of seven-syllable modem-style poems chanted in Cantonese, especially the relationship between respiratory prosody and sentential pause-extension. By collecting and analyzin...The paper focuses on the respiratory prosody of seven-syllable modem-style poems chanted in Cantonese, especially the relationship between respiratory prosody and sentential pause-extension. By collecting and analyzing respiratory and acoustic-phonetic signals simultaneously, this research reveals a two level chest and abdominal breath reset in the respiratory signals： （1） In the first level （L1）, the breath reset appears at the beginning or the end of the clause. （2） In the second level （L2）, the breath reset appears in the middle of the clause, of which the position relates to different tone patterns. There is a strong connection between respiratory prosody and the sentential pause-extension when chanting the seven-syllable modem-style poems in Cantonese： with L1 breath reset corresponding to the longest pause-extension at the end of the clause, while L2 breath reset corresponding to the longer pause-extension in the middle of the clause, usually falling at the end of the second syllable of the clause with tone pattern of Level-start and Level-end, or at the end of the fourth syllable of the clause with other tone patterns.展开更多
随着英语教学的发展,单词教学越来越受到关注,单词教学的形式也呈现多样化,这是单词教学发展值得可喜的事。但同时也出现了矫枉过正的现象——单词教学过于复杂化。具体在以下方面出现了误区(本文所涉及的教材都是苏教版《牛津小学英语...随着英语教学的发展,单词教学越来越受到关注,单词教学的形式也呈现多样化,这是单词教学发展值得可喜的事。但同时也出现了矫枉过正的现象——单词教学过于复杂化。具体在以下方面出现了误区(本文所涉及的教材都是苏教版《牛津小学英语》):一、情境创设不应复杂化案例1:教师在教学hot时,先用PPT创设情境,引导学生来到一个活动地,然后让学生跟老师做活动:jump,jump,jump;run,run,run,fish,fish,fish,然后引导学生边唱歌"If you happy"边做动作,在较大量的活动后,展开更多
文摘"JAPAN SURRENDERED!"On August 15,1945,Ta Kung Pao announced the historic news with a striking front-page headline in oversized characters-Japan had officially declared its unconditional surrender.What a moment of complete victory of China's resistance against imperial Japan!
文摘This paper analyses the chanting of 21 five-syllable modem-style poems, which is Chinese traditional style of poem reciting with cadence and pleasant melody, in order to fmd out the prosodic hierarchy according to pause duration, and probe the phonetic features and methods of chanting. Results reveal that pause exists after ＂level-level＂ tonal combinations, which is a kind of metrical pattern of Chinese poetry. The duration of syllables doubles in sentence final position. An exclamation is added when the sentence ends with a checked syllable. The pitch of syllables with level tone is lower than that of syllables with oblique tones, alternation of level and oblique tones forms the chanting melody. Sentences and poems with same metrical pattern have the same chanting melody.
文摘Religious music is an inevitable and important topic when exploring the significance of the“new”or“deep”dimension of religion or spirituality.Traditional Chinese culture influenced Chinese Buddhist chanting practices,developing special melodies,languages,and meaning,and establishing special mind and body practice system spanning thousands of years.Advances in music therapy,meditation,and vocal research give the Chinese Buddhist chanting mind and body practice system enough theoretical support to facilitate the construction of the discipline in the modern era.This paper adopts the scientific approach to tracing and analyzing the origins of the body and mind system in Chinese Buddhist chanting practice and reviews how the system benefits the mind and body and modern society in general.This paper also examines the issues confronting the standard and development of special chanting skills in Chinese Buddhist music in the modern era.
文摘“Chanting to express one's qing(emotions)and xing(natural inclination)”holds a central position in a series of lyrical theories in Chinese classical poetics.Based on the philosophy of emotions and dispositions,this concept marks the development from the expression of aspirations and emotions in general and collective poetics prevalent in the pre-Qin period to the lyrical theory of individual poetics.The poetry of literati in the Han and Wei dynasties originated from the view of“expressing aspirations”and gave rise to the view of“springing from emotions.”During the Southern and Northern dynasties,poetic thought centered on qing and xing began to be established,and people often associated poetry with“chanting to express one's qing and xing”in addition to the concepts of“expressing aspirations”and“springing from emotions.”The poetics of the Tang Dynasty absorbed the view of“Introduction to Mao's Version of The Book of Odes”on the ballads and court hymns composed in the decline of the Zhou Dynasty and the theory of qing and xing from the Southern and Northern dynasties.Its fundamental assertion regarding poetry is“chanting to express one's qing and xing,”and it endowed the traditional theory of qing and xing with an emphasis on individuality and a reverence for natural aesthetics.Despite advocating the didactic purpose,the poetics of the Tang Dynasty essentially aligned with the ballads composed in the decline of the Zhou Dynasty,“chanting to express one's qing and xing.”In the Song Dynasty,the theory of qing and xing was combined with individual ethical essence,serving as the ideological foundation of the emphasis on reason in Song poetry.In the Ming and Qing dynasties,poets still followed the traditional theory of qing and xing,considering qing and xing as the foundation of poetry.Among them,the school of“expressing one's inner self”emphasized the natural expression of individuality and valued inspiration and innovation.
文摘The paper focuses on the respiratory prosody of seven-syllable modem-style poems chanted in Cantonese, especially the relationship between respiratory prosody and sentential pause-extension. By collecting and analyzing respiratory and acoustic-phonetic signals simultaneously, this research reveals a two level chest and abdominal breath reset in the respiratory signals： （1） In the first level （L1）, the breath reset appears at the beginning or the end of the clause. （2） In the second level （L2）, the breath reset appears in the middle of the clause, of which the position relates to different tone patterns. There is a strong connection between respiratory prosody and the sentential pause-extension when chanting the seven-syllable modem-style poems in Cantonese： with L1 breath reset corresponding to the longest pause-extension at the end of the clause, while L2 breath reset corresponding to the longer pause-extension in the middle of the clause, usually falling at the end of the second syllable of the clause with tone pattern of Level-start and Level-end, or at the end of the fourth syllable of the clause with other tone patterns.
文摘随着英语教学的发展,单词教学越来越受到关注,单词教学的形式也呈现多样化,这是单词教学发展值得可喜的事。但同时也出现了矫枉过正的现象——单词教学过于复杂化。具体在以下方面出现了误区(本文所涉及的教材都是苏教版《牛津小学英语》):一、情境创设不应复杂化案例1:教师在教学hot时,先用PPT创设情境,引导学生来到一个活动地,然后让学生跟老师做活动:jump,jump,jump;run,run,run,fish,fish,fish,然后引导学生边唱歌"If you happy"边做动作,在较大量的活动后,
