520, this movie is for everyone who loves movies.

Today is May 20th.
On this special day, I want to recommend a movie about "love" to everyone.
In other words, a love letter written to the movie and also to every audience.
This film tells "the sincere confession of a great director".

He has an engineer father, who taught him how to think rationally and how to turn modern technology into his best creative tool.
He also has a pianist’s mother, who taught him the perception of art and a natural desire for expression as an artist.
The growing environment laid the foundation for him to dream.
However, how to turn a hobby of "wasting money" into a career that can "make money" and how to face the tear between the two are still issues throughout his adolescence.
He was bullied on campus because of his Jewish identity, or was traumatized by his parents’ divorce.
But all these eventually became his creative nourishment, the motif of his life’s creation.
Every great director will have his own autobiographical story.
Now, it’s finally Spielberg’s turn to tell this story.
The Dreammaker directed by Steven Allan Spielberg was the winner of last year’s Oscar hit, the Golden Globe Award for Best Drama and the People’s Choice Award at the Toronto Film Festival.
So far, the freshness of rotten tomatoes is still as high as 92%.
I am also glad to see that this film will be released in China on May 25th. This is a rare film that we must see on the big screen.
This film is the best of the year in many people’s minds, and it is also praised by many people as "the most touching film of the year".
It’s really hard not to be moved by it.
Because it’s so sincere.
Unlike many films with the same nostalgic theme, in Dreammaker, you will not see a narcissism of successful people looking back on the past, nor will you see a bubble gum-style self-beautification.
On the contrary, director Spielberg, who was 76 years old, still had a childlike heart.
He told a story about growth and family in a very plain and restrained tone.
He also used such a plain and restrained tone to reveal some of the most "tearing" moments in his childhood.
So, is this movie about pain?
On the contrary, it tells—
Still "love."
The A side of the story is how a teenager who loves movies grows up with the encouragement of his parents.
In the winter of 1952, Sammy watched the first film in his life accompanied by his parents.
Before the film was shown, he was crying in the car and didn’t dare to go into the cinema, as if it were the maw of a wild animal, which would devour him young.
But after the film was shown, he looked at the shiny screen and lost his words in an instant.
For the first time, he understood that the movie was a dazzling dream.
Because there was a train in the movie, his parents bought him a train toy as a gift.
But what really attracted him was not the train itself, but how to record the picture of the train collision with a camera.
He became addicted to recording everything with a camera.

At first, it was a family video, with sisters playing together and family camping together.
Later, it became a movie at school, a gun battle and a drama.
He taught himself by himself and learned the most important thing:
The existence of the camera is not only to record the truth.
You can also edit, splice and reconstruct the truth in your own way to create your own truth.
But the most important thing is always "seeing".
Because movies are about seeing.
On the b side of the story, it is about the family of teenagers.
You will find that, coincidentally, every time he succeeds in film creation, it always seems to be accompanied by some kind of life tear.
When his father encouraged him to shoot a camping documentary for his mother, he stumbled across another truth about his mother in this documentary.
However, when the campus documentary he made was broadcast at the graduation party and everyone was cheering for his work, he had to bear the pain of his parents’ divorce and breaking up with his first love alone.
Under the seemingly bright and warm tone of the whole movie, there always seems to be a faint and melancholy background.
Although it is cruel, it is very real. It shows us that movies are not reality, and movies are not a good medicine for reality.

Every time Sammy tries to do it allImmersed in the movie, reality will give him a hard whip, which will make him pull away from it, and he will have to taste the tearing feeling between reality and the movie alone.
So, when did Sammy make up his mind to pursue film art?
Perhaps it was at the moment when he understood what a "movie" really was.
At the beginning of the film, the camera was really just a toy, and making movies was just an escapist hobby.
But the most crucial and turning point happened to be that Sammy discovered the secret of his mother’s infidelity through the lens of the camera.
He repeatedly confirmed his mother’s movements and eyes from the seemingly unimportant lens edge, and confirmed that she really admired another man.
At this moment, the film is no longer an escape from reality, but helps Sami "see" the reality.
In other words, he helped Sammy open another realistic perspective.
Originally, for him, family meant unconditional tolerance, understanding and support; But now he understands that there is another person’s sacrifice behind it.
It was the mother who made the sacrifice: she gave up her career as a pianist and suppressed her feelings.
In the scene that struck him like lightning, what he saw was not betrayal, but sacrifice.
It was his mother’s sacrifice that fulfilled his dream-maker.
Family is like a balance, and someone has to make sacrifices.
Mothers will make sacrifices for their husbands and children.
Children also have to make sacrifices for their father’s work.
In the second half of the film, their family moved to California, and Sammy had to face the new campus environment and the bullying from his classmates.
However, in their family history, there always seems to be a "crazy" gene that is desperate to pursue what they love.
Maybe when he comes back at midnight, Sammy often thinks of what his uncle who works in the circus said.
"Family, art, will tear you apart"
"We are addicts, and art is our antidote"
"Family is our love."
"But we will be crazy about art."

Mothers also need to make choices.
And at this moment, the "dreamer" once again played the magic:
It is precisely because everyone in the film, no matter what choice he makes, starts from his own heart. So they also got the tolerance and understanding of their families.
Through these choices, what the film tries to convey to us is a life attitude about "love": "Love what I love and dream as much as I can".
You never have to be sorry to be yourself. You can be anyone you want to be.
Only by finding your own love and creating your own life dreams can you meet all the splendor in life.


Because I am very sure that this is a movie that we must watch on the big screen.
From the first shot, it was born for the cinema.
It is also about the "love" of filmmakers.
In the film, you will see many historical eggs, The Train Comes into the Station, The King of the Opera, and john ford, the guest role of director david lynch himself …
You will also see many classic films in the film, including many prototypes of Spielberg’s own future films.
For example, all the films shown in the film that the protagonist shot in his early days are really the works of Spielberg himself when he was young. He re-filmed these materials with great interest, as if he had relived his childhood with the audience.
For many years, Spielberg himself was a Hollywood "myth".
In this film, he re-examined this myth and told us all that "myth is only human".
The director tries to explore some contradictory and contradictory motifs in the film-technology and art, family and self, film and reality. The tear between them runs through the whole movie.
And in the end, perhaps the answer we want to know most as an audience is-
What is a movie?
Maybe the movie is a dream.
We hope to use movies to dream and make up for the dissatisfaction in life.
But dreams will "betray" you: every time Sammy is happy because of the movie, reality will bring him pain.
Perhaps the film is a perspective, a kind of cognition.
The eyes of the camera can capture what the human eye can’t see and what the human heart can’t capture.
It can jump the horizon and take you to another level of reality.
It broke your dreams, your fantasies.
It is a reality in itself.
After that, the film seems to have "surpassed" the reality.
In the second half of the film, the director filmed a plot that many people thought was worth pondering.
Sammy was bullied in his new school.
But when he had the opportunity to pick up the camera, he not only didn’t make a fool of the bully in the camera, but filmed the other side as handsome, tall and shining like Apollo.
Why would he do that?
Even the school bully doesn’t understand himself.
And Sammy said, "I just want to make my movie better."
As a director, he sacrificed his feelings and his pain before restoring the "truth" of a film.
For him, the film is neither a mirror of reality, nor a dream, nor a playground, but an imagination to make up for regret.
A movie is a movie, his art and his creation.
He can give everything for creation.
Therefore, when the screen lights up, he will see his own beam of light.
The existence of movies is not used to escape from reality, nor to reconstruct reality.
Movies are another reality.
This is his love for movies.
In other words, "film" itself is also a metaphor.
Throughout life, people are torn between reality and dreams, between responsibility and love.
Each of us has our own "movie", but how much are you willing to pay for your love?
Movies are Spielberg’s "choice".
And each of us has our own choices.
I believe that almost everyone has been accompanied by at least one Spielberg movie in their childhood.
Schindler’s List, E.T., Jurassic World, Artificial Intelligence Ready Player One …
These movies not only carry Spielberg’s dreams, but also our memories and our reality.
Movies are dreams, Spielberg is a dreamer, and we have all seen ourselves in his world and the reality of another dimension.
This time, what he said is his "dream maker".
Anyway, on May 25th, I will go to see The Dreamer again. Because this is not only a movie, but also the true meaning of his childhood, family, life and dreams. It’s a meeting between each of us and Spielberg.

Why did China and the United States win the first mixed doubles in the World Table Tennis Championships?

China news agency, Beijing, November 30 th: Why did China and the United States win the first mixed doubles in the World Table Tennis Championships?
Author Xu Huangguan
On November 29th, Beijing time, a Chinese-American mixed doubles team won the bronze medal at the World Table Tennis Championships held in Houston, USA. It coincides with the 50th anniversary of "Ping-Pong Diplomacy" between China and the United States, and the first group of mixed doubles between China and the United States has attracted people’s attention.
On November 28th, 2021, Lin Gaoyuan (China) (left)/Zhang An (USA) (right), a multinational combination of China and the United States, won the bronze medal in the 2021 World Table Tennis Championships in Houston, USA. The picture shows the award ceremony. China News Service reporter Liu Guanguan photo
Table tennis is China’s "national sport", which was popularized in mainland China in 1950s. In 1959, after Rong Guotuan won the gold medal at the World Table Tennis Championships in Dortmund, table tennis, which bears the pride and glory of China people, became more and more popular. The "ping-pong diplomacy" that followed was even more popular.
On November 22, 2021, two pairs of Chinese and American transnational mixed doubles teams prepared for the World Table Tennis Championships in Houston, USA, practiced together. China News Service reporter Liu Guanguan photo
In April, 1971, China’s Zhuang Zedong shook hands with American athlete Cohen. Under the guidance of the political wisdom and diplomatic art of the leaders of the two countries, the small ball turned the big ball and the relationship between big countries broke the ice. After the exchange of visits between Chinese and American players, the upsurge of the two places, the American people holding up signs to write "understanding, friendship and peace", has made many witnesses unforgettable.
In April, 2021, Shanghai, ITTF Museum and China Table Tennis Museum held "Shanghai Theme Exhibition to Commemorate the 50th Anniversary of China-US Table Tennis Diplomacy". China News Service reporter Tang Yanjun photo
The interconnection between the nation and the world. Table tennis originated in the west. At the end of 19th century, tennis was popular in Europe, but due to the limitation of venue and weather, British people began to explore moving tennis indoors. Gradually, the "Table tennis" was born, with the table as the field and the wooden board as the hollow ball. This sport, which is naturally simple and entertaining, is named "Ping-pong" in Chinese because of its crisp and smooth hitting sound.
In March 2006, in order to commemorate the 35th anniversary of China-US ping-pong diplomacy, an American ping-pong delegation visiting China at the invitation of the China Table Tennis Association came to Shanghai to relive the good past with the athletes who participated in China-US ping-pong diplomacy that year. The picture shows Zhuang Zedong, a famous table tennis player in China, with Tim Bogan, an American player. China News Service reporter Tang Yanjun photo
Later, Ivor Montagu, the "father of table tennis" and the first president of ITTF, injected the connotation of friendship, peace, respect and equality into table tennis. During World War II, table tennis was listed as aid materials of the Red Cross and entered the prison camp. The new World Table Tennis Championships after the war urged the Soviet Union to participate. In 1952, when montague visited China, the ITTF became one of the first international organizations to open its doors to New China, and the World Table Tennis Championships became the first international sports event in the world to hand over the hosting rights to African and Asian cities.
In April 2021, activities to commemorate the 50th anniversary of China-US "Ping-Pong Diplomacy" were held in Beijing. Former US Secretary of State Kissinger delivered a speech by video. China News Service reporter Zhang Xinglong photo
It can be seen that if sports itself has the connotation of pursuing equality and unity, then table tennis is a "special" contained in "universality". Because of its unique origin, character and memory, it is even more condensed with the value of crossing obstacles, creating exchanges, promoting understanding and conveying friendship.
In July, 2011, the China delegation came to the Nixon Presidential Library in California, USA, to commemorate the 40th anniversary of ping-pong diplomacy with American representatives. The picture shows Liang Geliang and George Brethwaite reliving the historical moment when they met for the first time in the China-US table tennis friendly match. China News Service reporter Mao Jianjun photo
This time, it is the first time for the World Table Tennis Championships to come to America. The first group of transnational mixed doubles teams in China and the United States achieved good results, and the American table tennis team won the World Table Tennis Championship medal for the first time in 62 years, which delighted table tennis lovers, sports circles and even people of both countries who supported Sino-US friendship.
In April, 2021, a series of activities to commemorate the 50th anniversary of China-US table tennis diplomacy were held at the International Table Tennis Federation Museum and the China Table Tennis Museum. The picture shows Chinese and American players participating in the table tennis friendly match. China News Service reporter Tang Yanjun photo
The ingenious combination of mixed doubles between China and the United States allows people to relive their historical experience and wisdom, and once again tells the world the significance and achievements of breaking the barrier through table tennis, a highly symbolic sport. It conveys the concept of respect, mutual learning and win-win, and reminds the world that unity is better than confrontation, cooperation is better than differences, and unity is better than isolation. (End)
On November 23, 2021, at the 2021 World Table Tennis Championships held in Houston, USA, Manyu Wang (left) and Karnak, a multinational combination of China and the United States, competed. China News Service reporter Liu Guanguan photo
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Originally and the future, fashion and movies are inextricably linked.

Fashion and movies are inextricably linked. The creators tried their best to create clothes that complement each other for the characters in the film, and the screen also showed the talents of the designers.

Audrey Hepburn

In the 1920s, the independent clothing department first appeared in the film industry, which promoted the progress of screen aesthetics. Although there are many factors behind the choice of clothing, directors often regard it as an important means to shape characters. In the movie Breakfast at Tiffany’s, Audrey Hepburn, wearing a sleeveless black dress, contributed to the screen classic, and made Givenchy’s little black dress become the yearning of many women. Chanel may be regarded as the founder of the little black dress, but in Breakfast at Tiffany’s, Givenchy and Hepburn gave it another vitality.

The interweaving of film and fashion has its inherent inevitability, because both art forms have the inherent power of narration. Alfred Hitchcock, a famous director, is very meticulous about the image of screen actresses. He hopes to project subconscious information in the audience’s mind through clothes and accessories. Hitchcock’s film Stage Fright is the representative work of German actress Marlene Dietrich. She once said, "Without Dior, there No Dior, No Dietrich". The waist suit, tulle robe and feather decoration in the film are very suitable for the female role of the West End singer.

Communication, expression and remolding, it is these characteristics that make clothing an important basis for film production. Movies and performing stars are conducive to the spread of fashion brands, so the red carpet of the film festival has always been a show for major brands. Of course, in addition to the eye-catching red carpet, the film festival is an important platform to show and trace the close relationship between brand and film art. At the 2023 Shanghai International Film Festival, many brands expressed their vision and determination to constantly resonate with the film art.

"DIOR IN RED" exhibition

During the Shanghai International Film Festival from June 11th to 18th, the exhibition "DIOR IN RED" was held in Shanghai Shengli Cinema. This is also the first official appearance after the renovation of Shengli Cinema. Shanghai Shengli Cinema was founded in the last century, bearing the characteristics of China films in different periods and witnessing the development track of the film industry. The architectural style of combining Chinese and Western highlights its openness and tolerance.

"DIOR IN RED" exhibition

Entering the exhibition, elegant and profound red comes into view, and the seven theme exhibition areas tell the story of red love in different times. The portrait of Mr. christian dior in red tone outlined by artist Yan Peiming kicked off the exhibition; DIOR Dior illustrator René Groix has created more than ten paintings for the brand in the past, creating a classic advertising visual image. Then, through the lens of many contemporary photographers, media technology gives fashion a collision with light and shadow. Through a series of video works, Mr. christian dior and many subsequent creative directors of Dior Fashion House, Huan Xin, performed all the red high-order works. A variety of red element collections of accessories, perfumes and beauty cosmetics are also displayed in rare boxes in a patchwork way, connecting a series of stories.

A good film needs a dedicated filmmaker to devote himself to the art of film, concentrate on polishing and pursue it unremittingly, in order to achieve classics. The fashion brand which is connected with the film and embodies the inheritance and innovation is increasingly becoming an indispensable part of the film industry.

PIAGET Earl Shanghai International Film Festival "Extraordinary Night"

As the official partner and designated jewelry brand of the 25th Shanghai International Film Festival, PIAGET and the Shanghai International Film Festival jointly launched a series of activities such as "Extraordinary Master Class" and "Extraordinary Scholarship" in the "Young Filmmakers Education Support Program", paying tribute to the hard-working behind-the-scenes filmmakers, and encouraging young filmmakers to inherit and carry forward their ingenuity and gain momentum for the prosperous development of the film industry.

Pay tribute to the filmmakers. Recently, Jaeger-LeCoultre once again joined hands with the Shanghai International Film Festival to jointly present the "Glory to the Filmmaker Award". The "Jaeger-LeCoultre Filmmaker Honor Award" came to Shanghai International Film Festival for the first time in 2018, aiming at recognizing Chinese filmmakers who have made outstanding contributions to the film industry.

On June 10th, Jaeger-LeCoultre initiated a dialogue on the theme of advanced watchmaking and film restoration, and the guests enjoyed the latest restoration work of Jaeger-LeCoultre’s "Classic Film Copy Restoration Project"-the premiere of the 4K restoration version of Early Spring February (1963) directed by Xie Tieli, a famous third-generation Chinese classic film. This film is adapted from a novella written by the famous writer Rou Shi in the 1920s. At the China Film Century Award in 1995, Early Spring and February won both the Top Ten Film Awards and the Top Ten Director Awards.

Chinese classic film Early Spring in February

The newly restored Chinese classic film Early Spring in February premiered in 4K, conveying the profound significance of film restoration in preserving classics and inheriting culture. The significance of film restoration is not only the work itself, but also to relive the memory of a generation and reproduce the epitome of an era. At present, Jaeger-LeCoultre has made sixteen Chinese films of different ages and types shine again through the "Classic Film Copy Restoration Project".

As an art closely related to the development of science and technology, the history of film development is closely related to the development of science and technology, from silence to sound, from film to digital technology, and then to virtual shooting. Gabrielle Chanel has long realized the powerful power and influence of this new art media in arousing resonance. She once said, "I want to be a part of the future".

"Before becoming a director" special project 2023 series activities

Gabrielle Chanel witnessed the great development of the film industry all her life and kept close contact with it. Chanel’s continuous dialogue with the film industry has also become one of the symbols of the brand. Chanel joined hands with the China Film Directors Association to support the CFDG China Young Film Directors Support Program (Onion Program), and jointly set up a special project of Onion Program "Before Being a Director" in 2022. On June 13th, the two sides jointly held the "Green Night" film sharing and exchange meeting. This activity started the 8th Green Onion Project and released the 2023 series of activities of the special project "Before becoming a director".

The 2023 series of activities is curated by the famous director Frant Gwo, with the theme of "Before becoming a director-the film’s original and future". Through movie master classes, film exhibitions, salons, open classes on campus and other rich forms, it will focus on the presentation of image style and technology, bring about reflections on the film’s ontology and future under the technological revolution, encourage the new generation of filmmakers to emancipate their visual imagination and jointly create a broader picture of film art and technology in the future. Looking back, looking to the future, and expanding the connection between them through various forms and ways, the fate story of fashion and movies will continue.

There is no running and walking in the three most cost-effective sports, but …

Everyone knows that "exercise is good for physical and mental health", but the cost performance of various sports is different.

The same exercise time and intensity, some exercises can bring more benefits to the body; Some sports make people tired to death and have limited effect. So, which sports are cost-effective and most beneficial to health?

The three most cost-effective sports

Third place

Indoor aerobic exercise

Common events: aerobics, yoga, dancing and other aerobic exercises.

Indoor aerobic exercise can exercise heart and lung function, improve vascular function and lose weight, help improve hypertension, hyperglycemia and hyperlipidemia, and reduce the risk of cardiovascular diseases.

Second place

swim

Common strokes: breaststroke, backstroke, freestyle, etc.

Swimming can help improve the whole body blood circulation and enhance the heart and lung function while exercising the whole body muscles, prevent the elderly from suffering from cardiovascular diseases such as arteriosclerosis, delay the decline of respiratory organ function, and reduce the risk of cardiovascular diseases. Moreover, swimming has less pressure on spinal joints and knee joints, and is less likely to be injured.

First place

Swing sports

Common events: badminton, table tennis, tennis, etc.

Swing sports often need to mobilize multiple muscle groups of the body, and the eyes look at the ball for hand-eye coordination. At the same time, at the moment of hitting the ball, there will be a relative explosive force. It emphasizes coordination, flexibility and endurance, which can help us to improve the strength of musculoskeletal, cardiopulmonary function and coordination, make people’s attention more concentrated, make the brain active, and help delay the aging of the brain and protect the cardiovascular system.

How long does it take for exercise to achieve "effect"

Another reason why these three kinds of sports are "cost-effective" is that they really save time.

You can get the highest "health benefits" by exercising for 45~60 minutes at a time and 3~5 days a week. Less than 45 minutes, the effect is weakened, and more than 60 minutes, the income will not be higher.

Moreover, the "threshold" of these sports is not high, it is easy to learn, and it can be said that everyone can participate.

Before and after exercise, you must do these five points well.

01

Do a good warm-up before exercise.

To warm up before exercise, you can jog, stretch your upper limbs, bend your waist forward and then stretch it, turn your waist, squat down and other actions to accelerate the blood circulation of your muscles and quickly enter the state of exercise to avoid injury during exercise.

Warm-up exercise is to make the heart and organs have a process of acceptance and preparation. No matter how healthy your body is, this link must be indispensable.

02

Step by step and do what you can.

Exercise should remember not to blindly spell strength and number of steps, but should be done step by step and according to one’s ability, especially those who are obese or have joint diseases, and should be alert to the damage caused by excessive exercise.

People who don’t move at ordinary times had better not exercise suddenly and violently. Exercise should become a habit. Muscle strain can easily be caused if the muscle does not suddenly bear excessive exercise load for a long time.

03

Do a "cold exercise" after exercise.

A sudden stop after strenuous exercise is equivalent to "braking suddenly", and a "cold exercise" should be done after exercise. Jogging, brisk walking, stretching and relaxing after strenuous exercise can maintain and promote the return of blood. In the cold exercise, gradually slow down the action, and the heart rate drops below 120 beats/min, which usually takes 5 ~ 10 minutes.

04

Don’t overeat after exercise

Within 1 hour after strenuous exercise, it is generally not recommended to overeat (you can drink water in moderation, eat biscuits and other digestible foods), take a bath, sleep and so on. At this time, the blood supply and function of internal organs have not been fully recovered, such as gastrointestinal function, liver and kidney function, etc., which will have a certain impact on the absorption of new nutrients and the excretion of metabolites in the body, and also avoid the adverse reactions caused by insufficient blood supply and oxygen supply to the brain due to the concentration of whole body blood in a certain part.

05

Stop exercising when you feel unwell.

Sudden sports death is also easy to occur after injury, illness, poor health, overwork, lack of sleep, cold and fever. If you are tired recently, it is best to reduce strenuous exercise. Once you feel chest tightness, lack of oxygen, dizziness and radiation pain in your back, you should immediately stop exercising and go to the hospital for examination.

Dancing, swimming and table tennis are all my favorites. It seems that I can choose sports quite well!

After choosing the right exercise, the next step is to stick to it and exercise scientifically.

Source: National Healthy Lifestyle Action

Wang Feng’s "Thirteen" music live special song "Thank you" goes back 30 years of creative process.

Recently, a series of music specials recorded by Wang Feng and the band at the same time were officially launched. One of the songs, "Thank you", released in 2015, was rearranged as the first song.

"Thirteen" music live special is a collection of nearly 200 works published by Wang Feng in his 30-year creative career, and 13 works are carefully selected by his band partners. These works are all his true feelings and life expressions at this moment, and they are reinterpreted by telling.

Join hands with music partners who have been with each other for 20 years, and record the live version with the whole band lineup at the same time. For example, the same movie plot timeline goes back to the past and reproduces the "good heart" in the creative process. These 13 works, some of which are familiar "explosions" and some of which have not been sung for many years, are "heavy works", and they are a true silhouette of musician Wang Feng.

Listening carefully and thinking about the music special "Thirteen" and the song "Thank you" as the first song is actually more like a record of life. The first "Thank you" is to thank the life experience, to thank the past pain, and actually to reconcile with yourself. It is a great enlightenment, and I have to say that Wang Feng lived a lot more thoroughly than all of us.

Wang Feng has really given us a lot of courage, inspiration, strength and so on through his music works in the past 30 years, but his previous works are mostly emotional expressions or records combined with the times. But in this special edition, it is the singer who really analyzes his heart, no matter from arrangement, performance or singing. It is not easy to summon up such great courage. Therefore, this album, whether judged from artistry, musicality or even emotion, is undoubtedly a success.

Exercise is a good medicine to cure everything.

Wen | Fan Shu

Source: Fanfan in reading (ID: dushu 259)

Go to exercise, life lies in exercise, life does not stop, exercise does not stop

I have a friend who complained constantly about work problems some time ago, and the whole person smelled of depression.

I can see him again recently, only to find that his mental state has changed greatly, and his eyes are no longer cloudy and depressed.

I teased him about what good things happened to him recently, and he was stupefied and said nothing happened.

"Then how do you feel that the whole person has taken on a new look recently? You didn’t return it last week …"

"It’s really nothing, just last weekend, I thought it was not the way to worry about work all day, so I followed my cousin, a sportsman, to run and play ball. After running for a few days in a row, I felt much better and wanted to open my work."

Leonardo da Vinci said that sports are the source of all life.

When I really understood this sentence, it was the day when I was so busy that I insisted on going to the gym for an hour.

It is always said that when going to work every day, where there is still time and energy to exercise, I will lie on the sofa when I get home, so tired that I don’t want to move.

But the reason why a person really has no energy is precisely the lack of exercise.

The busier you are, the more tired you feel, the more you need to exercise, run, dance and hit a ball heartily, and the whole person’s sense of fatigue will be swept away.

Even if you go back to the office to face the work, the depressed mood will be relieved a lot.

Exercise is the best medicine to cure everything.

Hippocrates said: the best doctors of mankind are air, sunshine and exercise.

Indeed, we can often see those elderly people who are in high spirits. Every morning at the first light, we can see them dancing Tai Chi, skipping rope and kicking shuttlecock, or jogging and climbing mountains. They are in high spirits, far more energetic than some young people who are listless and yawn repeatedly.

And every night, the square dance begins with the rhythmic movement.

Many elderly people say that they didn’t like square dancing at first, and they felt noisy, but after they really tried, they found that getting their bodies moving would make them feel much more comfortable, and those minor illnesses such as colds and coughs also left them.

Socrates once said that the health of the body is destroyed by immobility and maintained for a long time by exercise.

Exercise can strengthen people’s physique and forge your figure. The more people who exercise regularly, the healthier their bodies and the younger their faces.

For example, Zhang Junning, a runner, insists on morning running and other exercises every day. Although she is 37 years old, her face and figure are still as pretty as a girl, which are the best gifts that sports bring her.

For another example, Eddie Peng Yuyan, a master of self-discipline, used to be a frail little fat man with asthma. After years of self-exercise, he finally grew into a handsome, muscular, powerful and healthy male god.

Regarding sports, he once said: "Sports don’t make me excellent, but give me more opportunities.

Although exercising for half an hour or an hour every day will not bring any change at the moment, over time, you will find that you have a strong heart and people will become happier. "

The more people who have exercise habits, the more they will find that the pride that arises after exercise can remove all the depression, and it can purify the inner garbage mood.

An exercise, like a detoxification and redemption, eliminates physical and emotional toxins and redeems the gradually exhausted soul and spirit.

Perhaps many people know that exercise is very important, it can secrete a kind of "happiness element", so that the body, spirit and psychology can be full of vitality quietly.

But everyone knows the truth, but they just can’t do it.

But in fact, it’s really simple to start exercising. You just need to set a goal: to exercise, even for 5 minutes or 10 minutes, is closer to your desired state than sitting or lying down.

Go to exercise, life lies in exercise, life does not stop, exercise does not stop

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How does traditional culture "tide"? | China Youth said

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"Hanfu fever" is a national trend. When more and more young people fall in love with traditional culture, it also glows with new brilliance. Have you ever seen a "clay figurine" printed in 3D? How can traditional culture be revitalized and innovated in the new era? In this issue of China Youth Talk, Yang Jianfei, the sixth generation descendant of clay figurine Zhang, Zhang Hao after 00, director of the Department of Cultural Industry Management of China Communication University and associate researcher, was invited to talk about the increasingly fashionable traditional culture.

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What are the top ten most popular mobile games of Netease in 2023?

1. "Against the Water"

At the end of the Northern Song Dynasty, a tragic night fall story unfolded in Sanqingshan area. This beautiful place is the headquarters of Zimen, located in the rich Jiangnan East Road. The founder of Zimen is the great Wei Qingqing. It deeply involves many elements such as river’s lake grievances, court disputes, gang vendettas, emotional entanglements, and various market situations, and vividly depicts a picture of life in the Northern Song Dynasty.

Now the quality of most games is almost the same, and the games recommended by many platforms are very similar. Although they are some mainstream games, they ignore the feelings and real needs of some players, and how to operate them is the key. Some game manufacturers will cooperate with major domestic platforms, such as the old driver base, dazzle-raccoon-tour-drama-official-net-. Give a start of 5000 and a real charge of more than 648 per day. This may be the ultimate experience that players want to have. However, the daily quota is limited, and those who are often short of games can use the case number-one-wipe-red-dust-come and try their luck.

2. "Egg Party"

In the game, players can become cute eggs and challenge various fantasy levels with friends; At the same time, you can also pick up various props in the scene to hinder the actions of other eggs. The game provides all kinds of interesting props, such as bombs, freezing, electric shocks and even farting. In addition, the game also provides an egg workshop, which allows players to use their imagination and create more interesting levels and props.

3. "Fantasy Westward Journey"

This game is a role-playing game. In the game, players can control different characters to fight and go through one level after another. There are many unknown levels in the game waiting for players to unlock. These levels are very exciting, and players can experience many simple and interesting ways to play.

4. The Master of Yin and Yang

Is a card game, players need to collect all kinds of monster cards, through training and matching, to create a strong lineup to meet various challenges. Each monster has unique skills and attributes, and players need to make reasonable choices according to the actual situation. In addition, "Master of Yin and Yang" is also a card-collecting game. Players need to gradually cultivate their own small gods and improve their level and combat effectiveness. In the game, players need to use strategies to choose the right cards and gods in order to win in the battle.

5. The Fifth Personality

Players will play detective Orpheus. After receiving a mysterious entrustment letter, they will step into the notorious manor and uncover the truth of a missing case. In the process of searching for evidence, Orpheus, played by the player, will use deductive method to deeply analyze the case. In the case review session, players can choose to play the role of supervisor or survivor and launch a fierce confrontation. However, with the deepening of the investigation, when the truth gradually surfaced, it revealed more and more incredible facts.

6. "Ghost Story"

It is a real-time role-playing game developed by Netease Thunder Fire Studio. This game was officially opened for public beta on May 19th, 2016. The script of the game is adapted from the story of Nie Xiaoqian in Strange Tales from a Lonely Studio. In the game, in the late Ming dynasty, all beings suffered and the world fell into chaos, which originated from the awakening of Pangu Yuanshen. Only by rediscovering and sealing the Yuan Shen Zhu can we calm this storm.

7. Light Encounter

Light Encounter is a unique social adventure game. The game has unique settings, warm style and pleasant plot. In the game, players can enjoy different scenery and be free to explore and take risks. Although the game has no dialogue, it can be deeply rooted in people’s hearts and arouse the resonance of players. Players can join hands with their friends to complete the cloud adventure and enjoy the free and warm journey in the cloud.

8. Battle for Peace in Beijing

The decisive battle of Ping An Jing is a non-attached competitive MOBA mobile game launched by Netease. This game has unique skill setting and rich tactical play, so that players can experience the lovely and efficient collocation of Yin and Yang and the fun of free collocation. In addition, the game also incorporates the elements of Netease’s exclusive IP "Yin Yang Shi", bringing more freshness and benefits to players. The launch of Ping An Jing, the decisive battle, provided players with a richer and more varied game experience and was warmly welcomed by the majority of players.

9. "A Dream of Rivers and Lakes"

Recommend a Netease game: A Dream of Rivers and Lakes. This beautiful role-playing game adopts the beautiful picture texture of the national style. In the game, you can experience the life of rivers and lakes with pleasure and enmity, and have a drink with heroes from all walks of life. The characters in the game are rich and colorful, with both the demeanor of a late-life hero and the heroic attitude of a young knight. If you love the beautiful painting style and martial arts theme of mobile games, then "A Dream of Rivers and Lakes" will definitely bring you a unique game experience.

10. Forgotten Sichuan Scenery Record

Netease games strongly recommend "Forgotten Sichuan Scenery", which is a mobile game with unique national charm and leads people to explore the heyday of historical celebrities. In the game, excellent games continue to be exported, and they have achieved great success in overseas markets recently. Role-playing is unique, the characters are lifelike, and the costumes are meticulous. The plot is rich and full, which makes people indulge in forgetting Sichuan and appreciate the elegance of historical celebrities and the stories behind them.

The performance declined, the store closed again and again, and the beauty collection store stalled on the track

How long has it been since you went to the beauty shop?

Li Si (a pseudonym), a white-collar worker in Shenzhen, was once the "iron powder" of the beauty collection shop. In the first two years when the beauty collection shop was the hottest, she went to the first colorist in Shenzhen with her friends to try on lipstick, punch in and take photos, and often visited chain brand stores like KKV and Jinliang Life.

"In the past two years, I really liked to visit Jinliang Life. It has a complete range of cosmeceuticals, and the decoration style is also my favorite ins style. There is also a tea partition, so I can have a rest when I am tired. But when I go again this year, I feel that skin care samples are not as many brands as before, and there are almost no people in the store. " Li Si said bluntly.

The depression of stores is not groundless. Recently, Jinliang Life announced that it will close all offline stores before December 31, 2022, focusing on online business. According to the notification letter provided by the online transmission supplier, Jinliang Life blamed the decision to close the store on the continuous impact of the epidemic.

It is reported that Jinliang Life is a beauty collection store brand founded by Steady Medical in 2019, with more than 2,000 products on the store shelves, covering skin care, make-up, fragrance, personal care, home cleaning and other categories. By the end of 2021, Jinliang lived in 10 stores all over the country.

The retreat of Jinliang’s life is just the epitome of the collective "flameout" of beauty collection stores. Since last year, the new beauty collection stores such as THECOLORIST Colorist, HAYDON Black Hole and KKV have closed down one after another to varying degrees, while the traditional head beauty collection stores Sasha, Watsons and Zhuo Yue have also suffered from sluggish performance and are deeply mired in business bottlenecks.

Can the wind of the beauty collection shop still blow?

The beauty cosmetics collection shop has a hard time.

Looking back on the past, the new and old beauty collection stores were once bustling and brilliant.

In 2019, the new beauty collection store quickly became popular with its high value, low price and complete categories, and brands such as HAYDON Black Hole, WOW COLOUR and Colorist set off a wave of queuing and punching. As early as the golden age of free travel in Hong Kong more than ten years ago, Zhuo Yue, Sasha and Watsons were important places for countless tour groups, purchasing agents and young consumers to buy cosmeceuticals.

Nowadays, the beauty collection store is undergoing a crisis of survival and closing the store again and again.

In May of this year, HAYDON Black Hole closed three stores successively; The number of WOW COLOUR stores has also been reduced from more than 300 at the peak to more than 100 today, and the number of stores has been folded.

In addition, KKV and colorist THE COLORIST continue to close stores. In the first half of 2021 alone, KKV has closed 44 franchisees, while THE COLORIST has closed 59 franchisees. According to the reporter of Time Weekly, THE COLORIST has three stores in Guangzhou, and the Wanlinghui store has been closed before.

On the other hand, Watsons, Salsa, Zhuo Yue and other traditional beauty collection stores can’t escape the fate of a sharp drop in performance.

According to the financial report for the first half of 2022, Watson’s China market sales were 9.685 billion Hong Kong dollars, down 17% year-on-year; Earnings before interest and tax achieved HK$ 623 million, down 60% year-on-year.

According to the financial report, in the six months to September 30, 2022, Sasha International’s turnover reached HK$ 1.55 billion, down 2.9% year-on-year, with a loss of HK$ 133 million during the period. Among them, the retail sales in mainland China dropped by 13.1% to HK$ 120 million.

In the financial report, Sasha attributed the decline in performance in China to the loss of stores, pointing out that during the reporting period, despite the closure of stores that recorded losses during the reporting period and efforts to reduce operating costs, the business in China was still dragged down, and the loss increased by 5.1% year-on-year to HK$ 44 million.

In terms of the number of stores, the number of Watsons stores decreased by 124 in the first half of this year. As of September 30, 2022, the total number of international retail stores in Shasha has decreased from 234 to 193, with the largest number of stores closed in mainland China, with 35 stores reduced and 42 remaining.

In addition to the decline in performance, stores are closed, and more traditional beauty collection stores are facing bankruptcy.

In April this year, Zhuo Yue released its annual report for fiscal year 2021, showing that the company achieved operating income of HK$ 627 million, up by 16.37% year-on-year, and the net loss attributable to the parent company was HK$ 208 million, down by 18.63% year-on-year. In June this year, Zhuo Yue officially announced the suspension of trading on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange; In September, Ye Junheng, the founder of Zhuo Yue, and his wife and son were also filed for bankruptcy by Fuying Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of Hongan Group.

The guest bill rate is worrying

The life of beauty collection stores is not easy, which is not unrelated to the "shrinking" of the domestic beauty retail market.

Statistics from the National Bureau of Statistics show that the total retail sales of cosmetics from January to October this year was 308.4 billion yuan, down 2.8% year-on-year. Since the beginning of this year, the growth rate of total retail sales of cosmetics has been maintained at the lowest level in five years, and it has been declining for three consecutive months. This kind of pressure from retail terminals has become one of the "straws" to crush beauty collection stores.

Affected by the epidemic situation, the downward trend of offline consumption, changes in shopping channels and other factors, the passenger flow of beauty collection stores has been greatly reduced, and the conversion rate of customer orders has been further reduced. Making ends meet is also the cause of a large number of closure of beauty collection stores.

Yang Ping (pseudonym) has worked in Shasha for many years, and is currently engaged in sales planning in a new beauty collection store enterprise. She told the Times Weekly reporter that in the past, the problem of low conversion rate of beauty collection stores mainly existed in new beauty collection stores. Traditional beauty collection stores had a certain customer base and were still "able to withstand", but with the emergence of a large number of social platforms such as Xiaohongshu and domain bloggers in the past two years, and the rise of live broadcasts and short-sighted band goods, new and old beauty collection stores were separated by more than half of the customer lists online.

According to the data of Ai Media Consulting, the market size of China cosmetics industry will reach 455.3 billion yuan in 2021, and it is estimated that the market size of China cosmetics industry will reach 516.9 billion yuan in 2023. According to the survey data of Ai Media Consulting, 72.6% of consumers will buy cosmetics on the integrated e-commerce platform, and e-commerce will continue to be the main channel of major brands.

On the other hand, the homogeneity of the products sold and the lack of brand characteristics have also led to the collective "running" of beauty collection stores.

"Beauty collection stores like Sasha and Zhuo Yue mainly sell Japanese, Korean and European makeup. Compared with them, new beauty collection stores have more domestic brands of makeup. But even so, there are still too many identical products, and consumers are prone to aesthetic fatigue. There is no way to effectively stimulate consumption just by engaging in promotional offers. " Yang Ping explained.

Bai Yunhu, an expert in beauty management, said that there are some shortcomings in the "people’s goods yard" of today’s beauty offline collection stores, and there are still many problems in cultivating consumers’ minds, supply chain management and offline store scene design.

Beauty collection stores are collectively saving themselves.

HARMAY Huamei enhances its competitiveness by introducing new domestic brands such as Rose Manor, ChunShan Chunshan and East Beast from ANN’S ROSARY. WOW COLOUR will expand the diverse categories such as cosmetics, perfume, aromatherapy and toiletries on the basis of makeup and skin care, trying to open up the brand beauty product matrix; Watsons has continuously adjusted its store opening strategy, combined online shopping malls with offline stores, and started the O2O retail model by developing online operating tools such as WeChat official account, applets, and communities.

From the perspective of the industry as a whole, the beauty market still has room for improvement, and the beauty collection store is not desperate. In the face of the current predicament, how to regain the favor of consumers is the fundamental problem that beauty collection stores need to think carefully. (Time Weekly)