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The year 2015 is coming to an end, and it has been an eventful one full of fresh news an... The year 2015 is coming to an end, and it has been an eventful one full of fresh news and trends. The cultural industry continued to boom this year, with new TV shows, films, and books enriching people's spiritual lives. Let's review the major cultural events that occurred this year.
1. Poet and poetry translator make headlines
Chinese farmer poetess Yu Xiuhua [Photo/Xinhua]
Farmer poetess - Yu Xiuhua
Tagged as the "poetess with cerebral palsy (a condition characterized by a group of permanent movement problems)" and a seemingly paradoxical "China's Emily Dickinson" in media reports, Chinese farmer Yu Xiuhua became a big name this year with her poetry "Crossing big China to sleep with you".
"When I'm not happy, I write it down, and the words are basically an expression of my mood at that particular moment. I do not write in order to show something," says Yu.
Poet translator - Feng Tang
Chinese author Feng Tang. [Photo/IC]
The Chinese version of Rabindranath Tagore's Stray Birdstranslated by renowned Chinese writer Feng Tang was stripped off the shelves following criticism over its "inaccurate interpretations" in December.
The translated line that received most criticism was when "The world puts off its mask of vastness to its lover" was translated to "The world unzipped his pants in front of his lover".
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2. Sci-fi or coloring book? Book market is booming.
Chinese author Liu Cixin wins the Hugo Award for Best Novel. [Photo provided to China Daily]
Chinese sci-fi novelist Liu Cixin wins Hugo Award
Liu Cixin, a Chinese sci-fi novelist, made headlines in Chinese media after winning the highly prestigious Hugo Award for his sci-fi novel The Three-Body Problemin August.
Liu has become the first Asian author to win the award, which is considered as an "Oscar" in sci-fi circles. The Three-Body Problemalso made the shortlist of another top science-fiction award, the Nebula.
Enchanted Forestby Scottish illustrator Johanna Basford is published in Chinese.[Photo provided to China Daily]
Coloring books for adults a hit
Coloring books for adults as a way to release stress have swept China this year. The books that started the trend was the Secret Gardenseries by Scottish illustrator Johanna Basford. It has been popular among Chinese readers on all major online bookstores since a Chinese version of the book came out in June.
The overall sales of the book ranks number one on Amazon for the whole year, according to the 2015 bestseller list released by Amazon China on Dec 10.
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Coloring books for adults become the new black
Coloring book a China hit
Huba from "Monster Hunt". [Photo/Agencies]
3. New "golden era" for Chinese film
China's box office sales hit 40 billion yuan ($6.3 billion), posting growth of more than 48 percent from the same period last year.
It is the first time box office sales in the world's second-largest film market reached such a benchmark figure, according to China's media watchdog State Administration of Press, Publication, Radio, Film and Television.
The administration said domestic films pulled in 23.7 billion yuan, accounting for more than 59 percent of the total box office earnings.
There are about 6,200 urban cinemas with more than 30,000 screens in total across the nation. At the same time, youngsters from small towns are becoming the backbone of the cinematic market.
However, piracy still remains a big problem for the Chinese film industry.
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A poster of The Legend of Miyue[File photo]
4. Hit dramas adapted from Internet "IP"
This year has witnessed a batch of hot domestic TV dramas adapted from online novels, such as The Legend of Miyue, Nirvana in Fire, Journey of Flower, The Lost Tomband others. The traditional TV dramas, web dramas and online videos are colliding and fusing in this new era featuring "IP".
In China's entertainment industry, "IP", intellectual property, largely refers to popular online products such as a novel, game or even a song that can be developed into a potentially successful feature-length film or TV series.
In 2015, The Journey of Flower, a 58-episode fantasy romance series, adapted from an online novel, was broadcast on iQiyi some 7 billion times.
The first two episodes of the TV drama The Legend of Miyueattracted a record high 700 million hits on the web in just 24 hours.
The Nirvana in Firecrossed the cultural barriers successfully and became a hit abroad. The drama has been aired in South Korea and was recommended by the convention board of this year's Discop Africa to countries on the continent. Due to its popularity on Youtube, it will also be dubbed into English soon.
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Legend of Miyue smashes online viewing record
A rain of projects from iQiyi
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Six TV drama adaptations of online literature in 2015
These ruins in the Tangya chieftain city are in Central China's Hubei province. [Photo/Xinhua]
5. China's Tusi sites listed as world heritage
China's chieftain heritage sites, mainly concentrated in the mountainous areas of Hunan, Hubei and Guizhou in Southeast China, was inscribed in the World Heritage List in July.
Chieftains, also known as Tusi, were tribal leaders recognized as imperial officials by the government of the Yuan (1271-1368), Ming (1368-1644), and Qing (1644-1912) dynasties. The central governments back then made arrangements with local chieftains in order to rule the northwest and southwest frontiers and it proved a successful strategy.
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Photos: China's Tusi sites listed as world heritage
China's Tusi sites listed as world heritage
A CT scan shows a body, whose internal organs were removed, concealed in an ancient Chinese statue of a Buddha. [Photos provided by the Drents Museum]
6. Dutch collector to return the stolen Buddha statue to China, or not
A 1000-year-old Buddha statue with a mummified monk inside, now in the possession of Dutch private collector Oscar van Overeem, triggered a series of disputes in the past eight months between the collector and villagers of Yangchun in Southeastern China's Fujian province who claim that the statue was the one of Patriarch Zhanggong which was stolen in 1995 from the Puzhao Temple in their village.
The collector has promised to return the statue to China earlier this year, but later put up conditions for the return, demanding that it be returned to a grand temple instead of a small temple in a village. It is said that the Dutch collector wished to return the statue to South Putuo Temple, a millennium-old temple in Xiamen city of Fujian province, but the temple didn't accept it.
According to the Global Times website, the villagers hired a group of lawyers and filed a lawsuit to the Intermediate People's Court in Sanming city of Fujian province, addressing the Dutch collector's infringements relating to the villagers' property rights, personal rights, as well as spiritual rights. If necessary, they will undertake legal action in Holland.
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Dutch collector puts conditions on stolen Buddha statue's return to China
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Mysteries of the mummified Buddha Zhanggong
Chinese authorities contact Dutch collector of stolen Buddha
The Palace Museum [File photo]
7. The Palace Museum in Beijing turns 90
Established on Oct 10, 1925, the Palace Museum in Beijing, also known as the Forbidden City, has come to symbolize Chinese culture all round the world. The Palace Museum has come a long way in the last 90 years to become one of the "must-sees" for any visitor to China.
To celebrate its 90th birthday, four new areas, including part of the Cining Palace built mainly for emperors' mothers and concubines, the Baoyun Building, a warehouse built in 1914 to store thousands of treasures, and wings of the Meridian Gate and East Prosperity Gate have been open to the public for the first time.
Previously unseen treasures like Along the River During the Qingming Festival, The Precious Collection of the Stone Moatand many other precious relics have been put on display.
Besides, three apps from the Palace Museum were listed by Apple's AppStore as the most imaginative, creative and attractive apps in China this year, with one of them being named the best app of the year. The three apps are Han Xizai's Night Feast, The Palace Museum and The Qing Emperor's Wardrobe.
This may be the best gift for the Palace Museum's 90th birthday. As it continues to innovate and impress, the museum is winning more and more hearts.
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The BBC documentary series Are Our Kids Tough Enough ? Chinese Schoolspark global debate on education styles. [A screenshot from BBC website]
8. BBC documentary stirs Sino-UK education debate
Since the BBC documentary series, Are Our Kids Tough Enough? Chinese School, made its debut in August, it soon became one of the top topics on social networks in both China and Britain, with many education specialists commenting and retweeting.
In the documentary, five Chinese teachers took over a British classroom with 50 teenagers aged 13 and 14 in Bohunt School in Hampshire for one month, and taught them in a typical Chinese way: no talking, no questions, wearing a special uniform and experiencing the harsh classroom discipline within extended school hours from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.
The pride and reputation of the education systems of China and England rested on a four hour exam, testing science, math and mandarin. The final result showed a clean sweep for the Chinese method of teaching in all three categories. Is the Chinese way of education the real winner? The debate rages on.
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An archaeologist cleans the hoof-shaped ingots from the tomb of "Haihunhou" (Marquis of Haihun) in Nanchang, capital of East China's Jiangxi province, Nov 17, 2015. [Photo/Xinhua]
9. Haihunhou tomb - biggest archaeological find of the year
Since the provincial institute of archaeology in Jiangxi released their finds on Nov 4, the royal tombs of the Marquis of Haihun State of the Western Han Dynasty (206 BC-AD 24) have caught the public eye with successive news.
The tomb, the best-preserved royal tombs of the West Han Dynasty ever discovered in China, have the most complete structure, the clearest layout as well as the most complete ritual system by far.
So far, 96 gold cakes, 33 hoof-shaped gold pieces, 20 gold plates and other gold items have been unearthed from Haihunhou cemetery, bringing the number of gold items found here to more than 370.
Current important archaeological findings include a bronze pot containing chestnuts, a lacquer screen with the earliest portrait of Confucius, a pair of goose-shaped bronze lamps that can "swallow" smoke, chimes as well as other musical instruments, Wuzhu coins, jade pendants, gold coins and hoof-shaped ingots.
Archaeologists believe the tomb belongs to Liu He, grandson of Emperor Wu. He was given the title Haihunhou after he was deposed after only 27 days as emperor.
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10. Major literary figures that have passed away
Poet Wang Guozhen [Photo/Chinanews.com]
Wang Guozhen - poet, 1956-2015
Celebrated poet Wang Guozhen died of liver cancer at the age of 59 on April 26, one month before his latest anthology of poems was to be published.
Born in 1956 and a graduate of Jinan University in Guangzhou, where he majored in literature, Wang kicked off his poetry career in 1985, when his works were frequently posted in newspapers and magazines.
His books sold so well in 1990 that the people in the publishing business called it "The year of Wang Guozhen". The following decade witnessed an astonishing output of over 50 books.
The poet's demise has started heated discussions online, mostly about memories of his poems, nostalgia for the golden age of poetry and the importance of this art form in the present day.
Chinese translator Sheng Junfeng [Photo/Gmw.cn]
Cao Ying - translator, 1923-2015
Chinese translator Sheng Junfeng, known by his pen name Cao Ying, died in a Shanghai hospital on Oct 24.
Born in 1923 in East China's Zhejiang province, Cao Ying translated many Russian literary works into Chinese. He began to translate the complete works of Russian novelist Leo Tolstoy in 1960. In addition to Tolstoy, he also translated other Russian authors including Mikhail Sholokhov.
Oil painting master Luo Erchun [Photo/Beijing Times]
Luo Erchun - painter, 1930-2015
Chinese oil painting artist Luo Erchun, acclaimed as "a master of colors in contemporary Chinese oil painting" and known as the "Oriental Van Gogh", died in a fire at his home in Beijing on Oct 29.
Born in 1930 in Xiangxiang county of Hunan province, Luo won fame for painting the scenery of his hometown in Hunan. He had been a professor at the Central Academy of Fine Arts since 1964. In 1992, after he was entitled to stay in France, he often traveled between Europe and China.
Luo excelled at expressing strong emotions through the harmony and contrast of colors in his paintings.
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