《Add Gold To Your Recipe：Autumn's Gui Hua Customs》
Autumn always arrives a little late in Nanjing - early autumn is still scorching hot, and the real coolness of autumn weather does not usually arrive until October. But every year, still strictly adhering to the lunar calendar, small and delicate sweet-scented osmanthus flowers (given the more simple name gui hua in Chinese) bloom over night all over the city. On the night of the mid-autumn festival, the public enjoys the sight of the full moon, and the sweet-scent of the gui hua. They are not just for looking at - they are also edible. The custom of eating sweet-scented osmanthus goes back to ancient times.
《Edward Lam’s World of Anti-Entertainment》
Prolific Hong Kong playwright Edward Lam brought his latest work ‘The Doppelgangers’ to Nanjing last month shocking the local media with its brutal portrayal of passionless marriages and desperate singles.
But this is only the external face of Lam’s creations. Beyond the scandal and dread in his plays, Lam’s creative work reveals a man dedicated to his art and to seeking an inner world at peace with today’s society.
《Goodbye to All That：Are bookshops becoming endangered?》
Among the many targets of rioters in London – supermarkets, boutiques, flower shops, cafes, restaurants, electronics shops - one type of shop stands out for completely missing out on any damaging or theft. Bookshops. It’s hard to know if this is cause for celebration or commiseration. Are bookshops now so revered that, given the chance, common citizens choose to leave them alone out of respect and admiration? Or are bookshops simply so obsolete that their wares have become not even worthy of theft? Commenting on the awkward fate of bookshops in the recent events, Chinese writer Liu Yu has likened modern day bookshops to ‘a girl who never gets teased or harassed but who suddenly realises what she has been missing out on’.
《map》115期精彩看点
《不想致敬的恶搞不是好科幻》
如果你看过西蒙?佩吉和尼克?佛罗斯特这对好哥们之前的两部神作《僵尸肖恩》和《热血警探》的话，就不难想象《保罗》这部打着科幻旗号的电影最终会呈现出怎样的效果了。《僵尸肖恩》是对僵尸恐怖片的致敬与反动，《热血警探》是对警匪枪战片的致敬与反动，而这部剧本同样由西蒙?佩吉操刀的《保罗》则是对科幻外星人题材的致敬与反动。
《胳膊上的蜜糖：2011秋冬IT Bag在延续》
仿佛一夜之间，IT Bag成为街头巷尾关注的焦点。所谓IT，即inevitable，“不可避免”的意思。IT Bag就是指最受关注、最热门、预订名单最长，跟着女明星们出镜率最高，也最多被翻版的手袋。好莱坞的媒体还赋予它一个昵称“Arm Candy”（胳膊蜜糖），别人艳羡，自己得意，心里美滋滋的，岂不正是胳膊上的蜜糖！
《节日西班牙：四季狂欢》
热情是西班牙最贴切的注解。来过的人够感受得到。这股热情是踩着细高跟跳弗拉明戈的女郎的红唇；是斗牛场中英勇的斗牛士手中的斗篷；是节日里大街小巷中穿梭的笑脸。这个国度散发着如骄阳般红颜的气质，狂野、浪漫、热情洋溢，又透着几分神秘与高贵。火热的西班牙，一年到头都是节日，极富情调的西班牙人，创造并享受着一个个充满魅力的节日。四季变换，不变的是西班牙各地的狂欢胜景，不论何时到西班牙，都能被身边的狂欢所征服。
