Yao Beina: This World—I! Was! Here!
This is the last lyric of "Heart Fire." If you've heard it, you know: those three exclamation marks were sung by Yao Beina. It is a song brimming with emotion, yet she sang it with elegance, restraint…
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At Dao Lang's Concert, Witnessing an Artist Become Himself
"Thank you / for letting me in this ordinary world / discover myself." The first song was "Lover." Before the first note, the moment the first drumbeat reached my ears, I broke down crying, as though …
She Is Elva Hsiao, and Also May: The Woman Who Won't Let You Know Her Daughter Is Your Daughter
Elva Hsiao appeared in Infernal Affairs for just a few minutes — a cultural icon's finishing touch on a film and an era. I don't remember when I first saw it, but whenever it was, it completed the ima…
Faye Wong: This Time, Is It Herself or Someone Else
When she appeared on the Spring Festival Gala stage again, she looked as solemn as a dharma figure. That statue of the 1990s, co-sculpted by herself and her audience, seemed unchanged—and yet entirely…
22 Years On, the Linguistic Storm Sparked by 'Carousel' Rages Still — We Still Live in the Chinese That Faye Wong Folded
This article was co-created by Mr. Alarm Clock and DeepSeek. Mr. Alarm Clock's contributions are marked in green; the rest was generated by DeepSeek with only minor technical edits.
Let Me Gather All My Courage to Wish You a Happy New Year
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On Faye Wong
While driving Xiao Yuan and Xiao Yu on a lap around the city, I played Faye Wong's "Red Bean." To this day, Faye Wong and this city give me the same feeling: that sharp, youthful pain—so distant and e…
The Last Day of 2017: Driving 1,100 Kilometers to Beijing
I set off around ten in the morning and arrived in Beijing at eleven at night, sleeping for one hour in between — at a rest stop, of course. The route took me along the G30 Lianhuo Expressway to Fengl…
The Designated Driver Adventure
On the way back from working overtime on Saturday—just now—a torrential rain came down over Beijing. Cold, icy rain slapped my face haphazardly. Summer's dust and smell rose into the air. Walking down…