Reports From Sichuan Province
Posted by Betty Yuan in Empty Mind Blogs on July 14, 2008
Just like all the big cities in China, at the first sight of Chengdu, the capital city of southwest China’s Sichuan Province, you can hardly tell the difference. I am afraid that only the local dialects can help people identify different cities. That is why I feel quite at home here, because it is all [...]
The Color Red Ⅲ
Posted by Betty Yuan in Empty Mind Blogs on July 10, 2008
Even so, RED just boomed in the language, still not in daily life. The typical image of Chinese people in those revolution days has always been people wearing dark green or gray army suits and they are not even allowed to wear clothes of fresh colors.
But at the same time, things with RED name swept [...]
The Color Red Ⅱ
Posted by Betty Yuan in Empty Mind Blogs on July 9, 2008
More than 2,000 years ago, China is in the Han Dynasty. At that time, Taoism was raised to the highest level by the Emperors. One of the emperors said he was the son of Chi Emperor, an immortal of Taoism. Chi is a cultured expression for the color Red. So from then on, common people [...]
The Color Red
Posted by Betty Yuan in Empty Mind Blogs on July 6, 2008
What is the color of China ?
Most people might say: RED.
Why red?
The national flag, red lanterns, red celebrations, red wedding ceremonies…what else? Red Army, Red Guard, Red Book of Chairman Mao…yes, all red.
I live in Beijing , a city busy in preparing for the Olympics with many newly-built subways, new airport terminals, new Olympic buses, [...]
The Real Betty
Posted by emptymind in Empty Mind Blogs on July 4, 2008
If you are wondering about our assistant in Beijing here is a photo taken at Wudang Mountain. I think the camera back pack weighs almost the same as Betty!
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Welcome to Betty’s China Blog!
Posted by Betty Yuan in Empty Mind Blogs on June 30, 2008
Hello, everybody. it is Betboop, the assistant of Empty Mind Films in China. i am here to tell you the stories of China with my eyes. so just feel free to ask me anything you want to know, and i will write some articles here as well as long as i have time. So just [...]

