Liu Zhengcheng 〔12〕 Egyptian civilization Decameron pride and cultural diplomacy

 Liu Zhengcheng 〔12〕 Egypt Decameron: the pride of civilization and cultural diplomacy
10.2.28 pyramids and Cairo museum images of the beauty of David
1, the absence of cultural soft power: sunset Lazhao dialogue with the Chinese students
daughter loves the Chinese Cultural Centre Hong Second Secretary Pei maintained contact is directly in Aswan and the Chinese students during the Chi Heng one on the phone, through his efforts he was professor of Egyptology Nawaz Sharif - Mohammed Mohamed Sherif still can not met me. However, the Chi Heng a classmate said he could see me, answer some questions to answer, or turn. So, on February 27 the day from Aswan back to Cairo, we met at the Four Seasons Hotel and had a dinner.
Chi Heng is a student in Egypt American University in Cairo, Department of Chinese students in Nanjing, lean muscle tendons of the sub, you can see through his glasses his eyes sparkling wit of light. by talking, I think His experience and insight to the general undergraduate non-comparable. Our subject attended from his ; Cairo University , is a private school run by the Americans opened the Institute headquarters in Cairo city center. It consists of Arab Studies, economic, political and mass communication, English and comparative literature, engineering, science, social, cultural, psychological, and management Department of Abdul Latif Jameel also attached to the Middle East Management Research Center, adult education centers, and social research centers (mainly in terms of population migration theory and research) and the Desert Development Center. Institute of subjects in addition to direct open university courses, but also for students Early pre-set courses, and more than a branch of the whole of Egypt. Students complete their studies at the university, except awarded the American University in Cairo internationally recognized diploma, can apply directly to the United States continues to pursue. It made me understand, This is not only do Americans pay for college in Egypt, and is based solely on the U.S. educational system and American values of education run by the University of the United States thoroughly! This is not called br> Chi Heng introduces a student once again this is the best university in Egypt, known in the Middle East and Africa, I think right. When it comes to years, the Americans sent with the Boxer Indemnity Hu, Chao, Impact and other study in the U.S., and then built a training school in America again, Tsinghua University. Later, the Americans again in China has built 12 Yenching University, the University Teaching. Operators , the ratio of American University in Egypt was built not later, but to be *** in 1949 to receive modified Tsinghua University, Beijing University and other religious schools were all removed, no longer the original Chinese-style . ZQ president of China University of Technology, said: the history of modern education in China, do have the best university is the Southwest Associated University Japanese War, as it talent men, students not only Nobel laureates, and is the first batch of Chinese Academy of Sciences Academician of the subject. This is one of the main body of Southwestern Tsinghua University. Although a socialist President Gamal Abdel Nasser, Egypt, claimed to be highest educational institution in Egypt. Of course, I am here not to talk about the pros and cons of Chinese and Western education system, but that American cultural and diplomatic means and effectiveness of the research was worth emulated the Chinese.
why did the Americans want to use the restitution of the Boxer Running it? U.S. Illinois University President James Roosevelt in 1906 to a memorandum stated: , and in the spirit and commercial harvest of the greatest back. very successful. We sigh in American education, film, music, art and cultural values of the tremendous impact the world, we should also think of Chinese culture to create a method of soft power.
I say Chi Hang a non-general university students undergraduate students comparable to that of his insight. He said: We Chinese are whether, even if he take it corruption! You see, a long time we are friendly with Egypt, but nothing of the Chinese cultural influence of Egypt to, for example, American University of Cairo in Egypt as the heart that position! The money you naught, and that results can not see! seems to be the leader of the American University in Cairo to ask the students to ask!
At this time, I thought I was current visit to Egypt The line set the tone of the Director of the Centre, not the mainstream of the cultural sector who want to talk to Egypt can be described. Of course, I, as a scholar of China, nor a scholar to talk to Egypt will be able to put on. Now, China is the pride of all over the world, is far from American University in Cairo do not like the profound impact that the cultural values of their people orientation.
Chi Hang a small age students Quedui this very sophisticated ways of the world, his work for the Chinese diplomatic personnel and work environment goals sigh. He said the Chinese diplomats, including the Chinese press, cultural institutions are of foreign public officials, they are not private contacts with host country nationals, or to make friends, go see what people have to first hit the line and then approved the report . I do not understand the foreign national rules, you say, that the full administration and the diplomatic principle, it can produce what cultural influence and cultural charm? Chi Hang a student is doing an ordinary people's lives on the Egyptian TV special films, to enhance the understanding of Egypt, but he and the national news agencies abroad to cooperate in a very difficult. he said, pulling his money, and feature film scripts are written by him, to film production, almost all job should be dry by him. more frustrating is that cooperation officials do not care quality and progress of this work is entirely state-owned enterprise employees before eating a big bowl of rice when the kind of attitude that Ganhaoganhuai. Speaking This reminds me of the late Qing Gu Hongming long braids status in the eyes of Westerners.
Back then, Westerners have a popular saying: that China can not look at the three main hall, must-read for Gu Hongming. Hongming Who are they? He received his doctorate in 13, read English newspapers ridiculed the British back, saying Americans do not culture, first to China's and KU's book is must read the designated school. With his silver tongue, and speak to the Japanese Prime Minister Ito Hirobumi Confucianism, and literary master Leo Tolstoy b correspondence to discuss the world's cultural and political altar situation, India's Mahatma Gandhi is known as no place in mainstream academia, if not on that ride!
When I put one of the thought of an old dream of many years: the > I remember the first day to the Four Seasons Hotel in Egypt, he told us the room to see the pyramids, when the weather is bad, this time proved that the Egyptians regarded as honest. hotel availability nervous, as I booked a single travel agency no human, more luxurious hand, give me a room upgrade. The room has a large balcony, the sun shone through the curtains bright indoor light. To my surprise, I saw far away on the terrace of the pyramid: in the Hui sunset in the western sky, son of Khufu at Giza pyramids as sharp as the two teeth, embedded in the horizon! where I keep holding the camera to shoot a lot of the pyramid silhouette photo, until the sun completely set for. Chi Heng a classmate, it was already late, I still let him first look at the sunset silhouette Luozhao the pair of pyramids - the first time he came to this hotel in Cairo on the balcony of the famous images of the beauty of this concept. Chi Hang a Dress thick dark blue jacket, white shirt collar revealing a light yellow sweater. I suddenly thought, Cairo, to accompany Mr. Amir to Egypt at the airport earlier machine, also wearing a coat sweater, although the temperature of Bi Asi Cairo Wang is low, but we also wear unlined Oh. You know, people sensitive to air temperature from the skin of his living environment. Zhiheng one told me that on the Egyptians, the summer is above 50 degrees Celsius and 20 degrees Celsius Beijing's equivalent to our 0 degree! I Chi Heng from a sweater and Amir only fully understand the Luxor a few clothes to wear, Miss Amina truth.
That night, we asked Chi Hang a student at the Four Seasons Hotel Thai restaurant for dinner. We had to taste the delicious food, exotic atmosphere while chatting. He gave us talked about the Chinese Cultural Centre where the Pyramids Road, Giza area is a famous red light district of Cairo, millionaires in Saudi Arabia to Cairo where his life away. He said, in fact, still alive, President Nasser of Egypt in the 70s of last century used to be very open, Cairo this place without women wear headscarves, but all over the street is sexy miniskirt mm .70 years after the Gulf oil-producing countries became rich overnight, they had the tradition of conservative Islamic kingdom has now become fashionable apparel. relative poverty of the Egyptian women have gone back now, throw away the influence of western culture, learn to retrieve rich neighbor hood from individual countries like the tightly wrapped him up. What is fashion? Ha, this is really wrong of!
2, Cairo Museum secrets: King Tut's shocking
recent days CCTV educational channel Obviously, Tutankhamun has become a hot topic in the world, its influence far exceeded the unearthed body of a woman and is stir-fried Mawangdui Henan Cao tomb. As the saying goes: Be there or do not know, met with surprised! go into the Cairo Museum, through the Tutankhamen exhibition hall, you accept the shock of cents less than you see the pyramid of Khufu and the Karnak Temple! Mr. Li Xueqin said: Mr. Rao said: Sarah - Merak Ms regional activities of our tour guides in Cairo, she told us: the Cairo Museum with 300,000 collections, there are over 60,000 pieces of daily exhibit, if we look at each one minute collections, will see more than a decade ! However, people hustle and bustle of the Cairo Museum is a second story remains Tutankhamun Exhibition Centre. I read in the Valley of the Kings for the tomb of Tutankhamun collection of photographs, the relics of many thousands of the total 166 cases, of which Total 1648 as collections. I found one in the museum bookstore Chinese version of weighs 11 kg, Lao Jin mask map site Carmon law, which not only the facial golden mask sculpture statue to life, the first crown, inlaid with colored gems precious clothing, and its gorgeous design, production technology refined amazing, you can let the Chinese 3,000 years history any of a dynasty imperial crown to shame. Tut. Mongolia 187 cm long inner coffin is made of gold with 110.4 kg, and its beautifully ornate decoration, since the non-70s of last century unearthed in Hebei Han Jing Liu Sheng Zhongshan Golden strand jade clothes to match. I thought for a moment, the era of Tutankhamen, tomb of Fu Hao Yin Ruins in Anyang than the tomb early age three or four hundred years, China has not yet art and craftsmanship that is then later two thousand years of the Tang and Song era, is still not an imperial relics could be compared.
I've seen the Majestic Throne Hall of Supreme Harmony Forbidden City, though glittering, but also with a cover made of paint technology. According to records, the Ming Dynasty throne made of the so-called hood paint technology, which uses precious and famous trees, to small birds, the use of foot into the pure gold in the small study in the Canton of glue, to glue to dry into a powder, then whisk to lay the golden silk gum seat, a so-called and paint, and would not cover the following colors, which will be timeless. However, from this 3000 years ago King Tut throne, you can not imagine what process it is made of! that although the throne chair is wooden, but you feel it is made of gold. It bag full of gold pieces, silver pieces, in addition to the compilation of the cushion ivory, but from the back to the stool, are studded with stained ivory, stained Tao films, lapis lazuli, carnelian, turquoise, calcite. throne for the lion's feet touch the four legs of imitation, there are two lion arm, lion inlaid with quartz and crystal eyes bright. more magical is back, it is drawn in gold and jewelry story of Pharaoh and the Queen's relief paintings. in the palace carved columns and slow down the accounts of flowers, the queen was seated on the throne of Pharaoh to the perfume. pharaoh and queen of crown , wigs, clothing CLS incomparable. back at the top is carved pharaoh and queen body of the holy book of names. footstool placed before the throne, inlaid with jewels still plaid. Although it is made of wood, but painted and gilded plaster. pattern depicts six bow, three Libyans and the three Western Asia, they are the enemies of ancient Egypt, Pharaoh's foot symbol in the above table victory. I also saw a pair of slippers, that is, the kind of shoes are still stumbling with the big toe stuck in the crevices and second toe that is the use of animal skins and fabrics made of palm leaves, shoes board with gold painted linen wiring and tied the two back to back West Asia and Nubians. pharaoh wearing slippers, the enemy will be at the foot of a crush! some totally useful life for appliances, have become treasures of a piece and intricate process. it shows not only its aesthetic philosophy, but rather the level of its material to create a high.
here, I just cited an item, you can determine the level of productivity of ancient Egypt, and that is a sharp no rust iron dagger. China began to use the iron age has not been determined, but archaeological finds are the earliest Iron Spring and Autumn Period, the Eastern Zhou Dynasty 770 BC era. But the iron over the area at the time the seven countries, and iron weapons should be the Warring States Period era, that is around 300 BC. can easily judge about the ancient Egyptians as early as more than 1,000 years of Chinese ancestry from the Bronze Age into the Iron Age. This is the iron dagger hilt with precious stones and gold mosaic, and the other also A gold sheath .3500 fine ornamentation years later today, is still popular, this iron dagger, but it is not so beautiful fine iron dagger! China Goujian sword this sword of the emperor, but also its exquisite decoration Department fills in its inscriptions. Ha! Gouy also so in the luxury of time of the killing, is not what Chinese people can imagine.
and 18 of Tutankhamun is the Gouy an Egyptian Pharaoh Dynasty, 1361 BC to ruled Egypt in 1352. He died only 18 years old, not a monarchy then called prominent, and Thutmose III, Ramses II is not one of a grade on. But now the world's most famous ancient Egyptian Pharaoh. the only saved himself the most intact tomb of Egyptian pharaoh, has never experienced the baptism of grave robbers, so the excavation of his tomb, the effect produced shocked the world, the ancient Egyptian civilization to win the honor ! the ancient civilization of Egypt was a symbol of world civilization, it still is a sense of unattainable, of course, Egypt's intellectuals to lead Pride, because they have capital. In addition to China's own reasons, the Chinese government The cultural attache with the Egyptian archaeologist Zhaxi - Dr. Hawass can not speak, Chinese students do not move your teacher Sharif American University in Cairo - Muhammad teachers to meet with Chinese scholars, of course, the pride of ancient Egyptian civilization related. as tall as shorter people to see, an advanced civilization, natural to overlook a more backward civilization. This is the process of two centuries of world history, like the West overlooking the East. Perhaps in the future there overlooking the East about the West, However, this change not only in psychology, but in the era of super material higher. This is not a materialist theory, but people will be recognized by any common sense. Our knowledge of ancient Egyptian civilization, and praise of the ancient Egyptian civilization, and not to break the Chinese people's self-confidence, but to eliminate the Chinese people's populist complex, humble yourself up, do not call civilization.
Tutankhamun collection, the exhibition is to give my extra surprise, and I am supposed to care about the ancient Egyptian language, I went to the intended purpose of the National Museum in Cairo, is to see its Papyrus instruments Chinese grammar and the instruments of the This is an almost no one is interested in the exhibition hall. ancient Egyptians write on toilet paper in the paper pen, not a Chinese brush to write Chinese characters, but as a sign of things root wood, wood tip dipped in ink signed writing Some like to use goose control pen, it is probably in line with current gold bamboo pen guess the heart of winter as a piece of paper toilet paper documents, indicate this is to write the pen. In another display case, I saw a lot of Sheng paint them the small porcelain cup, much like the Chinese painter when the original use of mineral pigments used in the kind of white small glass. Many small cup is bowl full of red, green, yellow colored pigment, the pigment should also be used to write the black pigment. So, in addition to paper, pens outside, the ancient Egyptians probably did not Yan Education cattle scapula, above there is a secular body was about the ancient Egyptian language, like the letters written in ink. I certainly do not to know these letters, do not know why write it on the bone, would be used by Chinese Oracle divining it? but unmistakable, these showcase in the exhibit are from the Old Kingdom era, it is a carrier of the text. Cairo Museum pictures is prohibited, but I could not resist pulling out the phone across the reflective glass photographed two or three photos.
I was in Korea the state museum, a paper read papyrus kept in a pool. plaza in the center of the Cairo Museum, there is a large pool of water in this of papyrus covered. When I walked out of showrooms, each of them the shooting on the square stone in many ancient Egyptian, this pool to attract me. Oh, this is the magic papyrus! papyrus Cyperus papyrus, an aquatic plant, erect, hard, tall, as if, like reeds growing in shallow water. stem is not long leaves, generally also a long, two to three feet high, and some said up to 15 feet (4.6 meters); was flowers fan-shaped flower clusters grow on top of the stem. once covered this papyrus in the Nile Delta, stems full of fiber, after removing the hard outer layer, inside the core profile is long, aligned with each other, the connection into a piece of paper can. a papyrus two floors, the upper used for writing, which, stacked together after the next beat, the core enzyme within the stick will be under pressure and role play. will be more than long border sticky paper and can be made scroll. papyrus became such a common Mediterranean writing material, Greeks, Romans and Arabs have all used it to write. papyrus of ancient Egyptian civilization is an important part of the ancient Egyptians on papyrus is worship it as a symbol of the Northern Kingdom, called a national treasure in Egypt. Chinese ancient archaeological discoveries of the Warring States paper, which of course is different from the papyrus paper made of paper, it is important to promote the development of world civilization and invention. However, for the toilet paper. I hastened to the grass in front of God this civilization left a shadow.
leaving the museum, I saw in the square side of a statue, this is not the statue of Pharaoh, but the Europeans suit statue He made me more than one answer: the obelisk looted some away, there's truly a gift. Egyptian Museum of Cairo built in 1881, is the world's most famous museums, it is by the French marce dourgnon designed and built, in order to express gratitude to the Government of Egypt to give France an obelisk, and the name of the French established a statue in recognition of its cultural relics protection of contribution made by Egypt. la Concorde is said by the Egyptian Obelisk The Governor presented to Charles V's. However, since the Roman Empire as a province of Egypt, while the presence of sodium Governor, including the then Governor, including the Arab, is clearly not an Egyptian, then how to define this gift, France also snatch away the Rosetta Stone. However, it now appears done for the colony inert, very complicated to analyze carefully before a decision. Just as the Soviet debt, and we had the Chinese people from 1959 to 1961 tens of millions of people starved to death in that respect gift .1881 obelisk in France, I do not know where on the French, despite the obelisk as a reward for this super Heritage debatable, but it is obviously a real reward. to build a museum, so that the precious cultural relics were stolen while on display do not land in the unearthed ground, this is a real contribution to the colonial people will report to our heartfelt thanks and be memorial.