Tag: 臥虎藏龍

The Golden Horse Awards(金馬獎Jīn mǎ jiǎng) : Tracking the History and Impact of Mandarin Film’s Top Award

by Cesar Hsu, posted in Mandarin Movie

🐴 Golden Horse Awards (金馬獎):Often dubbed the "Oscars of Mandarin-language cinema," the Golden Horse Awards celebrate excellence in film production. Focus: Mandarin-language cinema (films where over half the dialogue is in Mandarin or another Chinese dialect). Established: 1962 in Taiwan. Significance: It is the oldest and one of the most respected film awards in the Mandarin-speaking world, contested by submissions from Taiwan, Hong Kong, Mainland China, and other Chinese-speaking regions globally. The Name: The name "Golden Horse" (金馬, Jīnmǎ) is a blend of the names of two outlying Taiwanese islands: Kinmen (金門, Jīnmén) and Matsu (馬祖, Mǎzǔ). Scope: The awards are a part of the larger Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival (TGHFF), which includes the awards competition, a film festival, a film project promotion, and a film academy. Major Categories: Similar to the Academy Awards, categories include:

Michelle Yeoh楊紫瓊 – First Mandarin Actress Won Oscar Best Actress(95th, 2023)

by Cesar Hsu, posted in Mandarin Movie

Michelle Yeoh's journey to stardom began when she won the Miss Malaysia beauty pageant in 1983. In 1992, Michelle Yeoh's career took a significant turn when she was cast in Jackie Chan's "Police Story 3: Super Cop."Her breakthrough came with the role of Yu Shu Lien(俞秀蓮) in Ang Lee(李安)'s movie of martial arts masterpiece, "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon(臥虎藏龍)"in 2000. In 2023, she won the Oscar Best Actress prize by playing a role in Everything Everywhere All at Once(媽的多重宇宙), a highly innovative and experimental film released in 2022.

CoCo Lee李玟 – First mandopop singer-songwriter charmed Oscar Ceremony(73rd) and the world

by Cesar Hsu, posted in Mandarin Song

CoCo Lee(李玟 Lǐ wén) is a talented artist born in Hong Kong(1975) and her family emigrated to USA when she was little. Her stardom began with the participation on one singing competition held in Hong Kong in 1993. CoCo Lee's career reached new heights when she contributed to the Oscar-winning film "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" with her exceptional talent in 2000-2001. In addition to her personal albums, she also joined several singing competition designed for veteran singers as the participant, a guest singer, or a judge such as I Am A Singer(我是歌手), and Singer(歌手). In the recent time, she she contributed herself to the theme song for the Disney movie(2020), Mulan, and the song is 自己(Zì jǐ, reflection in translation)