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The birthplace of Huaiyang cuisine lies on the north-south boundary. Can Huai’an, the capital of the canal, be considered the south or the north?

editor — Tue, 22 Jun 2021 01:30:08 +0000

This is the Institute of Travel and History of Xing Zhe Lao Zhang. As we all know, the dividing line between my country’s north and south is the “Qinling-Huaihe” line. The north of this line belongs to the north in the “geographical sense”, and the south is the south. Is this really the case? Not exactly. Many cities near the demarcation line are dismissed by the “owners”. Friends from the south say they are north, and those from the north say they are south. This is quite controversial. The cities in the north and south of the Qinling Mountains are easy to define. The Qinling Mountains stretch for more than 200 kilometers from the north to the south, which clearly separates the south and the north, making these places very different in terms of climate, products, and living habits. However, the cities on both sides of the Huai River are not clear. There is actually no difference between the north bank and the south bank with only one river. The food that people eat and the crops grown in the fields are basically the same, and there is no way to divide the south from the north. People used to say that the easiest way to distinguish between the north and the south is to look at the farmland. The north grows wheat, the northerners eat pasta, and the southern grows rice for rice and rice noodles. In fact, when you walk in more places, you will find that there is really no obvious difference. For example, in Jiangsu Province, although people in the northern and southern cities of Jiangsu do not recognize that northern Jiangsu is the south. However, what I have seen after walking several times in person recently is that wheat is grown in most parts of Jiangsu, until the southern part of Suzhou, Wuxi and other places close to Zhejiang. This is a water town in the south of the Yangtze River, but it also produces wheat and rice. Moreover, pasta is also the staple food of Jiangsu people. Almost half of the most popular morning tea is made of flour. Generally speaking, our country is too vast. The “buffer zone” between the north and the south is very large. The cities on both sides of the Huai River can be defined as either the south or the north. It doesn’t matter much, don’t you think? To give another example, Yangzhou is recognized as a water town and an ancient cultural city in the south of the Yangtze River. It has a long history. In ancient times, it was the south of the Yangtze River in the dreams of literati, inkmen and dignitaries. But in fact, Yangzhou is on the north bank of the Yangtze River. The broad “Jiangnan” refers to eastern my country. In the area on the south bank of the Yangtze River, who can say that Yangzhou is not Jiangnan? Huai’an is also a city with “no south and no north”. It is located in the north of Jiangsu, on the bank of the Huai River, mostly on the north bank of the Huai River and part on the south bank. In ancient times, the Yellow River once passed through Huai’an and entered the sea. Later, the Yellow River “diverted to the north”. There is also the old course of the Yellow River in Huai’an. Huai’an is a famous cultural city with a history of more than 2,200 years. The Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal runs through the city. It is one of the “four metropolises” along the Grand Canal in history. The other three are Yangzhou, Suzhou, and Hangzhou. Huai’an was built by the canal. Xing is known as the “Canal Capital of China” due to the prosperity of the canal economy. Another world-renowned business card of Huai’an is cuisine. Huaiyang cuisine is one of China’s four major cuisines. “Huai” is Huai’an and “Yang” represents Yangzhou. These two cities are the main birthplaces of Huaiyang cuisine. The newly developed Huaiyang cuisine in “Junction” has both north and south flavors, and can satisfy the tastes of the people in the north and south at the same time. Therefore, since the founding of the People’s Republic of China, Huaiyang cuisine has been one of the main cuisines of state banquets. The history of Huaiyang cuisine also developed along the Grand Canal. It began in the Spring and Autumn Period, flourished in the Sui and Tang Dynasties, and flourished in the Ming and Qing Dynasties. During the Spring and Autumn Period, the Hangou, ordered by Wu Wangfucha, was one of the earliest man-made canals in China. The Hangou was a canal connecting Yangzhou and Huai’an. During the Sui and Tang Dynasties, the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal was connected and prosperous. It reached its peak during the Ming and Qing Dynasties. During the Qianlong period, there were four major cuisines. Emperor Qianlong liked to go down the canal to the south of the Yangtze River. Therefore, it can be said that the Grand Canal promoted economic development and promoted food inherited. Food and canal are part of culture. Huai’an has flourished culture since ancient times. There are too many celebrities, such as Han Xin, Liang Hongyu, Wu Chengen, Guan Tianpei and other literati and military generals. In modern times, there is Zhou Enlai, the greatest prime minister. These historical celebrities are all Huai’an. It left historical relics and became a precious cultural landscape. So, have you been to Huai’an? What is your impression of this city? Welcome to leave a message. For more exciting content, please pay attention to me: Xing Zhe Lao Zhang [Author’s profile]: Traveler Lao Zhang, motorcycle travel enthusiast, contemporary Xu Xiake, measures the earth with his footsteps, and shares his travel experience at any time. Welcome to follow, like, and comment, and feel free to let us know!

Transparent and economical level 4 house causes ‘fever’

Lập Đông — Tue, 15 Jun 2021 20:21:48 +0000

If you are a nature lover, want to build a simple, economical level 4 house but have your own personality, you should not ignore this model.

Video: Close-up of transparent and economical level 4 house The level 4 house in the picture was built in a new town at the northernmost tip of Minoh city (Osaka, Japan), which has a rich natural environment. The owner is a young couple who wants the house to be able to blend in with nature and minimize the boundary between the house and the surrounding environment. Based on the requirements of the owner, architect Yasuyuki Kitamura has created a transparent level 4 house. Allow light to reach every nook and cranny of the house. The roof in the middle of the house is covered with heat-resistant, transparent materials to get light for the house. The two horizontal sides of the house are designed entirely with transparent glass, eliminating the boundary between the house and the surrounding environment. In addition, homeowners also install thin white curtains to block sunlight and adjust visibility. The house uses many small wooden pillars to support the roof of the house. The interior of the house from the kitchen shelf to the decorative potted plants all use white as the main color. The reception and dining tables match the color of the wooden pillars in the house, creating a sense of color uniformity. Although the house is transparent, the bedroom and toilet of the house are still closed to ensure privacy; For these rooms, homeowners use sliding doors to ensure the orderliness of the house. In the house, decorated with many trees to create vitality and accents for the house, which takes the main white tone. After being posted by Archdaily, this model was quickly shared on housing forums and made many people “fever” because it was so unique and simple in design. Design drawings of the house

China draws a line on Mount Everest to prevent Covid-19

Hoài Linh — Thu, 20 May 2021 00:49:11 +0000

China’s national media said it would set up a “divider” at the summit of Mount Everest to prevent climbers on the Nepali side from mixing with climbers on the Chinese side.

China drew a line on Mount Everest to prevent Covid-19. Photo: NatGeo Reuters news agency, citing Chinese national media, said so on May 9. According to Beijing, it is a precautionary measure. Everest base camp on the Nepal side was hit by a spike in Covid-19 infections in late April. The Nepal government, which lacks tourism revenue, has yet to cancel spring climbing, which usually starts in April and lasts until early June, before the monsoon. It is not immediately clear how the upper boundary will be established on the small, dangerous, hard-to-navigate mountaintop and about the size of a dining table. A small group of climbing guides in Tibet will climb Everest and set up a divider at the summit to prevent any contact between climbers on both sides of the peak, Xinhua reported. said the head of the Tibet Sports Authority. A group of 21 Chinese nationals were on their way to Mount Everest on the Tibetan side, Xinhua reported. The group of Tibetan guides will set up a divider before the group of 21 arrives. It is not clear whether the Tibetan guides were the ones enforcing the separation, or whether they stayed in the so-called “death zone”, where many people have died due to lack of oxygen, to maintain this boundary no. The summit of the 8,848m-high Mount Everest is a small snow mound, with only enough space for half a dozen climbers and guides to be on it at the same time. China has not allowed any foreign climbers to climb the mountain from the Tibetan side since the Covid-19 outbreak last year due to concerns about contagion. Tourists in the scenic Everest region in Tibet are also prohibited from visiting the base camp on the Tibetan side.

TikTok tests in-app shopping, challenges Facebook

editor — Fri, 14 May 2021 09:40:06 +0000

TikTok teamed up with many brands to experiment with in-app sales in Europe, blurring the lines between social networking and online shopping.

TikTok wants to encroach on e-commerce. (Image: Bloomberg) TikTok wants to repeat the success of Douyin – the version of TikTok exclusively for the Chinese market. Only in the first year, Douyin earned 26 billion USD in e-commerce transactions. According to Bloomberg, TikTok has started a partnership with a number of brands so that they directly sell products to millions of users right on the app. It is not clear when TikTok will officially announce the feature. A representative of Hype, one of the brands TikTok partnered with, confirmed the experiment. According to images provided to Bloomberg, Hype’s booth in TikTok displayed a range of products with photos and selling prices. ByteDance – TikTok’s parent company – is actively exploring the Chinese e-commerce market in the hope of writing another glorious medal in the company’s history right before the IPO. The company aims to process more than $ 185 billion of global e-commerce transactions by 2022 based on the reach of TikTok and Douyin. Unlike Alibaba, Tencent, ByteDance’s app is well known globally. Founder Zhang Yi Ming wants to use it as a stepping stone to the online shopping game. ByteDance remains a slowdown in China’s “social commerce” market, where celebrities sell products to followers. In the email, TikTok said it is experimenting and learning, and constantly discovering many new ways to add value. Currently, the major social networking companies are scrambling for online retail market share, a market expected to generate $ 5 trillion in sales this year. In May 2020, Facebook introduced a new tool to improve the shopping experience on Facebook and Instagram. Pinterest also jumped into the e-commerce market when it brought buyers to the seller’s website. For its part, TikTok has challenged the online shopping market through promotional campaigns with Walmart and Shopify. Businesses often mark products on TikTok content, with a link that leads buyers to their own website, but all of it takes place within the TikTok application. TikTok wants to lock users down more tightly by allowing brands like Hype to run booths on the platform, take orders and interact directly with buyers. TikTok hopes to sell more ads to sellers, increase traffic and eat commissions. In December 2020, Zhang told TikTok employees that e-commerce, when combined with short videos and livestreams, offers even greater opportunities outside of China. The company has quietly built up a team of engineers in Singapore to develop its e-commerce business. It is very likely that TikTok will successfully re-establish with videos suggested by artificial intelligence when it comes to shopping online. Du Lam (According to Bloomberg)

An impressive concrete house in the suburbs of Hanoi in the American newspaper

Hoàng Minh (theo Archdaily) — Sun, 02 May 2021 11:57:06 +0000

The whole house space is designed to be open, erasing the boundaries inside and outside.

Located in a suburban residential area of Hanoi, B House is the home owned by a concrete factory owner. The owner wants a cool space and garden view bedrooms but still ensures privacy and security. With this requirement, the group of architects used a simple yet powerful form of architectural design for the front garden. The nature of the house is open space, the boundary between the inside and the outside is gradually blurring to create the connection between people and nature. Light from outside is sucked from the roof through the glass windows into the green space inside. Around this void are long, wide staircases and corridors that connect functional spaces together. The front of the house is a system of pressed bamboo doors, which can be flexibly opened and closed. The bamboo door reduces direct sunlight from the east, and ensures privacy and security. With the homeowners’ love for concrete, the design team chooses the house finishing material, mainly concrete with a rough surface, chestnut-colored wood to make the space more cozy. Through the project, the design team wants to provide the optimal solution to improve living space, create a comfortable living environment, and focus on the quality of life. Photo source: Hoang Le Video: House 25m2- the opportunity to have a house for many people? Source: VTV24

Original far light | TikTok B station “three minutes to watch a movie” boycotted by Youaiton: earn tens of thousands a month, wandering the boundary of “two creations”

editor — Fri, 16 Apr 2021 15:26:21 +0000

Produced | Sohu Technology

Author | Song Wanxin

Edit｜Yang Jin

“Watching a movie in three minutes” may become a thing of the past.

On April 9, more than 50 film and television companies, five long-term video platforms, and film and television industry associations issued a joint statement, calling on all short video platforms and public account producers and operators to respect originality, protect copyright, and not to implement related film and television works without authorization Editing, cutting, handling, dissemination and other infringements.

The above-mentioned right holders stated that they will take practical and effective measures to pursue the legal liability of the infringer, and jointly curb the industry chaos of unauthorized use of film and television works by public account producers and operators.

Sohu Technology noted that the parties to the joint statement include associations such as China Television Art Exchange Association, video platforms such as iQiyi, Tencent Video, Youku, and Mango TV, and film and television companies such as Noon Sunshine, Huace Film, Ciwen Media, and Xinli Media. The co-branded party almost encompasses the core strengths of the film and television industry, and the short video platforms and public accounts mentioned in the statement are clearly aimed at Douyin, Kuaishou and Station B.

As the market for short videos continues to rise, short video platforms have also become the latest high incidence of Internet intellectual property infringement. Popular TV shows, variety shows, and cinema movies are the “hardest hit areas” for infringements. The “2020 China Online Short Video Copyright Monitoring Report” shows that from 2019 to October 2020 alone, a total of 16,026,900 suspected infringement links have been monitored, and the infringement rate of exclusive original authors is as high as 92.9%.

Attorney Song Congcong from Shanghai Hushi (Jinan) Law Firm summed up to Sohu Technology that the current infringements on the short video platform are mainly divided into:

The first is to reprint short videos of others without their permission, which is commonly referred to as “transportation”.

The second type is to perform secondary processing of film and television works, etc., to form short videos without the permission of others. This is the “editing, cutting” and other acts referred to in the statement, also known as “second creation” videos.

The third is to adapt other types of works into short videos without the permission of others, such as adapting other people’s novels into short plays.

The fourth is to use other people’s music, songs, etc. in short videos without the permission of others.

“This joint statement is mainly aimed at the first and second behaviors. Many units jointly issued this joint statement. It can be seen that such behaviors have become widespread and have to be rectified.” Song Congcong said.

“Teach people to explain the movie”: 12,800 yuan

Taking the Douyin platform as an example, a simple search for “movies” will reveal that there are tens of thousands of blogger accounts of similar movie commentary such as “XXX Said Movies” and “XX Movies”, and their fans are more than one million.

Through the content design of each account, it can also be found that short film commentary videos have become a very mature marketing account model. Most accounts condense a two-hour movie into three short video clips by editing clips of film and television dramas, summarizing the plot, and supporting them with commentary.

On the home page of the account, the blogger will collage three short video covers into the same movie cover, which not only enhances the overall “professionalism” of the account, but also binds the views of three short videos. Many bloggers also produce collections for drama series. For example, the collection of “Black Mirror” on the homepage of “Nanzhe Movie” uses 12 episodes to explain the British drama.

Tik Tok “The Crow Movie” Homepage

Tik Tok “Nan Zhe Movie” Collection

Mature industrial operations have brought huge income to such accounts.

Under the question of “What are the profiteering industries that ordinary people don’t know?”, the netizen “Lin Kaikai” replied, “Being a Douyin movie editing account, it can easily relax tens of thousands of dollars a month.” Many people may not know that the various wonderful movie clips that we usually use on Douyin are actually a huge profit industry that has existed for a long time.”

In his answer, Lin Kaikai taught in detail the method of making a movie editing account. After completing the preliminary accumulation of account maintenance and content, the realization of a movie commentary account is very flexible. Lin Kaikai summed up nine kinds of products, including goods in the window, In addition to basic methods such as WeChat monetization, live broadcast, and star map advertising, Lin Kaikai said that teaching drainage is the fastest monetization method. Generally, if there are more than 100,000 fans, someone will come to bloggers to learn editing.

The blogger “Small Films and Big Films” is a typical case of monetizing through teaching and paying for content. He has millions of fans on several major video platforms, which is a rare account that can adapt to various platforms. In terms of monetization methods, “Small Movies and Big Movies” have been channeled to the official account to establish a paid column for film and television drama commentary. For example, six seasons of TV drama commentary, the first season is free to watch, and the next five seasons are paid to watch.

The film narration teaching class is also one of the main ways to realize “small films and big films”. The all-around class for film and television short video creators with a fee of up to 12,800 yuan. The training content includes introduction, film and television, copywriting, dubbing, editing, operation, and realization. When film commentary videos are becoming more and more the “code of wealth”, “teaching people to explain films” has also become a business with considerable income.

It is worth noting that the movie propaganda party will also take the initiative to cooperate with the film commentary, the propaganda party will take the initiative to give the film that needs to be edited, and then calculate the money based on the number of views. A netizen disclosed a bonus setting for submissions, showing that there is a bonus of 6,000 for broadcasts of more than 8 million, and a bonus of 1,500 for broadcasts of more than 1 million, and a bonus of three. A film commentary is solicited, and there are 39 accounts that can receive bonuses in total. In this case, Song Congcong said that he would not be found to constitute an infringement.

However, Lin Kaikai mentioned that Douyin is now suppressing clip numbers. “Because too many clip numbers have flooded in, a lot of millions of large numbers have been recruited some time ago and have been restricted.”

The marketing industry chain continues to expand, and many film commentary accounts are also focusing on film practitioners. Some insiders broke the news that a movie commentary account with 500,000 fans on the B station, Douyin, and Kuaishou platforms contacted him and was paid to write a film review copy about “Travel in Busan 2: Peninsula”. The copywriting requirements are: 1. Write the story of the movie in detail and clarify the main line of the story; 2. Let the audience know what kind of story it is; 3. Finally, make a simple summary of the movie, such as expressing the cruelty of human nature and the remaining beauty.

When the person expressed the need to analyze dry goods such as audiovisual language, light and shadow, and composition, the other party bluntly said “no need”. The person was quite indignant about this, “To a certain extent, the low level of our domestic movie audiences is inseparable from these marketing accounts from the media.”

“Second Creation” Boundary Struggle

As the largest “second creation” video website in China, the film and television area of Station B also faces copyright issues. Judging from the ranking of popular videos in this area at station B, the types of decreasing popularity are film and television talks, film and television clips, short films, and trailer information. In other words, at station B, commentary videos are also the most popular.

Take the UP master “Muyu Shuixin”, whose total number of fans is second only to Bilibili’s official movie account, as an example. UP master planned the “Muyu Micro Theater” column to interpret “Please Answer 1988”, “Game of Thrones”, and “Rang Bullets”. “Fly”, “The Great Gatsby” and other film and television dramas, are broadcast in the order of 1 to 2 million. However, different from the marketing account on Douyin, the quality of the content of the B station film and television UP host is generally excellent. In addition to the explanation, they will add their own understanding and thinking of the film and output their own ideas.

UP Master Muyu Water Heart Video Works

But the boundary issue is still blurred. IQiyi has sued several times over the works of the second creation film and television drama of the B station UP. In 2016, the B station was not authorized to broadcast the “Happy Camp” which was bought out by iQiyi’s network information dissemination rights. At that time, the court decided to compensate for the economy. The loss was 57,000 yuan. In May 2018, iQiyi sued Station B again because the latter provided online broadcast services of “China Rip Hop” program clips on the platform without authorization.

Earlier in 2015, nine websites, including iQiyi and Douyu, sued Station B in the name of “violating the right to disseminate information on the work network.”

According to the information from Tianyan, there are 759 court announcements about station B. In addition to Beijing iQiyi, there are also multiple court announcements such as Beijing ByteDance Network Technology Co., Ltd. and Yongdi (Beijing) Information Consulting Co., Ltd. It is a “dispute over the infringement of the right to disseminate the information on the work network”. In addition, there are 793 related legal proceedings.

“Film commentary” is a form of creation that has existed since the beginning of the media era, and disputes about whether this form infringes copyright have never ceased.

The first-generation film commentary blogger “Gu Amo” who became popular because of “Watching Movie XXX in X Minutes” has also been involved in copyright disputes. In 2017, Gu Amo was sued by KKTV, Youshui Integration, Disney and other companies for infringement. Among them, Shui Chenggong said that more than 4 movies could not be shown in cinemas because of Gu Amo.

And Gu Amo argued that his video complies with the principle of fair use of online copyrights, is a secondary creation without infringement, and that the production of the video is to educate people who cannot understand the movie, rather than to gain profit.

After that, Gu Amo and the five companies entered the mediation stage. On July 31, 2019, Gu Amo went to the court again to attend the mediation meeting. Later, he revealed on Weibo that it would take two or three years for the whole thing to come to fruition. During this period, the case did not affect Gu Amo’s video update.

Regarding whether the “second creation” video constitutes infringement, the key lies in the boundary of the definition of “fair use”. Song Congcong believes that if it is only the simple removal of the original work, meaningless processing, it will definitely constitute infringement. However, if the secondary creator has made an original expression, he needs to consider whether it is fair use. If it is fair use, it does not constitute infringement.

According to my country’s “Copyright Law”, the fair use rules need to meet three requirements: (1) Specify the author’s name or title and the title of the work; (2) Must not affect the normal use of the work; (3) Have to reasonably damage the copyright The legitimate rights and interests of people. If the above conditions are met, it does not constitute infringement. The platform should allow it to publish, and the platform rules can be used to make traffic recommendations.

Earlier, an app called “Illustrated Movies” was sued by Youku. The software featured high-definition online graphic movie commentary, and it only takes 10 minutes to understand the content of a movie. Last year, the App was found to use screenshots of film and television dramas and simply introduce the plot, infringing the plaintiff’s right to disseminate information on the work network, and the court did not recognize the defendant’s defense of “fair use”.

In this case, the Graphic Movie APP uploaded a total of 382 screenshots of the first episode of the film and television series “Three Lives III: Ten Miles of Peach Blossoms” on Youku in 2017, which were played approximately 70,000 times.

The biggest highlight of the judgment in this case is that the court has clearly defined the “fair use” situation in the copyright law. The court held that the act of “providing works to the public by wired or wireless methods” stipulated in Article 10 (12) of the Copyright Law should not be narrowly interpreted as providing complete works to the public, because the copyright law protects It is an expression of originality. As long as the original expression of the work is used, it is under the control of the right of communication of the work’s information network.

Lawyer: The platform’s “safe harbor principle” cannot be abused

Attorney Zhu Jieping, founding partner of Taikunlu, told Sohu Technology that with regard to whether the secondary creation videos posted by users of the short video platform are deemed to be infringing, first of all, regardless of the degree of processing and production, as long as the copyright owner of the original film and television works has not been obtained Licensing, its reproduction and distribution constitute infringement. If the second creation video released by the user does not substantially alter the content of the original work, it is generally an infringement of the reproduction right, the right of distribution, and the right of information network dissemination. If the original work is altered to a large extent, in addition to infringement of reproduction rights, distribution rights, and information network dissemination rights, it may also infringe the original film and television work author’s right to modify, protect the integrity of the work, and the right to adapt.

“The law does not completely prohibit the second creation, but the second creation requires the permission of the copyright owner of the original film and television work, and the rights of the original copyright owner must not be infringed. If the second creation is permitted, the created video has a certain The originality of the novel may also constitute an adaptation of the work, and the secondary creator also has the copyright to the second created work.” Zhu Jieping said.

Lawyer Xia Hailong of Shanghai Shenlun Law Firm told Sohu Technology that according to the judging standards of Youku v. “Illustrated Movies” App, the above-mentioned so-called movie review accounts are essentially video versions of “Illustrated Movies.” It does not belong to the reasonable use of related film and television works, but a real violation of the right to disseminate the information on the work network, fearing compensation.

“Although these short videos that have been edited and spliced are only a few minutes long, their materials are all from other film and television works, and the purpose of these short videos is to convey the main content of the original film and television works to users. This is bound to be As a result, some users who have watched short videos no longer watch the original film and television works.”

In Xia Hailong’s view, the fundamental reason why such cases are difficult to manage is that the short video platform itself applies the “safe haven” principle (the platform does not bear the liability for infringement until the right holder’s infringement notice is received). In the past, these short videos have often been disseminated on a large scale-in the face of interests, the platform may also turn one eye and close one eye. Traditional rights protection methods appear to be relatively lagging and cannot effectively prevent infringement.”

Song Congcong also believes that the “safe haven” principle cannot be used and is the key to solving the problem of infringement. He said that in addition to the “safe haven”, there is the “red flag” principle. If the fact of infringement is obvious, the short video platform still ignores it, and it will also be recognized as an infringement.

“It should be noted that the’safe harbor principle’ is only an expedient measure to balance the interests of rights holders, users, online platform parties, audiences and other parties. As a service provider, it provides information storage space in name, but it is actually The work implements information network dissemination behavior. As the biggest beneficiary of industry development, short video platforms should strengthen supervision and content review, and perform a high degree of care and responsibility for the regulation of short video dissemination behavior and the sound development of the industry.”

Song Congcong suggested that it is possible to cooperate with intellectual property departments and institutions to strengthen the copyright registration of short videos, strengthen infringement evidence collection and storage through blockchain and other technologies, and assist right holders in rights protection.