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Hu Xia
Hu Xia (; English name: Fox Hu; born 1 March 1990) is a Chinese singer, actor. He won the sixth season of Taiwan's ''One Million Star'' in 2010 and released his debut album ''Hu Love Xia'' later the year. Apart from his albums, he has sung a great number of soundtracks for Chinese TV series, movies and games, the most famous ones are ''Those Years'' (那些年) for ''You Are the Apple of My Eye'' in 2011 and ''Don't You Know'' (知否知否) for ''The Story of Minglan'' in 2018''.'' Other notables include ''Rush to the Dead Summer (TV series), Rush to the Dead Summer'', ''Story of Yanxi Palace'', ''Le Coup de Foudre,'' ''Word of Honor (TV series), Word of Honor'' and ''Heaven Official's Blessing, Heaven Official’s Blessing''. Career 2008 – 2009: Pre-debut and contests Hu Xia has participated in several Guangxi local contests before he entered the BEST 8 of Mengniu Dairy “Running towards Beijing, Achieving music dreams” contest held by Beijing Enlight Pictures, Enl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hu (surname)
Hu (胡) is a Chinese surname. In 2006, it was the 15th most common surname in China. In 2013, it was the 13th most common in China, with 13.7 million Chinese sharing this surname. In 2019, Hu was the fifteenth most common surname in Mainland China. Some other, less common surnames pronounced Hu include 瓠, 護, 戶, 扈, 虎, 呼, 忽, 斛 and 壶. In Cantonese, “胡” is also pronounced as "Wu" or "Woo" or "Ow". Meaning In Classical Chinese, ''hú'' 胡 meant: "dewlap; wattle" and was a variant Chinese character for "how; why; what" (''he'' 何), "long-lasting; far-reaching" (''xia'' 遐), "part of a dagger-axe", ''hu-'' in "butterfly" (''hudie'' 蝴蝶), or possibly "Northern Barbarians". History According to tradition, the Hu (胡) surname has several historical origins. First, Hu could derive from the family of Duke Hu of Chen. King Wu of Zhou (r. 1046-043 BCE) enfeoffed his son-in-law Gui Man 媯滿 (supposedly a descendant of the legendary sage king E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Four II
''The Four II'' () is a 2013 Hong Kong wuxia film directed by Gordon Chan and Janet Chun. It is the sequel to 2012's '' The Four''. Plot Cold Blood chances upon the scent of blood while Department Six and the Divine Constabulary are setting up camp in a foggy forest. Running ahead of the others, Cold Blood, Life Snatcher, Iron Hands and Ji Yaohua arrive in front of a locked and seemingly abandoned house. In attempt to break the lock, Cold Blood is attacked by a cannon and barely escapes. He notices the person behind the cannon - Zhuge Zhengwo. Keeping the information to himself, the rest of Department Six and the Divine Constabulary rush into the house to discover the bloodshed of many and there is only one survivor, a man Zhuge Zhengwo identifies as Ouyang Da, someone whose face had disappeared off the pugilist world twelve years ago. Every one else have died of similar wounds, all caused by the same weapon that Cold Blood was attacked with. Zhuge Zhengwo shows keen interest in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Xu Song (singer)
''Xu Song'' (), English name "Vae", is an independent Chinese musician in pop music. He was born in Hefei, Anhui Province, on 14 May 1986. Developments Internet experiences (2006–2008) In 2006 As a sophomore in Anhui Medical University, Vae made some demos with his personal computer and microphone in his spare time. Some of the songs are adaptions of some famous singers, such as Jay Chou, and others are written by him and a friend. After he put these demos on the Internet with the name of "Vae", a growing number of people began to know him as a singer. From 2007 to 2008 Vae kept writing and uploading at least one song per month. "The Funeral of Rose" () is one of those songs in that term, sung by Vae and Li Yijie. At that time, Vae did not give up imitating other famous singers, so this song really sounds like one of Jay's song, "The Song of Night" () especially at the beginning of the song. It describes a young man missing his dead girlfriend, which also follows Jay ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Lam
George Lam Tsz-Cheung (born 12 October 1947), also known professionally by his surname Lam, is a Hong Kong-based veteran Cantopop singer, singer-songwriter, music producer and actor, with a career that has so far lasted more than four decades. Lam produces most of his own albums, writes many of his own songs, occasionally writes for other artists, and covers other people's songs. Lam has a wide vocal range and is capable of interpreting and performing many different genres of music. He is heavily involved with planning and designing his concerts and his LP/CD covers. He was the one who came up with the first Cantopop rap, "Ah Lam's Diary", and he also pioneered the stringing together of multiple hit Cantopop songs to create a 10-minute long medley which is called "10 Minutes 12 Inches". In 2019, Lam interwove his songs together to put on a musical-like concert, Lamusical. In addition to his singing career, Lam has also acted in some TV dramas, and played lead roles in many films, ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tears Of Themis
''Tears of Themis''); pronounced as ''Weiding shijian bu'' in Chinese and ''Mitei Jiken-bo'' in Japanese is a free-to-play adventure game developed and published by miHoYo. The game was first released in Mainland China with Simplified Chinese language in July 2020 for Android and iOS. The worldwide version, which includes Simplified and Traditional Chinese, Japanese, Korean, and English language was released a year later. Gameplay ''Tears of Themis'' has a number of different mechanics. The main story is delivered in a visual novel format. Cases are analyzed through searching the crime scene for evidence, and interrogating NPCs who are involved. Each chapter ends with a trial in court, in which the player must present evidence which proves their defendant innocent. During each chapter, debates play out in a card battle format using cards collected from the gacha system. Each card has an attribute which changes what cards it is effective against. The three attributes are Intu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Year Of The Hits (Season 8)
A year or annus is the orbital period of a planetary body, for example, the Earth, moving in its orbit around the Sun. Due to the Earth's axial tilt, the course of a year sees the passing of the seasons, marked by change in weather, the hours of daylight, and, consequently, vegetation and soil fertility. In temperate and subpolar regions around the planet, four seasons are generally recognized: spring, summer, autumn and winter. In tropical and subtropical regions, several geographical sectors do not present defined seasons; but in the seasonal tropics, the annual wet and dry seasons are recognized and tracked. A calendar year is an approximation of the number of days of the Earth's orbital period, as counted in a given calendar. The Gregorian calendar, or modern calendar, presents its calendar year to be either a common year of 365 days or a leap year of 366 days, as do the Julian calendars. For the Gregorian calendar, the average length of the calendar year (the mean y ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chyi Yu
Chyi Yu or Qi Yu (; born 17 October 1957) is a Taiwanese singer best known for her 1979 hit, "The Olive Tree" (橄欖樹). She won the 9th Golden Melody Award for Best Female Vocalist Mandarin. She is the elder sister of singer-songwriter Chyi Chin. She is a religious Buddhist and a vegetarian. Chyi Yu is a protege of the late Taiwanese composer and songwriter, Li Tai-hsiang. Li wrote the evergreen masterpiece "The Olive Tree," which was released in 1979. Chyi later married Li's younger brother. Chyi Yu also collaborated with Li Tai-hsiang on a number of her other songs, including "Daylight Avenue" (一条日光大道) "Walking In The Rain" (走在雨中) and "Your Smiling Face" (欢颜). She is also known for tracks such as "Boat Song" (船歌) and covers of folk songs such as Geordie/Tears - Donde Voy/Whoever Finds This, I Love You. Her last Mandopop album ''Camel-Flying Bird-Fish'' (骆驼飞鸟鱼) was released in 1997 and she has recently been releasing Buddhist music compi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Singer (season 7)
The seventh season of Chinese television series Singer ( zh, 歌手; previously titled ''I Am a Singer'') was broadcast on Hunan Television between January and April 2019. ''Singer 2019'' was produced by Hong Tao, and its music director was Hong Kong senior musician Kubert Leung. The first episode was recorded on January 4, 2019, and first premiered in Mango TV on January 11, 2019. YouTube also broadcast the episodes with the results replaced by commercial snippets. The season ended on April 12, 2019, and Chinese singer Liu Huan named as the winner. Liu was the first mainland Chinese singer to win since Han Hong in season three, as well as the first male winner since Han Lei in season two. Taiwanese Sodagreen lead singer Wu Qing-feng and Chinese four-member band ''Super-Vocal'' (Frank Ju, Ayanga, Cai Chengyu, and ex-member Zheng Yunlong) finished runner-up and third place, respectively. For the first time, the top four singers were all male. This is also the first season ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yisa Yu
Yisa Yu or Yu Kewei (; born 23 October 1983), is a Chinese singer. She started out singing in bars and participated in several singing competitions. Her career took off after she achieved fourth place nationally in the 2009 season of Hunan TV's '' Super Girl''. Her fans are called ''Yu jin xiang'' (郁金香), which means "tulip"; personally named by Yisa. Early life Yu was born on 23 October 1983 as Yu Yingxia () in Chengdu, Sichuan to parents working in the Chengdu Aircraft Industry Group. She studied English Language at the University of Electronic Science and Technology of China. She briefly took singing lessons at the insistence of her father but failed to complete. At college, Yu took part in a national singing competition for college students and defeated Li Yuchun to take the gold award. Career After her graduation, Yu worked in a company for a few months before leaving to become a singer at the famous ''Lianhua fudi'' music bar. During that time and before the 2009 ''Su ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guo Jingming
Guo Jingming (; born June 6, 1983), also known as Edward Guo, is a Chinese young adult writer. In addition to being an author and businessperson, Guo is also a teen pop idol and popular celebrity figure. On the other hand, Guo is a polarizing figure. In 2007, he was voted on Tianya.com, one of the country's biggest online forums, as China's "most hated male celebrity" for the third year in a row. Yet three of his four novels have sold over a million copies each, and by 2007, he was one of the best selling authors in China. Guo is the president of Ke Ai Entertainment Company, which was established in 2004 by himself. Ke Ai mainly produces teen magazines such as "Top Novel" and "Island". In 2008, Guo Jingming signed a contract with Tian Yu Entertainment Company. Soon after, Guo was hired by Changjiang Publishing House in 2009 as a vice editor. Guo Jingming was the youngest member in China's Writers Association when he was just 23 years old. Guo is also a screenwriter and film dir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zico (rapper)
Woo Ji-ho (; born September 14, 1992), known professionally as Zico (), is a South Korean rapper, record producer, singer and songwriter. He debuted as the leader of the boy band Block B in 2011 and made his first solo release in 2014. Zico is notable for his crossover skills within the Korean hip hop scene, maintaining an underground reputation along with mainstream appeal as a Korean idol. He is a record producer of both K-pop and Korean hip hop music. He is also part of the crew Fanxy Child, which he formed in 2016. In 2019, he released his first full-length solo album, ''Thinking''. Early life and career beginnings Zico was born in Dohwa, Seoul on September 14, 1992. He was a Vocal Performance major at Seoul Music High School. In the lyrics of his song "Release", he mentions that he spent a year studying abroad in both Canada and China, as well as three years in Japan. Meanwhile, he had referred to his time in Japan within his song "Osaka" with fellow Korean musician E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Collaboration (TV Series)
''The Collaboration'' is a 2016 Chinese and South Korean collaboration television program focused on creating a collaboration between Korean and Chinese artists. It airs simultaneously in China on Tencent and in South Korea on SBS MTV every other Thursday at 8:00 pm (CST) and 9:00 pm (KST). It is co-created by Peng Xun and SBS for the 24th anniversary of the China-South Korea relations. Season 2 ( The Collaboration Season 2) takes place in 2018 Contents ''The Collaboration'' is essentially a variety show focused on creating a collaboration between Korean and Chinese artists on music, composition and performance. A survival/competition show where 4 teams will be formed and songs composed will be voted on. Between episode 2 and 9, there will be voting from netizens to pair the participants for collaboration. The song that receives the most votes in recording room in each episode will go to the final round. The song that receives the most votes from both recording room and online ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
