Dot the Dragon's Eyes (画龙点睛) - by Hanneke Cassel

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Hanneke Cassel

Hanneke Cassel

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@upaya-kaushalya
@upaya-kaushalya 3 жыл бұрын
I heard this amazing track by chance on Spotify. As a Chinese born in Inner Mongolia, at first I almost thought it was a Mongolian folk melody with that pentatonic scale, strings (the Mongolian instrument, horse-head fiddle, has a fiddle-like sound), and the fast, rousing rhythm. Then I saw the album cover with the Chinese characters 画龙点睛 and realized it was a piece of world music composed and performed by a very talented western musician. It was so cool! The idiom, dot the dragon's eyes, has an interesting derivation: According to legend, there was an excellent painter in ancient China who was asked to paint four golden dragons on the wall of a temple at the request of the emperor. But when the painting was done, people found that all these dragons had no eyeballs. The painter explained that once the eyes were dotted, the dragons would fly away. Not surprisingly, no one believed him. So he dotted the eyes of two of the dragons to show them. Then came a massive storm. The two dragons with eyeballs flew off the wall, up into the clouds and disappeared. This idiom now is used as a metaphor for writing or speaking in which a few words are used at key points to point out the substance and make the content more vivid and powerful.
@lexlin
@lexlin Жыл бұрын
I absolutely love your work on this one! Great wordplay on Chinese idiom. When I listen to it I feel like I am connecting with nature, earth and the wind. Amazing!
@matthewrushmer238
@matthewrushmer238 3 жыл бұрын
So good!
@erinraecowin
@erinraecowin 6 жыл бұрын
Why is the audience dead? How can they sit still through this?
@quitefranklybb
@quitefranklybb 7 жыл бұрын
Love all your work! Keep it up! Post more videos :)
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