#week 109

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Just some black and white sketches this week - corrupted and angry Míya~

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109 Hay look guys I drew a rat bat!

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We are so excited to announce this week’s creator, @destieldrabblesdaily!

We hope you are as excited for @destieldrabblesdaily‘s incredible writing as we are to share it! So please join us in supporting her by reblogging anything that you enjoy.

And as a reminder, don’t forget to tag any creations you want shared with #spncreatorsdaily so we can feature it on our blog on Saturday!

Have a relaxing week! ❤

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Piano House. Hefei University of Technology. Architecture. 2007.

The Piano House, or sometimes called the Piano Building, is located in Huainan City, Anhui Province, China. Made with almost entirely black and transparent glass, the building is deemed as one of the most romantic and beautiful buildings in China. Its design was a collaboration between the architectural students of the Hefei University of Technology with the Huaisan Fangkai Decoration Project in 2007, and was built as a commemoration of the city’s prosperity and to improve its economy. The piano and the violin are built on a true 50:1 scale, and is one of the largest to scale instruments in the world. Inside the Piano House are escalators and stairs to two concert halls, music practice rooms, event venues and guest lounge areas. 

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Week 109

Banner was made by the talented @everlarkingjoshifer

Here is week 109, folks. As always, thank you to these amazing authors who provide me with endless amounts of entertainment. You are all amazingly talented!

Readers-please make sure you show these authors some love! If you’d like to check out my previous posts, follow #rachel’s fanfic lists or search the tag on my blog. Happy reading!

Take a Shot at Love - @jennagill​

Pieces That Fall Into Place - everlarklover1960

The Writer's Block One-Shots - jlala aka @jlalafics​

As We Falter - @historywriter2007​

9000 R.P.M. - @katnissdoesnotfollowback​

Katniss Everdeen is Not a Stalker - AULOVE aka @mega-aulover​

Interview With the Mockingjay - kiwiwriter47

12 x 12 - @katnissdoesnotfollowback

Upside Down Flowers - jennajuicebox aka @awkwardeverlark

Seize Me - simply abbey aka @simplyabbeycat

My Brother’s Bride - AULOVE aka @mega-aulover

Get Physical - @twilightcakes

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这些雪花落下来，多么白，多么好看。过几天太阳出来，每一片雪花都变得无影无踪。到得明年冬天，又有许许多多雪花，只不过已不是今年这些雪花罢了。 These falling snowflakes: how white, how beautiful. In a few days, the sun will come out, and each snowflake will disappear without a trace. Next winter, there will be plenty of snowflakes—they simply will not be the snowflakes of this year.

The Return of the Condor Heroes (神雕侠侣). Book II of the Condor Trilogy by Jin Yong (金庸). 1959. 

Renowned Chinese wuxia novelist Louis Cha Jing-yong, pen name Jin Yong, passed away yesterday on October 30th, 2018, after a long illness at the age of 94. His fifteen works penned between 1955 and 1972 spread his reputation as one of the most popular wuxia writers in history and as the most famous writer of Hong Kong—by the time of his passing, he was the best-selling author of Chinese origin, with over 100 million copies of books disseminated worldwide. 

Jin Yong is perhaps best known for his Condor Trilogy, a martial series set during three periods of Chinese conflict, beginning with the Jin-Song wars and concluding with the overthrow of the Yuan dynasty. The trilogy revolves around the Book of Wumu (武穆遗书), a fictional military treatise sought after by aspiring generals and political leaders. The Legend of the Condor Heroes, The Return of the Condor Heroes, and The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber have each been adapted into multiple films, television shows, and videogames, enjoying success in multiple languages across a global audience.

Jin Yong is acclaimed for his versatility as an author. His works are accessible to lay readers and critics alike, garnering him the ability to transcend cultural and geographic barriers that have challenged other contemporary writers. In the past, his works focused on concepts of self-determination and identity and often contained strong themes of Chinese nationalism, eliciting traditional Han Chinese practices and bodies of philosophy, especially Confucianism. However, as he progressed through his career, Jin Yong began evolving his nationalist thought into tenets more inclusive of increasing numbers of minority groups and criticized the validity of time-honored Chinese values. A number of his works, believed to be satirizations of Maoist Communism, were banned in the People's Republic of China. His sociopolitical developments and fictional world-building have engendered a highly specific discipline of study: Jinology. Jin Yong has left an indelible impact on Chinese literary culture, and his creations will continue to be discussed and debated as wuxia writing progresses. 

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Secret (不能說的·秘密). dir. Jay Chou (周杰倫). 2007.

Taiwanese singer-songwriter Jay Chou’s directorial debut Secret is a romantic drama film that stars Chou as Ye Xianglun, a talented pianist who transfers to a music school where he falls in love with a mysterious classmate, Lu Xiaoyu (Gwei Lun-mei). The two meet when Xianglun discovers Xiaoyu playing a beautiful melody on the piano on his first day at the school. The two embark on a sweet romance, but after Xiaoyu gradually stops showing up to class, Xianglun realizes that the girl he’s fallen for is not quite what she seems.

Secret won Outstanding Taiwanese Film of the Year, as well as Best Original Song for “Secret” at the 44th Golden Horse Awards.

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蘭葉春葳蕤， 桂華秋皎潔； 欣欣此生意， 自爾為佳節。 誰知林棲者？ 聞風坐相悅， 草木有本心， 何求美人折？ Tender orchid-leaves in spring And cinnamon- blossoms bright in autumn Are as self- contained as life is, Which conforms them to the seasons. Yet why will you think that a forest-hermit, Allured by sweet winds and contented with beauty, Would no more ask to-be transplanted Than would any other natural flower?

Orchid and Orange I (感遇其二) by Zhang Jiuling (張九齡). Tang Dynasty.

Zhang Jiuling (678-740), courtesy name, Zishou (子壽) and nicknamed Bowu (博物), was a notable poet and scholar of the Tang Dynasty. He was also Count Wenxian of Shixing (始興文獻伯) and was a prominent minister who served as a chancellor during Emperor Xuanzong’s reign. The poem’s first line is the arrival of tender orchid in spring, and sweet osmanthus in autumn. Osmanthus, known as sweet olive, or tea olive, is a symbol of love and romance. Zhang was also a commandant of the city of Guilin for a period of time. Guilin, meaning, “fragrant forest,” was distinguished for its fragrant blooming Osmanthus and as a destination of enlightenment for Buddhist monks. 

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