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Three Times (Chinese: 最好的時光) is a 2005 Taiwanese film directed by Hou Hsiao-hsien. It consists of three separate stories of romance, set in different eras, using the same lead actors, Shu Qi and Chang Chen. In "A Time for Love," set in 1966, a soldier (Chang) meets an alluring pool-hall hostess (Shu).
In the most solemn of ceremonies, for example, at the coronation of a new Emperor, the Emperor's subjects would undertake the ceremony of the "three kneelings and nine kowtows", the so-called grand kowtow, which involves kneeling from a standing position three times, and each time, performing the kowtow three times while kneeling.
[2] [3] The nearest related Chinese expression translates as "Better to be a dog in times of tranquility than a human in times of chaos." (寧為太平犬，不做亂世人) [4] The expression originates from Volume 3 of the 1627 short story collection by Feng Menglong, Stories to Awaken the World. [5]
The number three is significant, with many customary gestures being carried out three times. While burial was favoured traditionally, in the present day, the dead are often cremated rather than buried, particularly in large cities in China. [4] [5]
Looking Three Times at the Thatched Hut; hanging scroll, ink on silk, by Dai Jin (1368–1644). The Three Visits to the Thatched Cottage [1] [a] (Chinese: 三顧茅廬) refers to the event in the late Eastern Han dynasty (c. 2nd century AD) when the future Shu Han emperor Liu Bei visited Zhuge Liang’s residence three times to ask him for help.
Under Biden, numerous national security concerns were raised by members of Congress in response to Chinese nationals accessing military bases and other sensitive sites nearly 100 times, Chinese ...
'Shi [who] turns three times'), and the "Slave of Six Surnames" (Chinese: 六 姓 家 奴; pinyin: Liù xìng jiānú). [ b ] While leading the 39th Army Group of the National Revolutionary Army, he planned to defect to the Japanese , but before he could do so, he was kidnapped and buried alive by his sworn brother and subordinate Gao Shuxun ...
His three teenage classmates have been detained on suspicion of murdering the boy in a case that has riveted China, setting off outrage and frenzied debate over the young age of the suspects and ...