Carnival is a Chinese transliteration of the English word carnival. This beautiful Chinese name comes from a story in the Bible: a devil trapped Jesus in the wilderness and refused to give him food for 40 days. Although Jesus was hungry, he didn't accept the temptation of the devil. Later, in order to commemorate Jesus' fasting in the wilderness for 40 days, believers took the 40 days before Easter every year as a day of fasting and repentance. During these 40 days, people can't eat meat, and their life is solemn and dreary. Therefore, a week or half before the start of fasting, people will hold banquets, dances and parades to indulge in joy. Carnival originally meant "farewell to meat". Now, not many people adhere to the rules and regulations such as Lent, but the traditional carnival activities have been preserved and become an important festival for people.
Carnival is a free translation of carnival by Hong Kong people, which has been localized in Hong Kong culture and formed a "carnival".
The original translation name of English Carnival is "Carnival", and the pronunciation of carnival is difficult to express properly in Chinese, so the free translation of "carnival" is more intuitive and easy to understand. Later, the carnival spread to Hong Kong, and Hong Kong people translated it into "Carnival". This translation is a masterpiece of intellectuals who are familiar with foreign languages and Chinese, and it has the beauty of pun with both sound and meaning. Unfortunately, it can't exactly express the carnival meaning of the carnival. "Carnival" sounds elegant and literary, which is inconsistent with the warm and wild atmosphere of the carnival. This is also the case. The carnival held in Hong Kong for a long time has become more gentle, which is very different from the carnival in Brazil.
"Global Carnival" is a large-scale comprehensive entertainment place that travels around the world. Because of its long history and successful advertising marketing strategy, "Global Carnival" has already become a well-known brand, and its intangible assets value is even much higher than entertainment equipment. Some businesses in Beijing took the opportunity of "Global Carnival" to land in Beijing and made a lot of money under various "Carnival" cards, which made people admire the "cleverness" of China people.
Salon, which means living room in Chinese, was the center of communication, contact and persuasion between famous families and celebrities in the upper class during the Middle Ages in Europe. Within the scope of salon culture, it is not authoritative people, rich people, great thinkers and great writers who dominate the prominent and powerful, but some women. These women played the leading roles in European salon culture from15th century to19th century. In any famous salon, its fame does not come from contemporary celebrities, nor does it need much aristocratic support. That's the only thing that can't be missing, and that's an outstanding hostess. Therefore, in many salons, a famous salon often has a very good hostess, such as the wife of a duke or earl, which is a practice. And successfully holding a salon can win social praise for them, reveal many upper-class people, and they can even dominate the atmosphere of an era.
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"Salon" is a transliteration of the French word Salon, which originally meant the luxurious reception room in the residence of the French elite. Since the17th century, celebrities (mostly famous ladies) in Paris have often turned the living room into a famous social place. Everyone is a playwright, novelist, poet, musician, painter, critic, philosopher and politician. They are like-minded, get together, sip drinks and enjoy elegant music. At the same time, they hold their knees and talk freely about various issues with similar interests. Later, people called this kind of gathering "Salon", which became popular in European and American cultural circles and reached its peak in19th century.
Authentic "Salon" has the following characteristics: 1. Held regularly; 2. The time is in the evening (because lighting can often create a hazy and romantic aesthetic feeling, which arouses participants' interest, conversation and inspiration); 3. The number is small, and it is a small circle; 4. voluntary combination, in twos and threes, speak freely and express your opinions.
Salons usually have a beautiful hostess. Salon's topic is very extensive and elegant; People who often go to salons are celebrities. In European movies, novels and plays, we often see magnificent or elegant and exquisite salon scenes. In the 1920s and 1930s, there was a famous salon in China. The hostess was Lin, who is often mentioned today. It can be seen that this social way has already spread to China.