Xiu Xiu: The Sent Down Girl (Chinese: 天浴; pinyin: Tiān Yù) is a 1998 Chinese film directed by actress Joan Chen based during the 1970s in People's Republic of China, during the Cultural Revolution's Down to the Countryside Movement, instituted by Mao for political reasons. This drama film is the directorial debut of Chen.^[1] The film stars Lu Lu (Chinese: 李小璐) and Lopsang (Chinese: 洛桑群培).

Plot[link]

Xiu Xiu (Chinese: 秀秀), a 15-year-old girl living in the city of Chengdu, moves out to study horses in the countryside from a nomadic Tibetan. She is told that after six months, she will return to take charge of her all-girl cavalry unit. However she quickly discovers that she is not returning. She learns lessons about life while struggling against corrupt government officials who manipulate her hopes and body. Her only friend is the eunuch horseman, Lao Jin.

Reception[link]

Distribution[link]

Although the U.S. distributor claimed the film was banned in China for sexual and political content, the script was actually approved by the Chinese government. The film was only banned after the filmmakers decided not to wait for permits before shooting in Tibet (such permits are required for a film to receive official approval).^[2]

Awards and nominations[link]

Golden Horse Awards

• 1998: won for Best Director (Joan Chen)
• 1998: won for Best Screenplay Adapted from Another Medium (Joan Chen)
• 1998: won for Best Actress (Lu Lu)
• 1998: won for Best Actor (LupSang)

48th Berlin International Film Festival

• 1998: nominated for the Golden Bear^[3]

Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival

• 1998: won the Jury Award

Paris Film Festival

• 1999: won the Special Jury Prize
• 1999: nominated for the Grand Prize
• 1999: won Best Actress (Lu Lu)

Mons International Festival of Love Films

• 1999: won the Grand Prize

National Board of Review

• 1999: won the International Freedom Award

Independent Spirit Awards

• 2000: nominated for Best First Feature Over $500,000 (John Chen, shared with co-producer Alice Chan Wai-Chung)

References[link]

External links[link]

• Xiu Xiu: The Sent Down Girl at the Internet Movie Database
• Xiu Xiu: The Sent Down Girl at AllRovi
• Xiu Xiu: The Sent Down Girl at Rotten Tomatoes
• Xiu Xiu: The Sent Down Girl at Yahoo! Movies
• Xiu Xiu: The Sent Down Girl at Popmatters review
• Xiu Xiu: The Sent Down Girl at Box Office Mojo

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Tian Yu (171 - 252), style name Guorang (國讓), was a military general of Cao Wei during the Three Kingdoms period of Chinese history. Tian Yu joined Xiang Yang on the orders of Cao Rui when the Eastern Wu army invaded the northern region in a combined effort with Zhuge Liang's Northern Expeditions. Lu Xun then retreated after the ploy failed.

See also[link]

• List of people of the Three Kingdoms

References[link]

• Chen Shou. Records of Three Kingdoms, Chapter 26, Biography of Tian Yu.

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Li Ya
Full name	Li Ya
Country represented	China
Born	(1988-06-13) June 13, 1988 (age 24) Bengbu, Anhui
Height	138 centimetres (4 ft 6 in)
Discipline	Women's artistic gymnastics
Head coach(es)	Liu Guicheng, He Hua
Choreographer	Ou Yangqin
Music	Duez-Bond
Eponymous skills	"Li Ya salto" and "Li Ya dismount"(uneven bars)
Retired	2008
Medal record World Championships Gold 2006 Aarhus Team World Cup Final Gold 2006 São Paulo Balance Beam Silver 2006 São Paulo Uneven Bars Silver 2004 Birmingham Balance Beam Bronze 2004 Birmingham Uneven Bars

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Li Ya (simplified Chinese: 李娅; traditional Chinese: 李婭; pinyin: Lǐ Yà; born June 13, 1988 in Bengbu, Anhui) is a former Chinese gymnast. She was a member of the Chinese team that won the team competition at the 2006 World Championships and was a member of the 2004 Olympic Team. During her career, she was an uneven bars and balance beam specialist.

Li Ya has two moves named after her in the Code of Points: the "Li Ya salto", which is a straddled Jaeger ½ release (which she usually connected to a sraddled Jaeger), and the "Li Ya dismount", which is an Arabian double-front in a piked position. She is the only Chinese female gymnast to have two moves named after her. Li retired from the national team in 2008.^[1]

Biography[link]

Li Ya is the 2004 National Champion on the uneven bars as well as the 2004 National All Around Silver Medalist. She had a great deal of success in the 2004 World Cup Circuit despite a bad showing at the 2004 Olympics. In the team final in the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens she fell twice on beam scoring an 8.300 (once on her front flip and then underrotated on her double back dismount and put her hands down). Then in the event finals, she fell again on her front flip and scored a 9.050 (ranking 7th). She won the uneven bars title at the Glasgow and Ghent World Cup Qualifiers. She also won a bronze medal at the 2004 Glasgow World Cup Qualifier. In December 2004 Li Ya qualified to the World Cup Final in Birmingham. She was the most successful Chinese female gymnast at the World Cup Final. She won a bronze medal on the uneven bars and a silver medal on the balance beam.

Li was briefly injured in 2005, but recovered in time to win silver medals at the 2005 Chinese National Championships and the 2005 Britain vs China Dual Meet on the uneven bars. In October, she competed at the National Games but did not win any medals. A few weeks later, she was part of China's winning team at the East Asia Games in Macau, where she also won a gold medal on the uneven bars. She was not selected for the 2005 World Championships in Melbourne.

She competed in the 2006 Tournament of Masters in Cottbus, a world cup event, and won the gold medal on the uneven bars. In this event, she pioneered a difficult release-release combination, a Jaeger with a half turn directly into a Jaeger. The Jaegar with 1/2 turn release was later named for her. Li also qualified for the beam final and finished in fourth place, due to a mistake on her first skill.

She competed at the 2006 World Championships in Aarhus, Denmark where she was a member of the Chinese team that won the gold medal in the women's team event. She did not compete in the team final, having withdrawn from the uneven bars due to nerves^{[citation needed]} sustained from a performance marred by a fall in the preliminary competition.

After this competition, Li Ya did not receive positive coverage from the press in China^{[citation needed]} and was not named to the team for the 2006 Asian Games in Doha, Qatar. However, she had one more chance, having qualified for bars and beam in the World Cup Finals in Brazil, held in December. She hit her routines at this competition, winning silver on bars behind world champion Beth Tweddle, and winning gold on the balance beam.

In 2007, Li Ya competed in the Maribor World Cup where she placed 2nd on balance beam and 1st on the uneven bars.

She announced her retirement in 2008.

Competitive history[link]

2007 season[link]

2006 season[link]

2004 season[link]

2003 season[link]

Floor Music[link]

• 2004-2006 "Duel" by Bond

References[link]

External links[link]

• Li Ya at Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique

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Ma Tianyu is a Hui Mandopop artist who rose to fame after winning sixth place and "most popular" at the 2006 My Hero Competition, a Chinese talent competition. Since then, he has released two albums, a single, and an EP.

Ma has begun to act in various television dramas, which is greatly contributing to his rise in popularity.

Before My Hero[link]

Ma Tianyu's mother died when he was five, and his father left the family while he was young. He lived with his grandparents and two older sisters until the age of sixteen. There, he helped his grandfather tend the family's cornfields. His two sisters both dropped out so that he could attend school. Even then, he had to skip one year of middle school because of lack of money. For a year, he worked for 150 Renminbi a month carrying water from one end of the town to the other.

After finishing middle school, at the age of sixteen, he went with his uncle to Beijing to sell meat. A year later, their marketplace was taken down, and they worked in various jobs.To avoid being a car mechanic, as his uncle wanted him to be, he ran away with seven jiao (one-tenth of a Yuan). After spending four fen (one-hundredth of a Yuan) on a copy of his residence ID card, Ma Tianyu found a job at a restaurant cleaning dishes. During this period of his life, Ma worked in numerous jobs, including as a car washer, cashier, waiter, kitchen helper, and seller of shaobing, mantou, Lamian, lamb chuanr, tofu, and soybean milk.

In 2006, while working as a clothing assistant for a magazine, Ma decided to apply for the Beijing Film Academy after suggestions by friends. To increase courage in preparation for the tests, he signed up for the My Hero competition.^[1]

Discography[link]

External links[link]

• (English) Ma Tianyu's Facebook
• (Chinese) Ma Tianyu's Sina Blog
• (Chinese) Ma Tianyu's Baidu Bar
• (Chinese) Official Website
• (Chinese) Company's Sina Blog
• (Chinese) Ma Tianyu's Weibo

References[link]