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Interview： Traditional science fiction is hard to find a way out —— Interview with China science fiction writer Liu Cixin

　　Xinhua News Agency, Helsinki, August 15thInterview: Traditional science fiction is hard to find a way out — — Interview with China science fiction writer Liu Cixin

　　Xinhua News Agency reporter Li Yuzhi Natalie

　　Liu Cixin, a China science fiction writer, was twice nominated for Hugo Award, the highest honor of science fiction in the world, and won the Hugo Award for Best Novel once for his series of three-body works. However, he thinks that his style is out of date and the world sci-fi trend is taking on another look.

　　Different from the traditional science fiction represented by Liu Cixin, the series of American fantasy novel fire and ice, which has been selling well in recent years, has adopted the creative technique of "weak fantasy". "It is called ‘ Weak fantasy ’ It is because the fantasy factors in the works are not obvious, and the use of supernatural forces is very restrained. " Liu Cixin said in an exclusive interview with Xinhua News Agency in Helsinki, Finland.

　　Judging from the Hugo Award finalists in recent years, many sci-fi and fantasy novels in the United States are now more concerned about practical issues, such as racial discrimination, gender discrimination, the impact of artificial intelligence on society, the impact of biology on social ethics, etc., and have adopted different narrative structures and writing styles around these themes.

　　Of course, there are still some sci-fi novels that adhere to the traditional style, such as the American series "The Vast Sky: Leviathan Awakening". "Unfortunately, this work has neither won the nebula award nor the Hugo award. This year, it won the Hugo award for best short play, but it was not the original novel, but the adapted TV series." Liu Cixin told reporters.

　　Liu Cixin believes that the reason for this situation is that today, with the high development of science, science and technology have penetrated into all aspects of people’s daily life, and science is increasingly lacking in mystery in readers’ minds. "This is the most fatal blow to science fiction literature creation today, and there is almost no way out."

　　In order to save science fiction, Americans tried various efforts as early as the 1970s, hoping to make science fiction works far away from science and make them more literary, from describing outer space to describing people’s hearts, from describing aliens to describing the relationship between different races and sexes. For example, The Obelisk Gate won the Hugo Award for Best Novel on August 11th. Although the work is set on a mysterious planet, much of it is actually about class oppression on the earth.

　　"They are working hard in this direction, trying to increase the audience and influence of science fiction, but now it seems that they have not succeeded." Liu Cixin said. In his memory, the golden age of science fiction is full of vigor. Writers are all young people in their twenties, and readers are also young people. "You look at how old are the sci-fi fans at the sci-fi conference now? What hope does a literature have when all it attracts are elderly people with big bellies? "

　　Liu Cixin seems to be somewhat helpless about the fact that all kinds of fantasy novels at home and abroad have been adapted into movies and TV series, while traditional science fiction works are almost neglected. He said that the law of film communication is much more complicated than literature and novels, and it is more difficult to make a film than to write a novel.

　　At present, several works of Liu Cixin, including Three-body, have been authorized to make films, but he has not shown strong confidence in the final effect of these films. He said: "American science fiction movies and science fiction novels have developed for almost a century. We have only been three or four years, and it is not realistic to make such a good movie. Movies and novels are two different ways of expression. When shooting, there are trade-offs. It is normal for readers to be less satisfied with the film than with the original. "

This Italian children’s choir is hard to get a ticket every year. How will they appear in Shanghai this year？

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The Italian Antoniano Chorus ("An Tuan" for short) is no stranger to many audiences in China. Every New Year, the choir’s New Year concert in Shanghai has become a regular program for many parent-child families, and it is not difficult for parents of all walks of life to "grab tickets". Because every time, the tickets for the New Year concert will be sold out within 1 minute. This record has been maintained for many years.
Since its first performance in China in 2016, the troupe has held a New Year Chorus Concert at Shanghai Children’s Art Theater (SAIC Roewe Children’s Cultural Center) for five consecutive years. When the epidemic struck this year, foreign performing groups could not come to China. The organizer, Shanghai Children’s Art Theater, made a decision to continue to hold the Anzhuan New Year Concert in 2021 and put it on in a "cross-time" way.
This concert tried a brand-new stage technology, using high-definition video and holographic technology to realize the interaction between Italy and China. An Tuan will sing in Italy and interact with the China Sisters from a distance. There will be six concerts from December 31st to January 3rd. The concert on New Year’s Day will be broadcast live through Youku platform.
Liang Xiaoxia, general manager of Shanghai Children’s Art Theater, revealed that this New Year concert "through time and space" is the most difficult concert they have had in the five years since they introduced the troupe. In addition to the great technical difficulties, including the time difference and different ideas between China and Italy. However, because the Italian security corps is located in a high-risk area, it has also overcome various difficulties in rehearsal and filming. Mr. Cavalli Giampaolo, artistic director of ANTuan, said that it was the most difficult but also the warmest New Year concert that ANTuan had completed in the past 57 years.
Liang Xiaoxia said that the reason why we insisted on presenting the New Year’s Concert in this way this year was that we hoped to satisfy the thoughts of the Shanghai audience; Second, I hope that through this concert that spans time and space, there will be a warm connection between China and the international children. Just like the theme of this year’s New Year concert: "2021, More Love".
Affected by the epidemic, the real person did not come to the New Year concert to be put on hold.Every year, New Year’s Eve is celebrated with the songs of the troupe, which has become a fixed project for many China audiences to welcome the new year. This year, an Tuan can’t come to China, and there is no live concert. What should we do?
Finally, after consulting with Shanghai Children’s Art Theater, the troupe decided to present the New Year concert in this special period with high-definition video.
However, can the audience’s expectations be met by playing HD video alone, and how can the audience who go into the theater to listen to the concert have a unique live experience? After discussion, the Chinese and Italian teams finally decided to use holographic technology.
Holographic technology used to be used in concerts and other large-scale activities, but it is the first time in the world to be used in concerts, especially children’s chorus concerts. For this reason, the organizer invited the best professional technical team in China, used the world’s most advanced cable-stayed film projection technology, and equipped the top dance equipment in the industry to achieve the best imaging effect in the industry at present.
It is envisaged that the three tracks of the concert will be presented by holographic projection technology. On the stage, the pre-recorded singing video of the troupe will be presented by holographic technology, while the China Sisters Hydrangea Choir of the troupe will perform live, so the two choirs will present the effect of "singing on the same stage", and there will be an interactive experience of live performance and virtual imaging.
In the past, holographic film technology was mostly in the form of "single person and single film", but this time, the Chinese and Italian teams must solve the problem of presenting dozens of choir children on the same film at the same time. Not only that, but also will interact with the security group at the scene. The number of people, the complexity of design, the difficulty of shooting and the difficulty of the later stage are unprecedented for the technical team.
In order to solve this series of problems, the domestic technical team has produced a shooting guide with dozens of pages for ANTuan, explaining each shot, each angle and each group of protagonists in detail.
Because this is the first time that an Tuan has challenged holographic technology, the effect of the first shooting is not satisfactory. The teams in China and Italy overcame the time difference and communicated remotely all night. Finally, gather all the children in the choir again and shoot again.
Although there are great challenges and difficulties, Liang Xiaoxia said, "The impact of the epidemic has prevented the troupe from coming to the scene to perform, but at the same time, this situation has also made us think, open up more imagination and see if we can use scientific and technological means to make the performance team who can’t come to the scene personally bring a good stage experience to the audience."
Liang Xiaoxia said that the application of holographic technology in the New Year concert is also an attempt by Shanghai Children’s Art Theater to perform on the stage at present and in the post-epidemic era, which can provide reference and inspiration for the future.
Serious risk escalation of epidemic situation, bumpy recording and difficult transmissionFor the Italian Chorus Antoniano, the experience of this New Year concert is unprecedented.
Lombardia, where the choir is located, is listed as a high-risk area of red epidemic by the Italian government, and Italy is one of the countries with the worst epidemic in Europe. This year, almost all performances of the choir were suspended, including the children’s chorus gold medal competition that the choir participates in every year, which was also announced to be postponed until next year.
At the same time, due to the epidemic situation, the Italian national television team, which recorded the concert for ANTuan in previous years, was unable to assist in the filming this year, and the staff of the technical department of ANTuan made up the seats one by one at the first time, which solved the shooting problem.
However, the local government does not allow many people to enter the studio for recording. To this end, the security group specially applied to the Italian government, and after more than two months of examination and approval, it finally obtained special approval. Therefore, during the Italian epidemic, ANTuan became the only organization that was able to carry out multi-person shed recording.
During each rehearsal and recording, the local government will also appoint two health supervisors to be full-time inspectors at the scene.
The problems encountered in shooting are also continuous. Because there are 40 members in the official performance, according to the requirements of Italian epidemic prevention and control, only half of them can now enter the studio for recording. At the same time, when rehearsing and recording, each child should be separated by a safe distance of at least 1 meter. As a result, during the video recording in the studio, the children no longer stood on the chorus table, but stood on 23 little red dot landmarks which had been strictly measured.
In order to present the best visual effect, the troupe shot every song in the concert from multiple positions and angles, and it took a long time to shoot the material of 18 songs. But at the same time, how to "send" the massive materials of the whole New Year concert to China at the fastest speed has become another difficult problem under special conditions this year.
After numerous international discussions and various schemes, there are only one or two days left before the concert starts. Liang Xiaoxia and her team are still making various adjustments across the time difference every day, striving to make the concert present the best effect. In Italy, all the children and the conductor of the troupe are full of expectations for this unprecedented concert.
"So many times, the children didn’t complain, because the children themselves are very curious and looking forward to it. They will ask, can holographic technology really send us to China? What will we look like on China’s screen? "
Liang Xiaoxia said that since she introduced AnTuan five years ago, this children’s choir has been regarded as the most healing and joyful choir. Therefore, I hope that in this special New Year, more audiences can enjoy and share the warmth and healing brought by the concert.
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On the occasion of the Spring Festival

The whole country is filled with jubilant flavor of the year.

China Normal University is no exception.

In order to let the students stay in school experience the warmth of the New Year.

The school held a special annual banquet for everyone.

Send New Year greetings from Chinese teachers.

"I wish the students a prosperous and prosperous Year of the Tiger, and learn something!"

On January 30th, our school held.

Stay in school during the winter vacation for the New Year’s Eve student group annual banquet.

Chen Diming, Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee of the school, and heads of relevant functional departments.

Train the person in charge of student work and counselors in the unit.

Have a reunion dinner with the student representatives who stayed in our school during the winter vacation.

Send new year gift packages and new year wishes to the students.

Count the spree one by one

Carefully prepare exquisite dishes

Behind the full sense of ceremony

It is the school’s deep concern for the students.

Spilled from a delicious meal

It is the warmth and happiness of teachers and students.

In Nanhu campus

Teachers and students talk together at the annual banquet.

Chen Diming conveyed

Zhao Lingyun, secretary of the Party Committee of the school, and Hao Fanghua, president.

New Year’s greetings to students staying in school

I cordially greeted their study and life.

And told everyone to pay attention to safety precautions.

Strengthen physical exercise and communicate with family and friends.

"The school is ready to help everyone.

Solve the life difficulties during the stay in school. "

From artificial intelligence education department, psychology college and computer college.

Student representatives of training units, etc.

In this special group annual banquet,

I feel the strong flavor of the year with the unique characteristics of Chinese teachers.

Grade 2020 from the School of Psychology, Hongkong, China.

Undergraduate Yun Tianrun said

"Although I haven’t seen my family,

But this special experience of staying in school for the New Year

It’s also a growth opportunity. "

Affected by the epidemic

A total of 161 students stayed in our school for the New Year this year.

The school pays tribute to the student representatives who can’t attend the annual banquet.

We also prepared a New Year’s dinner box, a Chinese New Year red envelope and a big gift package.

By the leaders and teachers of various training units

Incarnate "special courier"

One by one, delivered to students

The leading teachers of various training units also

Delivered New Year greetings to students staying in school.

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Ren Menglu, counselor of the Department of Artificial Intelligence Education, sent New Year condolences to students.

Guo Yuanxiang, PhD supervisor of Education College, Huang Yuxin, Deputy Secretary of Party Committee, and Tian Youyi, Vice President.

Send New Year condolences to students.

Qin Wei, Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee of the College of Liberal Arts, sent New Year greetings to students.

Ji Hong, Party Secretary of the School of History and Culture, and Kang Wei, Deputy Secretary

Send New Year’s greetings to students.

Dong Junmin, the organizer of the Marxism College, sent a New Year gift package to students.

Ceng Yan, Deputy Secretary of Party Committee of School of Public Administration, and Wei Yin, Counselor.

Send New Year’s greetings to students.

Yang Chen, Party Secretary of Law School, Ding Wen, Dean, Wan Zong, Deputy Secretary.

Send New Year greetings to students.

Kouna, Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee of Social College, Zhai Juan, Counselor

Send New Year’s greetings to students.

Li Yun, Party Secretary of Foreign Languages Institute, Yang Lingzhen, Deputy Secretary, etc.

Send New Year’s greetings to students.

Wang Lu, counselor of the Academy of Fine Arts, sent New Year greetings to students.

Liu Chengzhu, secretary of the Party Committee of the School of Mathematics and Statistics, sent New Year greetings to students.

Cao Yang, deputy secretary of the Party Committee of the College of Physical Science and Technology, sent a red envelope for the students in the Spring Festival.

Chen Dejun and Fen Xu, deputy secretaries of the Party Committee of the School of Chemistry, sent new year’s warmth to the students.

Zheng Ning, secretary of the Party Committee of the School of Life Sciences, sent a dinner box for the students.

Spring Festival gift package and chatting with students

Qin Heng, Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee of School of Politics and International Relations, sent New Year greetings to students.

Xu Gang, Party Secretary of China Rural Research Institute, sent New Year condolences to students.

Wang Guosheng, Director of Language and Language Education Research Center, and Yun Zhu, Counselor.

Send new year gift packages to students.

Zhan Yihong, executive deputy director of the National Cultural Industry Research Center, sent new year greetings to students.

This peace of mind is my hometown.

Being a Chinese teacher in Wuhan.

Guizishan is the warmest home this year.

Listen to it with the poem now.

Let’s stay in the heart of the students.

Due to the epidemic, I stayed at school during the winter vacation. The department has specially set up QQ group to help the students staying in school solve their difficulties in life, and make daily health punch cards, which is very intimate. Before the Spring Festival, my teacher gave me a big food package, and I was very happy. On the 29th of New Year’s Day, school leaders, teachers and students staying in school got together for a reunion dinner, which was delicious and warm. I want to express my gratitude to the leaders, teachers and logistics staff of the school: thank you, you have worked hard, and I wish you a happy Spring Festival!

-Wu Lungong Joint Research Institute, Department of Artificial Intelligence Education

Wang Tongbang, Master of Computer Science in 2021.

The second Spring Festival in Wuhan, the cold outside the window can’t disturb the warmth in my heart. At the invitation of the school teacher, I was lucky enough to spend a pleasant lunch time in Nanhu Comprehensive Building with other students who could not go home to reunite with their families for various reasons, and the leading teachers who were concerned about their classmates.

—— Zhong Yating, a 2020 undergraduate majoring in psychology at the School of Psychology.

This is my first time to stay at school for the New Year. Although I can’t reunite with my family, I really feel the care of the school. The teachers and cadres of the school arranged a warm, pleasant and relaxed reunion dinner for the students staying in school in Nanhu Comprehensive Building. The warm greetings from the teachers and the harmonious and pleasant chat atmosphere made me experience the happy atmosphere of the Spring Festival without the company of family and friends, and also felt the most sincere care from the school. The school canteen also prepared quite a rich reunion dinner for us, and the dishes were first-class in appearance and taste. The canteen also takes care of the different customs and preferences of various ethnic groups and some students, which makes me very moved.

Here, I also wish you a happy new year and prosperity!

—— Yun Tianrun, a 2020 undergraduate majoring in psychology at the School of Psychology.

During the Spring Festival when I couldn’t go home because of the epidemic, I felt the warmth of the school, the concern of the college and the kindness of my uncles and aunts in the canteen through the Spring Festival gift package and the rich New Year’s Eve dinner. You have melted the flying snow in Wuhan and welcomed the breath of the New Year to my heart. Thank you!

—— Chen Guanzhen, an undergraduate majoring in language and literature in China, College of Liberal Arts, Grade 21.

I thought I would spend the first lonely and cold Spring Festival in my life, but I didn’t expect Chinese teachers to be so warm. The steaming food in the canteen, the daily cordial smiling face of my aunt, and the warm condolences from the school leaders are like spring breeze, which makes me feel warm every day. The epidemic situation is ruthless and affectionate, and the wind is not cold in severe winter and December. I am grateful to every school logistics staff who stick to their posts, and to every leader who is concerned about staying in school. Because of you, although I can’t reunite with my family, I feel as warm as my family.

—— Wang Lu, a master’s degree student majoring in Chinese in the 2020 subject of the College of Liberal Arts.

During my stay in school, I will talk to my uncle in the boarding house every time I go out, and the counselor and teacher will also chat with me from time to time to care about my life and study. As the Spring Festival approached, I began to express my condolences to the students who stayed in school, gave them living allowances, and even had a free holiday lunch every day. Although people were not at home, the concern of the school in the cold made me feel as happy and happy as spending the Spring Festival at home, and I was touched beyond words. I thank the school leaders and teachers for their concern and the aunts and uncles in the boarding school for their patience.

—— Nurmaimaiti Abulimiti, a 2021 undergraduate of the College of Physical Science and Technology

The leading teachers of schools and colleges knocked on the door of our dormitory with care, bringing us the warmth that people will remember in this cold winter. The leaders not only prepared small snacks for us intimately, but also prepared the word "Fu" as a red envelope warmly. The most important thing is warm blessings and greetings, which made us feel the taste and warmth of the New Year when we were far away from home, and felt the sincere friendship between teachers and students in the school.

—— Lin Rong, an undergraduate majoring in chemistry in Grade 2018, School of Chemistry

With the approaching of the Spring Festival, the vast campus of China Normal University is also welcoming the arrival of the Year with peace. As a student from other provinces, it is inevitable that I miss my family more often during the festive season, when the taste is getting stronger and stronger. Hearing that the school is going to prepare the annual dinner for the students staying in school, I feel warm in my heart. I thank the school for letting us not be cold in this winter. Yes, this peace of mind is my hometown, and I am not lonely when I stay in school for the New Year.

—— Ling Cancan, a Ph.D. student in physical chemistry of the School of Chemistry in 2018.

This Spring Festival means a lot to me! Because of the epidemic and academic reasons, I chose to stay in school during the Spring Festival, which is the first time in my life experience to stay in school for the New Year. The concern and sympathy from the school, hospital leaders and teachers made me deeply feel the temperature of China Normal University. Although it is very cold in Wuhan after the snow, my heart is extremely warm. Guizishan is my home in Wuhan!

—— China Rural Research Institute 2018

Xing Xu, Ph.D. candidate in political science

In order to ensure that students stay in school

Have a warm and happy New Year.

In addition to ensuring normal meals during the winter vacation

The school will provide free meals for students staying in school from New Year’s Eve to the second day of the first month.

During the Spring Festival of 2022, students staying in school during the winter vacation

Tips for free meals

Relevant students of various colleges (departments): In order to make the students staying in school spend a warm, loving, peaceful and happy Spring Festival, the Food Service Center of the Logistics Department provides free meals for the students staying in school during the Spring Festival. The relevant work tips are as follows:

1. Free dining time: from January 31st to February 2nd, 2022 (lunch and dinner are provided for three days from New Year’s Eve to the second day of the first month).

2. During the winter vacation, free meals will be provided in the dining hall, student dining hall and the first floor of Gui Xiang Garden.

3. Dining method: During this period, students staying in school will register for free meals in the canteen that provides free meals with their student ID card or one-card card. The students staying in Nanhu Campus are delivered from the first floor of Gui Xiang Garden to the first floor of Nanhu Dining Hall.

Logistics support department

January 27, 2022

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We bid farewell to the old year with the hand of time.

Get together to celebrate the New Year.

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Xiao Shi wishes everyone here.

Happy New Year! Lucky Year of the Tiger!

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