Great Nanjingers

Conducting Maestro who was King of the Choirs; Yang Hongnian

Yang Hongnian (杨鸿年) won more awards in international choral competitions than any other Chinese conductor, leading the Beijing Philharmonic Choir ensemble around the world for more than 30 years. 杨鸿年(杨鸿年)在国际合唱比赛中获得的奖项比其他任何中国指挥家都多,带领北京爱乐合唱团环游世界30多年。 Born in Nanjing in 1934, Yang first worked as conductor for...

Silver Screen’s Champ of Gender Equality & Communism; Wang Ping

Wang Ping (王苹) was PRC’s first female film director and an ambassador for the communist movement’s empowering of gender equality, utilising film as a propaganda art form that would see Wang reach her zenith with 1965’s “The East is...

Dreamer of Damsals in Red; Cao Xueqin

Cao Xueqin (曹雪芹) was a free-spirited individual with a fondness for the bottle. But he was also a visionary with a keen eye for the human condition, largely the result of his family’s fall from grace in the eyes...

The 5th Century’s Human Computer; Zu Chongzhi

Zu Chongzhi (祖冲之) had a thing for circles. In fact, he knew his way around an ellipse better possibly than gravity itself. 祖冲之(祖冲之)对圈子情有好。 事实上,他可能比重力本身更了解椭圆。 Such was the extent of Zu’s influence, this Great Nanjinger had parks, roads and schools named after...

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