San Mao 三毛 Echo Chen
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Recently I chance upon info about 三毛, the pass on , talented Chinese writer. I have some impression of her name back in my childhood days. I am intrigued by what I found out about her. Any parents here having read her books before, to share what type of influence her books have on its readers?
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bbbay\" post_id=\"2135006\" time=\"1718323202\" user_id=\"175278:
Yes, I read Taiwanese 三毛 novel when I was in primary school. I remember those books are 撒哈拉的故事 and 哭泣的骆驼. She talked about lot of romance between her with her husband - 荷西. I had lot of fancy after reading these books and hope one day I would able to go to Sahara Desert. It was a pity that she became depressed after 荷西's death and finally committed suicide and left us.
Recently I chance upon info about 三毛, the pass on , talented Chinese writer. I have some impression of her name back in my childhood days. I am intrigued by what I found out about her. Any parents here having read her books before, to share what type of influence her books have on its readers?
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Liew Nga Wing\" post_id=\"2135008\" time=\"1718332986\" user_id=\"195250:[quote=\"Liew Nga Wing\" post_id=2135008 time=1718332986 user_id=195250]
The famous Chinese song 橄榄树’s lyric pen by her too. I learnt she wrote in her compo during her early teens in the 1950s, she wanted to become a rag and bone woman when she grow up, because she can then do recycling of used stuffs. She was reprimanded by her teacher for her lack of ambition. Now 70 years later, recycle is all over the world. She was ahead of her time 😉
Yes, I read Taiwanese 三毛 novel when I was in primary school. I remember those books are 撒哈拉的故事 and 哭泣的骆驼. She talked about lot of romance between her with her husband - 荷西. I had lot of fancy after reading these books and hope one day I would able to go to Sahara Desert. It was a pity that she became depressed after 荷西's death and finally committed suicide and left us.[/quote]
This is the YouTube video that tells her life story well:
https://youtu.be/dwbfyxwRa1c?si=2OuCwpNjL_hNpib- -
bbbay\" post_id=\"2135040\" time=\"1718363963\" user_id=\"175278:
That's why when she visited Singapore in the early 80s on invitation of 南洋商报, the local reporters took her to Sungei Road flea market to look at 破铜烂铁！ She also went to 百胜楼、友联书局、大人餐厅!
The famous Chinese song 橄榄树’s lyric pen by her too. I learnt she wrote in her compo during her early teens in the 1950s, she wanted to become a rag and bone woman when she grow up, because she can then do recycling of used stuffs. She was reprimanded by her teacher for her lack of ambition. Now 70 years later, recycle is all over the world. She was ahead of her time 😉
This is the YouTube video that tells her life story well:
https://youtu.be/dwbfyxwRa1c?si=2OuCwpNjL_hNpib-
Not just 橄榄树，红尘滚滚、追梦人 too! -
bbbay\" post_id=\"2135006\" time=\"1718323202\" user_id=\"175278:
Like Ms Liew, I read or listened to her 2 famous books in primary school too! \"Listened\" cos I struggled with those 繁体字 as a kid, so my mom had to read her novels as bedtime stories to us! I only enjoyed looking at those black and white photos she published in those novels.
Recently I chance upon info about 三毛, the pass on , talented Chinese writer. I have some impression of her name back in my childhood days. I am intrigued by what I found out about her. Any parents here having read her books before, to share what type of influence her books have on its readers?
My mom was a huge fan of 三毛, but I was not as I didn't like those Arabian/African tales, though I did eventually follow her footsteps to visit Spain Malaga (Picasso's birthplace) + Morocco (including riding camels and overnight camping in the Sahara Desert).
I am a bigger fan of the famous Shanghai comic series 三毛流浪记, which she took with her as a kid from Chungking to Taipei and from which she got her pen name. I do feel some affinity with her as she was born in Chongqing Nanshan. When I was working there more than 20 years ago, I used to drive up to Nanshan to eat my hotpot! Her 故居 as well as 蒋介石官邸 are up there. Both Mainland 浙江 and Taiwan 新竹 have her 故居 too. In fact, she has many 故居 around the world. -
Zeit\" post_id=\"2135045\" time=\"1718384329\" user_id=\"156710:
That's why when she visited Singapore in the early 80s on invitation of 南洋商报, the local reporters took her to Sungei Road flea market to look at 破铜烂铁！ She also went to 百胜楼、友联书局、大人餐厅!
Not just 橄榄树，红尘滚滚、追梦人 too!
滚滚红尘 song/lyric written by 罗大佑, for the movie with the same name written by 三毛. 追梦人 also song/lyric written by 罗大佑, as a tribute to 三毛. All those 3 songs closely related to her.
I read 三毛 had the unique talent to see values in old/discarded stuffs. Her close friend reveal in many of her houses, she would tend to gravitate towards run down buildings, change the frame of windows, design her own curtains/bed blankets from discarded cloth, place few cabinets around the room, and turned a lifeless house into a place with 灵魂. -
Found narrations of 三毛 book 撒哈拉的故事.
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLzJkvRM6CcAhlRslTG1WScUdUEl3SZ8qy&si=yaS68MjGHxrQqEJa
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