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(Those Were The Days)

The Olympics opening ceremony yesterday was really a fairly successful "show." But what is behind that "show"? What is it about Chinese culture that this show revealed? Or is it just a variety show that is westernised but produced better than the west can? The more I watched, the more I felt that is shallow and overplayed. This opening ceremony showed the strength of China, but it did not show Chinese culture! ...

As a friend in politics told me, the show put too much emphasis on the accomplishments of China at a time when the trend in the world is towards frugality, subtlety and low-profile. By contrast, this opening ceremony was too flashy and it may not be a good thing for China!

The Chinese Communists needs to affirm its accomplishments after the reforms, and many Chinese people have shone in their economic prowess. That is undeniably true, and there is every reason to be proud. But how much money was spent on this show? The Beijing City Olympics Economic Development Committee senior advisor Huang Wei said that the central government has invested 520 billion RMB on the Olympics since 2001. Although the expenses of the Olympics opening ceremony is less than 1% of that total, several hundred millions of RMB must have been invested to produce the four hours that was the opening ceremony. Over the next two weeks or so, the Chinese people will feel great that they have finally stood up. But after the Beijing Olympics is over, the problems of China will not disappear. The rich-poor gap will continue to exist, the people will still be deprived of their rights, the human rights problem will remain and corruption among government officials will continue to exist!

Has China really risen? ...


浮誇的京奧開幕式
2008/8/9
看了四個多小時的北京奧運開幕式直播。真的,那是一場極盡視聽之娛、場面浩大的表演,可以盡情顯露今天中國,已有足夠國家、經濟力量,濟身大國之列。今次中國奧運開幕式,正如北京所希望,足以向全世界,展示中國自上世紀八十年代開始,改革開放後,帶來的新面貌,今天中國,足以和英、美、以致歐盟力量比肩,中國,已是世界各國不能忽視的國際力量,難怪,在電視鏡頭前,那麼多內地民眾大聲高叫:「中國站起來!中國人民站起來!」

可是,冷靜下來,請想一想,這麼的一場氣勢磅礡的開幕式,除了令人目眩的光影效果,令人嘆為觀止的視覺震撼之外,觀眾,可以感受到甚麼?有沒有感受到中國那令世界妒忌的五千年文化?有沒有顯示中華文化的精粹?昨天的開幕式,甚麼顯示中國文化傳統,其實也不過是一種包裝,背後,仍是荷里活式的製作、西方大匯演式的編排,假若把參與者服裝、情節,換上了英國傳統服式及故事,放在四年後的倫敦奧運,恐怕還是適用。整個奥運開幕式,只有中華文化之形,沒有中華文化之神。

中華文化核心,來自孔孟與老莊。孔、孟講人與人的關係和價值、孔子成仁、孟子盡義,那是講人之為人的根本道理,那是探求人與人之間的和諧,可是昨天的奧運開幕式,我看不到和諧,只看到力量和鋒芒;老、莊講天人合人、講順應天道,那是探求天與人的關係,可是昨的奧運開幕式,我看不到天人共鳴,只看到人力要勝天。中華文明,那是含蓄而具有無窮生命力,這正是為何直到今天,中國文化典籍,對今天社會文化,仍發揮其影響力,甚至連西方物質、資本主義文明,仍要吸收中國傳統文明的養份,以使西方文明,可以繼續成長。

昨天的奧運開幕式,真的是一場相當成功的「表演」,可是在表演背後,還有甚麼呢?這場表演,向世界展示了甚麼的中國文化?還是,那只是一場較西方做得更好、更像西方國家的綜藝表演?童工越看,越覺浮跨有餘、深度不足,這場開幕式,展示了中國的力量,卻未能展示中國的文化!這時,竟在腦海中,泛起周星馳的《大內密探零零發》中,羅家英在戲中「插」周星馳的對白:「表情做作、略嫌浮誇!」

正如政圈中人A君昨夜對童工說,開幕式,越看越不是味兒,太過強調中國成就、太過外露了,今天世界潮流,也是講節約、含蓄、低調,那奧運開幕式,未免鋒芒太露了,對中國,未必是一件好事!

中共要肯定自己在改革開放的成就、再加上中國不少人在今天經濟增長上,鋒芒畢露,說真的,那是理所當然,錦衣而夜行,豈非亳無吐氣揚眉之感?可是,這一場吐氣揚眉的表演,要花上多少公帑?北京市發改委奧運經濟高級顧問黄為說,由01年申奥開始,中央對京奧開支投入,已是5200億之數,雖說開幕式煙花開支,不足總開支百分一,若計算一切總額,昨天四小時開幕式,也是以數億元人民幣計。數億元,換來了四個多小時,又或兩個多星期的國民快感,覺得中國人民站起來了,可是京奥之後,中國的問題,不會因此而消失,貧富懸殊仍然存在、人民權利被剝奪仍然存在、中國人權問題仍然存在、中國官場貪腐問題,仍然存在呀!

中國,真的站起來了?

或許,很多人想沉醉在浮誇的虛幻中,不想甦醒,可是,當北京奧運結束,一切,將重墮凡塵,現實就是現實,總要面對!奥運,不可能消除中國所有現存的問題,起碼,連阻止上海、深圳股市下跌的能力也沒有!

p.s.張藝謀那開幕式設計,倒令童工覺得香港通俗文化,已入侵內地,那人體畫山水畫,豈非周星馳《唐伯夫點秋香》中,星爺用阿叻身體畫山水畫的現實版?還有李寧吊「威也」點聖火,我倒想起張藝謀的《英雄》!香港動作片的「威也」文化,竟成了京奧開幕式重頭戲!香港人也站起來了!
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