Chinese Television Presenters - Dashan, Li Yong, Yang LAN, Marc Edwards, Edwin Maher, Luo Jing, Karl Dominik, Yang Rui, Lin Tan, Cui Yongyuan (Paperback)

Chapters: Dashan, Li Yong, Yang Lan, Marc Edwards, Edwin Maher, Luo Jing, Karl Dominik, Yang Rui, Lin Tan, Cui Yongyuan, Bai Yansong, Michele Lean. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 42. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Dashan (Chinese: pinyin: D shn, lit. "Big Mountain") is the Chinese stage name adopted by Canadian Mark Henry Rowswell, CM (born 1965 in Ottawa, Ontario) who works as a freelance performer in People's Republic of China. Relatively unknown in the West, Dashan is perhaps the most famous Western performer in China. He occupies a unique position as a foreign national who has become a bona fide domestic celebrity. Dashan can speak English, Mandarin and Cantonese fluently. Rowswell attended high school at Nepean High School in Ottawa, Ontario. Rowswell began studying Chinese while attending the University of Toronto in 1984. His original Chinese name, as given by his Canadian Chinese-language teacher, was Lu Shiwei (). Upon graduation from the University of Toronto with a Bachelor of Arts in Chinese Studies in 1988, Rowswell was awarded a full scholarship to continue Chinese language studies at Peking University. Rowswell first appeared on Chinese television to host an international singing competition in November 1988. The following month he was invited to perform a comedic skit on national television during the CCTV New Year's Gala, a variety program broadcast to an estimated audience of 550 million people. The name "Dashan" ("big mountain" in Chinese) comes from the character Rowswell played in this skit, entitled Ye gui (), which propelled him to national stardom overnight because of his fluent Chinese and delivery. Due to the abrupt nature of Dashan's rise to fame, he has been called an "accidental celebrity." However, his subsequent longevity and continuing prominen...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=570656