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To commemorate the 40th anniversary of Time Out magazine, the Beijing edition has joined local editions of the listings magazine around the world in choosing a list of forty "heroes" of the city. Or rather, two lists, because Time Out Beijing comes in both an English and a Chinese edition. Although the lists overlap somewhat (ten of the heroes appear on both lists), there are some notable differences: ? Scope: While both lists include heroes from the worlds of modern art, music, theater, film, and the printed page, the Chinese list also contains some big names from sports and business, and the English list includes expatriate residents of Beijing. ? Age: The youngest person on the Chinese list is Zhang Ziyi, born in 1979. The English list features two "post-80s" names (Xander Zhou and Li Yuchun), and one selection that’s even more recent (the cartoon Olympic mascots known as Fuwas). ? Preference: Any list of this sort is going to be arbitrary to some degree, but having two competing lists makes it all the more obvious. For fifth-generation directors, for example, the English edition has Chen Kaige; the Chinese, Zhang Yimou. For architects, English: Ma Yansong; Chinese: Cui Kai. For novelists, English: Yan Lianke, Xinran, Ma Jian, and Jiang Rong; Chinese: Wang Shuo, Ah Cheng, and Hai Yan. The English list also seems to have a few ringers put there for the express purpose of provoking controversy (see if you can spot them). Chinese Time Out ran a concurrent online poll (linked below) where netizens could vote for their favorite "Beijing Heroes." Hutong artist Kuang Han, Olympic Committee honorary president He Zhenliang, and TV classics lecturer Yu Dan beat out all the magazine’s picks, and Sohu CEO Charles Zhang (Zhang Chaoyang) also made the top eight, along with list members Wang Shuo, Li Ning, Xu Tao, and Ge You. The English edition’s list identifies each of the names for the benefit of readers who might not know who they are (bolded names are on both lists): Artist Ai Weiwei 艾未未 Designer Xander Zhou 周翔宇 Director Chen Kaige 陈凯歌 Architect Ole Scheeren 798 founder Huang Rui 黄锐 Hang On The Box punk Gia (王悦) Film mogul (Huayi brother) Wang Zhongjun 王中军 Actress Zhang Ziyi 章子怡 Rock legend Cui Jian 崔健 Supergirl winner Li Yuchun 李宇春 Writer Ma Jian 马健 Viola player Su Zhen 苏珍 Women’s rights pioneer Wang Xingjuan 王幸娟 Writer Yan Lianke 阎连科 MIDI founder Zhang Fan 张帆 Red Gate Gallery founder Brian Wallace Ullens director Jerome Sans Yugong Yishan founder Gou Zi 狗子 Architect Ma Yansong 马岩松 Modern Sky Records founder Shen Lihui 沈黎晖 Iraq journalist Chen Si 陈思 Film producer Fang Li 方励 Explorer Liang Zi 梁子 Director Li Yu 李玉 Migrant children charity founder Jonathan Hursh Entertainer Dashan 大山 CCTV presenter Yang Rui 杨瑞 Writer Xue Xinran 薛欣然 Photographer HS Liu 刘香成 Classical guru Su Lihua 苏丽华 Environmentalist Ma Jun 马俊 Writer Zhang Lijia 张丽佳 Artist Chen Danqing 陈丹青 The Fuwas 福娃 Great Wall preservationist William Lindesay Gay rights pioneer Li Yinhe 李银河 Theatre director Meng Jinghui 孟京辉 Writer Lu Jiamin (Jiang Rong) 姜戎 NAMOC director Fan Dian 范迪安 Environmental lawyer Wang Canfa 王灿发 未命名.jpg  |
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Time Out Heroes Beijing To celebrate 40 years of Time Out worldwide, we invited 40 of our heroes to a party. We gave them champagne, told them to be themselves and sat back as they did their thing. This is what happened. Superstar tomboy Li Yuchun When Li Yuchun won the Super Girl contest (China’s Pop Idol equivalent) in 2005, it not only attracted a record 400 million television viewers but smashed the notion that Chinese female singers must be pretty and feminine. Suddenly it was OK to be a tomboy, and girls across China posted blogs saying that the ballsy and idiosyncratic Li had inspired them to be themselves. Three years and three albums later, the phenomenon has barely dimmed ?C both Time Out assistants were more star-struck by the icy cool Li than any of our heroes; one shop assistant almost fainted when we said we were borrowing clothes for Li Yuchun; and her shoot attracted a gaggle of breathless fans. She has even won praise from reclusive Wolf Totem writer and fellow hero Lu Jiamin, who described her as a ‘good symbol for Chinese society’. Her music may not be to everyone’s taste but as a cultural icon and role model, there aren’t many bigger or better in China. Li’s hero: Shakira. Watching one of her videos inspired me to be a singer. I was in the Music Conservatory at the time and I was still unsure about my life, but at that moment I decided I wanted to be a singer. 未命名.jpg  |
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Time Out 北京英雄 为庆祝Time Out世界创刊40周年，我们邀请了40位英雄出席我们的聚会。我们以香槟招待，告诉他们说自己想说的，做自己爱做的。事情就是这样。 男孩子气的超级明星――李宇春 2005年，李宇春赢得了超级女声比赛（中国的流行音乐偶像赛（Pop Idol））。这个节目创下了吸引4亿电视观众的记录，也打破了中国女歌手一定得是漂亮、娇柔形象的固有观念。一切瞬间搞定，大胆而禀赋异质的李宇春鼓舞了人们去做自己。 三年过去了。光芒几乎没有变暗。Time Out的工作人员一下就被淡然酷意的李宇春所击倒，她的明星气质在我们请来的英雄中无人能与之相比。当我们跟商场营业员说我们在为李宇春借用服装时，营业员兴奋地几乎晕倒。她照相时，一群粉丝伸长脖子气喘吁吁紧紧盯着。 她甚至赢得了一位低调的作家姜戎（《狼图腾》的作者，本名吕嘉民，也是本次的英雄之一）的夸赞。他称她是“中国社会的优质标志”。她的音乐也许不合每个人的口味，但作为一种文化标志和行为榜样，在中国，没有许多比她更大更好的人物。 李宇春的英雄：Shakira。她说，看了一张Shakira的录影碟，激发我去做一名歌手。我那时还在音乐学院上学，还没有确定人生之路，但在那一刻我决定了：我要做个歌手。 未命名.jpg  |
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