Once upon a time in Japan lived two friends Shimo and Kami. Shimo was an ironsmith and extremely hard-working. But Kami was a lazybones and only enthused the gamble. After he gambled away all his money, Shimo asked him to travel Edo for seeking some lucks.
On their way, Kami hitted Shimo out the abyss to steal his saving money. Kami backed the gamble and away gain. Then he came home gloomily. At this time, he saw one skeleton what laughed and proclaimed his name was Shimo. So Shimo the Skeleton helped Shimo seeing much more money by its dancing.
Belling the Cat (movie)
Belling the Cat () is a 2014 Vietnamese animated movie. It was directed by Lê Bình.
Long ago, the mice had a general council to consider what measures they could take to outwit their common enemy, the Cat.
Some said this, and some said that ; but at last a young mouse got up and said he had a proposal to make, which he thought would meet the case.
"You will all agree", said he, "that our chief danger consists in the sly and treacherous manner in which the enemy approaches us. Now, if we could receive some signal of her approach, we could easily escape from her". "I venture, therefore, to propose that a small bell be procured, and attached by a ribbon round the neck of the Cat. By this means we should always know when she was about, and could easily retire while she was in the neighbourhood".
This proposal met with general applause, until an old mouse got up and said : "That is all very well, but who is to bell the Cat ?". The mice looked at one another and nobody spoke. Then the old mouse said : "It is easy to propose impossible remedies".
Manhoa
Viet comics () is a term that was created by "Floral Age Bimonthly" in about the 1960s. Sometimes, it was called manhoa (, ) by those who disliked it for imitating Eastern Asian comics.
During the Medieval Annam, "Viet comics" often be called "mạn họa" (漫畫, comics) or "liên-hoàn họa" (連環畫, sequential drawings) which was affected by China and sometimes India. They illustrated philosophy or tales which were printed by wood-blocks. There were some drawings for the educating females which were called ""moral books" (Luân-lý giáo-khoa thư).
After the establishing of the Fédération indochinoise with a long peace, the printing technology developed strongly to make books and newspapers became more. "Viet comics" has appeared gradually as cartoons which was called "hoạt-kê họa" (滑稽畫), "hí họa" (戲畫) or "biếm họa" (貶畫).
About 1930s when Europeanisation movement was, "Viet comics" becamed an independent art with a big number of artists and readers. Customs&Mores Weekly (Phong-Hóa tuần-báo) and Today Weekly (Ngày-Nay tuần-báo) had known with three comic characters , Official's Son Weekly (Cậu-Ấm tuần-báo) with the "Three adventurous kids" (Ba đứa trẻ mạo-hiểm), Drake Weekly (Vịt-Đực tuần-báo) with sequential drawings what often satirized Annamese writers, Indochinese government, especially the Governors-General... "Viet comics" always be called "chuyện bằng tranh" (stories by drawings).
After WWII, there were comics what asked Vietnamese people against French Army and satirized French Government. In Hanoi and Saigon there were more comics what based on romance novels or knight tales. Besides, there were some comics with the topic of Vietnamese history and mythology.
From the late 1960s, comics flourished in the Republic of Vietnam by the Freedom of the Press. Firstly, the (established in 1962) called "Viet comics" as "Tranh-truyện Việt-nam" (Vietnamese pictorial-stories).
These led to an increase in the number of comic artists. The most famous illustrator and comic artist at the time was Võ Hùng Kiệt and he was also an illustrator for stamps. His comics were much loved by children and even women. Topics often as : Family, friendship, adventure, detective, science fiction, wuxia, fairytales... which was affected by French comics, American and Hollywood, even Jules Verne, Conan Doyle, Jin Yong's works.
In the Democratic Republic of Vietnam, comics usually appeared on Pioneer Magazine, Children Magazine and Kim-Đồng books. Their contents were about family, friendship, moral, war, fairytales... Northern artists' style always be affected by Soviet art.
After the Reunification Day, Viet comics' style was more and more un-diversity because the print has been difficult. However, in 1980s there were some Kim-Đồng's artists who started drawed in dó paper because they were very cheap. Topics often be fairytales and war for avoiding the censorship.
Viet comics have changed much since 1987 as they steadily developed though the years and gradually became similar to American comics with a growing number of comic artists and comic genres. Meanwhile, in response to the needs of children, the government attached special importance in encouraging the creation of comics. The most famous artist was Nguyễn Hùng Lân whose comics were popularly read ("Hero Hesman", "Vietnamese supermen", "Vietnamese fairytales"...). The content of these publications was broadly educational and offered lessons in moral philosophy for the reader. Many artists often "borrowed" international comics and animated films for imitating, as : "Well just you wait", "Superman", "Jurassic park", "Tom and Jerry", "Charlot"...
Everything was to change in 1992 with the import of manga by Kim-Đồng and Youth. Since 1995 when the manga storm would really hit, suddenly Viet comics with educational and moral stories were overwhelmed and dull by comparison. Manga was able to engage with a broad readership and was readily available ; it saturated the market even though most was then illegally printed. That changed in 2004 when Vietnam finally signed an expanded version of the Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works, and copyright was discussed and respected. The management of sales and content of manga has since become strictly controlled.
Despite the "invasion" (called by 2000s Vietnames newspapers) of manga-manhwa-manhua fighting for a place in the Vietnamese market, 4 the rise of comics in a Vietnamese style was slow to gain pace given lingering prejudices, the feeling that comics were for children. Yet gradually, Vietnamese artists started to produce comics. In 2002, the Phan Thị Company published the comic series titled "Vietnamese child prodigies" (Thần-đồng đất Việt) and this was a turning point in Viet comics. It attracted many young readers and became a long-selling comic with more than 120 volumes produced. The comic might be considered similar to manga in panel layout and onomatopoeia (the formation of a word from a sound associated with what is named), and the style in which characters are drawn.
Moreover, Youth Laughs Monthly, Hoa Học Trò Weekly and Truyện Tranh Trẻ Magazine (Youth Publishing House) also worked positively. They called Viet comics as "mạn họa" for dream about the comics compared "triman" (manga-manhwa-manhua).
Từ Thức married a fairy
Từ Thức married a fairy () is a 1991 Vietnamese animated film, directed by Trang Nguyên.
Chavara Thekkumbhagom
Chavara Thekkumbhagom is a village in Kollam district, Kerala, India.
Coordinates: 8°57'48"N 76°33'43"E
Chavara Thekkumbhagom fully surrounded by the Ashtamudi lake. Beyond lake this place is bordered by Thevalakkara Panchayath on north, Kollam town on south, Thrikkaruva Panchayath on east and Chavara, Neendakara Panchayath on west.
The Nearest and main railway station is the Kollam Railway Station. Transportaion is provided by State owned Kerala State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) and private transport bus operators from Thekkumbhagom to Karunagappally via Pavumba bridge and Karunagappally to Kollam via Thekkumbhagom and Pallikkodi-Dalavapuram bridge (Inaugurated in 2007).
The Kerala State Water Transport Department operates boat services from Kollam to West Kallada, Muthirapparambu, Munroe Island and Alappuzha. The Kollam-Muthirapparambu boat service attracts a lot of tourist attention.