{"id":601,"date":"2024-06-05T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-06-05T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/?p=601"},"modified":"2025-09-10T17:21:54","modified_gmt":"2025-09-10T09:21:54","slug":"tangtang_2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/en\/2024\/06\/05\/tangtang_2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Get rid of the halo and be your own resound\u00ading self"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\u201cDung Bee\u00adtle Loud and Dan\u00adg\u00addang\u201d is a col\u00adlab\u00ado\u00adra\u00adtion between Chi\u00adnese fairy tale writer Tang Tang and British illus\u00adtra\u00adtor Nia Gould. The sto\u00adry revolves around a dung bee\u00adtle that earns the title \u201cLoud and Dan\u00adg\u00addang.\u201d Through its jour\u00adney through a dung ball-push\u00ading com\u00adpe\u00adti\u00adtion, it explores pro\u00adfound themes such as hon\u00ador, inner ful\u00adfill\u00adment, and self-accep\u00adtance. The book is not only cre\u00adative in its nar\u00adra\u00adtive but also unique in its illus\u00adtra\u00adtions, mak\u00ading it a live\u00adly, engag\u00ading, and cap\u00adti\u00advat\u00ading pic\u00adture book.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Dung bee\u00adtles are a pecu\u00adliar crea\u00adture of nature, famous for their abil\u00adi\u00adty to push dung balls. Have you noticed? They\u2019re a favorite of sto\u00adry\u00adtellers in tra\u00addi\u00adtion\u00adal and chil\u00addren\u2019s sto\u00adries, often imbued with pecu\u00adliar yet inspir\u00ading alle\u00adgories. For exam\u00adple, Aesop\u2019s Fables con\u00adtains at least three sto\u00adries about dung bee\u00adtles. In \u201cThe Dung Bee\u00adtle and the Eagle,\u201d the puny dung bee\u00adtle near\u00adly sin\u00adgle-hand\u00aded\u00adly wipes out the pow\u00ader\u00adful eagle. Even the divine Zeus is pow\u00ader\u00adless, forc\u00ading him to resort to a workaround to save the eagle clan. The seem\u00ading\u00adly filthy dung bee\u00adtle often push\u00ades dung balls larg\u00ader than itself (some\u00adwhat rem\u00adi\u00adnis\u00adcent of Sisy\u00adphus push\u00ading a boul\u00adder). This con\u00adtra\u00addic\u00adto\u00adry spir\u00adit of per\u00adse\u00adver\u00adance, hard work, and striv\u00ading offers a fas\u00adci\u00adnat\u00ading mate\u00adr\u00adi\u00adal that res\u00adonates with chil\u00addren\u2019s curios\u00adi\u00adty and offers a unique sense of humor. Not only does it offer great poten\u00adtial as a sto\u00adry char\u00adac\u00adter, but it can also be used to teach life lessons. Such crea\u00adtures are tru\u00adly not to be under\u00ades\u00adti\u00admat\u00aded.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tang Tang\u2019s dung bee\u00adtle, Xiang\u00addan\u00adg\u00addang, expe\u00adri\u00adences a life\u00adlong jour\u00adney: from a young, pas\u00adsion\u00adate dung bee\u00adtle, he grows to a cham\u00adpi\u00adon, earn\u00ading the nick\u00adname \u201cXiang\u00addan\u00adg\u00addang.\u201d How\u00adev\u00ader, as the bur\u00adden of hon\u00ador grows heav\u00adier and he ages, Xiang\u00addan\u00adg\u00addang becomes anx\u00adious about gain and loss, grad\u00adu\u00adal\u00adly los\u00ading his pas\u00adsion for push\u00ading dung balls. Ulti\u00admate\u00adly, after los\u00ading the cham\u00adpi\u00adonship title in a fair com\u00adpe\u00adti\u00adtion, he redis\u00adcov\u00aders the joy of push\u00ading dung balls. Despite los\u00ading his nick\u00adname and hav\u00ading few\u00ader and few\u00ader dung balls to push, he still enjoys the process, becom\u00ading the \u201cXiang\u00addan\u00adg\u00addang\u201d in his own heart. This sto\u00adry deft\u00adly explores the con\u00adtrast between pas\u00adsion and hon\u00ador, inner sat\u00adis\u00adfac\u00adtion and exter\u00adnal recog\u00adni\u00adtion, con\u00advey\u00ading the impor\u00adtance of self-reliance, the courage to face chal\u00adlenges and fail\u00adure, and the impor\u00adtance of inner peace and con\u00adtent\u00adment far more pre\u00adcious than exter\u00adnal acco\u00adlades. Such pro\u00adfound themes are not only suit\u00adable for chil\u00addren but also inspir\u00ading for adults.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As a fairy tale writer, Tang Tang is renowned for her cre\u00adative and poet\u00adic nar\u00adra\u00adtives. In this book, her writ\u00ading is imbued with visu\u00adals and rhythm, with each sen\u00adtence trans\u00adport\u00ading the read\u00ader to a glimpse into the sto\u00adry. She uses detailed descrip\u00adtions, such as the dung beetle\u2019s move\u00adments push\u00ading the dung ball and the tense atmos\u00adphere of the com\u00adpe\u00adti\u00adtion, to make the sto\u00adry more vivid and three-dimen\u00adsion\u00adal. She also employs vivid metaphors and per\u00adson\u00adi\u00adfi\u00adca\u00adtion to con\u00adnect with young read\u00aders. For exam\u00adple, com\u00adpar\u00ading the dung beetle\u2019s dung ball to the sun and moon is both vivid and poet\u00adic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As an ani\u00admal fairy tale, this sto\u00adry also unwit\u00adting\u00adly incor\u00adpo\u00adrates fas\u00adci\u00adnat\u00ading facts about the unique species of dung bee\u00adtles. For exam\u00adple, dung bee\u00adtles can crawl and fly; com\u00adpe\u00adti\u00adtion among them may involve push\u00ading dung balls; and the lifes\u00adpan of adult dung bee\u00adtles typ\u00adi\u00adcal\u00adly ranges from a few months to a year. The book men\u00adtions Xiang\u00addan\u00adg\u00addang as the defend\u00ading cham\u00adpi\u00adon for \u201cnine con\u00adsec\u00adu\u00adtive years,\u201d but then adds, \u201cAs spring turned to autumn, he grad\u00adu\u00adal\u00adly grew into a large dung bee\u00adtle, and then slow\u00adly into an old dung bee\u00adtle.\u201d This tells young read\u00aders that all these dung ball-push\u00ading com\u00adpe\u00adti\u00adtions actu\u00adal\u00adly took place with\u00adin a sin\u00adgle year. Tang Tang seems to have a pref\u00ader\u00adence for sto\u00adries involv\u00ading unique life cycles, as exem\u00adpli\u00adfied by his book \u201cThe Sun and the Mayfly,\u201d which chron\u00adi\u00adcles the life of a mayfly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This beau\u00adti\u00adful pic\u00adture book is also high\u00adlight\u00aded by the illus\u00adtra\u00adtions by British illus\u00adtra\u00adtor Nia Gould. Nia\u2019s illus\u00adtra\u00adtion style is warm and bright, fea\u00adtur\u00ading vibrant col\u00adors and clean lines, imbued with a child\u00adlike charm and fan\u00adta\u00adsy. Through del\u00adi\u00adcate brush\u00adstrokes and rich col\u00adors, she vivid\u00adly brings the char\u00adac\u00adters and scenes of the sto\u00adry to life. Nia is known for her skill and pas\u00adsion for draw\u00ading cats. Her book, \u201cPor\u00adtrait of the Artist as a Young Cat,\u201d which uses cats as a play\u00adful art his\u00adto\u00adry, has been a hit in Europe and the Unit\u00aded States. In this book, the dung bee\u00adtles and their ani\u00admal friends are equal\u00adly adorable. Nia uses soft tones and rich\u00adly tex\u00adtured back\u00adgrounds to cre\u00adate a warm and live\u00adly atmos\u00adphere. Each image is filled with detail, from the flow\u00aders and grass in the mead\u00adow to the expres\u00adsions and move\u00adments of the ani\u00admals, each metic\u00adu\u00adlous\u00adly designed to make each page feel like a unique work of art.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As an illus\u00adtra\u00adtor who tells sto\u00adries through pic\u00adtures, Niya has also added some new ele\u00adments to Tang Tang\u2019s orig\u00adi\u00adnal fairy tales, notably by intro\u00adduc\u00ading numer\u00adous oth\u00ader ani\u00admal char\u00adac\u00adters, such as a mon\u00adkey, an earth\u00adworm, a zebra, a cater\u00adpil\u00adlar, and a but\u00adter\u00adfly. These char\u00adac\u00adters not only enrich the sto\u00adry\u2019s set\u00adting but also enhance inter\u00adac\u00adtiv\u00adi\u00adty and fun. For exam\u00adple, the mon\u00adkey appears in mul\u00adti\u00adple scenes, act\u00ading as both an audi\u00adence mem\u00adber and an inter\u00adlocu\u00adtor. Its live\u00adly and adorable image is par\u00adtic\u00adu\u00adlar\u00adly cap\u00adti\u00advat\u00ading for young read\u00aders. Ani\u00admal char\u00adac\u00adters like the zebra, but\u00adter\u00adfly, spi\u00adder, cater\u00adpil\u00adlar, and bird also serve as audi\u00adence mem\u00adbers and part of the back\u00adground, adding depth and vivid\u00adness to the sto\u00adry. The ele\u00adphant, beloved by dung bee\u00adtles for its feces, adds a dra\u00admat\u00adic dimen\u00adsion to the plot. But most note\u00adwor\u00adthy is the pink earth\u00adworm wear\u00ading a hat, which apt\u00adly serves as ref\u00ader\u00adee and orga\u00adniz\u00ader, adding a sense of for\u00admal\u00adi\u00adty and fair\u00adness to the com\u00adpe\u00adti\u00adtion. The earth\u00adwor\u00adm\u2019s pres\u00adence not only adds a sense of ten\u00adsion and order to the com\u00adpe\u00adti\u00adtion but also cap\u00adti\u00advates young read\u00aders with its adorable image.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The fairy tale writer\u2019s cre\u00adativ\u00adi\u00adty and poet\u00adry, and the illus\u00adtra\u00adtor\u2019s exquis\u00adite crafts\u00adman\u00adship and visu\u00adal sto\u00adry\u00adtelling abil\u00adi\u00adties, com\u00adple\u00adment each oth\u00ader to cre\u00adate a pic\u00adture book full of wis\u00addom and fun. This is not only a sto\u00adry of growth and strug\u00adgle, but also a book of wis\u00addom that explores how to face chal\u00adlenges and how to main\u00adtain one\u2019s orig\u00adi\u00adnal aspi\u00adra\u00adtions. Through the growth of a dung bee\u00adtle, the cre\u00adator attempts to con\u00advey an impor\u00adtant mes\u00adsage to read\u00aders:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

True hap\u00adpi\u00adness lies in doing what you love. Inner peace and sat\u00adis\u00adfac\u00adtion are far more pre\u00adcious than exter\u00adnal glo\u00adry and hon\u00ador.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Argen\u00adtine Primera Divisi\u00f3n writ\u00adten on June 5, 2024 in Bei\u00adjing<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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