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Kuei Ya Chen
Kuei or Guǐ may refer to: People * Kuei Chih-Hung (1937–1999), Chinese filmmaker * Kuei Chin (1090–1155), chancellor of the Song Dynasty * Kuei Pin Yeo, Indonesian classical pianist and educator * Kuei Ya Lei (born 1944), Chinese actress and singer * Kuei Ling Ru, American high school chemistry teacher Other * Catholic University of Eichstätt-Ingolstadt (''Katholische Universität''), Bavaria, Germany * Kuei-chou or Guizhou, a southwestern province of the People's Republic of China * Kuei River or Amu Darya, a river in Central Asia * Kuih ''Kuih'' (Indonesian: ''kue''; derived from the Hokkien and Teochew ''kueh'' – ) are bite-sized snack or dessert foods commonly found in Southeast Asia and China. It is a fairly broad term which may include items that would be called cake ..., a sweet Chinese dessert or snack made of rice * Guǐ, a ghost in Chinese culture {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kuei Chih-Hung
Kuei Chih-Hung (桂治洪, aka Kwei Chi Hung, Gui Zhi-Hong, Gwai Chi-hung) (20 December 1937 – 1 October 1999) was a filmmaker who worked for the Hong Kong-based Shaw Brothers Studios, directing more than 40 films throughout the late 1960s, 1970s and early 1980s. Kuei found critical and commercial success working in a variety of genres, including the hard-boiled crime drama of '' The Teahouse'' (1974) and its sequel, ''Big Brother Cheng'' (1975), wuxia film ''Killer Constable'' (1981), '' The Killer Snakes'' (1975) and ''Hex'' (1980). Kuei often depicted the poverty of the public housing system, police corruption and colonial government rule. Early life Kuei was born in Guangzhou (in the southern Chinese province of Guangdong) on 20 December 1937. Kuei's passion for cinema began as a high school student in Hong Kong, where he would cobble together makeshift shorts from a shoebox projector and discarded film stock. After graduating from high school, he studied stage productio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kuei Chin
Qin Hui or Qin Kuai (January 17, 1090 – November 18, 1155) was a Chinese politician. He was a Chancellor of the Song dynasty in Chinese history. He was a contemporary of Yue Fei during the reign of Emperor Gaozong of Song. Modern historians have blamed Emperor Gaozong Zhao Gou for being a traitor for his part in the persecution and execution of his political enemy, Yue Fei, a general who fought for the Song against the Jin dynasty during the Jin–Song Wars. He was also nicknamed "Long-legged Qin" (). Life Born in Jiangning (present days Nanjing, Jiangsu), Qin won Jinshi in the Imperial examination of 1115. During the Northern Song dynasty, Qin was an activist against the invasion by the Jin dynasty in the Jin–Song Wars. He was captured along with Emperor Qinzong and Emperor Huizong in the Jingkang Incident. Some years later, he suddenly returned from captivity in the Jin empire to the capital of Emperor Gaozong. He claimed some sort of miraculous escape bu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kuei Pin Yeo
Kuei Pin Yeo is a classical pianist and educator from Indonesia. She earned Indonesia's first doctorate in music. Early life She was born in Jakarta, Indonesia and later earned a full scholarship to the Manhattan School of Music in New York City, where she received the Bachelor of Music (1976), Master of Music (1978), Master of music Education (1979) and Doctor of Musical Arts (1981) degrees. She became the first Indonesian to earn a Doctor of Musical Arts degree in piano. Yeo was a grantee of the John D. Rockefeller 3rd Fund/Asian Cultural Council and Helena Rubinstein Foundation for many years. Accolades ''The New York Times'' hailed her as "both polished technician and responsive musician" and praised her "elegantly detailed...immaculate, musically direct interpretation" following her Carnegie Hall debut. Other critics have called her as a "fantastic pianist!" because she 'handled the virtuoso complexity with a magnificent beauty and deep sensitivity'. The ''Jakarta Po ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kuei Ya Lei
Grace Gua Ah-leh (born 2 June 1944) is a Taiwanese actress and singer. Gua has portrayed over 200 roles in film and television since 1965. She has won the Golden Horse Awards 4 times and the Golden Bell Awards twice. Life and career Also known as Kuei Ya-lei and Grace Gua, Gua Ah Leh was born in China in 1944. She studied acting at the National Taiwan University of Arts. In 1965, she made her professional movie debut in ''The Rain of Sorrow'', and received a Golden Horse Award for Best Leading Actress. That award made her the youngest Leading Actress winner in the Golden Horse history. Next year, she was in the movie ''Home, Sweet Home''. Her performance in that movie won the Best Leading Actress in the Asia Pacific Film Festival (Indonesia), and another Best Leading Actress Golden Horse award. In 1978, she won the Best Supporting Actress Golden Horse award for her role in ''The Diary of Di-Di''. In 1986, Gua Ah-leh was the producer for ''Fortune, Prosperity, Longevity, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kuei Ling Ru
Kuei or Guǐ may refer to: People * Kuei Chih-Hung (1937–1999), Chinese filmmaker * Kuei Chin (1090–1155), chancellor of the Song Dynasty * Kuei Pin Yeo, Indonesian classical pianist and educator * Kuei Ya Lei (born 1944), Chinese actress and singer * Kuei Ling Ru, American high school chemistry teacher Other * Catholic University of Eichstätt-Ingolstadt (''Katholische Universität''), Bavaria, Germany * Kuei-chou Guizhou (; formerly Kweichow) is a landlocked province in the southwest region of the People's Republic of China. Its capital and largest city is Guiyang, in the center of the province. Guizhou borders the autonomous region of Guangxi to the ... or Guizhou, a southwestern province of the People's Republic of China * Kuei River or Amu Darya, a river in Central Asia * Kuih, a sweet Chinese dessert or snack made of rice * Guǐ, a ghost in Chinese culture {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Catholic University Of Eichstätt-Ingolstadt
The Katholische Universität Eichstätt-Ingolstadt (KU) is a Roman Catholic research university in Eichstätt and Ingolstadt, Bavaria, Germany. Compared to other German universities it is a rather small institution with 4,800 students in 2019; nevertheless, it is the largest non-state university in Germany. The university has its main campus in Eichstätt (the buildings being in the town center or within walking distance) and another (the ''Ingolstadt School of Management'') in Ingolstadt, site of the first Bavarian university in 1472. History The university's history dates back to a seminary for priests ("Collegium Willibaldum"), which was founded in 1564 by bishop Martin von Schaumburg and the old University of Ingolstadt, the first university in Bavaria, which was founded in 1472 with the approval of the pope. The latter institution was moved to the capital Munich – nowadays the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (LMU) by King Ludwig I in 1826. One of the most famous ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kuei-chou
Guizhou (; formerly Kweichow) is a landlocked province in the southwest region of the People's Republic of China. Its capital and largest city is Guiyang, in the center of the province. Guizhou borders the autonomous region of Guangxi to the south, Yunnan to the west, Sichuan to the northwest, the municipality of Chongqing to the north, and Hunan to the east. The population of Guizhou stands at 38.5 million, ranking 18th among the provinces in China. The Dian Kingdom, which inhabited the present-day area of Guizhou, was annexed by the Han dynasty in 106 BC. Guizhou was formally made a province in 1413 during the Ming dynasty. After the overthrow of the Qing in 1911 and following the Chinese Civil War, the Chinese Communist Party took refuge in Guizhou during the Long March between 1934 and 1935. After the establishment of the People's Republic of China, Mao Zedong promoted the relocation of heavy industry into inland provinces such as Guizhou, to better protect them from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kuei River
The Amu Darya, tk, Amyderýa/ uz, Amudaryo// tg, Амударё, Amudaryo ps, , tr, Ceyhun / Amu Derya grc, Ὦξος, Ôxos (also called the Amu, Amo River and historically known by its Latin name or Greek ) is a major river in Central Asia and Afghanistan. Rising in the Pamir Mountains, north of the Hindu Kush, the Amu Darya is formed by the confluence of the Vakhsh and Panj rivers, in the Tigrovaya Balka Nature Reserve on the border between Afghanistan and Tajikistan, and flows from there north-westwards into the southern remnants of the Aral Sea. In its upper course, the river forms part of Afghanistan's northern border with Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, and Turkmenistan. In ancient history, the river was regarded as the boundary of Greater Iran with " Turan", which roughly corresponded to present-day Central Asia.B. SpulerĀmū Daryā in Encyclopædia Iranica, online ed., 2009 The Amu Darya has a flow of about 70 cubic kilometres per year on average. Names In cl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kuih
''Kuih'' (Indonesian: ''kue''; derived from the Hokkien and Teochew ''kueh'' – ) are bite-sized snack or dessert foods commonly found in Southeast Asia and China. It is a fairly broad term which may include items that would be called cakes, cookies, dumplings, pudding, biscuits, or pastries in English and are usually made from rice or glutinous rice. In China, where the term originates from, ''kueh'' or ''koé'' () in the Min Nan languages (known as "guo" in Mandarin) refers to snacks which are typically made from rice but can occasionally be made from other grains such as wheat. The term ''kuih'' is widely used in Malaysia, Brunei, and Singapore, ''kueh'' is used in Singapore and Indonesia, ''kue'' is used in Indonesia only, all three refer to sweet or savoury desserts. Though called by other names, one is likely to find various similar versions of kuih in neighbouring countries, such as Vietnam, Thailand, and Myanmar. For example, the colourful steamed ''kue lapis'' an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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