A versatile \'flower vase\'

奥运会开幕

<CENTER><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt" size=1><IMG id=999589 title="" style="BORDER-RIGHT: #000000 0px solid; BORDER-TOP: #000000 0px solid; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 0px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 0px solid" height=265 src="http://www.chinadaily.cn/showbiz/images/attachement/jpg/site1/20080912/000802ab80180a34696553.jpg" width=379 align=center border=0 md5="" sourcedescription="编辑提供的本地文件" sourcename="本地文件"></FONT></CENTER><P></P><P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt" size=1>Xu Jinglei poses in front of a picture of herself. Liu Jiang</FONT></P><P align=center></P><P></P><P>   <FONT size=4> In Chinese, Hua Ping, literally a flower vase, is used to refer to an actress who is beautiful but empty. Xu Jinglei is supposed to fit the Hua Ping code: 170cm tall, 105 pounds, sweet smile, and neighborhood girl looks - whether dressed in a black Armani outfit or a plain pair of jeans and shirt.</FONT></P><P><FONT size=4>    Although Chinese audiences were enthralled with her fresh beauty, they mercilessly taunted her after her debut in director Zhang Yang's 1997 film Spicy Love Soup and some TV series during the 1990s.</FONT></P><P><FONT size=4>    Xu was referred to as one of the "Four Film Queens in China" along with Zhao Wei, Zhang Ziyi and Zhou Xun. "She can only smile in front of the camera", said her critics.</FONT></P><P><FONT size=4>    But the caustic remarks soon abated as Xu's career took off. In five years, the actress has donned many hats - as a movie director with three works under her belt, a blog writer with the most clicks in China and the world, and as editor-in-chief of an online magazine, Kai La.</FONT></P><P><FONT size=4>    However, these changes were not all planned. Xu, 34, says change is in her personality.</FONT></P><P><FONT size=4>    "I wanted to be an actress after I graduated in 1996. However, doing the same kind of roles soon bored me and I wanted to try out something new. I am interested in many things and am not afraid of trying them out."</FONT></P><P><FONT size=4>    Xu's father wanted her to be a calligraphy master but Xu applied instead to the Beijing Film Academy. She rose to fame with her TV series, when she was just 21.</FONT></P><P><FONT size=4>    In 2002, she finished her first film as a director, My Father and I, which explored the subtle relationship between father and daughter. Indeed, it was her popularity as a TV actor that paved the way for her becoming a movie director. Chinese film directors Ye Daying, Jiang Wen and Zhang Yuan not only acted in her film but also contributed their talents in directing. Xu says she learned a lot from them and is grateful for that.</FONT></P>

青衣

一直觉得她美得自然~``