Treat guests to dinner with culture

The article in "Using Culture to Treat Guests to Dinner" was written by Frank Li Ruifen (Frank), who began writing in the supplement column "Quality Chaos" of "Macau Daily News" shortly after returning to Macau from France. The column began in 1994 and was jointly responsible for five authors, each of whom wrote one article per week for nearly ten years. This book is the second collection of these articles.

The articles in this book were selected by the editor. There are seventy-two articles in total, all of which were articles written by Frank in his column before the return to China.

The content focuses on the main aspect of Frank's personal life: the development of culture and art here. No matter whether it is a pen, a camera or any other tool in his hand, this is always the aspect that he cares about, constantly observing, thinking, and implementing his ideas, constantly resorting to words and actions.

Some of the articles selected this time are some of the more attention-grabbing cultural events in Macau before the handover. Frank may be the initiator, or participate in them, or play the drums to reconcile them. No matter which role he plays, he expresses his views in a frank and straightforward manner. Discussing things, and even confronting power. This kind of cultural discussion and political intensity is actually a common and natural thing. It is one of the social functions of the cultural people of that era, but it seems to have arisen in a place where nothing seems to happen. A wildfire.

Macao did have a unique cultural atmosphere before the handover. Under the normal situation of "treating guests with culture", the cultural trends of the Chinese and Portuguese people, as well as the flow of energy at that time, some scenes may no longer be seen today. But even if it is no longer, words can still convey energy, allowing us to look back, reflect and face it today.

No matter which city he was in, he was always talking about that city.