The Golden Rooster Awards (Traditional Chinese: 金雞獎; Simplified Chinese: 金鸡奖; pinyin: Jīn Jī Jiăng) are the most prestigious awards in film given in China. The awards are given annually, beginning in 1981, a Year of the Chicken. Award recipients receive a statuette in the shape of a golden rooster, and are selected by a jury of film makers, film experts, and film historians. The awards are given by the China Film Association. Traditional Chinese characters are one of two standard character sets. ... Simplified Chinese characters (Simplified Chinese: 简体字; Traditional Chinese: 簡體字; pinyin: jiÇŽntǐzì; also Simplified Chinese: 简化字; Traditional Chinese: 簡化字; pinyin: jiÇŽnhuàzì) are one of two standard character sets of printed contemporary Chinese written language. ... Pinyin is a system of romanization (phonemic notation and transcription to Roman script) for Standard Mandarin, where pin means spell(ing) and yin means sound(s)). This article describes the most common variant called Hanyu Pinyin (Simplified Chinese: 汉语拼音; Traditional Chinese: 漢語拼音; pinyin: HànyÇ” PÄ«nyÄ«n), also known as scheme... Film refers to the celluloid media on which movies are printed. ... The Chicken (鸡 jÄ«, also known in the West as the Cock or the Rooster) is one of the 12-year cycle of animals which appear in the Chinese zodiac related to the Chinese calendar. ...

Award categories

Award categories include:

• Best Picture
• Best TV Film
• Best Documentary
• Best Animation
• Best Director
• Best Directorial Début
• Best Actor
• Best Actress
• Best Supporting Actor
• Best Supporting Actress
• Best Screenwriter
• Best Cinematographer
• Best Sound
• Best Art Director
• Best Score

External links

• Article about Golden Rooster Awards and list of past award winners at China.com.cn (article in Traditional Chinese)
• IMDB Summary for the Golden Rooster Awards