Beijing Capital Airport was opened in 1958 and by now it is the world’s second-busiest behind Atlanta in the US, thus the second Beijing airport has been built in Daxing to take the pressure off the overcrowded existing international terminal in southern Beijing. The new Daxing International Airport is situated 46km south of the city centre in the historically backward […]
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Chinese Wedding Photos in the 1900s It was a time when China was still under Manchu’s rule and the traditional Chinese culture, including costumes, were forcibly replaced by Manchu style. By then taking a wedding photo was not an essential part of the wedding process. A wedding photo of a court official and his wife Chinese Wedding Photos in the […]
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Ancient water town Qiandeng (千灯) is located in Suzhou’s Kunshan, where Kunqu, the mother of all Chinese operas, was originated. The waterfront of most Chinese towns are traditionally allocated as public space. In Qiandeng, an eleborated pavilion was also erected in the form of a boat, which can be used for Kungqu opera performance. The main shopping street of Qiandeng […]
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China in the 1950s: Typical Chinese factory workers’ home in big cities. COMMENTS FROM MINDS Eric Nice table All Things Chinese That is called Eight Immortals’ Table. Eric I knew I liked it, now I know why. China in the 1960s: Typical Chinese factory workers’ home in big cities. COMMENTS FROM TWITTER ρнιℓιρ мαк Without that picture and fake windows, […]
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The Climbers is a 2019 Chinese blockbuster adventure film based on the real-life events happened in the mid last century. The film is produced by Shanghai Film Group Corp, starring Wu Jing, the guy who played a pivotal role in securing the success of China’s first sci-fi movie The Wandering Earth. An awesome and hellish looking Mount Everest Mount Everest is […]
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Shanghai in 1955, an ordinary docker’s home. Shanghai in 1956, factory workers practising dragon dance. Shanghai in 1956, two ladies in makeup and Shanghai-style fashion gown. Shanghai in 1956, mothers and their kids looking themselves in distorting mirrors at The Great World, the biggest indoor entertainment venue in China. Shanghai in 1958, a shop selling table lamp & hanging lantern […]
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Hong Kong’s Problem with It’s Educational System Hong Kong’s educational and legal systems are in a big mess and the students are free to publically show Nazi salute. The guy in the right is the president of the student union at Hong Kong University. Hong Kong’s Problem with Its Legal System As Hong Kong‘s legal system is based on Common […]
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A Hong Kong funeral in the early 20th century British Hong Kong police and onlookers The funeral band, with the loud and howling suona horns being the central musical instruments. In a typical traditional Chinese funeral, Buddhist monks and/or Taoists played a vital role in assisting the deceased to choose the best available new form of existence. Funeral floats with prominent figures […]
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Hong Kong, a Chinese port city initially part of Guangdong Province, was lent to Britain as its colony by a non-Chinese regime (Manchus’ Qing Dynasty) for 99 years. After more than a century, the city eventually returned to China in 1997. 1894, a Hong Kong street after a plague. Over 2,000 people died and one-third of residents fled Hong Kong. […]
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Mt Hua in Shaanxi Province is one of the five great mountains of China, which situate in five strategic locations, considered as five pillars holding up the sky for the earth. Mt. Hua, the Most Perilous Mountain in China Mt. Hua is formed with rocky hills, so the most Daoist temples are built either on the cliff faces or on […]
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A quotation from Mencius Laws without compassion cannot build a good society; compassion without laws cannot make a good government. In other words, laws without compassion will not unite people; compassion without laws can lead to injustice. A Quotation from The Book of Rites The Book of Rites (礼记), compiled since the Warring States era 2,500 years ago, is a collection […]
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Wu Song, one of the 36 major characters in classical Chinese novel Water Margin, was an accomplished kung fu man and the memory of his legendary exploit was known by everyone in Sunny Valley County. It is said that he was once confronted by a tiger, a man-eating beast who turned Sunny View Mountain into its colony for at least 100 […]
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