Qing Legacy

[bananaseven]

How it feels when white people shame your culture’s food — then make it trendy

My family's food went from 'Chinese grossness' to America's 'hottest food trend.'

I can totally relate to this. Growing up a good portion in the South during my early teen years, eating rice was “gross.” Eating fish, was also considered gross. Anything odd my mother would offer, my friends would spit out once she turned away. Taunting on the school buses about smelling different, or eating sea weed.

As a result, I became a hyper-sensitive foodie who felt the need to blow heads of picky eaters.

[tokyoki]

P7120095 by slipper55

[visionsandvistas]

Kyoto Nights - Yasaka Shrine

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[eight-immortals]

How to make Chinese Bread Buns / Mantou 馒头 [x]

[amanda-fior]

I don’t get the point of reincarnation if you can’t even remember your past life. Like, oh I’m a bug, I guess I did something really shitty in my past life. I don’t remember what it was though so I guess I can’t really learn from my mistake or atone for it. All I can do now is - ohhhh a bight light!

Ah sweet, I’m a human in this life. But I’m really poor and will probably die from some easily treatable disease because all of the rich people are too busy dealing with their obesity problems to care about me. 

And how are YOU reincarnated when whatever you are (be it human or another animal) comes from the genetics of your parents. If you can’t remember your past life/lives then it doesn’t impact on your personality. Even if your soul is put into a new being, what is the difference between a new soul and an old soul with no memories or concept of their past?

[qinglegacy-blog]

There’s a few things here... You’ll always be human. People don’t incarnate into anything other than human people. For all intents and purposes, we’re nothing more than high energy beings that have descended through another dimension to occupy a human vehicle. When our bodies are developing before we are born, we make an imprint on them with our personal energy signature. That signature is unique to us as it’s a representation of who we are. We are one continuous soul. We are still the same while just change our exterior.  There are many reasons why you don’t remember past lives. And a majority of those are to help clear the slate and allow us to live each life on it’s own while contributing to our overall spiritual growth. Here’s an example of how that works. Say someone murdered you in a past life and you know who they are in this life. Would you attempt to murder them in return? Should they go to jail forever in each of their successive lives? All of our lives are based on choices. When we die, we have the opportunity to reflect on our previous life and choose a new beginning with our next.  These are all good questions and I’d invite you to join up here at the link below to discuss reincarnation if you like. It’s an excellent place to learn and it’s well moderated.  http://www.reincarnationforum.com/

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[firsttimeuser]

“Sing-Song” girls in training at a tea-house, China, 1930s by Ellen Thorbecke

[plantsandthecity]

LIFE II

[chinadigitaltimes]

Dancers and soldiers parading in Lhasa marked the 50th anniversary of the Tibet Autonomous Region, founded on September 1, 1965. Although 142 Tibetans have self-immolated since 2009 to protest China’s rule, Xinhua reports that Tibet is enjoying a “golden era” of happiness and prosperity. Read on.

Photo of the Day: Sakya, Lhasa, Tibet by Alex Keshavjee (CC BY-NC 2.0)

[adore-hong-kong]

Photograph by loulouspen

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Photograph by emiliaingman

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[archaeologicalnews]

17th-century Chinese coin found in Yukon on display

A 17th-century Chinese coin found during an archaeological dig in Yukon is on display in Whitehorse.

In 2011, archaeologists found the coin on Kwanlin Dun First Nation land northwest of Carmacks. At the time, it was the third coin of its kind found in the territory, and the second one found on Kwanlin Dun land.

The coin was estimated to have been minted between 1667 and 1671.

Sean Smith, a Kwanlin Dun councillor, says the find is evidence of the First Nation’s contact with the Chinese market via Russian and coastal Tlingit traders.

“The significance is also … the history of my people being in this area, to hunt to live, to fish, to trade with other people and to develop relationships with other people that were coming in and out of this land.”

Archaeologists also found microblades, bone tools, and other artifacts dating back 8,000 years at the same site where the coin was found.

All of that material will be on exhibit at Kwanlin Dun Cultural Centre in Whitehorse until Sept. 15. (source)

[offbeatchina-blog]

Where the Great Wall of China ends

[adore-hong-kong]

Photograph by pnthuytien

[fuckyeahchinesemyths]

Off The Great Wall takes us through ancient Chinese fashion in this video. 

Awesome