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If you're racist, sexist, ableist, homo- or transphobic or any other kind of asshole you are not welcome her.
If not: ALWAYS feel encouraged to chat with me or rant about whatever character or series you're currently obsessed with - there is a good chance I've just been waiting for an opportunity to have someone to talk about it with! 𓆉
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Being COVID conscious in 2026 is like what if you took personal protective measures to keep yourself out of the urgent care and then people in public fake-coughed near you or looked at you like you’ve committed an atrocity or wouldn’t talk to you in professional settings
we already know covid affects the brain but i really want to see more studies on how/if it impacts risk assessment/ empathy in some way bcs like if you read just some of the studies i read and then are still of the same opinion, deciding not to wear a mask etc at least we can talk about it but the complete avoidance? the thousand-yard-stare and the way the eyes glass over when i mention it? quickly scrolling past any post that could lead you to make an informed decision for your health and the well-being of other people? or alternatively, the anger and frustration that are completely directed in the wrong direction? it's so scary.
I feel so insane about ai. I've had face-to-face conversations with people who use it for therapy, who use it to calculate the safety of pill interactions, who use it for all their emails and grant applications and legal documents and academic papers and finance sheets and for every single question they have about the world, and if you tell them about the ecological costs they just laugh and say "I guess I've used a lot of water." and I've been in multiple gatherings of 10+ people where I'm THE ONLY PERSON who doesn't use chatgpt. it's turning me into a ranting raving pariah, because how don't you people see??? why don't you understand??????? this bullshit didn't exist five years ago, you absolutely do not need it, and it is destroying everything
打鐵花 (da2tie3hua1; struck iron fireworks) is a traditional folk firework that began in Henan and Shanxi, first arising in Queshan county, Henan and later circulating through the whole country. It had first appeared during the Northern Song dynasty, and was most popular during the Ming and Qing dynasties.
For Queshan struck iron fireworks, a two-layer pergola is built and covered with willow branches for performances, under which the molten iron is struck up with two willow sticks to create a rain of fire.
[eng by me + edited an ad out]
(On top of the information in the video, I have some more about its recent history under the cut.)
*Also, a note about one of the subtitles: I realized later that "going into battle without a shield" actually just meant going shirtless. I was only confused about this phrasing while translating because she didn't go shirtless, although that is for obvious reasons
Queshan struck iron fireworks had almost been lost before Yang Jianjun unearthed it again in 1988. It had almost died out in the early years of the Republic of China being established, after which there had only been three performances until 1988: 1952, 1956, 1962. Yang Jianjun had seen the 1956 performance as a 7-8 year old and later on as the director of a cultural centre, began digging up the skill and its history. In the process, he became an apprentice to Li Wanfa, who had been the last head of the Queshan Struck Iron Fireworks Society. He practised with sand and water, learning of its historical origin, its ancestral inheritors, craftsmanship and performance arts, but didn't touch the real thing until 1988. Through Yang Jianjun's efforts and investment, the first struck iron fireworks performance in more than 25 years took place in Nanshan Square (then a deserted area) in Queshan county.
Queshan struck iron fireworks are different from other struck iron fireworks in that it requires a wide area to perform, whereas others only needed a wall or could be hit straight up into the air, and it costed much more money to set up.
The names of inheritors are difficult to trace, and can only be traced back to the Qing dynasty during the Qian long period, making Yang Jianjun a sixth-generation inheritor, and Jiang Xunqian (OP) the first woman and a seventh-generation inheritor.
Ever since two years ago when I saw the stunning iron fireworks, the notion of striking iron fireworks has always lingered in my mind, but I never made a firm resolution, scared that after an accident, I wouldn't have to ability to bear it. After communicating with Teacher Yang Jianjun's iron fireworks team, they never had much confidence that I could strike them successfully. Teacher said in the past thousand years, struck iron fireworks had only been passed down to men, never women, and he had never taken in a female disciple.
After seeing myself, he thought it was even less possible, and the kindhearted Teacher Yang was particularly afraid of the iron fireworks injuring me. The shixiong* in the iron fireworks team also particularly looked after me, and attentively instructed me how to strike so that the large chunks of molten iron wouldn't splash on my body. My camera operator was completely equipped with 1500 degree fire resistant protective clothing, and we had even searched up the closest hospital's address before starting. Under the pergola we prayed for Taishang Laojun** and grandpa to bless and protect me hahaha
The good thing is all of it went very smoothly, although my clothes now have a lot of holes in them, I have some small burns, and some of my hair was also burnt off, but all of this was worth it. I've finally become the first female disciple in the past thousand years, and a seventh generation inheritor of Queshan struck iron fireworks! I hope everyone who sees this video can be courageous, and I hope the iron fireworks blesses and protects everyone to be safe, sound, happy, and for all things to go smoothly!
*师兄 - older martial brother, used for men older than yourself who learned under the same teacher
**太上老君 - lit. The Supreme Lord Lao, one of the main gods of Daoism and the reincarnation of the philosopher Laozi
On Bilibili, OP expands on the significance of the pergola design:
Let me explain to everyone the pergola of the "National Level Cultural Heritage Queshan Struck Iron Fireworks".
The Supreme Ultimate: The whole pergola.
Yin and yang: The upper and lower layers.
The Three Powers: The two layers of the pergola plus the pole going through the centre. The three spaces are a total of 15 metres tall, containing the meaning of "Heaven, Earth, Humans". This type of expression can also be found in "Mawangdui Han Tombs No. 1 Silk Painting" (马王堆一号汉墓帛画)
The four constellation groups: The four directions.
The five elements: East is wood, south is fire, west is metal, north is water, and the centre is earth. At each of the five directions, five flags of green, red, white, black, and yellow are inserted to represent the five elements.
The eight trigrams: The pergola is separated into the upper and lower floors, and the two sets of four corners are staggered to create eight corners, the same shape as an eight trigram compass.
There are three dos and three don'ts for iron fireworks. Don't strike during bad harvest years, don't strike during national mourning, don't strike during war. [T/N: The three "dos" are do strike during good harvest years, do strike during happy occasions, do strike during prospering years.] In the recent past, natural calamities and man-made disasters have extended into several decades, and the chaos of war continuing year after year. The Daoists had passed away, and no one could build a pergola anymore.
The style of the pergola you see now is because of Teacher Yang Jianjun spending more than ten years doing textual research from all sides and reviving it from that.
[translated by me]
Pictures of the comments and a picture OP included with her comment under cut:
i’m so tired of the way people judge masking 💔 like oh boo hoo people don’t want to get sick??? or get others sick?? if that one dude three years ago had worn a mask or just stayed home when he was sick i would most likely be at university right now, but instead im stuck in my bed for the third year in a row watching perfectly healthy people mock people who wear masks 😐
please mask if you’re sick, guys. it could be the thing that prevents someone around you from becoming disabled for life. or if you generally mask in public, that could prevent YOU from becoming disabled for life. at the very least, you’ll get sick less often and also show that you are a safe person for those with disabilities
i don’t care if people think it’s virtue signalling, the intention behind it doesn’t really matter when it can make such a big difference
Everyone being sick for two months during the winter is not normal. It's never been normal. Mass illness is not normal. Mass illness can be curbed. Clean the air. Wear a mask. Stay home if you can. Do it remote if you can. Take tests when sick. Stay home when sick. Mask up if you can't. It's simple. It's like 5 things. We just have to do them.
i want to try my new perfume (bought a discovery set) but last week i went out to try two perfumes that i heard about to see how i liked them on me, and soon after i tried it i put on my wintercoat again which now smells like that perfume and everytime i wear it i accidentally reapply it
the perfume i ordered is supposed to come today, so far it didnt but the website hasn't updated their estimated arrival. butt then again they still have 3 minutes so maybe i shouldn't doubt
i want to pay more attention when it comes to getting enough nutrients from my food so i thought let's start with documenting what i normally eat! today i had: one glass of milk (cow), two clementines, a stracciatella yoghurt (might still eat the second one later today), some vegetarian sausages, one bag of chips, a small wakame salad, some nuts, four vegan dumplings (cold, from the supermarket), one litre of oat milk
the perfume i ordered is supposed to come today, so far it didnt but the website hasn't updated their estimated arrival. butt then again they still have 3 minutes so maybe i shouldn't doubt
every time someone tells me covid precautions 'aren't practical' I think of what we are doing to these poor kids.
What are we doing to the next generation of children when we fail to prevent airborne SARS-CoV-2 infection and ignore the long term effects
"This study reports that in utero SARS-CoV-2 viral exposure was associated with decreased cognitive skills in toddlers at age 2, and this association was mediated by cortical gray matter volumes in the newborn brain. In addition, toddler cognitive scores further mediated an increase in toddler internalizing behaviors. These findings highlight the need for ongoing assessments for children born during the COVID-era."
wear a mask. children's futures are at risk.
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