Chinese Culture (General)
Chinese Culture (General)
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Dear cecil, I read somewhere that chinese people do not keep a azalea plant or fig plant in their homes since they consider them yin plants. Is this true. Thanks.
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1. Find out more about the Nanking 1937 to 1938:- Unlike the holocaust in Europe of the Jews, few people have heard of the Nanking Masscare. Nanking then was the capital of China and within a short span of 6 weeks, 300,000 Chinese were slaughtered in sadistic ways. Click this link to find out more:- http://www.nanking.org/ Click this link for :- Another good starting point Some of the above links contains gruesome pictures of rapes, beheading etc... not for the faint hearted. For example, this gruesome picture shows a picture of a mutliated lady. Others were roasted, nailed to the wall etc.. Click here for picture of:- Mutliated lady who was tortured and raped. Clic…
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Article on how sharksfin was removed from the menu of Thai Airlines: 1. Part 1: The story 2. Part 2: Picture and comments 3. Part 3: Final part of the article.
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Para 8. in the attachment tells of who inhabits China:)
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Happy Winter Solstice.. everyone is considered a year older...
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Imagine, understand not only Feng Shui but learn Chinese characters!
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Take a look at this unique architectural marvel. It was built during the Northern Wei Dynasty, some 1,400 years ago.
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Today, this simple gesture of a white flag and oil lamp is to signal the dead or lead the way to the funeral wake. In the past, these white flags were placed as markers to guide the recent deceased and an oil lamp lit up at the end-point.
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Please read attached article.
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Traditional Chinese Festivals are all based on dates of the Lunar Calendar. Similarly, Chinese birthdays are also based on the Lunar Calendar dates. At Geomancy.net, we believe in continuing this tradition by doing all analysis based on the Lunar Calendar System and not the Hsia or Xia Li Calendar. I call the Hsia calendar, a calendar of convenience. (Although, some references are made during computation i.e. the season on the Hsia calendar). Ultimately, the Lunar calendar method is fully used to convert one's Year, Month, Day and Time of birth to the Lunar calendar. The main flaw of the Hsia calendar system (or Hong Kong method) is that it is unable to detect a `blind'…
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Mee Suah Flour Vermicelli offerings to God’s why? Unbroken lengths of noodles implies longevity. Thus even on one’s birthday celebrations; uncut noodles are served to signify longevity.
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This day is also Chinese Valentine’s Day?? (Origin is from Malaysia, Penang)
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Phoh Teck Siang Tng Temple also the Blue Cross Charitable Institution at 106 Pasir Panjang Road
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Phoh Teck Siang Tng Temple At 106 Pasir Panjang Road. Also the Blue Cross Charitable Institution. Strange to find a variant of the Knight’s Templar emblem on it’s wrought iron gate. No wonder... it is called the Blue Cross Usually a "pure temple" uses the Swastica Buddhist symbol is used, instead. This temple was built around the early 1990’s thus is considered pretty new. The 1995 streetmap of The temple:
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Hi Master, I’ve a few burning questions. I’m collecting keys on 27 April 2020. Does that consider moving in? 28 April 2020 seems to clash with Goat, my partner is goat, can he enter the apartment on 28 April 2020. 29 April 2020 seems to be the best day of moving, can I shift non-personal stuff on 27 and 28 April and leave it at the courtyard? We are buying a new altar for Guan Yin, which item should I shift over first to set up? Am I allowed to remove her lights and etc while Guan Yin is around? I told the company to deliver the altar on 28 April 2020. How to I know how to calculate the auspicious time to move Guan Yin…
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Young & moist water bamboo shoots from Taiwan These are a “cheap” delicacy popular with elderly Hokkiens. The outer covering are discarded and sliced ... Older generation Hokkiens call this “ Kar POH Soon”
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Some of the many CNY 2019 greeting cards
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God of Wealth and the 12 Chinese zodiac animals...
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Some Fa Gaos combined either with a fake gold ingot or a pink apricot: There are no white Fa Gaos as white symbolises “death”. By the way these are CREAM ones with four red dots .... acceptable : Pink apricot = Shou represents longevity:
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Hi Shi Fu. I'm interested in this property. I'm standing inside on the second floor. The roof from opposite building is shooting to the car garage or property building. Is there any cure, or should I go and shop for other property. Also there is a utility pole in the picture. Please help. Thank you Vic
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Symbolism of Sailing Ships. Sailing ships are quite popular with some. Similiar Period ships but with varying movements of ships captured in these paintings..
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Major Chinese Festivals All Major & Minor Chinese Festivals are based on the Lunar or Moon Calendar System. The most significant days are always the 1st & 15th lunar days of any month = days of Full Moon. One of the most popular gods in many Chinese homes is the Goddess of Mercy. And offerings often coincide with the above days of Full Moon. Compiled by Master Cecil Lee, Copyright (C), Geomancy.net, January 2000 Chinese history is over 5,000 years old. This page is specially created for Overseas Chinese and anyone interested in understanding the roots. Dates are also provided for major Chinese festivals (see below). …
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Flying Star Feng Shui has it's origin from this festival.. believe it or not.. In addition, Chinese sword fighting formations are also associated to these 9 stars: "The Big Dipper formation ++" Taoist Nine Emperor Gods Festival (Kee Ong Yah festival) or Nine deities star gods festival This Taoist celebration always starts on the eve of the 9th Chinese Lunar month. This celebrations are generally localised to South-east Asian countries with their ethnic Chinese population. In general, the nine emperors (deities) consists of 9 stars: 1. The Big Dipper has seven stars. And each of these stars …
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This 3D Buddha painting was popular in the year 2002.
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The marriage of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) & Sports Science = Total Wellness Management
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