Exploring Wuwei City in Gansu Province
Day 2. Still in Wuwei. Today is a prep day for us to do whatever we need before our real journey begins. Also visited some landmarks in this city: Leitai Park, Confucian Temple, and the Liangzhou City Gate. Max created mudguards using clipboards because tomorrow might rain.
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Leitai Tomb of Han Dynasty, Wuwei, China 2E875085 3DF1 493F A281 10CDDBFEADB9
Leitai Tomb is a national key cultural relics protection units, located in Leitai Park, Wuwei City. It was discovered by local famers under an old locust tree in 1969. It is famous for the Bronze Horse unearthed in the tomb which is a cultural treasure and also the tourism logo of China. Leitai is a place of ancient ritual. As there is a Leizhu Temple built on the platform about 10 m high, hence the name.
With four side-rooms on the four sides of the main chamber, the tomb has an inner passage of 19.34 meters. From the whole tomb, 231 cultural relics made of gold, silver, copper, iron, jade, animal bone, stone and porcelain as well as 99 bronze chariots, horses and warriors. Among all of these unearthed treasures, it is the bronze galloping horse that is of artistic value most. This horse has a height of 34.5 cm, a length of 45 cm and a weight of 17.5 kilometers, appearing to be galloping with its three legs off the earth and its head holding high. The exquisite casting skill is so astonishing that it is considered as the crown of ancient bronzes, and the original is now well collected in the Gansu Museum.
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Impossible Humans: Wu Wei Tour - Teaser 0
A multi-sensory experience of contemporary photography and cinematic music in the name of Mobile Art.
A visionary performance of Mobile Art realized with a mapping projection on 11 mega screens where the imaginative world of the artists from the New Era Museum meets Pollock Project’s cinematic music.
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Live: Fiftieth anniversary of Bronze Galloping Horse unearthing纪念国宝“马踏飞燕”出土50周年
In September 1969, an ancient Chinese sculpture, the Bronze Galloping Horse, was discovered in the Leitai Tomb of the Eastern Han Dynasty (25-220) in Wuwei County, northwest China's Gansu Province. The sculpture, also known as the Galloping Horse Treading on a Flying Swallow, is a perfectly balanced masterpiece created roughly 2,000 years ago. This August, Wuwei County holds a series of events in commemoration of this exciting discovery.
The Eccentric Taoist Deity Zhang Guolao
He was a Taoist who lived during the Tang Dynasty. Zhang Guolao—also known as Elder Zhang Guo—is perhaps one of the most eccentric of the Taoist eight immortals.
Zhang is often portrayed as an old man with a long white beard, riding on his white donkey, seated facing backward. Some have stated that Zhang rode the donkey sitting backward because he discovered that going forward is moving backward.
Zhang noticed that human society had regressed from the divine principles of heaven and becoming more corrupt. Yet ordinary people saw this as progress. So he decided to sit backward on his donkey.
One story has it that Zhang could ride on his donkey for up to 1,000 miles a day. He could shrink his donkey paper-thin, fold, and tuck it away in a box. And when he needed the donkey, he spat on it, and the donkey would regain its normal size.
As the oldest of the eight immortals, it was believed that Zhang was born during the Yao era, making him more than 3,000 years old.
According to The book of Tang Dynasty, Zhang was a real person who lived in Zhongtiao Mountains in the south of China's Shanxi Province.
Several emperors tried to persuade Zhang to serve them and share his secrets of immortality. Emperor Tang Gaozhong invited Zhang repeatedly. Zhang declined each time.
Empress Wu Zetian also tried to invite Zhang. When her imperial messengers arrived at Zhang's home, they found his dead body decaying and covered with maggots. After the envoys left, Zhang got up and walked away.
Later the Tang Emperor Xuanzong asked Zhang to be his adviser. Again Zhang declined. The emperor then asked Zhang, You have already attained the Tao, but why do you look so old, with so little hair and few teeth?
Zhang replied: To get this old, I don't have any method to follow, so I have turned out to look like this. It's embarrassing. But if I pull out my few white hairs and break my teeth, can't I get new ones? He then pulled all his hair out and knocked out his teeth. But shortly afterwards, Zhang appeared completely transformed, with black hair and new white teeth. Everyone at the palace begged him to reveal his secret. But Zhang declined and disappeared again.
Another emperor implored Zhang to visit the palace, with the promise that Zhang would not be pressured into service. Zhang went to the palace, entertained the emperor with his supernatural abilities, and never revealed his secrets. The emperor then asked the court magician, who said, I dare not disclose Zhang's identity, for if I do, I will die. The magician continued: If anything happens to me, after I tell you who Zhang really is, you must take off your crown, your shoes, and ask for forgiveness. The emperor agreed and the magician dropped dead, as soon he said Zhang was a white bat spirit.
The emperor indeed removed his crown, took off his shoes, and knelt down to ask for forgiveness. Zhang appeared and said: This man knew the consequences, if he revealed the secrets of heaven. The emperor replied, It was my fault he died. Let me take the punishment. Seeing the integrity of the emperor, Zhang revived the magician.
After Zhang passed away, his disciples found his tomb empty when they opened it. Emperor Tang Xuanzong ordered a shrine built on Heng Chou Mountains to honor the Taoist immortal.
It's believed that Zhang wrote a treatise on astrology—a system of heavenly divination that's still used by Chinese today.
China rolls out first 5G checkpoint at border with DPRK
China's first 5G border checkpoint has been established in the northeastern province of Jilin to help border patrol keep things in check. China and the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) share a lengthy border of more than 1,400 kilometers, featuring rivers and mountains.
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Ted Slingerland: Trying Not to Try | Talks at Google
This is the third in a series of Talks at Google by current and former fellows of the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences (CASBS) at Stanford University. Previous CASBS speakers appearing in the Talks at Google program include Rose McDermott and Eric Klinenberg. Learn more about CASBS at and follow @CASBSStanford.
Edward Slingerland was a 2015-16 CASBS fellow. He is professor of Asian studies and Canada Research Chair in Chinese Thought and Embodied Cognition at the University of British Columbia (UBC), where he also holds adjunct appointments in philosophy and psychology. In February 2017 he was named a UBC Distinguished University Scholar, recognizing distinction in research, teaching, and learning.
Slingerland’s talk is on “Creativity, Trust and the Paradox of Spontaneity,” which draws significantly from his 2014 book Trying not to Try: Ancient China, Modern Science and the Power of Spontaneity. It was named by The Guardian as a Best Book of 2014 and chosen by Brain Pickings as Best Book on Psychology/Philosophy for that year. His other books include Effortless Action: Wu-wei as Conceptual Metaphor and Spiritual Ideal in Early China (2003), What Science Offers the Humanities: Integrating Body & Culture (2008), and the co-edited volume Creating Consilience: Integrating the Sciences and the Humanities (2011).
With the paradox of wu-wei, Chinese thinkers anticipated aspects of modern neuroscience more than two millennia ago. Slingerland discusses wu-wei’s contemporary relevance to creativity, trust, virtue, and the future of human cooperation. Watch as he walks you through his fascinating, ambitious research about body & mind, science & instinct, and how historical knowledge can benefit our present and future in very practical ways.
Daoism and Art
WCU Center for Contemplative Studies presents the first in our Speaking Series: Daoism and Contemplative Art presented by Joshua Mason:
The Daoist text, Zhuangzi, presents stories of artisans with extraordinary skills. There are textual suggestions that their abilities are rooted in contemplative and meditative practices. In this presentation, we will identify and describe some of these practices and then examinethe claim that they enable new heights of artistry.
Joshua Mason is an Assistant Professor of Asian Philosophy at West Chester University of Pennsylvania. He specializes in Chinese philosophy and ethics, and has professional interests in hermeneutics and political philosophy. In his spare time, he practices martial arts and writes silly poems.
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The Han Empire (206 BC-220 AD) - Documentary
The Han Empire (206 BC-220 AD) - Documentary
The reign of the Han Empire lasted more than 400 years. Many achievements had been made. The most important of all was the annihilation of the Xiongnu, which led to the peaceful development of the Hexi Corridor that made it possible for the establishment of the Silk Road to promote trade and cultural exchanges for centuries.
The Han dynasty and the Xiongnu confederated state were at war from 133 BC to 89 AD. During the reign of Emperor Wu (Liu Che 156 BC – 87 BC) of the Western Han Dynasty, the Xiongnu often intruded into the northern borders of the Han Empire.
Emperor Wu changed from a relatively passive foreign policy to an offensive strategy. In 133 BC, the conflict escalated to a full-scale war when the Xiongnu realized that the Han was about to ambush them at Mayi. The Han court decided to deploy several military expeditions to the regions in the Ordos Loop, Hexi Corridor, and Gobi Desert in a successful attempt to conquer it and expel the Xiongnu. Hereafter, the war progressed further to the many smaller states of the Western Regions. The nature of the battles varied through time with many casualties during the changes of possession or loss of actual control over the western states near the frontier regions. Regional alliances also tended to shift or get broken forcibly depending on the situation as one party gained the upper hand in a certain territory over the other. The Han empire's political influence expanded deep into Central Asia. As the situation deteriorated for the Xiongnu, civil war befell and weakened the confederation. Eventually, the Southern Xiongnu submitted to the Han empire while the Northern Xiongnu continued to resist. Marked by significant events involving the conquests over various smaller states for control and many large-scale battles, the war resulted in the total victory of the Han empire over the Xiongnu state by 89 AD.
In 111 BC, after Xiongnu was repelled by the Han forces, four command posts were established by the imperial court of Han empire in the Hexi Corridor. They were Jiuquan, Zhangyi, Dunhuang, and Wuwei. The administrative and courier systems spread all over the Hexi region. The sphere of influence of the Han Dynasty also expanded to the Western Regions through the Hexi Corridor. Through the introduction of Xuanquanzhi, a posthouse in Dunhuang Command post, Marquis Changluo Chang Hui made outstanding achievements in the Western Regions and the Hexi Corridor and played a significant role in Han’s management of the Western Regions as a strategic area.
Until the collapse of the Yuan Dynasty later, the trade on the Silk Road played a significant role in the development of the civilizations of China, the Indian subcontinent, Persia, Europe, the Horn of Africa and Arabia, opening long-distance political and economic relations between the civilizations for about 1,600 years. . Though silk was the major trade item exported from China, many other goods were traded, and religions, syncretic philosophies, and various technologies also spread along the Silk Road. In addition to economic trade, the Silk Road was a route for cultural exchanges among the civilizations in the area.
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The History of Chinese Philosophy Part 2 - The China History Podcast, Presented by Laszlo Montgomery
In this second helping of Laszlo's overview of the history of Chinese philosophy, exclusive to the China Channel for a week before it goes up at the China History Podcast, the Great Sage himself is the center of focus. Arguably China's most famous citizen of all time, Confucius (and his disciples) created an ideology and political system that had incredible lasting power. Part two examines the stories surrounding Confucius's life growing up and operating in the State of Lu during the last decades of the Spring and Autumn period of the Zhou Dynasty. In addition to the trials and tribulations faced by Master Kong in his day, the basic tenets of Confucianism are introduced
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Taipei has announced it will invest one trillion US dollars
to expand the National Palace Museum.
This plan will increase the exhibition area by five times.
Taiwan stresses its determination
to play a leadership role in Chinese culture.
People commented on-line: Taiwan's Grand Museum Project
is unbearable to the Palace Museum in Beijing.
October 7, Taiwan officially announced the launch of the Grand National Palace Museum Project. This 10-year project has a projected cost of 30 trillion New Taiwan Dollars. The Grand project will increase the exhibition area by 5 times. The expansion will allow display of more than 15,000 articles, instead of 3,000 at the present time.
President Ma Ying-Jeou attended the launch ceremony to announce the 100th year National Birthday of Republic of China Grand National Palace Museum Project. He emphasized that Taiwan will be the leader of Chinese Culture.
Taiwan's Grand Museum Project draws mainlanders' attention. Someone commented on the website by stating, Support it and also hope Beijing Palace Museum will hand over valuable articles to Taipei for protection. Another one commented, Sigh, how unbearable is Taipei's Grand Museum Project to Beijing's Museum!!!
While Taipei launches the Grand National Palace Museum Project, Beijing Palace Museum is facing criticism.
Last week, the mainland media reported that toilet seats outside the Meridian Gate of the Palace Museum charged a service fee of one yuan. Tourists were surprised and questioned, Aren't Beijing's public toilets already free of charge? The Sanitation and Management Bureau of Dongcheng District responded that the Meridian Gate toilets were indeed privately owned and the charge is not illegal.
Someone questioned on-line, Who did the 'transgender' surgery to these public toilets? Another post stated, If toilets by the Palace Museum gate can be built by private investment, can I also build a fee-based toilet by the Museum?
People could not help but compare Taipei's National Palace Museum to Beijing's Palace Museum. Someone commented, I want to visit the National Palace Museum in Taiwan. Do they charge the toilet usage fee? Please, compatriots across the Taiwan Strait, tell me.
There have been a number of scandals coming from the Beijing Palace Museum this year, including easily stolen artifacts, wrongly used characters in display banners, the turning of Jianfu Palace into a private club, private auction of Museum collections, a destroyed china piece from the Song Dynasty, a soaked screen from the Qing Dynasty, 3,000 armors from the Qing Dynasty royal guards were sold at a reduced price by the Museum during the Cultural Revolution, staff embezzlement, and now the toilet issue.
Comparing the two Palace Museums between Taipei and Beijing, no wonder people claimed, Luckily, Mr. Chiang Kai-Shek brought those treasures to Taiwan during 1949. Otherwise, they would have been smashed in the 10 years of Cultural Revolution.
Taiwan has preserved 640,000 artifacts in Taipei National Palace Museum since the 1940's. All of them are still in tact, as opposed to the damage the Cultural Revolution has brought to the Chinese culture and artifacts; there's no comparison between Taiwan and China.
Han Yi Wen Zhi records the words of Confucius: Seek and restore the lost manners from the folks. It means when the ritual is lost, it can be found in places outside of the Central Plains. After the Cultural Revolution, many traditional arts have disappeared or declined in China. However, as reported by the New Epoch Weekly, Hundred years of heritage of Jiannian sculpture transcended by craftsman Ye Jin-Lu and his son, the historical art form, Jiannian, to decorate temples, has disappeared in China and yet has been inherited in Tainan (a city in Taiwan) for over a century.
In addition, Taiwan insists upon the traditional Chinese characters as the official written form, as opposed to the simplified characters used by the mainland Chinese. The five thousand years of Chinese culture has been more completely inherited by the use of traditional Chinese characters.
President Ma Ying-Jeou seems to emphasize Taiwan's claiming of the leadership role in Chinese culture by taking on the Grand National Palace Museum Project. The fact is that Taiwan has retained rich Chinese culture and Taiwan indeed has certain advantages.
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Min/Wu/Xu - “Earth” from Five Elements 名无虚 - 五行. 稼穑
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琵琶，中阮，人声, pipa, ruan and voice
吴巍 Wu Wei
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皮影： 王玉光（北京融皮影工作室), Shadow play: Wang Yuguag (Beijing RONG Shadow Play Studio)
出品：新乐府, Produce: China Music House
总出品人：卢中强, Executive producer: Lu Zhongqiang
总策划：Nola, Promoter: Nola
制作总监/制作人：陈伟伦, Production director / Recording producer:
技术总监/现场导演：王晨雨, Technical director / Executive director: Wang Chenyu
制片：檀颖琳, Production manager: Tan Yinglin
制作统筹：陈超, Production coordinator: Chen Chao
合作单位：, Cooperation partner: Shadow Play Museum of Xi’an
现场拍摄导演：黄天来, Director of photograph: Huang Tianla
录音工程师：王晨雨/吴超雄, Recording engineer: Wang Chenyu / Wu Choxoun
音乐后期制作：陈伟伦/王晨雨, Audio post-production: Chen Weilun / Wang Chenyu
舞美工程：邢海泉,Stage engineering: Xing Haiquan
音响工程：孙勇, Sound engineering: Sun Yong
舞美团队/音响团队：舞台艺术工作组（S.A.G), Stage design /audio production team: Stage Art Group (S.A.G)
拍摄团队/后期剪辑：为何制作, Filming team / editing: For Why
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Best Attractions and Places to See in Turpan, China
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Ancient City of Jiaohe (Yarkhoto)
Turpan Museum
Bezeklik Thousand Buddha Caves
Ancient City of Gaochang (Kharakhoja)
Karez System
Emin Minaret (Su Gong Ta)
Flaming Mountains (Huoyan Shan)
Uygur Ancient Village
Grape Valley
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This Artist Brings Taoist Mythology in New York
The Primordial Molder is an exhibition examining the creation myth of Taoist tradition at the Bronx Museum.The inspiration for the art work is Nüwa, the Snake Goddess who created human beings in Chinese mythology.
china islam mixed with Taoism ! ancestor ceremony !
China islam mixed with Taoism! ancestor ceremony !!
Rabbit Run
ert visual & physical inc's giant Rabbit puppet for Sydney City's 2011 Chinese New Year Parade.
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