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Life in #China – Happy Dragon Boat Festival!

Happy Dragon Boat Festival! Today in #China we are celebrating the Duanwu #端午 festival! It’s been a Holiday here for more than 2000 years!

It celebrates the Famous #poet #quyuan. Devoted to #China 🇨🇳, he wrote beautiful poems about its history, nature, and people. When the invading Qin armies approached, he chose to drown himself rather than see his beloved country fall. Although they sent out many #dragon boats to look for him, they could not save him in time.
So to commemorate his memory, every year they eat #粽子 (aka Zongzi), a sticky #rice #treat wrapped in banana leaves. And the big cities send out Dragon #boats for big battles and races on the lakes and rivers! Cool!

Tags: Banana leaves, Chinese, chinese food, Sicky Rice, Tourism, Treat, zong zi, Zongzi

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Categories Art, Asia, China, China, History, Photography, Travel

#Foodie! Stewed Iron Eggs

29 May

Stewed Iron Eggs – everypne’s favorite food! It even comes #SPICED! As my ESL students say – ‘have a try!’

Notice the star #anise on the picture (tastes like licorice – often poisonous here in #China since the legit anise stars go to theraflu factories). Can only imagine that added to stewed egg flavor!

Tags: Cooking, Eggs, Life Abroad

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Categories Asia, China, Cooking, Humor, Life, Travel, Treats

Life in #China – #WeChat

28 May

Tags: App, computer, Phone, phoneapp, Social Media, tech, Technology, WeChat, weixin

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Categories Asia, China, Computer Issues, Travel, WeChat

#Tigger is here

27 May

Holy tigger, I love this – Our university art students are encouraged to paint the man holes aroind campus as projects. This one showed up today! ❤

Tags: animal, artist, Asia, graffiti, painting, Street

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Categories Art, Asia, China, Travel

Don’t #Fence Me In!

25 May

Chinese historical sites (and some city buildings) here in Henan have a tendency to have these sharp warnings NOT to climb the walls. Given how much looting and destruction they’ve faced with their heritage in the past, it is a pointed (pun intended) reminder that history is to be protected, not stolen or broken. Also – avoid the Baiju (China’s alcoholic beverage which is as much as 70% alcohol). Getting drunk on that and stupidly climbing the fence is a REALLY BAD idea here!

Tags: Asia, Broken Bottles, China, Concrete Wall, Fence, Glass Art, Glass Bottles, heritage, Safety, Travel, wall, Warning

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Categories Art, Asia, China, Life, Photography, Travel

#Shaolin Temple’s #Kungfu Monks

21 May

Henan is home to the Shaolin Temple – made famous in Jackie Chan’s films and the center of Chinese Kungfu or “Wushu.” The monks did a performance for the Henan Tourism Festival!

Tags: Culture, Henan, Life Abroad, Life in Asia, Life in China, Living in China, Martial Arts Performance, Real Shaolin Monks, Shaolin Temple, Travel

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Categories Art, Asia, China, Life, Travel

Life in #China – #Buddhist Grottos

19 May

Gongyi Grottos – one of 4 Famous grottos in China. These are places where loyal monks have carefully carved out thousand and millions of #buddhas and religious statues into the walls of nearby caves over CENTURIES! Unfortunately, many of the ones in Henan were destroyed during the Cultural Revolution or were defaced by the Western militaries During the wars with China. Still an amazing, awe-inspiring sight! Well worth the trip! Thanks to the Henan Provincial Tourism Bureau for sponsoring our trip today – it was lovely!

Tags: Chinese Heritage, ESL, Gongyi, Henan, Life in China, Live abroad, Tourism, Travel

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Categories Art, Asia, China, Travel

#Fashion Baby!

14 May

You know, it says #rainbow but for some strange reason I’m seeing #cow . . . . On a t-shirt for #girls Hmmmm 😂 Life in #China means living with random #words on your #clothes 😜