Tak tak tak tak tak tak tak…. The sound was rhythmic and steady as if following a beat. It grew more and more pleasant to my ears as Fang Od continued tapping the bamboo where the thorn penetrating my skin was attached. It maintained my focus to the pain as I watched blood spurt out [...]
Art and Music
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It’s A Qing Dynasty Fresco Not A Coloring Book! Another Botched Restoration
Not everything should get a fresh coat of paint (ancient frescoes included).
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Therapeutic Tattoos In China: An Ancient Tradition In Modern Times
I was walking through an uber-modern part of a uber-modern city and saw something truly ancient.
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The Film and the Reality: Inside Hong Kong’s Chungking Mansions
Beyond the film and the notoriety of Hong Kong’s Chungking Mansions is a reality fueled by curry, cell phones, immigrants, backpackers, and, yes, kung fu.
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The Fall Of The Hong Kong Lunch Singer
As Hong Kong’s economy rises, many of it’s old traditions are fading away. Lunch singing, a type of lounge act that is performed in eateries, is one such tradition that’s on the verge of disappearing for good.
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Traditional Chinese Music: Old Songs From Old Times
I heard the squeaking of a Chinese fiddle and the screeching of a female Chinese voice as I walked through the streets of an old neighborhood in Taizhou. Though people have been living here for millenia, this community just had its hundred year anniversary. The houses were arranged in hutong style and everything was constructed [...]
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The Traveling Chinese Opera
I was lured in by the music, by the singing, the thumping of wooden blocks, the plucking of strings, and the striking of gongs. It was the traveling Chinese opera.
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Traditional Chinese Musical Instruments Used in Religious Ceremonies
Examples of traditional Chinese instruments that are used during religious ceremonies and celebrations.
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Russian Magazine Says It’s Going to Publish a “Good” Prophet Muhammad Comic
A Russian magazine says they’re going to publish a culturally sensitive comic about Muhammad. We’ll see how well this goes over.
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Meerschaum Pipe Carving: Another Art Fading into History
Cardboard box sat upon cardboard box in stacks that rose up from the floor to nearly the ceiling of a meerschaum pipe workshop in Eskisehir, Turkey. They had been sitting there for what may as well have been ages, the workshop was nearly devoid of artisans, and I was informed sadly that because of the [...]
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