por pedroceinos | Ago 2, 2025 | travel
The truth about the Great Wall The truth about the Great Wall What would later come to be known as the Great Wall formed as a response to increased Mongol raiding after Esen was killed in 1455. Having failed to capitalize on the capture of Zhengtong, Esen lost the...
por pedroceinos | Jun 14, 2025 | travel
Buddhist Immersion from Shanghai: No Need to Board a Plane—Paradise Is Right at Your Doorstep Buddhist Immersion from Shanghai: No Need to Board a Plane—Paradise Is Right at Your Doorstep Residents of Shanghai eager to learn more about Buddhist art and history often...
por pedroceinos | Jun 12, 2025 | history
The Lost Mythology of Ancient China The Lost Mythology of Ancient China Reconstructing the mythology of ancient China is a painstaking task that tries to characterize some legendary figures and situations based only on the few sentences about them found in later works...
por pedroceinos | Jun 10, 2025 | history
How a Eunuch Was Created in 19th-Century China How a Eunuch Was Created in 19th-Century China A wealthy eunuch would purchase a boy from a poor family. This boy had to be between seven and ten years old. He would be kept confined for two weeks and subjected to a very...
por pedroceinos | May 31, 2025 | travel
Dunhuang in the Silk Road Dunhuang in the Silk RoadDunhuang is a city in the middle of the desert. Over its 2,000-year history, it has always been the last Chinese outpost before reaching the Western Regions—those kingdoms more or less dominated by the imperial...
