por pedroceinos | Mar 28, 2021 | culture, movies
Springtime in a Small Town: The best film in China’s history Springtime in a Small Town: The best film in China’s history All the rankings made in recent years, place a film, unknown to the general public, as the best film in China. It is called...
por pedroceinos | Mar 26, 2021 | chinese-characters
The Kudzu vine, a necessary plant. In the last edition of my book on Chinese characters I explained the character 葛 as follows: gé – kudzu vine. A plant 艹 asked 曷 for its beneficial properties and for its use in making clothes. And in turn曷 is explained: hé...
por pedroceinos | Mar 25, 2021 | culture
The Character and Function of Music in Chinese Culture The Character and Function of Music in Chinese Culture In 1946 Bliss Wiant finished his Doctoral dissertation . The subject was “The character and function of Music in Chinese culture.” Some of his reflections are...
por pedroceinos | Mar 25, 2021 | books, ethnic-groups, tibetans
Life of Milarepa, the hermit poet Life of Milarepa, the hermit poet. MiIarepa is one of the most beloved religious leaders of Tibet. His story, full of unique facts, has been told again and again over the centuries, and if the publishers did not warn that this is the...
por pedroceinos | Mar 21, 2021 | ethnic-groups, yi
The first description of the Religion of the Yi The first description of the Religion of the Yi By Father François Louis Crabouillet in 1872. The religion of the Lolos[i] is that of sorcerers: it consists only of conjurations of evil spirits, according to them, the...
