por pedroceinos | Abr 7, 2025 | folklore
The Qingming Festival: From Spring Celebration to Festival of the Dead The Qingming Festival: From Spring Celebration to Festival of the Dead The Qingming Festival (清明节) is today China’s Day of the Dead—the time when people remember their deceased relatives and travel...
por pedroceinos | Abr 2, 2025 | books, folklore
Linghu Zhuan’s Skepticism Leads Him to the Underworld Linghu Zhuan’s Skepticism Leads Him to the Underworld Linghu Zhuan was a man of great integrity who did not believe in gods or spirits. Whenever someone spoke of ghostly transformations or divine retribution in the...
por pedroceinos | Mar 30, 2025 | folklore
Did a Taoist Art of the bedchamber of male Homosexuality Exist? Did a Taoist Art of the bedchamber of male Homosexuality Exist? This is the question posed by Zhang Wanrong in an intriguing article published last year in the journal Religions[1]. The Taoist Art of the...
por pedroceinos | Mar 26, 2025 | folklore, travel
Chinese Herbal Medicine Shop in Weishan, Yunnan Chinese Herbal Medicine Shop in Weishan, Yunnan China still maintains a strong tradition of using natural medicines, specifically herbs with medicinal properties that have been used for centuries. In addition to being...
por pedroceinos | Mar 4, 2025 | folklore
Treating illnesses with a pillow from under a corpse Treating illnesses with a pillow from under a corpse In a biography of Xu Sibo[1], a Daoist specialist in water therapy of the fifth century of our era[2], we read: «There lived a matron who had been troubled with...
por pedroceinos | Feb 25, 2025 | books, folklore
The economics of human plowing The economics of human plowing According to “The Exploitation Of The Works Of Nature”, a 17th century Chinese book. In farming households where there are no oxen to use, farmers fix a pole to the plough and two men pull the plough by...
