24 Festive Drum (24节令鼓)

I joined Seremban Half Marathon today and managed to finish on time. There were having some activities to entertainment the VIP guess at the MPS field. I was kindda amazed with the 24 Festive Drum that performed by SMK Chan Hwa Secondary School. Unfortunately, I was unable to record down the event as I don't have camera at that moment. I found some 24 festive drum performed by Chan Hwa School in Youtube. Would like to share here with you all about the 24 festive drums and the performance from Chan Hwa School.

History of Malaysian 24 Seasons Drum Style'

Lou Lan Beauty

The greatest discovery in Loulan is without doubt the Loulan female mummy discovered in 1980. Perfectly preserved, delicate in appearance and with good skin, the relic earned the nickname "Loulan Beauty." Experts confirmed that the woman lived some 3,800 years ago. Later, more of such mummies were excavated also reflecting the region's characteristically dry weather. In 1998, the well-preserved body of an infant that died about 4,000 years ago and the

Ancient Kingdom: Lou Lan City

     I just read an article from a book that I bought and keep for quite a while ago. Inside the content, I just read about an ancient city that had been disappeared from our eyes- the Lou Lan City. I search online and find out something interesting in it. Here is the info.

Loulan was a city along the central Old Silk Road where the Han Dynasty (206 B.C. – A.D. 220) central government set up its administrative organs. By the fourth century it was the most prosperous city in Xinjiang with a population of 14,000, where merchants of all nationalities converged. After peaking in the fourth century Loulan went into rapid decline. There are no records of Loulan extant beyond the fifth century. Tang Dynasty Monk Xuanzang wrote in his travel notes on his scripture seeking pilgrimage to India, “The city and houses still stand, but there are no people.”

Chinese Classical Text: Shan Hai Jing (山海经)

Shan Hai Jing (山海经) book cover.

     Shan Hai Jing (simplified Chinese: 山海经; traditional Chinese: 山海經; pinyin: Shānhǎi Jīng; Wade–Giles: Shan Hai Ching; literally "Classic of the Mountains and Seas" or "Collection of the Mountains and Seas" or "Canon of Mountains and Seas"") is a Chinese classic text, and a compilation of early geography and myth. Versions of the text have existed since the 4th century BC, and by the early Han Dynasty it had reached its final form. It is largely a fabled geographical and cultural account of pre-Qin China as well as a collection of mythology. The book is about 31,000 words long, and is divided into eighteen sections; it describes over 550 mountains and 300 channels. The oldest part of the present book is sometimes referred separately as Wuzang Shanjing (五藏山經).

NineTails Fox(九尾狐) in Shan Hai Jing 

     The exact author of the book and the time it was written are

Chinese Tales: The Origin Of Congee

Once upon a time an old couple and a young couple lived contentedly together as a single extended family. The old couple did all of the work in order to remain useful in this life and to prevent the young people from thinking them useless. As a result, the young couple never learned to do

Guan Yin Buddha: Chinese Legend Of Miao Shan

     Guan Yin is the common god that most of the Chinese believe in. She been believe to be the most benevolence god toward mortal and all the living creatures of the world. Mostly, we can see that the god statue that Chinese praying to, other than Buddha, is Guan Yin god. After years of generation, there are 32 kinds of Guan Yin god that trying to saved different kind of personality of mortal, like Thousand Hands Guan Yin, Dragon Head Guan Yin, Palm Holding Guan Yin, Child Giving Guan Yin and the most common one, White Guan Yin. Of course,

Solar Term : Da Shu (大暑)

     It is already July. In solar term it is consider Da Shu (大暑) on 22th of July. It is the hottest moment of the year. People are advise to stay in shade to prevent sun heats.

     Changes in the summer air temperature, barometric pressure,

Solar Term 节气

 24 Solar Term and western Horoscope signs.

A solar term is any of 24 points in traditional East Asian lunisolar calendars that matches a particular astronomical event or signifies some natural phenomenon. The points are spaced 15° apart along the ecliptic and are used by lunisolar calendars to stay synchronized with the seasons, which is crucial for agrarian societies. The solar terms are also used to calculate intercalary months in East Asian calendars; which month is repeated depends on the position of the sun at the time.

Solar terms originated in China,