Reviving Chinese force

As i am writing in the last posts here and here with the most auspicious thought that the Tang living force was awakened in all the branches regarding Chinese lifestyle: politics, economy, art and electronics. i am sure the strenght and power which were truly evident thru the acts and the spirituality of all the men and women <worriors> belonging to this memorable time, can revive now and bring China into a new light and more original perspective.

Verses of the song Kindly translated by my mandarin teacher in Beijin:

SonglingJ it’s a cool tasty song!I generally translate the meaning for u!

 

jianjiaCang cang    bailu  weishuang

蒹葭苍苍 白露为霜

The plain world,the white dew becomes frost

guangxiu piaopiao   jinzai hefang
广袖飘飘 今在何方

the wide sleeve of the gown wafting,now where the person is

jijing cangsang    jidu panghuang
几经沧桑 几度彷徨

how many up and down in life,how many uncertain events

yiju miaomiao   zhongcheng  juexiang
衣裾渺渺 终成绝响

the clothes only a few,finally disappearing

woyuan chonghui  hantang   zaizou  jiaozhigongshang
我愿重回汉唐 再奏角徵宫商

I want to go back to han tang dynasty,play the instruments again.

zhuowohanjia yishang   xingwoliyizhibang
着我汉家衣裳 兴我礼仪之邦

wearing my han dynasty clothes,revive the polite country

woyuan  chonghui  hantang   zaipushengshi  huazhang
我愿重回汉唐 再谱盛世华章

I want to go back to han tang dynasty,write the great songs again.

heju dangzuqiechang   kanwo huaxia erlang
何惧道阻且长 看我华夏儿郎

no fear of the hard and long road to go,look at the descendants from then.

 

Power runs on the lines of design

It is beautiful to see how the design of certain style flourishes in one place and then moves to another one. And people can admire the original feature of the original design truly better in the second place than in the first. It’s fascinating. This is what happened to the buddhist Chinese architecture which originated here in China during the Tang Dinasty and can be nowaday found quite intact in the island of Japan.

There is almost no need to go and seek for informations about this period because the temples speak by themselves. They are charged with silence, dignity and sober beauty. These qualities are certainly the same residing in the ancient Chinese spirit which was moreless lost for all these years. These are the blossoming times and the meaning of strenght and power animating this spirit must come back now.

Today sky in hong kong

 

Calm sea and playful clouds. Bulletin from lunch time in Kowloon side.

Spirit is food to a city and foundation of urban education

A skype talk about urban education and spiritual foundations.

 

Lui from India: [Hong Kong] it is among the most globalized nation of the world. How is HK in terms of education.

 

Lei from Hong Kong: not very good actually, static. We shud get there, as yogis i mean. I know several teachers and when they talk i dont feel anything so speacial and enlightened abt their method. So i suppose it s the same as in other countries

 

Lui from India: but being a free [market] also must have lots of opportunities for growth…

 

Lei from Hong Kong: yes may be

 

Lui from India: ok..

 

Lei from Hong Kong: but the programs for example are the same as in other UNI of other countries

 

Lui from India: ok tht’s nice.

 

Lei from Hong Kong: the globalized aspect you can touch it more in the street than in the school

 

Lui from India: you are absolutely correct. It is the general upscale living and life style…

 

Lei from Hong Kong: 90% of the people here is local

 

Lui from India: ok

 

Lui from India:how about the school.

 

Lei from Hong Kong: the schools?

 

Lui from India: ya primary school eduations for kids.

 

Lei from Hong Kong:some are very chinese , some others international with more teachers from abroad. Kids i heard they are very much pressured. They always have examinations during the year and between the years. I know that coz i talk to the kids in the ashram too. They study hard and have several extra classes

 

Lui from India: since you can understand the psycho of kids better [saying that because Lei has been a childhood psychologist, n.d.r.]…

 

Lei from Hong Kong:here kids study ALOT, maybe too much. They start languages, instruments when they are 3 for example. There are plenty of nurseries for this aim.

 

Lui from India: what is the common stress release for them.

 

Lei from Hong Kong:not too much time for playing free

 

Lui from India: hmm

 

Lei from Hong Kong:i always see them in the street dressed to go to learn something. Their head is too long in the little books. HK also is the first city in the world with the highest rate of music-learning kids.

 

Lui from India: how does a kid react when they grow up under high pressure.

 

Lei from Hong Kong: they develop an attitude like they want to learn many many things and apply to a course after another to fill the brain with lots of info.

 

Lui from India: do they frustrate or some would get involved in other activities to release stress….what do you say.

 

Lei from Hong Kong:i hear my colleagues talking about their daughters/son, they say the kid is not always happy but a kid should be happy and joyful all the time. But these kids here start to learn the word and the feeling of stress already so young, like it was a normal thing to handle or to cope with. This is not really normal. It’s like they are being prepared to live in a stressed socierty in the future not in a relaxed and enjoable one. Do u think is allright?

 

Lui from India: yes u are right, but tell me if kids grow up under pressure how do they react when they grow teens, or later…

 

Lei from Hong Kong:yes i told u they develop an endless desire to fill their brain with info, they learn many things, and probably they are good at them all

 

Lui from India: ok now we are on the same platform…must be excessive right sided..

 

Lei from Hong Kong:yes, my co-workers and friends of my age are not happy with learning 2 things for example. They dont want to put limit to this knowledge and they apply to so many classes, and they are like machines; i can see them, they are not relaxed. Always busy studying, learning someting, it’s not positive, i am sure.

 

Lui from India: it is out of competition or out of learning insincts they behave like these…

 

Lei from Hong Kong:i dont know, maybe both? many people say because of competition. It becomes a circle in the mind.

 

Lui from India: but if it is the latter it is better !!!

 

Lei from Hong Kong:YES

 

Lui from India: ya, this is why kids cannot enjoy their age now…

 

Lei from Hong Kong:i also feel they burn so much energy and then later they will not have enough strenght for more important steps

 

Lui from India: this might result in decling age ratio then.

 

Lei from Hong Kong:somtimes i felt tempted to apply this and that class but i had to tell myself no, 2 is enough otherwise u ll go crazy. HK is based on the Learning principle, very mind oriented, not spiritual oriented, sorry.

 

Lui from India: i am completely with you on this…

 

Lei from Hong Kong: it s created on very fragile foundations, human foundations but the spirit is the most important food for a city.

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Floating sisterhood

acrylic painting on canvas with use of: semiprecious stones, waterpearls, silk, glitter, paper flowers, cinilla threads - art by radha with fantasy

It was painted during the Holi festival time in March before going to India. My mood was very much already “into colors and powders”, so I wanted to reproduce the festive atmosphere I was going to live with my sisters in few weeks. But my sisters are of a special kind, their skin is quite a magic and can be of any nuance of color. Moreover their eyes are peaceful and meditative, their hair long and shining. They are very close to the angel species if I am allowed to say that. They look like they are floating but probably they are just dancing…This is what I wanted to express in this surreal artwork.

Child essay in Italian about freedom and slavery from Africa

Every morning a black man slave used to wake up and go to work in a cotton plantation. One day he was listening to his friends singing along the road. Those chants were laments of suffering and pain. In their melodies they used to pray and ask god to make them free from slavery and chains.

After many years from the discovery of America the black people were taken from their African villages and put on steamers; they have been sold as slaves to the American landlords. They had to obey and work for them. This is why freedom is such a wonderful thing. They have been treated as animals.

 

We have to love each other, white and black colour doesn’t matter. He is going to be in big trouble the one who looses his freedom. Men who loose their freedom also loose the dignity of human beings. Today black people are free citizens but it is not always easy to live together with the white ones.

[blog author: 9 years old]

Fantasia Hindu

The love of a mother for her daughter

The best bonus anybody can get! (sons included)

 

 

Bathing in vibrations of winning styles

Keeping talking about style I ask you to come and read few notes about the Hanfu which i am going to purchuse soon with my friend. It is a winning style because it preserve more than 3000 of history in its fabrics. The first hanfu (meaning clothing of the Han people, the most ancient Chinese ethnic group) was - by legend - realized by the wife of the Yellow Emperor; she used to grow silkworms and this is how she made the firs hanfu. The Japanise kimono and the Korean dress are also derivated from it.

Hanfu was regarded by Han Chinese as a very important part of their culture. The wearing of appropriate styles of Hanfu was an important part of courteous refined behaviour. Confucius considered Hanfu a very important part of Chinese ceremony and ritual and many of his quotations contain references to Hanfu.

Hanfu underwent slight or interesting transformations during the diverse dinasty periods. For example:

According to archaeological discoveries, the basic shape and style of Hanfu were already and almost completely developed during the Shang Dynasty (c. 16th century BC - 11th century BC), the first attested dynasty of China. Clothing from this period was mainly composed of two parts, the Yi (coat) on the top and the Shang (skirt) underneath. The sleeve cuff was narrow. The Yi did not have any buttons and was fixed with a broad sash tied around the waist. A Bixi hung from the waist sash was used to shade the knees.

Archeological finds show that fabrics in this period were mainly in warm colors, especially yellow and red, along with brown. There were also cooler colors like blue, green etc. Because the red and yellow dyes were made from mercury sulfide and orpiment, they were brighter than the other colors and were of stronger penetrability; hence they were more able to last unchanged until today. Modern scientific analysis has shown that dyeing and weaving methods were often used at the same time during Shang and Zhou periods. Orthochromatic colors such as red and yellow were often used to draw on the fabrics after they were woven.

It is apropriate both for women and men and today it is used a lot during official ceremonies or important meetings. Sometimes the cut is adjusted for more modern looks but I still prefer the one closer to the original. It does emanate so much dignity and sobriety, sweetness and magnificence at the same time.

In some places children wear it at school for example or during other occasions.

 

I cannot live too far from artistical views

It s quite visible from my window and easy to reach, They have called it Western Monastery. Probably beacause its architectural features are not 100% Chinese. It could be defined as an hybrid of Manciurian style (one of the last dinasties)  and modern way of building the temples in this side of the world. Infact the Yeun Yeun temple is a mix of taoism, buddhism and confucianism as explicated in an HK leisure website. These kind of structures have always attracted many people, never mind they are stylishly original or not. People like to watch the magnificent totality of their design. The imposing beauty. The colours. They do not really pay attention to the historical point of view and the subtle meaning. Especially here in Hong Kong. In general we are like children who play with the picture they see, commenting colors and shapes. Not the human value. Few are the people who are really inetrested in understanding how the history of a building developed, who was living there before and now, how old it is and other details.