XingWu🐉ChineseFolklore @x1ngwu

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XingWu🐉ChineseFolklore @x1ngwu

2 months ago

𝐂𝐚𝐭 𝐌𝐲𝐭𝐡𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐓𝐚𝐧𝐠 𝐃𝐲𝐧𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐲 There are some interesting cat #myths in the late Tang Dynasty's 'Youyang Zazu(《酉陽雜俎》)': The cat's eyes become round in the evening & narrow like fine ribbons by noon. Their noses are always cool,1/2 #caturday

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XingWu🐉ChineseFolklore @x1ngwu

2 months ago

𝐁𝐅𝐅𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐈𝐦𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐂𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐚 Back in the day, the concept of closeness between male friends in China was a bit different from today. It wasn't uncommon for buddies to casually hold hands or stroll arm in arm.🧑‍🤝‍🧑 This #painting captures a social👇 1/2

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XingWu🐉ChineseFolklore @x1ngwu

2 months ago

𝐂𝐚𝐭𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐄𝐦𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐨𝐫 𝐐𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠 Emperor Qianlong, who held the highest power for the longest time in Chinese history and was the longest-reigning emperor, was also a devoted cat lover. His court artist and apprentice of the Italian Qing Dynasty 1/3 #caturday

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XingWu🐉ChineseFolklore @x1ngwu

16 hours ago

𝐇𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐃𝐞𝐞𝐫 With pleased sounds the deer call to one another, Eating the celery of the fields. I have here admirable guests, Whose virtuous fame is grandly brilliant. ~"Minor Odes of the Kingdom" (Xiaoya) , the Book of Odes #poem (Info of the #painting in ALT)

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XingWu🐉ChineseFolklore @x1ngwu

20 hours ago

𝐇𝐚𝐧 𝐙𝐡𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐢 is one of the #EightImmortals, and is also one of the Five Northern Ancestors of #Daoism. His image often depicts him bare-chested, holding a palm-leaf fan, with large eyes, a red face, two buns on his head, and a serene expression. His story in ALT.

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𝐃𝐫𝐚𝐠𝐨𝐧 𝐃𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 Dragon Dance (Dragon Lantern Dance) is a traditional Chinese folk entertainment activity. It is said that dragons can bring clouds and rain, eliminate disasters and bring blessings, and symbolize auspiciousness. Therefore, performing dragon dances to pray…

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XingWu🐉ChineseFolklore @x1ngwu

2 days ago

𝐏𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐒𝐢𝐥𝐤 A #painting by the Tang Dynasty artist Zhang Xuan. It depicts one of the stages in the ancient Chinese clothing-making process: "pounding silk," which is divided into 3 scenes according to the labor process: pounding, weaving, & ironing. in ALT #history

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XingWu🐉ChineseFolklore @x1ngwu

2 days ago

𝐋𝐢 𝐓𝐢𝐞𝐠𝐮𝐚𝐢 is the first of the #EightImmortals. He leans on an iron crutch and carries a gourd on his back. It is said that the gourd contains medicine that he uses to heal the sick and save lives when he descends to the mortal world. Story in ALT.

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XingWu🐉ChineseFolklore @x1ngwu

2 days ago

The shame upon you, Jade. 🤣 Yet there is another Chinese idiom, 化干戈为玉帛 (hua gan ge wei yu bo), which means to turn swords and spears into jade and silk, metaphorically referring to the transformation of war into peace. 干戈 refers to two types of ancient weapons, while…

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XingWu🐉ChineseFolklore @x1ngwu

3 days ago

𝐀 𝐒𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐕𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐭 Pity the footprints on the moss, As I gently knock, the gate remains closed. Spring's colors fill the garden, they cannot be contained, A branch of red apricot blossoms peeks out over the wall. #poem (For an introduction of the #painting, see ALT.)