Tag: culture
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Day One Hundred Sixty Two, July 3, 2011
We love to draw lines in our modern world. We enjoy keeping order by creating clearly defined and fixed rules and regulations about what can and cannot be done. You must be 21 years old to drink (at least in America), you must be 16 years old to drive, you must be a male to…
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Day One Hundred Sixty, July 1, 2011
Chinese people often refer to their ethnic identity as “descendants of the dragon”. The dragon is believed to be fierce, strong, dignified, wise and auspicious. Hence the celebratory dance, historically performed by acrobats, up to 50 dancers per dragon, who hold it up with poles and move it mimicking the movement of the dragon’s river…
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Day One Hundred Forty Three, June 14, 2011
Lea arrived to Shanghai in 2006 when she was just 2 years old. Since then China has been a new home to her. I often think about the influence that this move will have later on her life as an adult, growing up multilingual, mixing with different cultures, being a foreigner away from home;…
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Day One Hundred Forty, June 11, 2011
It is given by gentlemen to their lady friend as a gift, it used to be gifted to other governments as a sign of friendship, it is used in folk dances, it comes in different sizes, shapes, folding, fixed, small, large, painted, carved… and it is very beautiful. It has been a staple in China’s…
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Day Sixty Four, March 27, 2011
This 365 project has been taking me to the Streets of Shanghai exploring more in the last 64 days than in all of the 4 + years we have spent here in China. I love the explorations, what I am learning and the people I am meeting. It is a new adventure every day, and…
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Day Sixty One, March 24, 2011
I walked with Lea this afternoon in different Shanghai streets and ended up in Dong Tai Lu, the antique street market. It is a street that is a must see, but not necessarily buy in when in Shanghai. Thousands of different so called antiques fill up the streets where vendors are extremely friendly and lovely…
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Day Eighteen, February 9, 2011
I love the view from our balcony I love the river that is down the street I love the boats that are lit in so many colors I love the explosion of growth and energy that is Shanghai I love the whimsical sense of this city and the innocence of its people I love how…