The smartest purchase I make all year is a fifteen rmb folding stool ($2.50) right there in the Anyang train…
Hao and Wen: Lady General and Prisoner King (Shang Dynasty)
At the Yinxu ruins in Anyang, I visit the underground tomb of Lady Fu Hao, wife of King Wu Ding.…
Wang, Shang, Thank you Anyang (Shang Dynasty)
According to legend, before the invention of writing the ancient Chinese used a knot-tying technique to keep their records, but…
Sailing a Boat on Dry Land (Xia Dynasty)
One of the most entertaining traditions of the Chinese New Year is a performance known as Sailing a Boat on…
Christmas in Dali
Hard to believe it’s been almost a year since my Christmas dinner in Dali. Here’s one I never posted… —–…
Lei Feng Day, Phase II – Three Pagodas
…cont’d from Lei Feng Day, Phase I Part of the Lei Feng spirit is giving people the benefit of the doubt,…
Lei Feng Day, Phase I
To make a long story short, Lei Feng was a good-Samaritan back in the early 1960’s whom Chairman Mao and…
Ancient History – Mao’s Memory Hall and the National History Museum
I met Tsuen at the metro exit of Tiananmen West and we proceeded to the entrance of the National History…
Afternoon at the Temple of Heaven
I told my friend Ares in Beijing that the one thing I missed on my first trip that I really…
Dragon Boat Festival
On my first visa, I had to leave the country every sixty days. I went to Thailand in April for…
My China Year 