This past weekend was China's famous Qing Ming Jie Holiday, also known as Tomb Sweeping Holiday. It is an important day to offer sacrifice to ancestors. The holiday started in the Zhou Dynasty and has a history of over 2500 years. In the streets, one will see many people burning a paper offering with incense. There is so much culture here and it is very interesting to learn … [Read more...] about Another Day in Paradise
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Living in China for almost 4 months now, I've learned the ins and outs of how thing work; or more accurately, how they sometimes do not (a common joke amongst the interns is how you should not expect anything to go flawlessly, what with the language barrier among other things). China, like all places, has some "mountains to climb." This does not mean they are unclimbable by any … [Read more...] about A place that truly is what you make of it