Once again, the Ghost Month Festival has officially begun in Taiwan (on August 19th) and there has been a rush to purchase enough ghost money to last until the Gates of Hell close for another year, on September 16th. (Please click or tap on any thumbnail to view it in full screen and make it […]
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For Patrick Lee, life has presented one adventure after another, some more challenging and energizing than others, but always with positive connotations. The one thing that has remained a source of continual inspiration for him is the power of art. (Please click or tap on any thumbnail to view it in full screen and make
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Since 2006, Robin Winkler, founder of Winkler Partners Attorneys at Law of Taiwan and Foreign Legal Affairs, has had a visionary mission. That mission is for his organization to have a positive impact on the environment. (Please click or tap on any thumbnail to view it in full screen and make it readable.)
Throughout history, women have created and used special personal patterns of language to express themselves. In China’s Jiangyong County in southern Hunan Province, women were taught nushu, (possibly early as the Song and Yuan dynasty, 13th to 14th century) an ancient secret written and spoken language. Nushu allowed women to freely share with each other
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All over Taipei, rows and rows of large round red lanterns have been put up outside temples, department stores, local businesses, homes and throughout public parks and gardens, in preparation for the final celebration of the Lunar New Year, the Lantern Festival. (Please click or tap on any thumbnail to view it in full screen
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Our guide was motioning for us to hurry, as our small group stood appreciating the cool blasts of air in the main lobby of the Taipei National Palace Museum (NPM) on an unusually hot late autumn morning. As we walked towards the Curio Gallery, where some of the NPM lacquerware collection was on display, our
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Each year, the Community Services Center’s Steering Committee and Foundation Board present an award to an organization that has demonstrated exceptional leadership, service and commitment to the community and to the Community Services Center. This year’s award recipient is the American Chamber of Commerce in Taipei (AmCham Taipei). (Please click or tap on any thumbnail
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Living foreign is a mixed bag. One minute you are in love with everything about the people and their culture and then, after an unexpected cultural mishap, you hate everything about them. (Please click or tap on any thumbnail to view it in full screen and make it readable.) This Article was published
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It’s that time of the year, when hungry ghosts once again make their appearance in Taiwan. Each year, they leave the land of the dead and wander the earth beginning on the first day of the seventh lunar calendar month for thirty days. This year’s Ghost Month and the Hungry Ghost Festival will begin on
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Humankind has long been entranced by the colors and magical qualities of natural stones, especially when it comes to warding off disease, ghosts or other misfortunes in life. The uses of natural stones are also hallmarks of the imperial courts of China.
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