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As you probably already know, China is a bustling nation with over 1.3 billion inhabitants mostly crammed into the Eastern portion of the developing country. With the rich cultural tradition of Confucianism all but destroyed in the Cultural Revolution that razed the country until the death of Chairman Mao in 1976, China has struggled to define morals and sexual standards for a generation that has grown up outside the 'Iron Veil'. In 1979, when Deng Xiao Ping announced "To be rich is to be glorious", China threw off the shrouds of decades of poverty and rushed full force into mass commercialism and materialism. As expected, the 'world's oldest profession' came roaring back into society, fueling a sex starved population that has been racing to make up for lost time.
All of which is good news for most visitors....
Even 10 years ago, a Westerner holding hands with a Chinese girl would attract scornful stares, and tourists could even be prosecuted for sleeping in a hotel room with an unmarried woman. Nowadays, Chinese women openly demonstrate a strong attraction to Western men, and it's not all about the money or the promise of a green card: a sexist home culture makes Western sexual equality seem like paradise. Western men have shown that a little manners and caring can go a long way in winning the hearts of women who have been marginalized for decades.
Older visitors will be thrilled to learn about traditions such as "the older cows must feed on the tender reeds", which is a parable dictating that older men should keep girlfriends far younger than themselves, often as second or even third mistresses to their wives in order to preserve their youthful energy. These modern day 'geishas' are often given nice apartments, clothing, and living stipends by their benefactors whose only mandate is that they do not sleep with anyone else and do not get, or stay, pregnant.
There are also plenty of financially successful women dating foreigners as mere sexual explorations into Western culture: having heard rumors of Western men, Chinese women are eager to put the theories to test, even though may intend to marry within their ethnic heritage. Still, there are many traditional girls wanting to fall in love, get married, and have kids just like in the story books. Due to a sexually repressive culture, many of these girls are uninformed about dating with casual sex and foreigners may find serious relationship drama can develop from a single one-night-stand in China.
The combination of these factors makes China a great travel destination for dating or even just mating, but as with any modern community, and especially one in the throes of an economic explosion; escorts, prostitution, sexual disease, drugs, and worse have become cornerstones of society; China's burgeoning sex industry offers visitors a plethora of pleasure, should one avoid the perilous pitfalls of sex scams in the land of the Rising Sun.
Richard Parson - 14 year China veteran and author of bestselling ebook "China Sex Guide"!
[http://www.chinasexguide.net]
The Chinese New Year Spectacular Will not Fail to Impress
As far as Chinese New Year’s entertainment goes, New Tang Dynasty Television’s Chinese New Year Spectacular is a relatively new kid on the block, having made its debut only three years ago. It can’t be described as a variety show, and it’s not really a Broadway musical, but it is different to anything else out there.
Before I attended the Spectacular’s Canadian debut in Vancouver last month, I had some idea of what to expect, because my Chinese friends were raving about it, plus I had read some promotional materials put out by NTDTV. What they’re attempting to do with this traveling show is revive the true Chinese culture which was destroyed by Chairman Mao and his communist successors.
Good old Mao razed temples, burned ancient manuscripts, tortured and killed intellectuals, monks, and anyone else he didn’t like. To add insult to injury, he made everyone wear black pyjamas. During his reign, counting famines and everything else, Mao directly or indirectly managed to slaughter more people than the two world wars put together.
Nowadays, the communist party of China uses the Chinese New Year, the biggest celebration of the year for the Chinese, as a way to glorify itself and promote the communist philosophy of fight and class struggle. But Chinese Central TV’s four-hour Spring Festival Gala of acrobatics, conjuring acts and comedy skits pales in comparison the Spectacular’s elegant portrayal of the best of China’s ancient culture.
In other words, it is traditional Chinese culture without the communist rhetoric, which must be a refreshing change for the Chinese—many of whom are no longer aware of what their true culture is, especially those born after the Great Cultural Revolution.
It was refreshing for me, too, but not for that reason. On the morning of the Spectacular, I woke up depressed—an unusual state for me. I didn’t even feel like going at all, but I talked myself into it. As I became absorbed in the unusual music, the myriad of colours, the graceful movements of the dancers, I started feeling uplifted. There was a purity about the show, something immaculate and flawless, that made a deep impression on me.
If I have a complaint at all, it would be that there was only one number played by erhuist Xi Xiaochun. The piece she played was so haunting and beautiful that the audience was riveted for every second of it. The erhu is an ancient two-stringed instrument that can produce an amazingly wide range of notes. Apparently, Chinese music aligns with nature in that it is based on the five elements of metal, wood, water, fire and earth.
The theme of the Spectacular is “Myths and Legends,” and some of the acts draw on ancient legends from the time of Buddha, Dao and Confucius—those wise beings from way back in China’s 5,000-year history who taught compassion, virtue and selflessness. China’s semi-divine culture comes through in the performances, leaving one with a wonderful feeling of… righteousness.
So, go to the Spectacular, and treat yourself to a unique experience. If you’re unable attend the live show, just contact NTDTV and they’ll send you a video.
About the Author
Janet Quinn is a full-time homemaker and part-time writer with a passion for all things Chinese. For more info about the NTDTV Chinese New Year Spectacular in your area, please visit:
http://shows.ntdtv.com
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What Is It About The Shaolin Temple That They Were Always Viewed As A Threat Towards the Chinese Gov't?
Almost everyone in the past and in recent years tried to have them taken down... from the old emperors to Chairman Mao during the Cultural Revolution who had the temple closed and monks arrested.
What is it about this place that the Chinese authority feared?
According to Wikipedia, The Cultural Revolution launched in 1966 targeted religious orders including the monastery. The five monks who were present at the monastery when the Red Guard attacked were shackled and made to wear placards declaring the crimes charged against them.[1] The monks were jailed after being flogged publicly and parading through the street as people threw rubbish at them.[1] The government purged Buddhist materials from within the monastery walls, leaving it barren for years.
From Bak Sil Lum vs. Shaolin Temple #2,
The Nationalists liberated Shaolin Temple from the Japanese in 1944, only one year before the United States dropped atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. But the Nationalists were too busy with its dispute with the Communists, so it generally ignored Shaolin. Then, in the winter of 1948, the Communists liberated the temple from the Nationalists.
As an interesting historical footnote, two of the outstanding leaders of the Communist People's Liberation Army, General Qian Jun and General Xu Shiyou, were trained kungfu at Shaolin Temple from childhood. But unfortunately it was another general, General Pi Dingjun, who liberated Shaolin Temple. When General Pi visited Shaolin, he gave an hour-long diatribe against Buddhism as a reactionary religion. The Abbot and the monks were extremely insulted, but were again out-gunned. They could only bow silently and politely.
On October 1st, 1949, Chairman Mao established the PRC in Beijing. As part of the Land Reform Movement, the Communists expropriated all but 5 of the monasteries 13,176 acres of land and placed the Temple under the 'protection' of the PRC. Soon after, the government banned the practice of martial arts as 'counter-revolutionary' and a threat to the state. The monks had to go underground and train hidden in the mountains at night. A few were caught and thrown in jail for short periods, but the local police ignored the ban for the most part, since many of them were students.
In 1966, Chairman Mao unleashed the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution. Red Guards attacked all vestiges of traditional society in an attempt to destroy any connections to past oppression. Religious orders were violently persecuted across China. Sacred places like Shaolin Temple were targeted. When the Red Guard actually attacked Shaolin, only five remained of the fifty monks that were there previously. Those monks were shackled and forced to wear humiliating placards declaring their crimes. They were publicly flogged and paraded through streets of raging communists, who threw garbage at them and jeered. After being beaten and jailed, the monks had to beg for food and hide in the mountains surrounding the temple as they tried to covertly affect what repairs they could on the few remaining buildings of Shaolin Temple.
Berkeley psychologists bring science of happiness to China
Recent worker suicides and killings in China suggest that mental health may be taking a back seat there to the quest for prosperity. As the Chinese rethink priorities, UC Berkeley experts are helping rebuild Tsinghua University's psychology department, where the nation's first positive-psychology conference will be held next month.
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