The Zen Diary (2022) ‘土を喰らう十二ヵ月’ dir. Yuji Nakae

MISAMO Do not touch.

“Hamas shouldn’t have attacked”

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The Israeli genocide of Palestinians has been ongoing for 70 years.

November in northeast china: daily life of chinese college students on campus

32 years later:

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kreese being a manipulative baddie 🤪❤️

LIZZIE MCGUIRE (2001-2004) | 1.04 “Pool Party” 

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“It might not seem like it now, but when the time comes, you'll speak, and they’ll listen to every word.”

—Spoken by the serpent women in Chapter 4 from Who Is Like God?

☔Is there a fic concept you have that you'd like to just explain and share because you're not sure you'll ever write it? If so, what is it?

Actually. Yes. I had this idea for a crossover type between the outsiders and karate kid, not rh most original idea but I enjoyed the idea of reincarnation and Ralph Macchio's roles having connections.

During the time if this idea, I had been reading a lot of Ian Stevenson's papers and articles. A lot of Ian Stevenson's works detail cases of children with unexplained memories, body scars/marks, and fears. One article I read detailed a girl from Indonesia village having memories of being a Japanese solider.

The storyline would deal with Daniel Larusso being a reincarnation of Johnny Cade. In this storyline, Certain behaviours would be "unexplained" such as a fear of fire and attraction to certain people (think of johnny Lawrence as Dallas Windom, a blonde boy with physical aggression). It's somewhat confusing and polarising given the context of how he met Johnny, to be reminded of someone he once cared for dearly.

I have debated it being gen but most likely will be lightly romantic with lawrusso pairing. I'd have a lot of dreams that Daniel has, to do with his previous life which he doesn't understand. He'd eventually work out to try and find the person/persons attached to his previous life. With Johnny of course. Because why not it's cute.

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打鐵花 (da2tie3hua1; struck iron fireworks) is a traditional folk firework that began in Henan and Shanxi, first arising in Queshan county, Henan and later circulating through the whole country. It had first appeared during the Northern Song dynasty, and was most popular during the Ming and Qing dynasties.

For Queshan struck iron fireworks, a two-layer pergola is built and covered with willow branches for performances, under which the molten iron is struck up with two willow sticks to create a rain of fire.

[eng by me + edited an ad out]

(On top of the information in the video, I have some more about its recent history under the cut.)

*Also, a note about one of the subtitles: I realized later that "going into battle without a shield" actually just meant going shirtless. I was only confused about this phrasing while translating because she didn't go shirtless, although that is for obvious reasons

Queshan struck iron fireworks had almost been lost before Yang Jianjun unearthed it again in 1988. It had almost died out in the early years of the Republic of China being established, after which there had only been three performances until 1988: 1952, 1956, 1962. Yang Jianjun had seen the 1956 performance as a 7-8 year old and later on as the director of a cultural centre, began digging up the skill and its history. In the process, he became an apprentice to Li Wanfa, who had been the last head of the Queshan Struck Iron Fireworks Society. He practised with sand and water, learning of its historical origin, its ancestral inheritors, craftsmanship and performance arts, but didn't touch the real thing until 1988. Through Yang Jianjun's efforts and investment, the first struck iron fireworks performance in more than 25 years took place in Nanshan Square (then a deserted area) in Queshan county.

Queshan struck iron fireworks are different from other struck iron fireworks in that it requires a wide area to perform, whereas others only needed a wall or could be hit straight up into the air, and it costed much more money to set up.

The names of inheritors are difficult to trace, and can only be traced back to the Qing dynasty during the Qian long period, making Yang Jianjun a sixth-generation inheritor, and Jiang Xunqian (OP) the first woman and a seventh-generation inheritor.

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saw some lilies flowering despite all the withering

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