The 9th Northeast Asian Youth Forum opened on July 22nd , 2012 at the International Youth Center in Seoul, Korea. Over 60 university students from China, Japan and Korea played leading roles on this 6-day forum. With ...The 9th Northeast Asian Youth Forum opened on July 22nd , 2012 at the International Youth Center in Seoul, Korea. Over 60 university students from China, Japan and Korea played leading roles on this 6-day forum. With the theme of "Nature and Youth Extra-curricular Activities", the Forum was designed and hosted by MAR/Initiatives展开更多
Drought bites again, and people are craving for rain but it doesn’t rain. That brings back my childhood memory of people in my native town—officials plus the local gentry and elderly—going to the Dragon King Temple...Drought bites again, and people are craving for rain but it doesn’t rain. That brings back my childhood memory of people in my native town—officials plus the local gentry and elderly—going to the Dragon King Temple to pray for rain. Before that, they would fast and perform ablution. Once in the temple, they would offer sacrifices to the "Dragon King," a fierce-looking clay or wooden sculpture, who is said to take charge of distributing rain. Amid smoke that kept rising展开更多
文摘The 9th Northeast Asian Youth Forum opened on July 22nd , 2012 at the International Youth Center in Seoul, Korea. Over 60 university students from China, Japan and Korea played leading roles on this 6-day forum. With the theme of "Nature and Youth Extra-curricular Activities", the Forum was designed and hosted by MAR/Initiatives
文摘Drought bites again, and people are craving for rain but it doesn’t rain. That brings back my childhood memory of people in my native town—officials plus the local gentry and elderly—going to the Dragon King Temple to pray for rain. Before that, they would fast and perform ablution. Once in the temple, they would offer sacrifices to the "Dragon King," a fierce-looking clay or wooden sculpture, who is said to take charge of distributing rain. Amid smoke that kept rising
