Seeing from the other, China’s image changes with process. Scholars understand China from the perspective of different myths with various conclusions and arguments, of which different ways of thinking resulted in mys...Seeing from the other, China’s image changes with process. Scholars understand China from the perspective of different myths with various conclusions and arguments, of which different ways of thinking resulted in mysterious China. From the subjectivity of it, the connotation of mysterious China needs the paraphrase and understanding from the local scholars’ understanding of the myth.展开更多
IN the early days of the last century,a once tranquil small village in Longquan City,Zhejiang Province was suddenly filled with hundreds of people desperately excavating for porcelain wares every day,as the place is s...IN the early days of the last century,a once tranquil small village in Longquan City,Zhejiang Province was suddenly filled with hundreds of people desperately excavating for porcelain wares every day,as the place is said to be the location of a Ge kiln。展开更多
International Religious Freedom Act of 1998 In October 1998, the Clinton Administration produced the International Religious Freedom Act of 1998 (IRFA). It is one of the important laws passed by the US Congress in rec...International Religious Freedom Act of 1998 In October 1998, the Clinton Administration produced the International Religious Freedom Act of 1998 (IRFA). It is one of the important laws passed by the US Congress in recent years. The act is very complicated. The main sections can be summarized as follows: (1) Appointment of an Ambassador at Large for International Religious Freedom to head an Office on International Religious Freedom within the Department of State;展开更多
I was going snorkeling 1 in the Palm Beach inlet 2 with my 14-year-old son, Don, and our diving instructor 3, Jerry, We were toswim out past the jetty 4, then float into the channel 5 with thetide. Yet I hesitated 6, ...I was going snorkeling 1 in the Palm Beach inlet 2 with my 14-year-old son, Don, and our diving instructor 3, Jerry, We were toswim out past the jetty 4, then float into the channel 5 with thetide. Yet I hesitated 6, The breaders 7 were enormous. I put on the loam rubber wet-vest and Jerry’s weight belt 8展开更多
EDITOR'S NOTE:Although Swedish explorer Sven Hedin ventured into Ngarifrom Xinjiang in 1902, the region remains mysterious and unknown to the outside world.This prompted the State Cultural Relics Bureau and the Cu...EDITOR'S NOTE:Although Swedish explorer Sven Hedin ventured into Ngarifrom Xinjiang in 1902, the region remains mysterious and unknown to the outside world.This prompted the State Cultural Relics Bureau and the Cultural Relics to senda team into Ngari along the Lhasa-Ngari-Yecheng(Xinjiang)route. The purpose was toexplore the Zhangzhung Civilization that existed prior to the Guge Kingdom.According to legend, Zada in the Xianquanhe River Valley is the central part ofthe Zhangzhung Kingdom, which was so formidable that the kingdom was divided intoInternal, Central and External Zhangzhung and Internal Zangzhung alone coveredpresent-day Ngari and Ladakh. This writer was one of the team members.展开更多
Having graduated from university in 1976,The author set out on his journey to Tibet.He took the train from Qingdao of Shandong Province and,via several other places,to Liuyuan in Gansu Province.Changing train,he cross...Having graduated from university in 1976,The author set out on his journey to Tibet.He took the train from Qingdao of Shandong Province and,via several other places,to Liuyuan in Gansu Province.Changing train,he crossed over Qinghai,passed through Lhasa and then reached Shigatse.Finally,he reached his last stop-Kyirong County,the boundary of China and Nepal,and then stayed there for six years.展开更多
As a cultural relic,the Guizhou rock paintings are very important for the study of prehistory,minority cus-toms and comparative folklore.They attract an increasing number of visi-tors and scholars with their unique,my...As a cultural relic,the Guizhou rock paintings are very important for the study of prehistory,minority cus-toms and comparative folklore.They attract an increasing number of visi-tors and scholars with their unique,mysterious images and have become yet another spot of interest in Gui-zhou's tourism industry,taking their place beside the famous Huangguo-shu Waterfall,the karst cave Dragon Palace and the Tianxingqiao Stone Forest.展开更多
E. Stone in the article “18 Mysteries and Unanswered Questions About Our Solar System. Little Astronomy” wrote: One of the great things about astronomy is that there is still so much out there for us to discover. Th...E. Stone in the article “18 Mysteries and Unanswered Questions About Our Solar System. Little Astronomy” wrote: One of the great things about astronomy is that there is still so much out there for us to discover. There are so many unanswered questions and mysteries about the universe. There is always a puzzle to solve and that is part of beauty. Even in our own neighborhood, the Solar System, there are many questions we still have not been able to answer [1]. In the present paper, we explain the majority of these Mysteries and some other unexplained phenomena in the Solar System (SS) in frames of the developed Hypersphere World-Universe Model (WUM) [2].展开更多
文摘Seeing from the other, China’s image changes with process. Scholars understand China from the perspective of different myths with various conclusions and arguments, of which different ways of thinking resulted in mysterious China. From the subjectivity of it, the connotation of mysterious China needs the paraphrase and understanding from the local scholars’ understanding of the myth.
文摘IN the early days of the last century,a once tranquil small village in Longquan City,Zhejiang Province was suddenly filled with hundreds of people desperately excavating for porcelain wares every day,as the place is said to be the location of a Ge kiln。
文摘International Religious Freedom Act of 1998 In October 1998, the Clinton Administration produced the International Religious Freedom Act of 1998 (IRFA). It is one of the important laws passed by the US Congress in recent years. The act is very complicated. The main sections can be summarized as follows: (1) Appointment of an Ambassador at Large for International Religious Freedom to head an Office on International Religious Freedom within the Department of State;
文摘I was going snorkeling 1 in the Palm Beach inlet 2 with my 14-year-old son, Don, and our diving instructor 3, Jerry, We were toswim out past the jetty 4, then float into the channel 5 with thetide. Yet I hesitated 6, The breaders 7 were enormous. I put on the loam rubber wet-vest and Jerry’s weight belt 8
文摘EDITOR'S NOTE:Although Swedish explorer Sven Hedin ventured into Ngarifrom Xinjiang in 1902, the region remains mysterious and unknown to the outside world.This prompted the State Cultural Relics Bureau and the Cultural Relics to senda team into Ngari along the Lhasa-Ngari-Yecheng(Xinjiang)route. The purpose was toexplore the Zhangzhung Civilization that existed prior to the Guge Kingdom.According to legend, Zada in the Xianquanhe River Valley is the central part ofthe Zhangzhung Kingdom, which was so formidable that the kingdom was divided intoInternal, Central and External Zhangzhung and Internal Zangzhung alone coveredpresent-day Ngari and Ladakh. This writer was one of the team members.
文摘Having graduated from university in 1976,The author set out on his journey to Tibet.He took the train from Qingdao of Shandong Province and,via several other places,to Liuyuan in Gansu Province.Changing train,he crossed over Qinghai,passed through Lhasa and then reached Shigatse.Finally,he reached his last stop-Kyirong County,the boundary of China and Nepal,and then stayed there for six years.
文摘As a cultural relic,the Guizhou rock paintings are very important for the study of prehistory,minority cus-toms and comparative folklore.They attract an increasing number of visi-tors and scholars with their unique,mysterious images and have become yet another spot of interest in Gui-zhou's tourism industry,taking their place beside the famous Huangguo-shu Waterfall,the karst cave Dragon Palace and the Tianxingqiao Stone Forest.
文摘E. Stone in the article “18 Mysteries and Unanswered Questions About Our Solar System. Little Astronomy” wrote: One of the great things about astronomy is that there is still so much out there for us to discover. There are so many unanswered questions and mysteries about the universe. There is always a puzzle to solve and that is part of beauty. Even in our own neighborhood, the Solar System, there are many questions we still have not been able to answer [1]. In the present paper, we explain the majority of these Mysteries and some other unexplained phenomena in the Solar System (SS) in frames of the developed Hypersphere World-Universe Model (WUM) [2].
