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Tag Archives: Chinese history
The Temple Fair and the Flower Fair
In the days after the Chinese New Year´s Eve there is often a Temple fair with lots of stalls selling all kinds of stuff. In Shanghai there is a Temple fair at Longhua Temple, where people visit the temple and … Continue reading
520 steps to history
The last stop on our discovery tour in Kunming was a unique Bronze temple on top of a hill. Jie was keen to see it, since it is a famous place in Chinese history. But little did we know … Continue reading
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Tagged Chinese countryside, Chinese history, General Wu Sangui, Kunming
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In search for the soul of Kunming
In search for the soul and history of Kunming When Karin and Jie met in Kunming in October, it was a new adventure for both of them. Neither Jie nor Karin had been in Kunming before. They decided to search … Continue reading
Posted in China culture, China travel, Swedish culture
Tagged Chinese culture, Chinese history, Kunming, Yunnan
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Old traditions and modern times
Karin gives some glimpses from Su Hua´s book “Ancient melodies”. (The drawings are Su Hua´s own illustrations in the book) Su Hua´s book “Ancient melodies” is based on her own life as a child in a wealthy family around 1915 in … Continue reading
Ancient melodies…
Karin has moved back to Sweden from China, and she has been totally exhausted by all the packing up and organizing of things, with no time to think of the blog. Till one day she found a book… (here is … Continue reading
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