Ruminations in Red – and The Deeper Meaning of Love
February 14 marks Valentine’s Day, a holiday dedicated to romance and love. While our contemporary traditions say to celebrate by spoiling, coaxing or courting our object of affection, the day serves an opportunity to explore love in all her facets—from shallow to deep. It is still open for interpretation how Valentine’s Day came about, as […]
Vivien Leigh Interview – Part One Small World
Theatre and film as discussed by Vivien Leigh, Ken Tynan and Samuel Goldwyn in December 1958 with Edward Murrow. Also check out our Middle Land Youtube channel
A Crash Course on Chinese New Year
The Chinese New Year is the same day as the first day of Spring in the lunar calendar. However, the festivities start earlier than this. They may begin on the eighth day or the 23rd or 24th day (more of a family choice) of the twelfth lunar month of the previous year when the Kitchen […]
Ancient Buddhist Culture Exists in North America
Ancient Chinese Exploring the America For more than 250 years, scholars have been debating whether Buddhists from Asia may have visited North America long before Christopher Columbus arrived from Spain in 1492. The debate started around 1763 when French orientalist, Joseph de Guignes translated the Book of Liang (Liang Shu) which includes an account of […]