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Dr. Kwan led us in a lecture to learn about the Chinese Lion Dance at the Global Village Welcome Center. We spent an hour learning about different types of lions: Northern and Southern, with Southern having a contemporary style and traditional style. I personally have seen more of and like the traditional Southern style because… Continue reading Reflecting on IACA Meeting 10/18

In this clip, Imam Hassan Qazwini of the Islamic Center of America is being interviewed by Dennis Wholey. He is asking him about the Islamic religion and what the basic facts to know about it. He first asks him about the roots of Islam and where their beliefs come from, and then he asks about… Continue reading Documentary Clip

Alive is story, by Ha Jin, that talks about the life of a man named Guhan. Guhan is sent to Taifu City, for business, and there he experiences a bad earthquake. After the earthquake, he suffers minor physical injuries but “lost his mind”, not being able to remember anything about himself. He’s then sent to… Continue reading Alive

As I have grown up in the Catholic Church, I recognize many similarities between Catholicism and Islam. While the interviewee in the film addresses those who practice the religion I grew up in as “Catholic friends,” I am given a very different and much more open perspective of the different religions. The interviewee addressed both… Continue reading Islamic World Documentary Clip Analysis

A Bad Joke is story talking about when China was communist, and ultimately corrupt. The story starts with two main characters, walking into a hardware shop, and unsuspectingly being arrested by police. The two were then dragged to the police station and interrogated for days, being accused of speaking poorly against the new leader, Deng… Continue reading A Bad Joke

Mother of Mencius The story starts out by talking about how Mencius’ mother wanted the best for him at a young age in order to spur his development into becoming a student of the arts. It then describes a story of Mencius’ mother teaching Mencius that when he neglects his work, he then ruins the… Continue reading Mencius’ Mother

In northern Chinas Shanxi Province, there has been a large amount of flooding that has lead to 15 deaths and 3 missing people. About 1.75 million people have been affected by the floods and 120,000 were displaced from their homes. They received more than 3 times the monthly rainfall for October in just five days. The… Continue reading Flooding in China 10/12/21

After a week break due to the weather cancelling last Sunday’s drum circle, I went back to it this past Sunday with a lot of hope for what it could bring. While I did enjoy the dancing last time, I wanted to prefer doing the drumming instead. The event itself always brings in an energetic… Continue reading My Second Experience in the Drum Circle

This documentary was incredibly eye-opening on many fronts, most of them heartbreaking, with one fact in particular sticking in my mind: that the mass incarceration of the Uyghur ethnic group currently taking place in China is on a scale unprecedented since the incarceration of Jewish people during the Holocaust. While such a comparison may not… Continue reading PBS China Undercover

Recently I watched a Chinese film from 2009 titled “Mulan: Rise of a Warrior” or “Mulan: Legendary Warrior” (depending on the translation). It was based off of the possibly historic/legendary “Ballad of Hua Mulan”, which is the oldest known telling of the famous heroine’s story and was probably composed during the Northern Wei dynasty, possibly around… Continue reading Mulan: Rise of a Warrior Film