《萬壽長河 如意紫竹》長卷畫
The Wanshou Temple & Changhe River: A Scroll of Auspicious Purple Bamboo
P1: 龍王廟 (Longwangmiao / Dragon King Temple)
P2: 廣源閘 (Guangyuanzha / Guangyuan Sluice Gate)
P3: 紫竹院公園 (Zizhuyuan Park / Purple Bamboo Park)
P4: 萬壽寺 (Wanshousi / Temple of Longevity)
P5: 中國國家圖書館 (National Library of China, NLC), 人民教育出版社 (People's Education Press, PEP)
P6: 北京外國語大學 (Beijing Foreign Studies University, BFSU)
P7: 李四光紀念舘 (Li Siguang Memorial Hall)
P8: 宏音齋吳氏管樂 (Hongyinzhai Wu’s Orchestral Music)
P9: 解放軍音樂廳 (PLA Concert Hall)
P10: 民族劇院 (Minzu Theatre)
P11: 中央民族大學 (Minzu University of China, MUC)
P12: 北京舞蹈學院 (Beijing Dance Academy, BDA)
P13: 中國空間技術研究院 (China Academy of Space Technology, CAST), 東方紅一號衛星 (Dong Fang Hong 1 Satellite)
P14: 北京理工大學 (Beijing Institute of Technology, BIT)
P15: 北京友誼賓館 (Beijing Friendship Hotel)
#文化 #畫卷 #藝術 #公共藝術 #北京 #中國 #中国 #culture #scroll #art #publicart #urban #urbanexploration #beijing #peking #china #cityscape
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Imagine Conan O’Brien red-cheeked, sweating and drooling, looking crazed with his face smeared with hot sauce. The comedian, writer and TV host seized the moment on a recent episode of “Hot Ones,” the popular YouTube series in which the host, Sean Evans, invites a celebrity to eat chicken wings smothered with hot sauce. It can be a painful experience. NPR’s Glen Weldon, asks, was O’Brien the show’s best guest ever? Read about and watch O’Brien’s spicy performance. https://flip.it/sN4mRH
#Culture #Entertainment #ConanO'Brien #HotOnes
Days of Awe
"The Romantics sought the sublime in nature, but the feeling may be experienced in humanity, too."
By Robert Zaretsky
According to Vox, it's impossible to be neutral on Taylor Swift because the discourse surrounding her is so pervasive. We've added to the chatter by curating a @Flipboard Storyboard about the arrival of her 11th studio album, "Tortured Poets Department," and we also want to know: How do you feel about Swift?
#Music #NewMusic #TaylorSwift #PopCulture #Culture
Options: (choose one)
Once considered taboo due to the mere suggestion that a couple was having premarital sex, cohabitation before marriage is now the norm. “If nursery rhymes are clues to how couples live their lives, ‘first comes love, then comes marriage’ is sorely outdated,” Allie Volpe writes for Vox. Read more about this cultural trend and dive into the question of whether living together before marriage is good for the relationship. https://flip.it/o.Npuz
#Culture #Love #Marriage #Relationships
6 Ways to Pass the Time in the Middle Ages (Medieval Entertainment)
"The Middle Ages were far from all doom and gloom. People had plenty of free time and invented various entertainments to pass the time enjoyably."
Madeleine
Who is the woman in the Louvre’s Black Mona Lisa?
Little is known about the model of the painting often considered as the Black Mona Lisa of the Louvre. The painting under the title Portrait of a Black Woman, is revolutionary in its representation of a Black model. For the first time, a proud and beautiful Black woman is the sole subject of a work, free of the racial clichés of the time.
Written by Fondation pour la Mémoire de L’esclavage
https://www.europeana.eu/en/stories/madeleine?mtm_campaign=Europeanathemed-BHM-Oct2025
Out today: "I’m still not sure what kind of grooming could possibly occur at a neighborhood festival where toddlers and grandparents dance to a B-52s cover band." https://www.texasobserver.org/north-texas-pride-fest-rainbow-panic/
#Pride #LGBTQIA+ #NorthTexas #Texas #culture #politics #USpol #news
The colorful silk lanterns of Hoi An, Vietnam, illuminate the ancient streets with their mesmerizing hues, casting a magical glow over the city. Meticulously crafted by skilled artisans, are not merely decorative but carry deep cultural significance. Their vibrant colors symbolize joy, prosperity, and good fortune, making them an integral part of Hoi An's rich heritage.
The ART: https://rebeccaherranen.com/featured/lanterns-of-hoi-an-rebecca-herranen.html
#travel #Photography #buyintoart #culture #art #asia #wallart #mastoart #colorful #vietnam
Magic: The Gathering has come a long way since it debuted at Gen Con in 1993. Last year, it became a billion-dollar brand. The genius behind it, mathematician Richard Garfield, left Wizards of the Coast, Magic's publisher, shortly after it was sold to Hasbro in 1999 and has subsequently expressed an apparent disillusionment with what the game has become. Defector's Nick Zarzycki interviewed him about this, his perception of the existential threats to Magic, and why he left the company. [Story may be paywalled]
#Culture #Gaming #MagicTheGathering #TabletopGames #RichardGarfield #CardGames
Hermann Rorschach’s Original Rorschach Test: What Do You See? (1921)
睇北京之舊城
A glance at the Historical Quarters of Peking
北京の旧市街を垣間見る
Ein Blick auf die Altstadt von Peking
洸(Thoáng) 𥆾(nhìn)古(cổ)城(thành)北(Bắc)京(Kinh)
北京(북경) 舊市街(구시가)의 情趣(정취)를 엿보다
上聯：𣇸暖觀魚躍（春暖觀魚躍）
下聯：𥤚髙聽鹿鳴（秋高聽鹿鳴）
門簪：如意
Upper Scroll: In warm spring, witness the dancing fish.
Lower Scroll: In crisp autumn, hear the calling of the deer.
Door Lintel Studs: Good Fortune
#photography #photo #china #beijing #peking #archetecture #chinese #traditional #culture #攝影 #撮影 #中國 #大陸 #北京 #傳統 #建築 #中華 #文化 #中国 #写真 #foto #chinesisch #architektur #kultur #trungquoc #anh #vanhoa #chua #phat #사진 #중국 #문화 #건축
In May, we reported on how an "anti-woke" energy tycoon had hijacked the #Texas State Historical Association. Now, hundreds of historians, students and educators are supporting the newly formed Alliance for Texas #History, dedicated to telling untold stories from our state. New from @josephinelee: https://www.texasobserver.org/texas-history-alliance-tsha/
Introducing the new May/June 2024 issue of Texas Observer magazine ... with a short message from our new Interim Editor-in-Chief @gusbova: https://texasobserver.org/editors-letter-introducing-our-may-june-issue/
(🎨 Cover by Emily Joynton)
#Texas #news #politics #USpol #culture #journalism #nonprofit
Today is Cinco de Mayo, a day of festivities that has morphed from a relatively quiet commemoration of the Mexican army’s victory over French troops in the Battle of Puebla on May 5, 1862, into a U.S.-centric, taco-infused, margarita-fueled celebration. But this year, Atlas Obscura is marking the occasion with this deep dive into Mexican culture. https://flip.it/tFksmY
#Culture #Mexico #CincoDeMayo #USA
Both Miss USA, Noelia Voigt, and Miss Teen USA, UmaSofia Srivastava, have relinquished their titles this week. Voigt described in a leaked letter a "toxic work environment" within the Miss USA Organization, and Srivastava said her personal values "no longer fully align with the direction of the organization.” Fans soon observed that the capital letters of the first 11 sentences in Voigt's social media post spell out "I am silenced." Vox dives into what the heck is going on, including a look at the pageant's unedifying history. What's your opinion on beauty pageants?
#MissUSA #MissTeenUSA #BeautyPageants #Lifestyle #Culture
Options: (choose one)
The Strange History Of Flagpole Sitting, The 1920s Trend Of Perching Atop Towering Poles For Days Or Weeks On End
By Genevieve Carlton
"Sparked by a publicity stunt performed by Alvin "Shipwreck" Kelly, flagpole sitting was a popular test of endurance in the United States during the 1920s, before falling out of fashion during the Great Depression."
Can’t say Jason Mamoa didn’t put in the work to prepare for his role in “Chief of War,” the first major TV series featuring the language and culture of Hawaii’s Indigenous people. The actor used a coach to speak Hawaiian authentically. Did he achieve his goal? @AssociatedPress says, while imperfect, “it’s a successful global-scale contribution to revitalizing and normalizing a language that has endured erasure attempts amid colonization.”
Okay so I feel like mastodon.social is a little too general for me. I feel like I want more of a safe space for #neurodivergent folks, and folks who want to #decolonize their minds. Genuine #BIPOC allies. #culture enthusiasts. #history geeks. Like #nature and #geology. #witchy but the ancestral folk wisdom, grandma kind.
...too general still? But too specific for general. 😤
Blue is for boys, right? 🤔|#SHORTS | National Gallery
#Trans #woman #wins #MissMarylandUSA, making #history with a list of #pageant firsts
She’s 31. She’s #married to a #military #officer. She’s #AsianAmerican. And she’s a #trans #woman.
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #BeautyPageants #RoleModels #Representation #Culture
if people think this is NOT related to #Paramount killing off #MTV & #VH1 and deleting decades of archives from the internet, Americans need to think long and hard about what they have given up as a society by treating art, history and culture as either luxury goods to be owned by a plutocratic kakistocracy, or as charities to be nickled and dimed by a fascist kleptocracy.
With its high production values, conversational style, and a storyline unfolding in real time across episodes, 2014’s "Serial" fueled a new wave of interest in true crime and transformed podcasting. The show also helped free Baltimore high school student, Adnan Syed, convicted of murdering his teenage ex-girlfriend, Hae Min Lee. Vox tells us more, including how "Serial" changed the way we think about the criminal justice system. https://flip.it/c3CEC6
#Culture #TV #Law #Serial
Good comeback. Checks many boxes of how to respond to comments of this kind:
- call out their bullshit
- respond with kindness
- craft your message not with the edgelord in mind, but write it for the rest of the community (the edgelord will hate it anyway, so no need to pander to them)
Once described as “the most beautiful man in the movies,” Alain Delon has died at age 88. The actor was a star of the golden era of French cinema, known for his tough-guy persona on screen in hits including “The Samurai” and “Borsalino.” His health declined in recent years and he became a virtual recluse. “I thought he could never die,” one of Delon’s fans said. Read more from the BBC: https://flip.it/gd8UHt
#Culture #Entertainment #Film #Movies #AlainDelon