Mothers Day
Crédit : poems.mahacinasthana.com 《遊子吟》 Song of A Travelling Son 慈母手中线，游子身上衣。 Thread in the hands of a loving mother Turns to clothes on the traveling son.临行密密缝，意恐迟迟归。 She adds stitch after tight stitch until he leaves …
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Two Adolescent Tragedies: Shakespeare and Cao Xueqin
I. A Universal Enigma: Love Confronting the World Two great works, emerging from distant traditions, raise the same question: why can absolute love never be fulfilled in the world of men? Romeo and Juliet, a play by William Shakespeare (1564–1616). The Dream of the Red Chamber (Honglou Meng), a novel by Cao Xueqin (1710–1765), where the figures of Jia Baoyu and Lin Daiyu shine. …
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Father day
8 August: Prosperity, Filial Piety, and Fatherhood
In Chinese, the number 8 is pronounced bā (八), a sound that closely resembles fā (發), meaning “to prosper” or “to become wealthy.” This phonetic resemblance has made the number eight highly auspicious in Chinese culture — repeating bā, bā, bā sounds like fā, fā, fā, invoking good fortune and prosperity.