The Shu Li accepted the supremacy of the ruling Chinese and intermarried with the Han, whereas the Sheng Li continued to rebel and separate themselves from the invading Han. Like Taiwan, Hainan Island was also a haven for pirates and buccaneers and was a haven for opium smugglers and merchant...
“You must wait until after prayer,” the young man at the counter says. I walk out and hear the muezzin’s call to prayer from a mosque, shining like a lighthouse, about 500 meters away. A half hour later, I take my drink through the collection of benches and something happens that...
vast, the clouds are steaming, the purple air is dense, the Big and Small East China Seas gather here like horns, the spiritual energy gathers, the blessings are inherited, it is as blessed as the top of the East China Sea, the place where blessings gather, a prayer platform is built....