During Chinese New Year, there are many taboos or things that you should not do, as they are believed to take away your good luck.
If you visit the coast soon, keep your eye out for a hag stone of your own.* And when you’ve found one, take it home as protection. Here are a few uses for the hag stone in your life. Hang it above your front door or over a window to keep evil spirits out. If you’re a ...
Cheung Chau Bun Festival is held in honor of the deity Pak Tai, who drove away evil spirits from the island. The festival takes place over the course of a week (during the 4th lunar month) on the island of Cheung Chau in Hong Kong. The usually quiet island receives thousands of visit...
only one bloom remained. I checked on it each morning and would be so relieved to see that it had not yet wilted. That single bloom lifted my spirits. It outlasted July. It lasted through August. It lasted into September!
Macau is also a wonderful place for kids, who can keep themselves busy by going on fun adventures in the Ecological Park or the Giant Panda Pavilion. Activities in Macau that adults travelling alone or embarking on their honeymoon can enjoy include a trip to the Wine Museum or dining in ...
This week Evil Things, a woman gives her son a childhood mask that brought her comfort as a child but it unleashes something very dark. Everyone likes to pass down childhood toys or stories to their kids and most of time its a great way to continue a tradition or even keep an airloom...
Keep walking south along Avenida de Cinco de Outubro from Kam Fa Temple until you reach the scarlet Tam Kung Temple (see image above). When the doors are closed, you can see two magnificent figures of Menshen painted on them, the guardians who protect the entrance from evil spirits. A ...
All that not-healthy time took away some inertia. I stopped experimenting and settled into a routine of sleeping much and grumbling a lot. It blew a month off my calendar and it ain’t over yet! (Don’t panic. I’m sick but not desperately so. If and when I’m “pining for the ...
Standing on this old cobbled bridge in the woods with nothing to hear but the murmur of the river and birdsong, it is difficult to imagine thatBristolcity centre is only seven miles away. Medieval Parish Church Chew Magna's Parish Church of Saint Andrew is largely medieval with a Norman sou...
The problem is, these three aspects turned into the three Greigr generals and they brought forth the great calamity, before they could be sealed away by Lila. So far, so good.Turns out, Karja is a descendant of Rollo and therefore a suitable vessel for the three Greigr to kind of...