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The element Water is connected to black (hei) or blue (lan). Blue is the color of healing, relaxation, trust, calmness, and immortality. Just think of the ocean, isn't that calming you already? Black is a more neutral color, it could be associated with stability, adaptability, and will. But is it also used for dark, evil, and sinister.
Red the color of the Fire element. It's the time of summer, the time of joy and happiness - that's the meaning of the color red in Chinese. Red is the Chinese good luck color. It also stands for celebration, vitality, and it is the bridal color. Well, in the West we associate love with the color red, in China pink or purple is the color of love and romance.
Between rice terraces and tea trees. A few years ago Houtouwan, a fishing village, was abandoned but nature took it back, made it green again and gave it a new beginning. Houtouwan lies in the east the cardinal direction in the first phase of wu xing. Just look at green (qing), the color of the Wood element, connected with spring. Isn't spring a wonderful time to grow and expand? Thus the color green is generally associated with health, prosperity, and harmony.
White (bai) is the color of the element Metal. On one side it symbolizes brightness, purity, intuition, and fulfillment. On the other side, it is also the color of mourning and ghosts. Thus if you go to a Chinese funeral expect a lot of people wearing white clothes.
Yellow (huang) corresponds with the element Earth. Think about late summer, when everything is glowing, like that yellow-orange Indian summer. In China, yellow is considered the most beautiful and prestigious color. It signifies neutrality and good looks. It stands for wealth and riches.
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Exploring China: A Culinary Adventure is a four-part British documentary television series that aired on BBC Two. Chefs Ken Hom and Ching He Huang, both Chinese food specialists, describing their travels through China and the recipes and personal stories they find there.Hom and Huang will travel to Beijing, learning about Peking Duck, and on to the Silk Road, Kashgar, and the Sichuan Province,together bringing a unique and authoritative perspective on Chinese food that will surprise and inform.Ken and Ching undertake an epic 3000-mile culinary adventure across China - not only to reveal its food, but its people, history, culture and soul.BBC Books has acquired and published the title to accompany the BBC Two series of four hour-long episodes.
Exploring the history and use of psychedelic plants. Psychedelica examines; Sacred Healing ,Integrating Shamanic, Wisdom, Treating Illness with Plant Medicines, Set, Setting, & Psychotropic Experiments, Expanding Human Consciousness, Shadow Side of Psychedelics, Indigenous Medicine of the Mind, and The Holy Mushroom Theory. Psychedelica is an original series streamed on Gaia. 2018
Experience one of the most fascinating phenomena of our times - the rapid evolution of the world's most populous nation from a secluded land of mystery to an economic powerhouse welcoming the modern world. In this compelling four-part series, China Rises takes you inside this dynamic country - from jeep joyriding in the Gobi Desert to a factory floor in Zhejiang Province, from walking the red carpet at the Shanghai Film Festival to staging a pop concert at the Great Wall, from police rescuing abducted women to experts training astronauts, from celebrating Chinese Central Television's new state-of-the-art headquarters to transforming controversial Tiananmen Square into an Olympic beach volleyball court. The seismic changes happening in China today reflect a potent mixture of dreams and despair, with consequences that will shape the future of the entire planet.
From bustling airports to remote crossings, this series uncovers the high-risk world of border security at Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport, also known as Santiago International Airport and Nuevo Pudahuel Airport, where every bag, every traveler, and every decision could change everything.
