A pagoda is an ornate, multi-tiered Chinese temple structure. It is usually made of wood or stone and is often covered with intricate carvings. The pagoda symbolizes the Buddhist concept of enlightenment. It also serves...
Jade is a stone that has been prized by many cultures for thousands of years. It was even used as currency during the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644), and it has been called "the most valuable mineral on Earth." But what exactly...
The era of Gothic furniture, when compared to the other European furniture styles, lasted an incredibly long period, lasting from the 12th through the 15th century, while its characteristic ornaments survived side by side with the new influences up to the beginning...
Michelle Alexander was born in 1967, part of the first generation to take birth in a new, fairer America in the aftermath of The Civil Rights Act, 1964. But, as the former director of the Civil Rights Clinic at Stanford...
If you're familiar with the odd asana or two, you probably already know that practicing yoga leaves one feeling more relaxed, sprightly, and ready to take on the world! And given the uncertain times we are living in, one can...
Hanukkah, or the Jewish festival of light, is a more than two thousand year old celebration of Jewish tenacity and triumph over adversity. In the 20th century, a century more significant than perhaps any other for the Jewish people since...
2021 is here. In practical terms, not much changed when the clock struck midnight at the close of the 31st of December, 2020, but being able to finally say "good riddance" to 2020 is, at the very least, a psychological...
In 1992, the world watched in shock when members of the Los Angeles Police Force were acquitted after violently attacking a black man on camera. The subsequent riots rocked the city and the United States as a whole, resulting in...
The traditional Chinese calendar, like most Asian calendars, is a lunisolar calendar which reckons years, months and days according to astronomical phenomena. Although China like most nations uses the Gregorian calendar now, it follows the Chinese calendar to determine holidays, and...
