사극 Paradise

I know, I've been running horribly behind schedule with this blog! I pack my day very full, spending most of it making dolls or 한복, taking online classes on how to sell, market, network; watching a 사극, Xianxia, or Wuxia, and then ending the day with some reading that is relevant to Korean, Chinese, or Mongolian Culture. As a result, sometimes things fall through the cracks! "Chinese sources tell..

카테고리 없음 2023. 7. 4. 10:41

"No history of Yuan can fail to mention the mother of Khubilai Khan, Sorghaghtani, though the History of the Yuan does not have much to say about her. Other sources-Italian, Persian, and Hebrew-praise her highly, a Persian historian saying she 'towered above all women of the world.' She was the niece of an enemy of Chinggis (Khan), who took her as war booty and married her to his son Tolui.When ..

카테고리 없음 2023. 6. 30. 06:24

"Four became ruling queens of their own countries and commanded large regiments of soldiers. At least one became literate, but several supported scholars, schools, and the publication of religious and educational texts...At court, these noble women wore elaborate headdresses of felt and feathers that rose more than two feet above their ears so they would tower over everyone around them and give ..

카테고리 없음 2023. 5. 27. 01:15

"She was forty years old when she became pregnant for the fourth time, with what turned out to be her final set of twins, and when she entered into what would be her almost final battle. Although advanced in her pregnancy, Manduhai insisted on leading her troops into battle, just as she had so often done over the past 15 years...Manduhai unexpectedly lurched in her saddle, she then swiveled awkw..

카테고리 없음 2023. 5. 25. 00:24

"In American terms, the accomplishment of Genghis Khan might be understood if the United States, instead of being created by a group of educated merchants and wealthy planters, had been founded by one of its illiterate slaves, who, by the sheer force of personality, charisma, and determination, liberated America from foreign rule, united the people, created an alphabet, wrote the constitution, e..

카테고리 없음 2023. 5. 23. 22:03

Over here, in Albuquerque, New Mexico, located in the Good Old U.S. of A, it is late at night. I am exhausted, but I am also down to my last dime, so I have to pull out all the stops and hustle like hell, no holding back. That being said, I stumbled upon a passage in "The Secret History of the Mongol Queens" regarding Queen Manduhai the Wise that could not have come at a better time. "More than ..

카테고리 없음 2023. 5. 17. 14:12