For October, we’re summoning the synergy between algorithms and ancient systems. It’s tech meets tradition, spirituality, and the youth’s renewed fascination with fate, myth, and lore.
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So what‘s with all these abandoned buddhas in this sleepy, almost eerie village in China? Welcome to Chongshan Village.
Suzhou is known for its sleepy canals and classical Chinese architecture. But tucked away near the city is a little-known place: Chongshan Village (冲山村), one of the largest domestic and international exporters of deity sculptures. Generations of residents have made Buddhist and Taoist sculptures for temples across China. Today, Chongshan’s Buddha-sculpting craft is recognized as intangible cultural heritage in Jiangsu Province.
Walk through Chongshan, and you’ll find deities in every stage of becoming: carved, cast, painted, in every material imaginable. It’s a place of liminality, where gods take physical form in human hands.
And as you’d expect, the village is also home to plenty of abandoned Buddha factories. In these empty halls, a draw for urban explorers, deities lie half-finished or half-destroyed. A little eerie at times, but in another life, they would have been worshipped in temples and on altars.
Would you go exploring in this town?
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So what‘s with all these abandoned buddhas in this sleepy, almost eerie village in China? Welcome to Chongshan Village.
Suzhou is known for its sleepy canals and classical Chinese architecture. But tucked away near the city is a little-known place: Chongshan Village (冲山村), one of the largest domestic and international exporters of deity sculptures. Generations of residents have made Buddhist and Taoist sculptures for temples across China. Today, Chongshan’s Buddha-sculpting craft is recognized as intangible cultural heritage in Jiangsu Province.
Walk through Chongshan, and you’ll find deities in every stage of becoming: carved, cast, painted, in every material imaginable. It’s a place of liminality, where gods take physical form in human hands.
And as you’d expect, the village is also home to plenty of abandoned Buddha factories. In these empty halls, a draw for urban explorers, deities lie half-finished or half-destroyed. A little eerie at times, but in another life, they would have been worshipped in temples and on altars.
Would you go exploring in this town?
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If you’ve watched Kris Jenner become Chinese Gen Z’s unofficial lucky charm, then you’ve probably already heard about the Kardashians’ arrival in China.
The family’s trip has now reached the Great Wall, where they did a full family photoshoot that looks like it belongs in the pages of Vogue. Chinamaxxing started as an internet joke, but a Kardashian family photoshoot is definitely the cultural crossover we didn’t know we needed.
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If you’ve watched Kris Jenner become Chinese Gen Z’s unofficial lucky charm, then you’ve probably already heard about the Kardashians’ arrival in China.
The family’s trip has now reached the Great Wall, where they did a full family photoshoot that looks like it belongs in the pages of Vogue. Chinamaxxing started as an internet joke, but a Kardashian family photoshoot is definitely the cultural crossover we didn’t know we needed.
Click the link in bio to read the full story.
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A castle siege reenactment at Millennium City Park in Kaifeng, Henan, a theme park that recreates the Song dynasty painting “Along the River During the Qingming Festival.”
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A castle siege reenactment at Millennium City Park in Kaifeng, Henan, a theme park that recreates the Song dynasty painting “Along the River During the Qingming Festival.”
Credit: starry
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You might not know the name Shi Yang. But if you’ve watched ‘Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End,’ you‘ll have seen her — she’s the on-screen inspiration for the character Mistress Ching.
Shi Yang, also known as Zheng Yi Sao or Madame Ching, reportedly worked as a prostitute before marrying the pirate Zheng Yi. When he died in 1808, she took over the pirate confederation. At its peak, she commanded close to 80,000 pirates and 1,200 ships across six fleets, terrorizing the South China Sea and securing her spot as one of the most cunning and powerful pirates in history.
She built her empire by crafting indispensable alliances across the confederation, backed by an ironclad Code of Conduct where disobedience, theft from public funds, or rape of captives resulted in decapitation. Under Shi Yang’s leadership, the surrounding regions suffered ruthless, relentless raids as she fought the Qing, British, and Portuguese navies.
While most pirate lords meet a violent end, Shi Yang managed a clean exit. In 1810, she surrendered to the Qing government, secured amnesty for herself and military positions for her subordinates, and lived out her life in relative peace until her death in 1844.
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You might not know the name Shi Yang. But if you’ve watched ‘Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End,’ you‘ll have seen her — she’s the on-screen inspiration for the character Mistress Ching.
Shi Yang, also known as Zheng Yi Sao or Madame Ching, reportedly worked as a prostitute before marrying the pirate Zheng Yi. When he died in 1808, she took over the pirate confederation. At its peak, she commanded close to 80,000 pirates and 1,200 ships across six fleets, terrorizing the South China Sea and securing her spot as one of the most cunning and powerful pirates in history.
She built her empire by crafting indispensable alliances across the confederation, backed by an ironclad Code of Conduct where disobedience, theft from public funds, or rape of captives resulted in decapitation. Under Shi Yang’s leadership, the surrounding regions suffered ruthless, relentless raids as she fought the Qing, British, and Portuguese navies.
While most pirate lords meet a violent end, Shi Yang managed a clean exit. In 1810, she surrendered to the Qing government, secured amnesty for herself and military positions for her subordinates, and lived out her life in relative peace until her death in 1844.
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An AI-generated vision of Chinese palace architecture, reimagined a thousand years into the future. The scale is so grand that the commute for palace officials is now extra long.
Credit: Maismr
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An AI-generated vision of Chinese palace architecture, reimagined a thousand years into the future. The scale is so grand that the commute for palace officials is now extra long.
Credit: Maismr
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