This month, we’re looking at Asian tradition beyond the tangible — foodways, festivals, languages, gestures, crafts, and digital folklore. We’ll be exploring how memory becomes a living medium in the 21st century.
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Just a few quotes you can forward to the people you love. Or watch these films with someone… or alone.
Which one gets the ticket to your heart?
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Just a few quotes you can forward to the people you love. Or watch these films with someone… or alone.
Which one gets the ticket to your heart?
#Radiimedia #Radii #WongKarwai #valentine #我爱你
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春联 (Chinese couplets) are a pair of poetic lines that adhere to certain rules, written on red paper and used as New Year decorations to express happiness and hopeful thoughts for the coming year. A thousand years later, people started to become more creative with it.
Chinese couplets began with people using peachwood to carve two figures of two gods, which were placed at the entrance of their homes to protect the family. These figures later transformed into peachwood boards with the gods’ names in handwritten format. By the Ming dynasty, peachwood was replaced by red paper with written blessings. The rules are simple: only two lines in total, and each line must mirror the other in structure and tone.
Back to 2026, China’s Gen Z is reinterpreting the tradition. The structure remains the same, but instead of formal blessings, many couplets lean into humor, different languages, and even...trendy TV shows.
Swipe through to see some of the funniest ones we found >>>
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春联 (Chinese couplets) are a pair of poetic lines that adhere to certain rules, written on red paper and used as New Year decorations to express happiness and hopeful thoughts for the coming year. A thousand years later, people started to become more creative with it.
Chinese couplets began with people using peachwood to carve two figures of two gods, which were placed at the entrance of their homes to protect the family. These figures later transformed into peachwood boards with the gods’ names in handwritten format. By the Ming dynasty, peachwood was replaced by red paper with written blessings. The rules are simple: only two lines in total, and each line must mirror the other in structure and tone.
Back to 2026, China’s Gen Z is reinterpreting the tradition. The structure remains the same, but instead of formal blessings, many couplets lean into humor, different languages, and even...trendy TV shows.
Swipe through to see some of the funniest ones we found >>>
#Radiimedia #Radii #GenZChina #chinese #春联
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Deep in the mountains of Yunnan, a small community has been performing the same dance for over 1,000 years.
The Divine Bird Dance (神鸟舞), also known as the Jin Na Luo Dance (紧那罗舞), is a traditional ritual performance of the Dai people in Yunnan. For generations, it was passed down orally. But today, fewer than 10 inheritors remain to carry it forward.
The story originates from a pair of sacred birds in Dai mythology. To honor them, the Dai people transformed the story into movement, myth into the Divine Bird Dance.
More than a performance, the Divine Bird Dance is an act of reverence: a tribute to nature, to life, and to enduring faith.
#Radiimedia #Radii #IntangibleCulturalHeritage #ChineseCulture #紧那罗舞
Deep in the mountains of Yunnan, a small community has been performing the same dance for over 1,000 years.
The Divine Bird Dance (神鸟舞), also known as the Jin Na Luo Dance (紧那罗舞), is a traditional ritual performance of the Dai people in Yunnan. For generations, it was passed down orally. But today, fewer than 10 inheritors remain to carry it forward.
The story originates from a pair of sacred birds in Dai mythology. To honor them, the Dai people transformed the story into movement, myth into the Divine Bird Dance.
More than a performance, the Divine Bird Dance is an act of reverence: a tribute to nature, to life, and to enduring faith.
#Radiimedia #Radii #IntangibleCulturalHeritage #ChineseCulture #紧那罗舞
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For DJ Cocoonics (@athena_cocoonics), the real Hong Kong emerges after the last track fades. Her guide maps the city’s independent soul, from radical cinema and visionary sound to late-night custard buns that make the stress disappear.
This is Hong Kong after hours on Cocoonics terms, where the night never really does end.
Follow @RADII_media for more ultimate city guides across Asia.
#RADIImedia #Radii #HongKong #CityGuide #latenight
For DJ Cocoonics (@athena_cocoonics), the real Hong Kong emerges after the last track fades. Her guide maps the city’s independent soul, from radical cinema and visionary sound to late-night custard buns that make the stress disappear.
This is Hong Kong after hours on Cocoonics terms, where the night never really does end.
Follow @RADII_media for more ultimate city guides across Asia.
#RADIImedia #Radii #HongKong #CityGuide #latenight
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Or you could make both.
As one of the most iconic symbols in Chinese culture, fish represent prosperity and good fortune. Making them into lanterns during festivals becomes a way to honor ancestors and strengthen community bonds.
The making of a fish lantern begins with binding bamboo strips and shaping the frame, followed by papering to set the form, careful hand-painting, and finally detailed carving. Each step is a quiet testament to time and craftsmanship.
But you could also just get a Magikarp, it blends into the fish scene pretty well too.
#Radiimedia #Radii #FishLantern #chinaculture #travelchina
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Or you could make both.
As one of the most iconic symbols in Chinese culture, fish represent prosperity and good fortune. Making them into lanterns during festivals becomes a way to honor ancestors and strengthen community bonds.
The making of a fish lantern begins with binding bamboo strips and shaping the frame, followed by papering to set the form, careful hand-painting, and finally detailed carving. Each step is a quiet testament to time and craftsmanship.
But you could also just get a Magikarp, it blends into the fish scene pretty well too.
#Radiimedia #Radii #FishLantern #chinaculture #travelchina
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