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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Once seen as a pastime for the older generation, Mahjong is finding a new way to present itself to the world...and to fashion.
Now you can see mahjong on a keychain, a bracelet, a pair of earrings, or a bag you take to dinner. Each one still carries the same characters, but the textures and ways of wearing them keep getting more creative.
It makes sense though. Mahjong has always been more than a game. For elders, it’s a reason to sit together for hours. For young Asians , it’s a sound, a culture, an identity, also a way of bringing people together that doesn’t need much explanation. Wearing it is just another way of keeping it close.
Swipe through some mahjong accessories we found online >>>
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Once seen as a pastime for the older generation, Mahjong is finding a new way to present itself to the world...and to fashion.
Now you can see mahjong on a keychain, a bracelet, a pair of earrings, or a bag you take to dinner. Each one still carries the same characters, but the textures and ways of wearing them keep getting more creative.
It makes sense though. Mahjong has always been more than a game. For elders, it’s a reason to sit together for hours. For young Asians , it’s a sound, a culture, an identity, also a way of bringing people together that doesn’t need much explanation. Wearing it is just another way of keeping it close.
Swipe through some mahjong accessories we found online >>>
#Radiimedia #Radii #mahjong #asianculture #chinese
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After nine years of calling Hong Kong home, Estelle (@estelleeee1), freelance marketer crafting strategies for brands, has mastered the art of showing up, whether it’s belting out Cantopop between bites at a neon-lit dai pai dong, losing hours trying on vintage finds at HULA, or tracking down the perfect Martini at The Diplomat. She states whenever the mood strikes, and always down to meet new people.
Her Hong Kong is loud, chaotic, and impossibly charming. It’s late-night mahjong after spicy 口水雞, rooftop cocktails at Cardinal Point with the city lights below, and legit Thai food in Sai Kung after a long hike. It’s where no one sings well at dinner, but that’s exactly the point.
Come visit? Hit her up. She’ll show you around.
Follow @RADII_media for more ultimate city guides across Asia.
#RADIImedia #radii #HongKong #CityGuide #DaiPaiDong
After nine years of calling Hong Kong home, Estelle (@estelleeee1), freelance marketer crafting strategies for brands, has mastered the art of showing up, whether it’s belting out Cantopop between bites at a neon-lit dai pai dong, losing hours trying on vintage finds at HULA, or tracking down the perfect Martini at The Diplomat. She states whenever the mood strikes, and always down to meet new people.
Her Hong Kong is loud, chaotic, and impossibly charming. It’s late-night mahjong after spicy 口水雞, rooftop cocktails at Cardinal Point with the city lights below, and legit Thai food in Sai Kung after a long hike. It’s where no one sings well at dinner, but that’s exactly the point.
Come visit? Hit her up. She’ll show you around.
Follow @RADII_media for more ultimate city guides across Asia.
#RADIImedia #radii #HongKong #CityGuide #DaiPaiDong
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What does Chinese New Year look like if you’re not going home?
In a city where most venues shut down and streets go quiet, a group of people who stayed in Shanghai decided to throw their own celebration. What started as a small gathering quickly turned into a packed, cross-cultural New Year party.
Hosted by @system_shanghai and @newwritingsupermarket , The night had everything: ping pong tables, dumpling making with strangers, spring couplet (春联) writing, massage, lion dance, dry boat performance (划旱船), mahjong, music...and you could even catch some sunbathing.
Here, strangers found a way to connect through a shared experience, and reunited on the dance floor. Just like Shanghai: a city full of surprises, reunions of different cultures, and ideas.
#Radiimedia #Radii #chinesenewyear #shanghai #cny2026
What does Chinese New Year look like if you’re not going home?
In a city where most venues shut down and streets go quiet, a group of people who stayed in Shanghai decided to throw their own celebration. What started as a small gathering quickly turned into a packed, cross-cultural New Year party.
Hosted by @system_shanghai and @newwritingsupermarket , The night had everything: ping pong tables, dumpling making with strangers, spring couplet (春联) writing, massage, lion dance, dry boat performance (划旱船), mahjong, music...and you could even catch some sunbathing.
Here, strangers found a way to connect through a shared experience, and reunited on the dance floor. Just like Shanghai: a city full of surprises, reunions of different cultures, and ideas.
#Radiimedia #Radii #chinesenewyear #shanghai #cny2026
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Henan’s CNY gala built its name on no big budgets just a real focus on traditional Chinese culture. While other galas went for spectacle, Henan went for depth. That approach went viral years ago, and they’ve kept going.
This year, they chose Yongle Weiyang(永乐未央). The performance brings the 280 divine figures from the Yongle Palace murals (painted in the Yuan dynasty, over 700 years ago) onto a stage. The costumes carry the exact colors still visible on those walls today: peacock blue from ancient glaze firing, deep stone cyan from mineral pigments that somehow held their color through centuries. The dancers move in long, controlled lines, every fold of fabric catching the air the way brushwork does on a flat wall, just like the figures had always been waiting to step out.
#Radiimedia #Radii #yonglepalace #chineseaesthetics #chinesenewyear
Henan’s CNY gala built its name on no big budgets just a real focus on traditional Chinese culture. While other galas went for spectacle, Henan went for depth. That approach went viral years ago, and they’ve kept going.
This year, they chose Yongle Weiyang(永乐未央). The performance brings the 280 divine figures from the Yongle Palace murals (painted in the Yuan dynasty, over 700 years ago) onto a stage. The costumes carry the exact colors still visible on those walls today: peacock blue from ancient glaze firing, deep stone cyan from mineral pigments that somehow held their color through centuries. The dancers move in long, controlled lines, every fold of fabric catching the air the way brushwork does on a flat wall, just like the figures had always been waiting to step out.
#Radiimedia #Radii #yonglepalace #chineseaesthetics #chinesenewyear
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Every year, nearly half a million people walk across Taiwan for a goddess born over 1,000 years ago.
Mazu(妈祖) is Taiwan’s sea goddess, a folk deity believed to protect sailors and grant blessings. Her followers carry her wooden statue on a palanquin for up to 9 days straight, stopping at temples, sleeping on floors, and eating food handed out for free by strangers along the route.
What’s interesting is that more young people are getting involved. The pilgrimage has always been about faith. But for a new generation, it has also become a way to express and present themselves.
“I didn’t expect to see so many young people joining the pilgrimage,” said 28-year-old fashion designer, who traveled from Taipei to take part in the pilgrimage. “People used to think Mazu worship was something for rural elders. But look around…that doesn’t seem to be the case anymore.”
#Radiimedia #Radii #妈祖 #AsianCulture #GenZ
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Every year, nearly half a million people walk across Taiwan for a goddess born over 1,000 years ago.
Mazu(妈祖) is Taiwan’s sea goddess, a folk deity believed to protect sailors and grant blessings. Her followers carry her wooden statue on a palanquin for up to 9 days straight, stopping at temples, sleeping on floors, and eating food handed out for free by strangers along the route.
What’s interesting is that more young people are getting involved. The pilgrimage has always been about faith. But for a new generation, it has also become a way to express and present themselves.
“I didn’t expect to see so many young people joining the pilgrimage,” said 28-year-old fashion designer, who traveled from Taipei to take part in the pilgrimage. “People used to think Mazu worship was something for rural elders. But look around…that doesn’t seem to be the case anymore.”
#Radiimedia #Radii #妈祖 #AsianCulture #GenZ
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