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A bridge of understanding between two cultures; a bridge of tolerance between two ages.

Incheon: A government-built pseudo Chinatown

Post author By Teresita Ang See
Post date January 28, 2017

Massive pailou marks the entrance to the Incheon Chinatown.

In an earlier Tulay column (Oct. 8-21, 2013 issue), I’ve written that a true Chinatown is one that is lived and experienced and not built for tourism or business purposes. Dragons, arches and temples do not a Chinatown make. It is the lives lived, the culture experienced, and the history shared by a group of […]

Life

Home of the Phoenix

Post author By M.E. Yang
Post date January 28, 2017

The legend goes that the phoenix – feng huang (鳯凰) – lived in the mountains of Hunan province in western China. As the mythical bird – symbol of the empress (the dragon is the symbol of the emperor), it represents longevity since it re- emerges from the flames each time it is consumed by fire […]