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Human development
can take many different paths; it may progress towards a
more civilized society or revert to a state of savagery.
There is no guaranteed route for a forward movement if
the collective human effort is not put forth or is
misplaced.
Here is a telling
example which demonstrates how a highly elaborate
civilization as exhibited during the eras of the Song and the Ming could rapidly degenerated to a hunting
tribe's crude existence of barbarism.
The photos of China
under Manchu's rule were originally taken by Western
travelers of the time and widely posted on Chinese cyber
space under the title Why I Love Manchu's Qing
Dynasty with cynical captions added on
by some online Chinese identities (more at 明朝吧, tianya.cn). Here we
present further evidences to support their view.
It was explicitly explained by China's
history observers of the past that "无礼乐不成中国，无章服便无华夏"
- without observing unique Chinese ritual, music, prose
and costume, Chinese civilization will lose its essential
media to convey the
essence. To the Chinese today,
donning on traditional Chinese costume for Confucius
memorial ceremony is more than a fashion statement. It is
also an act to evoke the spirit of authentic Chinese
civilization that has been badly distorted by the thick
headed Manchus with a culture based on shamanic fox-demon
worship and willfully misinterprated by the blind
followers of the Western religion and system.
What's truly magnificent
about this piece of heritage is its authenticity. Most
pre-Manchu Qing buildings were renovated during the Qing
era (1644-1911), and stamped more or less with Manchu's
peculiarity, which is characterized by the extravagance
in decoration, especially in colour, and the contraction
in structural style, particularly when the size and shape
of brackets and eaves are concerned. But this temple has
been maintained so well by the locals since it was built
thus no restoration was needed therefore it has stayed
faithful to its authentic Chinese style.
Mao Anying was born in 1922. At the age
of 28 he went to the frontline in North Korea when
America tried to bring the war to China's doorstep and
subsequently fell on the battleground for defending
nation's border security. (Ask Clitons, and Bushes, and
Rumsfeld, and Cheney where their sons and daughters are
when young Americans die in Iraq and in Afghanistan?)
It is a land where the great
benevolence is like water (上善若水) that is
inclusive in distributing its benefit and is willing to
flow to the lowest point where everyone tries to leave
behind.
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