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  • Music: Predestined Homecoming

  • The Origin of the Chinese Idiom: An Owl Plans to Move to the East

    Liu Xiang, a scholar from the Han Dynasty, once told a fable to illustrate the moral: A man who seeks inward for his flaws does not blame his problems on others. “An owl plans to move to the East” is a metaphor that one must face the root cause of one’s problems to truly solve the problem.
  • Music: Forever

  • Astronomical Gem in the Sky

    It is exciting for astronomers who study white dwarf stars because it is the first empirical test of a theory that we have been using for more than 40 years. Other astronomers may also find it interesting because it affects the ages of the coolest white dwarf stars -- and these provide one method of determining the age of our Galaxy. Some physicists who study high density matter might also be interested.
  • Music: Hand In Hand

  • Poem: Visions of Hope

    Four and a half years now, And the brutal persecution against millions of innocentChinese citizens continues… However, the shadows cast by such evil are fading,The light of truth is finding every darkened den
  • Music: Cultivation

  • The Origin of the Chinese Idiom: "Drinking Zhen to Quench the Thirst"

    When he was fifteen years old, his uncle on his mother's side, Song Guang, was falsely charged with tampering with an imperial edict and sent to prison because he impartially enforced the laws and offended some influential officials. Huo Xu knew that his uncle was a righteous person and would never commit such a crime. So he wrote a letter to General Liang Shang to plead the innocence of his uncle.
  • Poem: Candles Burning

    Keep the candles burning,Every home fire aflame.The injustice against DafaNot long for this world,‘Zhen, Shan, Ren’ to beFurther proclaimed.
  • Stories From Ancient China: Wei Sigong’s One Sentence of Kindness Saved His Life

    One day in mid-July, the three of them went to get water during their leisure time. Standing by the pool, they saw a giant snake slowly rolling and crawling in the rock basin. It measured dozens of feet in length and had a jet-black body with glittering white patterns all over it. The three men were very frightened. After watching for a long while, Wang and Dong brought up the idea of taking it home to eat. Wei Sigong said, “No, we can’t do that. How can you be sure that no dragon hides on this famous mountain and in this big town?
  • Music: Waves Sifting Sand

  • The Origin of the Chinese Idiom: You Are My Second Guardian

    The Magistrate was extremely attentive to Su Zhang and was boastful to the other banquet guests about his friendship with this high ranking official who he believed would cover up his crimes. The Magistrate was very nervous at the beginning of the dinner. But as the dinner went on, he became more and more relaxed because Su Zhang didn't say anything about his wrongdoings. Instead, he just recollected their good old days together as old friends. The Magistrate even bragged, “Everyone has his own guardian above him to protect and watch over him but I have two.” He implied that Su Zhuang was that second guardian from saving him from a fate of death for his crimes, and he was expressing his deep gratitude to Su Zhuang.
  • Music: Tuebei Prophecy

  • Pollution of Fish Species Reflects Hazard of Modern Science

    In the January 9, 2004 issue of Science magazine, another report points out that “farmed salmon have significantly higher contaminant burdens than wild salmon”. In fact, the concentrations of organochlorine contaminants that pose cancer risks for humans are about ten times higher in farmed salmon than in wild salmon. The study focuses on the following persistent industrial pollutants, including polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), dioxins, toxaphene and dieldrin. The consumption of farmed salmon may result in exposure to a variety of persistent bioaccumulative contaminants with the potential for an elevation in attendant health risks.
  • Music: Plum Blossom Blooming in the Snow Season