Dragon Blossoms

Dragon Blossoms PDF Author: Linda Bevis
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ISBN: 9780984512805
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 320

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Linda Bevis, an American teacher and lawyer, first lived in Beijing in 1983. Twenty-five years later, Bevis, her playwright husband, and her young Chinese-born daughter return to China. Aware of the necessity for adopted families to connect with the birth culture, Bevis and her family delve into Chinese community, schools, language, theater, and return to the Jiangsu orphanage where Leyla Fu-Chi spent her early months. In the year preceding the Beijing Olympics, much is said of China, both good and bad. Bevis' journals offer an inside view not usually heard in the West. While writing about pollution, censorship, and human rights violations, she also portrays her Chinese friends and students as diverse, intelligent, kind people with awareness of past injustices, pride in their country, and hope for the Olympics. Tolerant but honest, balancing maternal and pedagogical concerns with cultural awareness and respect for China's traditions, Bevis' careful reflections reveal a complex, diverse, and surprising China.

Dragon Blossoms

Dragon Blossoms PDF Author: Linda Bevis
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780984512805
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 320

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Book Description
Linda Bevis, an American teacher and lawyer, first lived in Beijing in 1983. Twenty-five years later, Bevis, her playwright husband, and her young Chinese-born daughter return to China. Aware of the necessity for adopted families to connect with the birth culture, Bevis and her family delve into Chinese community, schools, language, theater, and return to the Jiangsu orphanage where Leyla Fu-Chi spent her early months. In the year preceding the Beijing Olympics, much is said of China, both good and bad. Bevis' journals offer an inside view not usually heard in the West. While writing about pollution, censorship, and human rights violations, she also portrays her Chinese friends and students as diverse, intelligent, kind people with awareness of past injustices, pride in their country, and hope for the Olympics. Tolerant but honest, balancing maternal and pedagogical concerns with cultural awareness and respect for China's traditions, Bevis' careful reflections reveal a complex, diverse, and surprising China.

The Dragon's Flower: Orange Bliss

The Dragon's Flower: Orange Bliss PDF Author: Choco Lily
Publisher: Yue Lily Penning
ISBN:
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 206

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News travels quickly thanks to spies planted around here and there. Soon, the Empress comes to know that her son was in love with his personal maid. As a mother, she would never agree with their relationship! Their first meeting was done without the Third Prince’s knowledge. It ended with the Empress fainting, but Xiao Hua was exempted from punishment with the Third Prince interfering. But after the Third Prince went to the border to guard against the attack from another country, the Empress made an even bigger move against Xiao Hua. However, before the verdict decided on who was the victor this round, someone had tried to poison Xiao Hua and pin the blame on the Empress. [Book 4 of 9 The Dragon's Flower]

The Dragon's Flower: Ambiguous Pink

The Dragon's Flower: Ambiguous Pink PDF Author: Choco Lily
Publisher: Yue Lily Penning
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 190

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Le Xiao Ting knew that the Third Prince treated her especially well because of the 'original' Xiao Hua. The Third Prince knew of the original Xiao Hua because he was a time traveler, going back to the past to prevent the apocalypse from happening again in the future. It was a coincidence that the timeline he entered was where she transmigrated into. Feeling gratitude for the original Xiao Hua that had sacrificed her life for him, the Third Prince decided to treat her well in this round of life. But he never expected that Le Xiao Ting had taken over his benefactor’s body. He wanted to distance himself from the transmigration girl, but it was too late. This weird thinking young girl that was blooming into a flower had already caught his heart, leading him into a trap known as love. But how could a servant and a prince get together? His parents will never agree. “I will find a way. Wait for me.”

The Dragon's Flower: Severity Grey

The Dragon's Flower: Severity Grey PDF Author: Choco Lily
Publisher: Yue Lily Penning
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 196

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When the enchanting heroine and the dashing hero finalized the date of their wedding, Xiao Hua looked forward to witnessing an ancient wedding ritual for the first time! Marriage is a big and life-changing event. That must explain why the heroine decided to go wild before she got tied down, even if her actions would destroy their homeland. The heroine's to-do list consists of crossdressing, capturing new supporting male leads, doing new business that's borderline illegal, and face slapping more cannon fodders. Heroine, aren't you tired? Why don't you take a break? [Book 6 of 9]

The Dragon's Flower: Novice Green

The Dragon's Flower: Novice Green PDF Author: Choco Lily
Publisher: Yue Lily Penning
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 189

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After an accident, Le Xiao Ting found herself possessing a small cannon fodder's body inside a novel she had been reading. But why did the storyline going to a different direction than what she had read? Xiao Hua, the body she was currently possessing, would die if she continued staying around Princess Long Lian and the Third Prince Long Zhu, but her attempted escape failed. Xiao Hua was supposed to be the princess' maidservant in the novel, but she ended up as the Third Prince's personal maid instead. Not only that, her expected days of being a hardworking servant did not happen, but ended up being the most leisurely maid that's very much favoured by her new master. The change was centered on the Third Prince, who was supposed to be an unambitious prince and cannon fodder, but he did not act according to his script. He went wild by arming himself with power and gathered the heroine's supporting male leads to go against the hero and heroine! Did she actually transmigrate into a fanfiction version of the novel instead of the original one?

The Dragon's Flower: Purple Deluxe

The Dragon's Flower: Purple Deluxe PDF Author: Choco Lily
Publisher: Yue Lily Penning
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 200

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Xiao Hua had long known the tea she brewed was special and beneficial to a person's body. But she could not understand why her tea was especially addictive to the supporting male leads. With encouragement from Duan Xi Ying, Xiao Hua started charging one of the supporting male leads, Duke Heng, for drinking her tea. It was a good income and doing it helps to reduce the sense of longing for the Third Prince's return. However, Long Zhu had not returned when a white-clothed gentleman appeared in Guilin, with a letter written by Long Zhu in his hand. Long Zhu wanted his teacher to adopt Xiao Hua so that she would have a status that allowed them to get married. But his teacher has his own plans, such as breaking up the couple and removing Xiao Hua from sight. What Doctor Bai did not account for was that Xiao Hua was not the original Xiao Hua, and she has her transmigrated friend, Heise, to help her out. Sometime later... Xiao Hua: Shit. Where is Heise? Did he get killed? [Book 5 of 9 The Dragon's Flower]

The Dragon's Flower: Calming Blue

The Dragon's Flower: Calming Blue PDF Author: Choco Lily
Publisher: Yue Lily Penning
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 210

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As the Third Prince's personal maid, the weak chicken Xiao Hua had to start cultivating to protect herself and her master. With the help of a pill, her body was reformed and able to cultivate, along with gaining muscle pains once she started training. Not only does she need to train and discard her lazy ways, but the Third Prince had also sent her out to spy on the strange Eighth Prince that does not exist in the original novel. What the Eighth Prince did to get himself under the Third Prince's radar? Nothing dangerous, if one considers being a very enthusiastic fanboy of the Second Prince, the novel's male lead, was dangerous. Not only that, he had been very hardworking in doing public relations for free to get everyone onto the Second Prince's ship! The Eighth Prince pointed at Xiao Hua. "Why are you not supporting the Second Prince!" Xiao Hua: (・・ ) ? Eighth Prince: "You should know he's the male lead! Why are you siding with the Third Prince that's going to die anyway? Are you stupid?" Xiao Hua: (⊙_⊙) "F...Fellow transmigrator?!"

The Dragon's Flower: Black Supremacy

The Dragon's Flower: Black Supremacy PDF Author: Choco Lily
Publisher: Yue Lily Penning
ISBN:
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 205

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It was decided that being Doctor Bai's adopted daughter, Xiao Hua had to stay with him until she marries, which was two years later. Taking this period of time for a new Xiao Hua to bloom, her free time was all spent on treating her eyes and learning as much medical skill as she could. But at Bai land, there was also Xiao Hua's love rival waiting for her. On the other hand, the rest of the characters were busy planning a bait to lure the heroine out of her hiding place and deal with her. But their actions were too successful that it pushed the heroine to the edge, and succumbed to the plans of the demoness hiding in her spatial jade bracelet. The demoness successfully got a body and the apocalypse became closer. These things were done and planned without Xiao Hua's participation, but why was the demoness looking for her?!

The Dragon's Flower: Golden Decorum

The Dragon's Flower: Golden Decorum PDF Author: Choco Lily
Publisher: Yue Lily Penning
ISBN:
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 213

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Things were getting worse after Xiao Hua's eyes were burnt and went blind from her own tea. The Second Prince rebelled after the Crown Prince was murdered and took over the palace. His real heritage was also revealed and angered the Emperor. Their side wanted the Second Prince dead, but there was a powerful being who wanted him to live. The deity approached Xiao Hua with the answers she sought, in return for the survival of the Second Prince. [Book 7 of 9] The persistent deity caused the Third Prince and Xiao Hua to have their first big argument that threatened their relationship. Now that the Crown Prince was dead, who will be the new Crown Prince of the Guilin Kingdom?

Dragons and Lotus Blossoms

Dragons and Lotus Blossoms PDF Author: John Stevenson
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ISBN: 9780295991627
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 263

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Vietnam created the most sophisticated ceramics in Southeast Asia. Though they borrowed from China, Vietnamese potters explored their own indigenous tastes and developed their own production techniques. Blessed with the smooth gray-white clays of the Red River Valley, they created pieces that are amazingly light and thin-walled, with skillfully painted, incised, and carved decoration. Two particularly popular decorative themes were dragons (from whom the Vietnamese believed they were descended) and lotuses (considered archetypal symbols of Buddhist purity, because the flower emerges unsullied from the mud). Through a series of judicious purchases that began in the 1970s, the Birmingham Museum of Art, Alabama, has created an extraordinary collection of Vietnamese ceramic art. Essays by three noted experts introduce the collection. John Stevenson, co-author of Vietnamese Ceramics: A Separate Tradition, describes the evolution of Vietnamese ceramics and the contexts in which they were produced, and analyzes their aesthetic attraction. The Museum's senior curator, Donald A. Wood, explains the rich symbolism of decorative motifs found on Vietnamese ceramics. Independent scholar Philippe Truong, of Paris and Saigon, assesses the current state of the field.