What is China Like (Part 8)

Here, we continue on our exploration of China from the comfort of our own personal computer, personal laptop, or personal media device. This is a multi-part post because too many videos will prevent the post from loading, and also, I tend to get sidetracked on various issues. But, please… please keep in mind that this post is all about directing America back to what it is supposed to be. Not what it has become.

“Nothing the Party says is true.  Nothing the Party does is good. Even the war itself isn’t real. The  Party wants you to believe we are at war so as to channel your  aggression away from their rightful target: The Party. 

Big Brother is  not real. He is pure fiction, created by the Party. 

The real rulers of  the State are unknown, faceless manipulators who, because they are not  known are able to wield power without let or hindrance. People of  Oceania, you are being duped. 

The Party doesn’t serve the people — it  serves itself. 

We are not at war with Eurasia. You are being made into  obedient, stupid slaves of the Party. Open your eyes. See the evil that  is happening to you. 

The Party drops bombs on its own citizens. It is  the Party, not the Eurasians, who are our enemies. Rise up. Throw off  the yoke. You have nothing to lose, and everything to gain, People of  Oceania.” 

– Emmanuel Goldstein – 1984 Film 

Also, please keep in mind that the purpose of this post is to illustrate that the rest of the world, outside of America, has moved on with their lives. That while they might not be as great as America is, they are doing just fine thank you.

And while America has been squandering it’s money, decimating it’s resources, and just being cavalier with it’s military, the rest of the world has done the opposite. They have husbanded their day to day fortunes, and you can see this in their day-to-day lives.

Why is American fighting wars?
This is why America is currently fighting so many wars.

This is the eighth of a mighty mega-post.

As a quick reminder, to all the new comers here…

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Oasis in the dunes (video 41)

“Go back to bed, America. Your  government has figured out how it all transpired. Go back to bed,  America. Your government is in control again. 

Here. Here’s American  Gladiators. Watch this, shut up. 

Go back to bed, America. Here is  American Gladiators. Here are 56 channels of it! Watch these pituitary  retards bang their fucking skulls together and congratulate you on  living in the land of freedom. 

Here you go, America! You are free to do  what we tell you! You are free to do what we tell you!” 

― Bill Hicks 

While America has been manipulating its’ citizens, and financing wars everywhere. The rest of the world has been minding their own business, and living life to the fullest.

Hey! Here’s an oasis. Bet ya didn’t know that they had them in China, did ya? Have you ever wondered “why not?”

Getting the groom drunk (video 42)

America is a progressive liberal utopia that is only a few election votes from full realization. President Donald Trump may be out of office as early as 2020.

We’ve got a populace so dumbed down and indoctrinated with social justice gibberish by government schools that a large proportion actually believe socialism will lead to prosperity. Just like Venezuela and Cuba.

The reason young people are turning to socialism is because they aren’t actually experiencing free market capitalism.

We are trapped in a paradigm of crony capitalism or corporate fascist capitalism. The few at the top reap the vast majority of rigged benefits, while the average worker gets screwed. To keep Joe average compliant the oligarchy creates a box to put him in. The box is fear.

Fear of everything. Fear of other nations. Fear of what is outside the door. Fear of what you eat, or don’t eat.

Meanwhile the rest of the world moves forward.

Here is a small village in China. Traditional. They expect the groom to drink all that beer to “prove” that he is worthy enough to marry the bride. It’s a Chinese tradition. Note also all the aprons being worn by the housewives in the audience.

Traditional nations, even if the culture is different, are the same. China is a very traditional conservative culture and society.

In the United States, we have had the last one hundred years of cultural rewrites, and the last fifty of them has been all about enacting progressiveness in the Untied States. The Marxists have been wildly successful in their implementation of progressiveness in the United States. Just look at what we deal with on a daily basis…

In a traditional society, like what America once had, beer is considered a normal drink. There are no limitations on drinking it. There are no store hours when it can or cannot be purchased. There isn’t any need to obtain a license to sell it, and anyone can buy it without any age restrictions.

BBQ and beer
In a traditional society, especially one that is conservative, beer is drunk brazenly and with everything. It is a fun common beverage of choice at BBQ and family events.

Traditional societies do not accept the progressive dogma, and act as antibodies resisting it’s implementation.

Historical China

In traditional nations, history is revered. It is treasured, maintained, and taught in schools. In progressive societies, statues are town down, history is rewritten in such as way as to show disdain for the past.

China, as a traditional conservative nation takes care of it’s historical buildings.

Dancing upon arrival

Other nations, other cultures, and other societies have their own fads, fashions and quirks. While waving huge trashcan sized asses about is considered “feminine” in the United States, in China the fad is “dancing upon arrival”.

Here is what being “ladylike”, and “feminine” is like in the progressive United States today…

Well, all I can say is that other cultures and other societies do things quite differently. Here is the latest fad in China today…

Reenactments of History

Now, I love this next video. I really do.

The Chinese have seen empires come and go. You think that Europe had a complicated history? You have no idea. China is a long, long tale of empires that rise and fall with wars and conflict for over 5000 continuous years.

They are pretty tired of fighting and conflict.

Anyways, the way that they have ruled (in the past) was quite authoritarian. As such they maintained the pomp and circumstance to quite a degree. It’s really quite impressive, I’ll tell you what.

Sure beats what Obama gave us. Remember him riding a bicycle?

Anyways, here’s how Chinese traditionally ruled…

Riding through lilacs

When you are not throwing away your money on mindless and endless wars, you don’t need to tax the citizenry so much. Instead, they can be taxed less. Thus opening up opportunities for investments, business and growth. In China, under the low rates of taxation, people combine their money together and set up businesses. Here’s one made by a group of High School buddies.

They just pooled their money. Set up a water slide ride on the side of a hill and charge a small fee to use it. Easy, fun, and they are their own bosses.

Low taxation means individual success.

Petrified of heights

Here’s another example of a park built from some High School friends that pooled their money together and set up a park. Why does China have so many businesses? Answer; because they are not taxed to fun endless wars. That’s why.

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OK. At numerous videos for this part, let’s go and move on to the next part of this post which covers more videos and further commentary about China.

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Links about China

Popular Music of China
Chinese weapons systems
Chinese motor sports
End of the Day Potato
Dog Shit
Dancing Grandmothers
Dance Craze
When the SJW movement took control of China
Family Meal
Freedom & Liberty in China
Ben Ming Nian
Beware the Expat
Fake Wine
Fat China
Business KTV
How I got married in China.
Chinese apartment houses
Chinese Culture Snapshots
Rural China
Chinese New Year

China and America Comparisons

SJW
Playground Comparisons
The Last Straw
Leaving the USA
Diversity Initatives
Democracy
Travel outside
10 Misconceptions about China
Top Ten Misconceptions

The Chinese Business KTV Experience

This is the real deal. Forget about all that nonsense that you find in the British tabloids and an occasional write up in the American liberal press. This is the reality. Read or not.

KTV1
KTV2
KTV3
KTV4
KTV5
KTV6
KTV7
KTV8
KTV9
KTV10
KTV11
KTV12
KTV13
KTV14
KTV15
KTV16
KTV17
KTV18
KTV19
KTV20

Learning About China

Pretty Girls 1
Pretty Girls 2
Pretty Girls 3
Pretty Girls 4
Pretty Girls 5

Contemporaneous Chinese Music

This is a series of posts that discuss contemporaneous popular music in China. It is a wide ranging and broad spectrum of travel, and at that, all that I am able to provide is the flimsiest of overviews. However, this series of posts should serve as a great starting place for investigation and enjoyment.

Part 1 - Popular Music of China
Part 3 -Popular music of China.
Part 3 - The contemporaneous music of China.
part 3B - The contemporaneous music of China.
Part 4 - The contemporaneous popular music of China.
Part 5 - The contemporaneous music of China.
Part 5B - The popular music of China.
Part 5C - The music of contemporary China.
Part D - The popular music of China.
Part 5E - A happy Joe.
Part 5F - The contemporaneous music of China.
Part 5F - The popular music of China.
Post 6 - The contemporaneous music of China.
Post 7 - The contemporaneous music of China.
Post 8 - The contemporaneous music of China.
Part 9 - The contemporaneous music of China.
Part 10 - Music of China.
Post 11 - The contemporaneous music of China.

Parks in China

The parks in China are very unique. They are enormous and tend to be very mountainous. Here we take a look at this most interesting of subjects.

Parks in China - 1
Pars in China - 2
Parks in China - 3
Visiting a park in China - 4
High Speed Rail in China
Visiting a park in China - 5
Beautiful China part 6
Parks in China - 7
Visiting a park in China - 8

Really Strange China

Here are some posts that discuss a number of things about China that might seem odd, or strange to Westerners. Some of the things are everyday events, while others are just representative of the differences in culture.

Really Strange China 1
Really Strange China 2
Rally Strange China 3
Really Strange China 4
Really Odd China 5
Really Strange China 6
Really Strange China 7
Really Strange China 8
Really Strange China 9
Really Strange China 10
Really Strange China 11
Really Strange China 12
Really strange China 13
Really strange China 14

Articles & Links

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Really Strange China (Part 2)

Here we continue with our video exploration of some of the crazy and odd things (or just unusual things) going on in China this month. As a kind reminder that this is not so much for entertainment value as it is purposed towards looking at how we do things in a new light. And, as the situation is exposed, in a new appreciation.

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Regional Festival

I do like and enjoy regional fairs. I always have. It didn’t matter if it was a apple pie baking fair in Milford, Massachusetts, or a apple butter celebration in Clarion county in Pennsylvania. I loved them all.

Apple butter festival
Here is an apple-butter festival in California. Look at everyone having a grand old time. These little festivals are certainly worth your time and effort to participate in.

If you ever get an opportunity to go to a regional fair, I would strongly suggest you do so. They are all fantastic and worth the time and cost to visit. In fact, if I might be so bold, might I suggest some of these ideas for fairs in the United States…

  • Any pie, ice cream, or bakery fair.
  • Any type of Amish or Mennonite fair.
  • Fairs related to antique tractors and farm equipment.
  • Fairs related to local history.
  • Fairs related to reenactments.
  • Fairs related to maple syrup production.
  • Fairs related to grapes or wine production.
  • Fairs related to dog, cat, horse or other critters.
  • Fairs related to renaissance revivals.
  • Bluegrass festivals.
  • Any fair sponsored by a historical club, community or organization.
Apple butter sundae
Fresh apple-butter sundaes made at an apple-butter festival. These are not only very fresh, but they are amazingly delicious. There is nothing quite like fresh home-made ice cream and fresh home-made apple-butter. Yum!

I really do enjoy festivals.

I think that over the years I have forgotten how important it was for me while I was growing up. I started to take them for granted, and forgot the pleasures and excitement that I had, as a young boy, attending them. I remember a historical building walk and festival in Georgia that was awesome. I also remember a festival of the old west when I lived in Ridgecrest, California. (My China Lake days.)

Such history.

Not to mention the various regional foods. Let me tell you, you haven’t lived until you tried some BBQ at a festival in Texas, or a Chili cook off.

Limburger sandwich.
Here is a limburger cheese and bratwurst sandwich from a fair in Wisconsin. Now who in their right mind wouldn’t want to have a bite of this? Eh? Especially with s cup of some fine local beer. Doesn’t that sound great?

Just like in the United States, with seasonal fairs, the Chinese celebrate their own regional holidays and traditions. Here is one such holiday, were the local ladies dress up in traditional attire and have a parade into the community. In China, local traditional fairs can include costumes, regional food and drink, and of course the local traditional activities.

Which in China, can be quite elaborate and noteworthy…


Upon close inspection, you’ll notice that the outfits are not identical. Each one is subtly different. They are not costumes. They are family heirlooms.

The different colors of the dresses all have meaning, as well as the different decorations and caps on their heads. Just like the Irish and Sottish have different patterns for the kilts and weaves, the Chinese do the same for the various traditional attire.

In China, you can tell from the subtle differences in the clothing just which family is represented, where they come from and the family’s ranking in the community. Just like you could tell it in Ireland or Scotland.

Irish patterns
A random selection of different Irish patterns and the families that are associated with those patterns. All over the world are these little nuanced differences, and we have forgotten their importance, and the importance of festivals and families.

There are many, many different ethnic regions in China, and it would take a long series of complex posts to describe even a mere overview of them. Which, of course, really wouldn’t be appropriate here. This post is just an introduction to differences in culture and how, by looking at them, we can obtain a better appreciation of our own culture.

Oh yes. America does have a culture. Numerous ones actually, and they are all totally and completely awesome! Don’t forget that.

Speaking of awesome American culture. How about some awesome and genuine American food? Right? Am I right or am I right? Maybe something along the lines of this…

Ruben Sandwich.
What is better than a delicious Ruben sandwich? I like it served with thousand island dressing, and then I love to dip it in the dressing when I eat it. You know, the secret in making a good Ruben is avoiding having the bread get soggy. You can do this by enclosing the sauerkraut with the meat, and toasting the bread properly.

Here is another view of this particular ethnic subculture. I really love the outfit, and the smiles on all the pretty girls.

The silver adornment all has a reason and purpose, as well as a story. The crown on the head is full of symbology and meaning… especially toward the various individual family histories. The patterns on the dress, as well as the color differentiate the various history and region that the wearer comes from.

I find it all so very fascinating.

There are many, many different sub-cultures within China, and each one maintains their history, their dress, their culture. In fact, the Chinese government promotes this as an important part of China’s heritage.

I don’t know what it is, really, but I love to see beautiful women in regional clothing with history and meaning. It makes them so multi-dimensional and infinitely interesting. It makes me want to meet their families, drink and eat at their tables with their aunties and uncles and try their delicious regional food. Oh, what stories they could tell.

While the gals in the above two micro-videos are from the interior mountainous regions of China, here is a gal from the Northern regions. I think that she is just awesome. Don’t you?

I do believe that I will do a couple posts on this subject in the future, as it is truly very interesting and absolutely ignored by the American mainstream press.

Ah. I just cannot help myself.

Here is yet another different regional ethnic group. Again, I find the colors and the outfits mesmerizing. And look at how happy and proud of their heritage they are. When I go back and visit the USA, I am often afraid of saying anything lest a “white person of privilege” offends someone. Sigh.

All this is pretty cool, but it has some implications that may people miss.

For instance, if you decide to learn some Mandarin before you go to China, thinking that it’s everyone’s mother tongue, you might be in for a surprise. It’s not spoken everywhere.

Although Mandarin became the national language more than 100 years ago, many Chinese people can’t speak it. There are literally hundreds of dialects and languages in China, and Mandarin is just one of them.

Young people will usually speak Mandarin, because it’s taught in school. Just like many of them will be able to communicate in basic English to you. However, if you’re speaking to older people they may only speak their native dialects.

Moving on to a different subject…

Morning Exercises in Elementary School

All public schools in China have morning exercises. They are typically held in the front courtyard of the school and involve jumping jacks and other such “limbering up exercises”. This is the same as what you would expect in certain schools in the USA, like military academies and religious schools. (Not so in American public schools.)

Over the last few years, the Chinese methods of education has been changing and evolving. This includes everything from studying physics to music. Now it also includes sports and exercise, and yes, over the last decade that has begun to change.

Today, many, though not all, utilize dance routines to limber up the children for the day’s study events. They play popular Chinese songs (Pop-40) and the children exercise to the choreographed dance routines associated with the given songs.

Here is a nice video showing that…

This kind of activity begins as early as pre-school, and continues to long after graduation. Many companies have morning exercises and routines to get the crew and staff ready for work.

Here’s another school, doing a different dance routine. Notice how much fun the kids are having. They don’t even notice that they are exercising. Instead, they view it as a fun activity.

When you think about it, it makes total sense.

Children work just like adults do. Only their work is through play. That is how they learn. Girls like to play with dolls so that they can learn to be able to care for the family. Boys like to play with blocks and build things. That is how they learn to make things and then sell them to earn money for their family.

The great Fred Rogers was right in this regard.

When children are having fun and playing they are learning at top efficiency. When the effort is dull, prolonged and boring, they are not learning. They are memorizing for repetition. The Chinese have a long way to go towards understanding this fully, but they are implementing this technique in many schools.

And, they are doing so quite early.

Here we have pre-schoolers learning how to dance-exercise in the morning.

Adults Exercising in a Gym

Of course, you don’t need to attend elementary school to exercise. You can do so in a gym. The only thing is that the Chinese also like to have this kind of disco / club / DJ / House exercise environment. That’s one of the things that I really like about China. Pushing iron and driving yourself hard to music.

It’s sort of like this…

Pretty crazy, eh?

OK. At eight videos for this part, let’s go and move on to the next past which covers even more strangeness inside of China this month…

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If you want to go to the start of this series of posts, then please click HERE.

Links about China

Popular Music of China
Chinese weapons systems
Chinese motor sports
End of the Day Potato
Dog Shit
Dancing Grandmothers
Dance Craze
When the SJW movement took control of China
Family Meal
Freedom & Liberty in China
Ben Ming Nian
Beware the Expat
Fake Wine
Fat China
Business KTV
How I got married in China.
Chinese apartment houses
Chinese Culture Snapshots
Rural China
Chinese New Year

China and America Comparisons

SJW
Playground Comparisons
The Last Straw
Leaving the USA
Diversity Initatives
Democracy
Travel outside
10 Misconceptions about China
Top Ten Misconceptions

The Chinese Business KTV Experience

This is the real deal. Forget about all that nonsense that you find in the British tabloids and an occasional write up in the American liberal press. This is the reality. Read or not.

KTV1
KTV2
KTV3
KTV4
KTV5
KTV6
KTV7
KTV8
KTV9
KTV10
KTV11
KTV12
KTV13
KTV14
KTV15
KTV16
KTV17
KTV18
KTV19
KTV20

Learning About China

Pretty Girls 1
Pretty Girls 2
Pretty Girls 3
Pretty Girls 4
Pretty Girls 5

Contemporaneous Chinese Music

This is a series of posts that discuss contemporaneous popular music in China. It is a wide ranging and broad spectrum of travel, and at that, all that I am able to provide is the flimsiest of overviews. However, this series of posts should serve as a great starting place for investigation and enjoyment.

Part 1 - Popular Music of China
Part 3 -Popular music of China.
Part 3 - The contemporaneous music of China.
part 3B - The contemporaneous music of China.
Part 4 - The contemporaneous popular music of China.
Part 5 - The contemporaneous music of China.
Part 5B - The popular music of China.
Part 5C - The music of contemporary China.
Part D - The popular music of China.
Part 5E - A happy Joe.
Part 5F - The contemporaneous music of China.
Part 5F - The popular music of China.
Post 6 - The contemporaneous music of China.
Post 7 - The contemporaneous music of China.
Post 8 - The contemporaneous music of China.
Part 9 - The contemporaneous music of China.
Part 10 - Music of China.
Post 11 - The contemporaneous music of China.

Parks in China

Parks in China - 1
Pars in China - 2
Parks in China - 3
Visiting a park in China - 4
High Speed Rail in China
Visiting a park in China - 5
Beautiful China part 6
Parks in China - 7
Visiting a park in China - 8

Articles & Links

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The Popular Music of China; Shanghai, Hong Kong, and Beijing – Part 9

If you all don’t mind, I would like to explore further the connection of Chinese women “playing traditional dress-up” and dancing to popular music. There are so, so, SO many aspects to this phenomenon that I think it deserves some further investigation.

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Oh, yeah… don’t forget this.

Role-play

The above is just some girl dressing up and singing and dancing. So what?

Historical Reenactments

Well, what if you and your friends want to do historical reenactments? You know like how civil war reenactors reenact battles in America, or how people reenact Roman Legions in Europe, or how people reenact soldiers from World War I or II? It’s like that. Here we have a period reenactment. Pretty cool heh?

And, you know what? There are all sorts of opportunities to wear traditional clothing. Each region has their own history and culture; so every minority Chinese is protected by Chinese government law, which mandates rigid adherence to traditional customs, traditional ceremonies, and traditional holidays. It’s the law.

History and Culture is protected by law

There’s none of that “separation of church and state” here in China. History is considered sacred. As well as traditional, conservative, and family belief systems. They are protected and actively promoted through government funding.

Chinese minorities are protected as cultural jewels.

Here is a traditional holiday with one of the many Chinese minorities. I don’t know what they are doing, but obviously the gal in the front is the top queen leader of some sort.

That can be extended to all sorts of holidays that are all over China. It is a great opportunity for pretty girls to get all dressed up and have guys ooh and auhhh over them. Nice. That is what it is. Very, very nice.

Modern China is a mixture of old and new traditions.

Here’s some girls just palling it around in Beijing. You know, doing cute girl type things. Don’t ya just love it? I do. I’ll tell ya what.

I love that they can dress how they want to. I love the freedom that they have to play roles…role-play as it were, and do so in public without confrontation, or being told they cannot do, or say, or act in certain ways. I love how they are allowed and protected from being harmed.

Oh, by the way, if any fat gender-less-feminazi tries to interrupt their good times for “cultural appropriation”, or misuse of pronouns, I am sure that the police will arrest them sure as shit. The Chinese do not mess around when it comes to protecting the traditional Chinese way of life.

Here is another video of a girl in traditional garb and dress. She is dancing and is such a charmer, I’ll tell you what.

Ah. Look at all here fans. Isn’t she adorable?

Happy CNY you-all!

Oh yes, since this is 2019. Let me wish everyone a great a wonder CNY year of the Pig! Have a great one ya-all!

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If you want to go back to the start of this series, please go HERE.

Links about China

Dance Craze
End of the Day Potato
Dog Shit
Dancing Grandmothers
When the SJW movement took control of China
Family Meal
Freedom & Liberty in China
Ben Ming Nian
Beware the Expat
Business KTV
Fake Wine
Fat China
Chinese apartment houses
Chinese Culture Snapshots
Rural China
Chinese New Year

China and America Comparisons

SJW
Playground Comparisons
The Last Straw
Leaving the USA
Diversity Initatives
Democracy
Travel outside
10 Misconceptions about China
Top Ten Misconceptions

The Chinese Business KTV Experience

KTV1
KTV2
KTV3
KTV4
KTV5
KTV6
KTV7
KTV8
KTV9
KTV10
KTV11
KTV12
KTV13
KTV14
KTV15
KTV16
KTV17
KTV18
KTV19
KTV20

Learning About China

Pretty Girls 1
Pretty Girls 2
Pretty Girls 3
Pretty Girls 4
Pretty Girls 5

Articles & Links

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The Popular Music of China; Shanghai, Hong Kong, and Beijing – Part 5F

Let’s continue with our exploration of the contemporary music of China and the cultural aspects of it. Let’s zoom by with these little notations…

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China is a serious nation run by a government of high-achievers.

To many people in the West, China is a mystery. You have American Neocons, and liberals all (more or less) repeating the American main-stream narrative about China. That can be anything from a positive trading partner, to a saber-rattling war-monger. It’s all about how the oligarchs want to manipulate the public.

However, real China is something else entirely. In fact, I would say that since [1] China has advanced technologically, economically and socially at break-neck speed, and [2] China was never understood by the West, [3] Western media is designed to manipulate not inform, that China is completely inadequately described in the West. It is not just and enigma, but it is wholly under-appreciated, and under-understood.

There are many things that I could go on, and on about. But one of the key points is that China is a meritocracy. China is a serious, serious nation that is run by the highest achievers in their respective fields.

It begins in kindergarten, and from there, the culling begins. People are immediately classed by ability, and you must develop both your EQ and IQ to succeed. Otherwise you WILL end up begging in the streets, or doing manual shit-labor. You must push and strive in China just to exist.

Those in leadership positions have gotten there through years in this kind of crucible. They are not like the Obama or Clinton governmental appointments. They got there by ability, and hard… hard work.

They are nothing to be trifled with.

Culture is important to the Chinese.

Here’s a great song by HK singer Jay Chou. It’s applied to this cute wedding where flower petals fall out from umbrellas instead of rice being thrown about. This is one of the various traditional rituals that are performed during weddings in China.

Jay is a very famous singer that has many many movie videos and roles within movies. Movies including “Now you see me 2”. He is famous for his love ballads and stories about the boy fights against all odds to be with the girl type themes. I am a real sap for these kinds of movies, stories and videos. I love this theme, where you the guy can come to the rescue the pretty girl, and protect her.

Here’s a pretty good MV about just this kind of theme. The name of the video (and song) is 红尘客栈 官方版 . (An ugly title, I am afraid.) If you can’t watch it using the free Chinese servers (often blocked or delayed in the USA), just copy and paste into You-Tube and watch it there.

You can view it HERE, or HERE, as well.

Screen capture - save the girl.
Jay Chou likes to sing about sappy Chinese ballads about rescuing the pretty girls. I really like this theme as it brings out the “protector” role in me; a role that all men have. Scene is a screen shot from the music video.

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Now this role-play, and this theme isn’t just popular to me because I am a old-fuddy duddy traditional conservative. It is a theme that all traditionalists aspire to. When I have shown you the micro-videos of the girls playing role-play and dress up in traditional garb, it is this kind of music, and this kind of theme, and YES, this kind of relationship that they all are aspiring for.

Together
Boy meets girls, they fall in love. Bad people try to come between them. He defends his family. This is the role that men and women have had for centuries. Scene is a screen shot from the music video.

The gals and the guys are looking for THE ONE.

Girls, come on! You know what I am talking about, eh? This transcends culture. It is biologically ingrained into our very being.

  • The Man goes forth. He works and fights. He protects his family and gives everything that he has, his hopes and his dreams and his money and earnings for his family. He fights for them and protects them.
  • The woman nurtures, supports and heals the man. She takes care of the home and the family. She is the anchor that he knows will be there for him.

In this traditional relationship, there is no room for a woman belittling her man. No. That is a progressive liberal lifestyle. In traditional conservative households the woman honors her husband and supports him and allows him to protect the family. It seems so strange to Americans today simply because America has been a progressive liberal nations for the last five decades or so.

The wife is seized.
In the world, the man must always defend his family, his love and his life from those on the outside. They will always try to take from him. They will try to steal his money, and they will attack his family, and they will covet his wife. A man must fight to protect his family. Chinese girls, being very traditional, understand this role. Scene is a screen shot from the video.

I would say that this single video, if you watch it, well explains modern Chinese musical culture, in terms and in ways that only the Chinese can understand, and which is often misinterpreted by the progressive-liberals in America and out in the West.

In China, and in other parts of the globe, everyone aspires to this lifestyle that Jay Chou sings about. Thus, you can see it manifest in different ways… including historical role-play.

What are the Chinese girls really like?

Here the theme behind this song is to show just “who you really are”, well maybe this micro-video says it all…

Maybe all the fun and games of the modern life can be swept aside when you study what the real feelings and emotions of the Chinese people are. For underneath everything you have a very conservative and traditional people.

Discos and Clubs are fun.

I lie to sing and play in the clubs. Here is a good idea what it is like…

Dancing and Exercise are considered nearly identical in outcome.

When I say that everyone in China dances, I am not using hyperbole. Dancing and exercise is a fundamental part of life in China, as well as in other conservative nations. Even the most fundamental Muslim nations have singing and dancing as part of their traditional rituals.

It is the progressive liberal reality… one geared towards a very bland “utopia” where no one likes to sing or dance. But, China is traditional and conservative.

Fads and fashion come and go, but most revolve around music.

The below is a hospital college. Like the rest of China, they have gotten all caught up in the latest songs, and fashion of the year.

What friends are for…

I love this. Dudes, you need to spend time with your friends. Go out, and spend $20 on some beer and pizza and just talk. You must go forth. Time is being wasted. Make your life count. Do it TODAY.

This is not hyperbole. You need to develop your friendships. You need to build up a strong network of friends. You need to just hang out with them. You need to live life. Yes… YOU do.

Even if that means buying a bag of Doritos and watching reruns of old Vincent Price movies on the computer monitor. You must do that, even if it means that you will need to drag your dog and your kids along. Go and bring a fishing pole why don’t ya? Don’t a a permit, well being your tackle box as an excuse to trade spinners.

Relationships don’t just happen, you need to create them.

One of the things that often happens in the United States is that we get so caught up at work, and unless we have an active church and spiritual life, our friendships eventually whither away and die. The Chinese do not let that happen. They try to cultivate their friendships every opportunity that they get.

This next video is from Vietnam. Heck the rest of the world is having fun, why not you? Are you too good to have fun? Are you better than everyone else. Or are you waiting for the USA government to declare war on some other nation so you can get a free trip over and “see the world” on Uncle Sam’s dollar? Eh?

What? Don’t want to go to Yemen, Syria, Afghanistan, Libya, and the handful of others? I hear that the Neocons want a war in Venezuela. Hey! You do love to throw your tax dollars away don’t ya!

Not one single war, since World War II, ever made any difference in my personal life. It’s all about us “regular Joes” fighting and dying for the rich oligarchs.

Hey! Here’s Vietnam. Loving it. Chilling and having fun. What’s your fucking excuse?

Life is short. Have fun.

Why not? Are you afraid some troll will say bad things to you. Maybe disparage you in some way. Call you names. make fun of your labors, accuse you of stupid things.

Who gives a fuck about shut-ins? Live life. It’s your choice.

Oh, and the MV conclusion…

Oh yes, for those of you who didn’t watch the MV from Jay Chou mentioned above, please note that their relationship had both good and bad times. For life, is anything but peaches and creme. They had a family, but the bad guys came and the hero had to fight to save his family. He fought long and hard. He fought and he fought. But he was mortally wounded. He saved his family, but he died in the process.

Jay Chou ending
Sometimes, all that a man can give is not enough. What matters is that he protects his family; that he protects the children, the babies and the little kittens. It is his role as a man.
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Why Women Need their own Personal Makeup Vanity Space

I am a big believer that men and women are different, and that the best way to maintain a strong family is to recognize these differences, embrace them and use them to our advantage. Of course, this is a traditional way of running a family household. It has worked for thousands of years. Today, I would like to concentrate on one of the fundamental elements of this traditional family setup; the Woman’s very-own Personal Vanity Space.

Men need their own spaces, of course. In Pittsburgh, the men would be given the basement, the garage, and the lower levels of a house. (Complete with a commode in the middle of the basement.) The women would get the largest bathroom in the house, and it would be “hers”. It was off limits to everyone else.

However, the need to use a bathroom as a personal vanity space was out of necessity. The ideal, of course, would be to have a separate room or area consisting of a vanity with large mirrors, great lighting and easy access to clothing. Here we talk about the specific design attributes for a vanity devoted to making a woman beautiful.

The Vanity

The most important element of this “personal space” is the vanity. This is a large specific piece of furniture that has only one purpose; for the woman of the house to preen herself and to make herself beautiful. This is because, in a traditional family, the way a woman takes care of herself is a direct reflection of how well the family is taken cared for.

It is important for a woman to take care of herself, in health, in emotion, in behaviors and in beauty.

Vanity
Here is a vanity found in a locked up “time capsule” in Paris when the 91 year old owner died. This vanity has all the elements that will be discussed herein.

The Mirror

Make no mistake. The most important aspect of the vanity is the mirror. In general, the bigger the mirror, the better. In the above picture, we see a moderate sized mirror that is wider along the horizontal axis. This shows the great consideration to the importance of a mirror.

The need for a large mirror is so that the woman can see herself as she would look within a larger setting.

That is true. During the preening and makeup process, the woman will spend hours getting ready and looking beautiful. She will look at every facial imperfection, but in the end, the real issue is how she will look when it is all finished. That is the purpose of the vanity mirror.

Note that this main mirror is NOT the primary mirror. The vanity should have a smaller mirror, often with good lighting so that the woman can spend time working on the details of applying the makeup. There are all sorts of smaller makeup mirrors that serve this purpose. Some have built-in lights. While others have an enlargement mirror that enables really closeup views of the face.

Waterfall vanity
This vanity is referred to as a “waterfall vanity” from the 1920’s. Note the generous size of the mirror. The larger mirror allows the woman to see herself in “the larger picture”. It is, perhaps, the most important attribute of a vanity.

The best vanity mirrors, in my mind are 1.5 yards in diameter. (Roughly four feet.) If you have the room, an enormous mirror of two yards in diameter would be excellent. Though, often this is not possible simply because of the constraints of the room.

What ever you do, you want to avoid the vanity table that only has a singular small mirror. That is good for closeup and facial preening, but it is totally useless for the final and overall finished effect. If you have a smaller vanity table, then you will need to supplement it with a standing full-length mirror…

Vanity 2
Here is another vanity with a nice round mirror. It is not as fancy as the others, and very plain. Never the less, it has a space for shoes, five drawers and the ability for the woman to preen herself in all her glory.

But, the standing full-length mirror is a poor substitute. A woman needs to see HOW SHE LOOKS IN A ROOM.

A full-length mirror only shows the woman how she looks. She can see if her shoes match her outfit, or how her hair looks, or whether or not her outfit matches. The best mirror for a woman is a mirror that takes it all in. The woman can see how she looks in totality.

The Table Surface

The vanity needs to have a wide table top. Here the woman can place her beauty equipment, her masks, her facial cremes, her blushes, her eyeliners and her brushes in easy reach. The ideal vanity would be wide, but not so deep. Everything on the top surface would be easy to reach and would not fall off the side.

Three mirror vanity
Here is a three mirror vanity. Usually three mirror vanities have mirrors that can be placed at angles so the woman can see how she looks at different points of view. Personally, I don’t care for them, but they do exist, and there are many women who love these types of vanities.

Some surfaces have a nice wood finish, while others might have a velvet top or nice mat. It all depends on the person who is using the vanity. Usually, it should be big enough for some small pictures in frames of loved ones, children or pets.

Drawers and Storage

There should be one lockable drawer. The rest can be regular drawers to contain other elements that the woman might want to store. I say that the drawer should be lockable simply because everyone should be afforded privacy.

Sure, any police or criminal can easily break into the drawer, but the purpose of the lock is to prevent children from getting into personal belongings, a nosy neighbor who suddenly “needs to use your bathroom”, or inquisitive kids.

Remember, having privacy does not mean that someone has things to hide. It simply means that we are permitted our own space to do with it as we may without consideration from others.

Another beautiful vanity.
Here is another beautiful vanity. I love the woodwork, the clock and the enormous mirror. This is what a vanity is all about. Notice the center table surface. It is lower than the sides. Any bottles, or pictures placed there would not obstruct the mirror. Also take note of the space under the vanity to place ones’ feet. This is an absolutely beautiful vanity.

Under Storage

Underneath the vanity should be enough area for the woman to put her feet. Also, to kick off some shoes or other items so that they are comfortably placed.

Some women like to have a pillow under the vanity so that they could rest their feet on the pillow when they put the makeup on. Such as in the 70 year old vanity picture above.

The vanity is a womans’ space. It is designed solely for the comfort of a woman using it. When a woman is “getting ready” in front of the vanity, she should be relaxed and comfortable.

The Chair

The chair should be so that it is light with a very shallow or low back. The seat must be cushioned, and adornment is fine as long as it is tastefully done. In general, the woman should have a chair that matches the vanity. It should be easy to move around and match the overall tastes and styles of the woman who uses it. Some women prefer to use a piano stool, but I do not think that that is a good idea. I believe that the chair should fit the overall style of the vanity itself.

Chair.
Typical chair for use with a vanity. This is a fine antique version that shows off the wonderful woodwork and carving details.

Why Women Need a Quality Vanity

I argue that both men and women NEED a personal place or space. In the American sitcom “Married with Children”, the father of the family treasured “his” bathroom in the basement. I have friends who have their own workshops or shed that are “theirs”. I am of the belief that we need to accept the importance of privacy in our own lives. We need to have our own spaces to take care of ourselves and relax in our own “personal space” free from interruption and concern.

Combing hair at a vanity.
Illustration of a woman brushing her hair at a vanity. These article of furniture are very important, and care must be exercised in their selection.

For the woman of a family, she is often kept quite busy with family responsibilities, the children and a multitude of other tasks. it is her time getting preened in front of the mirror that should be her little space…her little bit of time… her place where she can relax, center herself and devote all her attention on one thing, and one thing only; looking beautiful.

Conclusion

"My mom always had her own bathroom, vanity, and dressing area.  It was filled with things that fascinated me as a little girl. Things  that smelled nice and had fancy packaging. My dad also had his own area  consisting of a workshop and office. I was also fascinated with his area  and used to look inside of his toolboxes and ask him what all of these  odd-looking things were for.

Husband and I are the same way. I will not share a bathroom, closet, or dressing area with my husband and made it perfectly clear before we married. He has his personal space as well. I think this is extremely important in a marriage and contributes to overall harmony in the house. Men and women are different and complimentary. Everyone needs their own stuff and personal space for said stuff."

- grimalkin

Life is far too short to ignore the things that are important. If you are part of a traditional family, then you must take the time, the resources and the money to buy the best vanity that you can afford. It is important for the woman of the house.

It is the woman who will keep the household together in a wildly careening world. She must be given the necessary equipment to maintain the family unit to the best of her abilities. It is the responsibility of the man to recognize this fact, and to take action to make it happen.

Today we live in a world where everyone carelessly announces the desserts they eat, and what their favorite colors are to complete strangers. There are people, known as trolls, that make fun of these people, and find joyous abandon in making fun of everything they find on line. Yet the fact remains, we as people need some time alone. We need to compose ourselves and to gather our life about us. We need to define life on our terms. A pleasant space, and a moment of solitude can do wonders in this regard.

Oval mirror vanity.
Another antique vanity table and mirror. Note that this mirror is an oblong oval shape along the horizontal axis. It is perfect for the woman to get herself ready for the day.

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