Lijia Zhang's Blog, page 32
January 20, 2018
January 19, 2018
January 14, 2018
January 8, 2018
BBC’s China editor Carrie Gracie resigns over unequal pay
I’ve known for some time that this was coming as Carrie has been a dear old friend. and I know what courage it takes to do something like this. I solute her courage and determination. It’s a loss to China coverage. hope the BBC will find a way to address the issue.
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-42601477
January 6, 2018
December 27, 2017
Nestorian Church
In the middle ages, Famagusta, in Northern Cyprus, became an important trading port, therefore a cosmopolitan city, populated by French, Italian, Greek, Syrian, Armenians and other merchants. The churches in the city reflected such multicultural co-existence.
One of the churches – rather, the remains of it, is a Nestorian Church.
Known at The Church of the East, it was an Eastern Christian Church in the Persia Empire.
Intrigued, I looked into it and learnt that it is called 景教。Itemphasizes a distinction between the human and divine natures of the divine person, Jesus.It was first introduced to China in the 7th century and became rather popular in Chang’an (today’s Xian). It was most likely the first Christianity that entered China. So popular, churches were constructed throughout China. They were called 十字寺，’temple with a cross’。
Now I remember there’s a ‘shi zi si’ in Nanjing!
The picture shows the damaged Nestorian Church in Famagusta.
December 21, 2017
December 20, 2017
December 13, 2017
December 8, 2017
Lotus on NPR’s great read list
I am thrilled that Lotus is featured in NPR’s great reads guide in 2017!
https://apps.npr.org/best-books-2017/#/tag/tales-from-around-the-world
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