New Series: los ancianos malos (the evil fogies)

In the photograph above, Her Imperial Highness the Empress Dowager Cixi of Qing China ('The Old Bhuda") may have appeared regal and magnanimous.  She was anything but that.  During her fourty-year (de facto) reign over Qing China, she initiated a coup against her son's regents and killed three of them.  She poisoned her late husband's principal wife, the Empress Ci'an.  She starved her daughter-in-law (Lady Alute, nominal empress to the Tongzhi emperor) to death; she imprisoned her newphew, the Guangxu Emperor, and in 1908, poisoned him with arsenic as she herself lay dying.  A decade earlier, Cixi drowned Guangxu's Pearl Concubine (Lady Zhen) in a palace well just as she and the imperial household were about to flee Beijing before the arrival of Western imperialist forces.

And these atrocities were just the maneuvering within the palace walls.  Her incompetent rule led to the demise of countless millions through starvation, rebellions and foreign invasions.  The Qing Empire finally collapsed in 1912 when the boy emperor, Aixinjuelo Puyi, was forced to abdicate by Chinese republican forces.

The Qing Dynasty -- Aixinjueluo -- Lives & Visits New Jersey!!!!!!

Mayor McCormac Honors Hengyi Aixinjueluo for Excellence in the Arts


Thursday, 12 May 2011 18:55

The Office of Mayor and the Municipal Council for the Township of Woodbridge honors and recognizes artisans who embody the best qualities of their craft through painting, music, dance, literature, language and history.



The Barron Arts Center recently served as host for the American Chinese Culture & Art Center‘s Chinese New Year Concert and Art Exhibit which offered an exhibition of Chinese art, music, and culture. Hengyi Aixinjueluo, descendant of the Qing Dynasty, China’s last royal family, is a renowned artist and painter, who had the rare opportunity to learn from storied Chinese classical painters.



Hengyi Aixinjueluo combined the courtly tradition of Chinese brushwork and ink with modern technique to form a unique, yet traditional style of painting, and the artistic work of Hengyi Aixinjueluo has been exhibited in shows throughout the United States and Asia.

Hengyi Aixinjueluo honors the Township of Woodbridge through the presentation of her artwork for public display.


Mayor John E. McCormac greets Hengyi Aixinjueluo, internationally renowned Chinese artist, and Chinese art delegation at a Town Hall ceremony. Artist Hengyi Aixinjueluo presented her Chinese Brush Art painting “The Eagle” to Woodbridge Township as part of a cultural exchange program hosted by The Barron Arts Center.

Down with Kimchi Revisionism!!!

In an article on Korean-Chinese (Chaoxianren or Chaoxian minzu) in Korea, the so-called Chosun Ilbo newspaper of South Korea jingoistically proclaims that northeastern China during the 18th century was a part of Korea.  LMAO! And more LMAO!

Firstly, refer to the map of Qing China below.  Secondly, use some common sensical logic.  The ancestral homeland of the Qing was Manchuria, which has always comprised the northeastern (dongbei) territories of China. (Manchus lived in Manchuria, for the benighted writers of the Choson Ilbo.)

At its apex, the Qing empire stretched from Outer Mongolia to Vietnam.  An empire this large (and before 1842, quite powerful) surely could have afforded to protect and defend its own ancestral homeland from tiny Chosun (Chaoxian) Korea.  In fact, Chosun (Chaoxian) Korea was a vassal/tributary state to Qing China.  The Chosun (Chaoxian) king had to pay his respect to the Qing emperor every year or so by sending tributes to the Forbidden City.

Here is the offending paragraph from the Chosun Ilbo (July 6, 2011 online version): 

Korean Chinese can trace their roots back to the late 18th century, at around the end of the Chosun Dynasty. At this time, Koreans began migrating in search of food to northeastern China, which was then considered a part of Korean territory.

 
Map of Qing China (Source:  Wikipedia)

Peking Opera in English!!!

Unconventional...Out-of-the-box thinking...Radical...First...But doesn't quite do it for me.

Restore the Great Qing ("大清") Dynasty!

This year marks the centennial anniversary of the overthrow of the Qing Dynasty, China's last imperial household.

We say, "Restore the Qing Dynasty and Empire."