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This is a long-deferred piece. Last December, I traveled to Chaoshan, a coastal region that mainly consists of three cities (Chaozhou, Shantou, and Jieyang, but someone would include Shanwei City as well) in eastern Guangdong, southeast of China, to trace the intricate tapestries of local faith and the folk customs woven into them. In Chaozhou, one of the region’s ancient seaside cities, I met a local woman who goes by the online nickname “Tide Red.” She chose the name because her Bazi 八字—her...

Another cozy area in Yunnan, China, with many things to be discovered.

Lily’s dish- The First Beijing Black Puffer Beauty Pageant Took Beijing by Storm. Now Everyone Wants the Runner-Up‘s Jacket(北京黑羽绒服选美大赛爆火，全网都在找亚军要链接) By 新周刊 In late January, a crowd gathered in a bar in Beijing for an event called “the First Beijing Black Down Jacket Beauty Pageant”. No corporate sponsors, no celebrity judges, just dozens of people who showed up to celebrate a piece of clothing that has, in recent winters, become something of an unofficial uniform in the Chinese capital: the...