Humanity

Mind-blowing Thai Water Lantern Festival

  • Sep 18, 2025
Water Lantern Festival is the second largest traditional festival in Thailand after Songkran (i.e. Water Festival), and is the most meaningful and mythical festival among Thai folk. India, Myanmar, Vietnam and other countries also have folk customs of river lanterns, floating water lanterns

Best Managed City in Africa - Durban

  • Sep 17, 2025
Durban is a city located on the east coast of South Africa. It is called eThekwini in Zulu, which means "in the harbor". It has a population of 3 million and is a famous international conference capital. It is also known as "the best managed city in Africa".

Exploring the remains of the ancient Chola Dynasty

  • Sep 16, 2025
In the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu, the only structure left in Gangaikondacholapuram is a temple among the rice fields. But for a time, this temple was the center of medieval Southeast Asia and the capital of one of the world's oldest and longest-ruling dynasties.

God's Gift - Samoa's Breadfruit Tree

  • Sep 15, 2025
The breadfruit tree is a tropical tree species native to some island countries in the South Pacific. A bread tree can bear 200 fruits a year. Legend has it that this amazing bread tree food was given to Samoa by God's grace in order to solve the famine at that time.

Ancient Babylon - the magnificent capital of the early human empire

  • Sep 14, 2025
In March 1899, a group of German archaeologists carried out large-scale archaeological excavations for more than 10 years on the banks of the Euphrates River, more than 50 kilometers south of Baghdad today, and finally found the ruins of the ancient city of Babylon, which had been missing for more than 2000 years and rebuilt by Nebuchadnezzar II in 605 BC.

The castle, which has become a cultural symbol of Germany

  • Sep 12, 2025
No other country in the world has as many castles as Germany. It is said that Germany still has more than 10,000 old castles, the largest number of castles in the world, and has become a symbol of German culture.

Roman Pantheon - the pinnacle of dome architecture

  • Sep 10, 2025
The Pantheon is the only fully preserved ancient building in the Roman Empire. It has been intact for 18 centuries and is called "the design of angels" by Michelangelo. As early as in ancient times, the Pantheon was known as the "Roman Wonder" because of its perfect proportion.

Why are there often ancient ginkgoes in ancient temples?

  • Sep 09, 2025
Buddhism has a subtle relationship with flowers and trees. According to the legend, Lord Buddha was born under the tree of no worries, became a Buddha under the Bodhi tree, and died under the double holy tree, so these three trees became sacred to Buddhism in a sacred manner. It is said that the Ginkgo tree is associated with Buddhism as a stand-in for the Bodhi tree.
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