I look forward to bringing educational and fun experiences in Asia to my granddaughter Mila, who lives in Oklahoma, USA. She can learn about the world vicariously through all my adventures. I got a flat stuffed toy to join me. She is reversible. One side is a little girl, with angel wings and the other is a ladybug. I call her LadyB. I sent the same toy to Mila, which she can name as she sees fit. My Chinese name is Gonggong (公公), which means grandfather in Chinese.
I want to also share my China life with other youngsters and adults, so enjoy the stories. Hopefully you can show them around.
I posted the first 15 on Facebook and got many complaints from fans who hate it, don’t use it or got banned, of which there are more than you realize. Not just them, but Facebook – not to mention Instagram, Reddit, Quora, SoundCloud, StumbleUpon/Mix, Substack, TikTok, X and YouTube – all heavily shadow ban/block me, as you can see below. Therefore, I decided to start posting them on China Rising Radio Sinoland, where I have the artistic freedom that you deserve to fully enjoy. Catching up with #15 here.
Typical Facebook censorship. All three of their explanations are utter BS. It’s there, but you have to dig to get to it.
ADVENTURES IN ASIA WITH LADYB AND GONGGONG
Story #15: Every day in Taiwan Province and across China is New Year’s!
Puli Town, Nantou County, Taiwan Province, China
Dear Granddaughter Mila,
In the West, we put up Christmas decorations in December and usually take them down early January. In Taiwan Province and all across China, the people leave their Chinese New Year decorations up for the following twelve months!
Calligraphy posters, usually red, that year’s zodiac animal and other accoutrements are left in windows, on building and home fronts and around doors.
It has been Happy New Year of the Dragon since February 2024 and the spirit will continue until the end of January 2025, when the Year of the Snake starts.
One poster in Puli really caught our attention. It is homemade, three-dimensional, with firecrackers and the hand drawn character 春 （chun）， which means “spring”, as in season. In fact, Chinese New Year is called Spring Festival in Chinese, as the New Year begins to usher in warmer weather for planting.
This artist created a perpetual New Year poster. By not mentioning any zodiac animal year, it is timeless. They can leave it up forever!
LadyB really likes an essay I wrote about the ever-fascinating Chinese agricultural and lunar calendars, which you can see here,
Chinese Lunar and Agricultural Calendars Explained-A China Rising Radio Sinoland Cultural Special Edition
Happy New Year of the Dragon, today, tomorrow and for the next six weeks! Then, get ready to H-I-S-S!
Love, Grandfather Gonggong
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