Pearls of the Orient 2

7oo pages of legend & myth, history, poetry & prose, photo essays & humor from Central, East & Southeast Asia.

Includes 77 pieces from India, China, Cambodia, Myanmar, Bali, Laos, Vietnam, Hong Kong, Japan, Malaysia, Thailand, Mongolia, Korea & Russia.

Myths & legends - Bali¿s Basakih Dragon & the battle for end times; construction of the Great Wall at Xifeng Kou & Jiayu Guan; the centuries of secrets built into Bagan¿s temples; & the Chinese Buddhist princess turned angel turned goddess of mercy, Guan Yin.

More than 2oo images & photo essays including - Hanoi¿s Old Quarter, then-&-now; the Strings of Yangon; Khmer Hindu stone carvings; the Buddhist Face of Cambodia; Shanghai¿s fast-racing skyline; & Bali¿s sacred Canang Sari offering baskets.

Humorous takes ¿ on Lao Vowels; Stolen Russian Tetris letters; the Voluptuous Burmese Alphabet; what¿s become of Hanoi¿s oldest streets; Southeast Asian cockfighting; & Tiger Balm, for what ails you.

Reflections on women & religion ¿ or how arranging flowers & folding leaves, offering food, donning humble cover & singing can bring a woman closer to heaven ¿ from Hindu Bali & Buddhist Laos, street scenes in Muslim lands; & Roman Catholic Filipina transplants in Hong Kong.

Essays & poems & photos on Building Projects across Asia, both then & now ¿ from the origins of the Great Wall; to Bagan¿s eclectic continental temple architecture; to Angkor Wat & the Khmer Empire; to the futuristic ambitions of modern Kuala Lumpur & Taipei, western Asia & China; & the peaks of Shanghai - SH - aka Skyscraper Heaven.

Short bio pieces on some of Asia¿s greatest men & women ¿ including King Anawrahta & King Jayavarman; Japanese Sumo wrestlers; sales vendors on KL¿s Pasarama Kota Road; the Chinese princess Miao Shan & the Buddha.

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