Podcasts about Nian

In this heartfelt episode of Unfiltered and Undiscovered, we sit down with London-based Chinese singer-songwriter, producer, and composer Nian Tong (@niantong_). Fresh off the release of his sophomore EP Gradually (April 2026), Nian opens up about stepping out from behind the scenes, navigating modern romance, cultural identity, and the messy, non-linear process of moving on.We dive into:Moving to London for music and love — and how a fizzled long-distance connection inspired tracks like “What's On Your Mind”Transitioning from musical theater composer and producer to performing artist after a friend's wake-up callBlending 60s/70s pop nostalgia with modern indie productionFamily support, introversion vs. vulnerability on stage, and finding optimism in unresolved emotionsFeatured Music: Clips from Gradually EP including “What's On Your Mind,” “Whatever You Do,” and the title track. Listen to the full EP now!Links & Resources:Stream Gradually EP: Spotify | Apple Music | YouTubeFollow Nian Tong: Instagram @niantong_ | YouTubeSupport independent artists and share your own “gradually moving on” stories in the comments! ❤️Guest Bio: Nian Tong is rapidly gaining attention for his whimsical yet emotionally honest indie pop. With roots in musical theater and a growing catalog of personal songwriting, he's a true undiscovered gem blending heritage with golden-age melodiesSupport the show & grow with us:Like, comment, share with a fellow music nerd — it really helps independent pods like ours get discovered.Follow on YouTube / Spotify / Apple Podcasts @ Unfiltered and UndiscoveredUnfiltered & Undiscovered — Real talk. Fresh sounds. Zero filter.New episodes drop weekly. Thanks for listening and supporting independent music!

Dream Broker on nyt yli kahden vuosikymmenen ikäinen videoviestintäyhtiö, joka on kasvanut pohjoismaisesta startupeista kahdeksan maan toimijaksi ja käynyt jo 10 miljoonan liikevaihdon toisella puolella. Matka sinne ei ole ollut suoraviivainen.Mika Ahokas tuli Dream Brokeriin alun perin neuvonantajana ja sijoittajana vuonna 2007 ja eteni vähitellen operatiivisempaan rooliin, hallituksen puheenjohtajuuden kautta toimitusjohtajaksi 2012. Taustallaan hänellä on yhteinen historia Antin kanssa Ohjelmistoyrittäjissä sekä Digiumin rakentaminen Matti Heikkosen, Risto Siilasmaan ja muiden kanssa ennen kuin se siirtyi Questbackin omistukseen. Jakso käy läpi kolme näytöstä: Dream Brokerin syntytarinan ja alkuperäisen OVP-liiketoiminnan rakentamisen, koronan aiheuttaman kasvun ja sitä seuranneen laskun, sekä sen, missä yhtiö nyt seisoo uuden One-tuotteen kanssa.Jaksossa pureudumme:- Miten Dream Broker päätyi videoalustaan yritysmarkkinalle, kun internet-tv-idea hylättiin varhain- Mitä tapahtui, kun 10 miljoonan liikevaihto saavutettiin ja miksi se ei vienyt 100 miljoonaan- Kansainvälistymisen playbook: Ruotsi, Tanska, Norja ja miksi Tanska oli vähällä sulkea ennen kuin siitä tuli kannattavin markkina- Nian-tuotteen tarina: mitä opittiin ja miksi se lopetettiin- Mikä on digitaalinen suvereniteetti ja miksi se on nyt konkreettinen myyntiargumentti- Miten Dream Broker One pyrkii korvaamaan Teamsin eurooppalaisissa organisaatioissaKoronan myötätuuli nosti Dream Brokerin 11,2 miljoonaan euroon 2021. Sen jälkeen tuli vastatuuli: Suomen ja Ruotsin talouden heikkeneminen, julkisen sektorin leikkaukset ja kustannusrakenteen paisuminen yhdessä laskivat liikevaihdon alle seitsemään ja puoleen miljoonaan. Nyt yhtiö on kääntänyt toiminnan takaisin kannattavaksi ja lähtee tavoittelemaan kasvua One-tuotteella, joka yhdistää viestintäkanavat tekstiviesteistä videokonferensseihin ja tiedostonhallinnasta kalenteriin. Eurooppalaisena vaihtoehtona Teamsille ajankohta on Ahokkaan mukaan parempi kuin koskaan.Sisällysluettelo:00:00 Johdanto01:07 Dream Brokerin syntytarina ja Mikan epätavanomainen tie toimitusjohtajaksi04:37 Yhteinen historia: Ohjelmistoyrittäjät ja Digium08:30 Videoalustan rakentaminen yritysmarkkinalle12:00 Tuote, hintapiste ja liiketoimintamalli15:27 Kansainvälistyminen: Ruotsi, Tanska, Norja ja muut maat23:40 Myynnin playbook ja parhaat myyjät34:00 Uuden tuotteen kehittäminen: autotalli-yksikkö ja Nian46:30 Koronan myötätuuli ja vastatuuli53:00 Tervehdyttäminen ja käänne takaisin kannattavuuteen57:55 Digitaalinen suvereniteetti ja Teamsin korvaaminen01:08:00 Eurooppalainen mahdollisuus ja kolmas näytösMenestystä Etsimässä on podcast suomalaisesta ohjelmisto- ja SaaS-liiketoiminnasta. Keskustelut käsittelevät kasvua, kansainvälistymistä, liiketoimintamalleja ja päätöksiä, joita harvoin avataan julkisesti. Jakso on katsottavissa YouTubessa ja kuunneltavissa kaikissa podcast-palveluissa.Tutustu myös:Mika Ahokas (LinkedIn): https://www.linkedin.com/in/mika-ahokas-495492/Dream Broker: https://dreambroker.com/Antti Pietilä (LinkedIn): https://www.linkedin.com/in/anttipietila/Kasvuvalmennus SaaS-yrityksille: https://calendly.com/antti-pietila/kasvuvalmennus-sparrausLoyalistic: https://loyalistic.com/fi/Loyalistic Studio: https://loyalistic.com/fi/studio/SaaS Finland: https://www.saasfinland.com/Podcast tehdään yhteistyössä Loyalisticin ja SaaS Finlandin kanssa.

En la 1466-a E_elsendo el la 20.04.2026 ĉe www.pola-retradio.org: • Komence, tuj post la historifoliaj datoj, ni prezentas  informon, ke Aŭstrio fariĝis la tria lando, kiu oficiale agnoskis Esperanton kaj registris ĝin en sia Listo de la Nemateria Kulturheredaĵo. • Nian felietonon ni dediĉas al la establinto de la mondfama aŭkcia firmo Bukowskis, spurante la vivhistorion de la pola insurgento el la kontraŭcara Januara Insurekcio 1863. • La kulturkronikaj informoj rilatas al la antaŭnelonga ekspozicio dediĉita al unu el la avanaj polaj afiŝistoj, Jan Lenica en Tokio; al la ekspozicio de Hokusai en Romo, al kio konribuis la Nacia Muzeo en Krakovo. • En la E-komunuma segmento ni informas pri la 1-a E-Safaro en Tanzanio organizata de Esperanto Afriko kaj Didi Weidmann, al kiu eblas aliĝi ĝis la fino de aprilo. Detaloj troviĝas en la kongresa broŝuro https://allsprachendienst.ch/esperanto/files/Unua-Tanzania-Esperanto-Safaro-Broshuro_5zmly0dz.pdf. • Hodiaŭ por muzikaj minutoj ni proponis la originalan E-kanton de Hirosi Nobukuni „Vidante la stelojn”. La programinformon akompanas la foto de la lignogravuraĵo de Hokusai „Drako”. • En unuopaj rubrikoj de nia paĝo eblas konsulti la paralele legeblajn kaj aŭdeblajn tekstojn el niaj elsendoj, kio estas tradicio de nia redakcio ekde 2003. La elsendo estas aŭdebla en Jutubo ĉe la adreso: https://www.youtube.com/results?q=pola+retradio&sp=CAI%253D Interalie pere de Jutubo, konforme al individua bezono, eblas rapidigi aŭ malrapidigi la parolritmon de la sondokumentoj; eblas transsalti al ajna serĉata fragmento de la elsendo.

En la 1465-a E_elsendo el la 15.04.2026 ĉe www.pola-retradio.org: • En la komenco de la elsendo – post historifoliaj datoj – ni referencas al la pasinta hieraŭ 109-a mortodatreveno de Ludoviko Zamenhof kaj memorigas pri la baldaŭa 100-a datreveno (18.04) de la bone konata tomboŝtono en la varsovia Juda Tombejo starigita de la tutmonda esperantistaro (18.0.1926). Lige kun la nunjara datreveno ni informas krome pri la aperinta popularscienca komikso „Ideo” de Jacek Świdziński dediĉita al Esperanto kaj ĝia aŭtoro. Tiun elsendoparton akompanas fragmente la poemo de Zamenhof “Ho, mia kor' kantita de Ĵomart kaj Nataŝa kaj ĝia tute freŝa registro fare de boliviaj esperantistoj aperinta en jutubo ĉe la profilo de Wayne’s Music World. • Hodiaŭ ni donas apartan atenton al la preparoj al la 111-a UK kaj laborvizito de reprezentantoj de la Kongresa Fako en Graz kaj renkontiĝo kun Loka Kongresa Komitato. Al Petro Baláž kaj Dorota Rodzianko kunlabore akompanis Maciej Jaskot, en kies sonmaterialo pri la preparoj rakontas Ewald Schick, Marta Wojciechowska-Desplantes kaj Norina Schantl. • En aktualaĵoj ni informas pri ĉiam pli multnombre laborantaj en Pollando emeritoj kaj pri la unua mikroarbaro en Katowice. • Nian programinformon akompanas foto de la kovrilpaĝo de la komikso „Ideo”, kiu estis farita de grafikistino el la Bjalistoka KulturCentro. • En unuopaj rubrikoj de nia paĝo eblas konsulti la paralele legeblajn kaj aŭdeblajn tekstojn el niaj elsendoj, kio estas tradicio de nia redakcio ekde 2003. La elsendo estas aŭdebla en Jutubo ĉe la adreso: https://www.youtube.com/results?q=pola+retradio&sp=CAI%253D Interalie pere de Jutubo, konforme al individua bezono, eblas rapidigi aŭ malrapidigi la parolritmon de la sondokumentoj; eblas transsalti al ajna serĉata fragmento de la elsendo.

En la 1460-a E_elsendo el la 20.03.2026 ĉe www.pola-retradio.org: • En nia komenca kulturkroniko – tuj post la kalendarfolia retrorigardo – ni informas pri la rekonstruo de la varsovia Arsenalo, en kiu sian sidejon havas Ŝtata Arkeologia Muzeo; pri la porokaza prezento de la pentraĵo de Elisabeth Jerichau-Baumann „Kapeto de vilaĝa knabino”  lige kun la marta Virina Tago. • En la E-komunuma segmento ni informas pri literatura konkurso por itallingvuloj daŭranta ĝis la fino de majo 2026, organizita de Itala E-Federacio. • En la redakcia interparolo Barbara kaj Gabi referencas al la pasinta Tago de Virinoj interŝanĝante kelkajn ideojn pri ŝanĝiĝanta pozicio de virinoj en la nuntempa mondo, avantaĝoj kaj eventualaj malavantaĝoj. • Muzike ni memorigas la 2-an parton de la kanzono de Kajto „Kiel la Tero belas” por la komenciĝanta hodiaŭ en la norda hemisfero astronomia printempo. Nian programinformon akompanas bildo de „Kapeto de vilaĝa knabino” de Elisabeth Jerichau-Baumann rigardebla en la varsovia Reĝa Kastelo. • En unuopaj rubrikoj de nia paĝo eblas konsulti la paralele legeblajn kaj aŭdeblajn tekstojn el niaj elsendoj, kio estas tradicio de nia redakcio ekde 2003. La elsendo estas aŭdebla en Jutubo ĉe la adreso: https://www.youtube.com/results?q=pola+retradio&sp=CAI%253D Interalie pere de Jutubo, konforme al individua bezono, eblas rapidigi aŭ malrapidigi la parolritmon de la sondokumentoj; eblas transsalti al ajna serĉata fragmento de la elsendo.

En la 1458-a E_elsendo el la 10.03.2026 ĉe www.pola-retradio.org: • En nia komenca kulturkroniko – tuj post la kalendarfolia retrorigardo – vi aŭdas pri la partopreno de Pollando en la 62-a Artbienalo en Venecio, pri retrovita manuskripto de s-ta Aŭgusteno el la Biblioteko en Vroclavo, pri la nunjara eldono de la festivalo Novaj Epifanioj. • En la E-komuna segmento aŭdiĝas la porokaza mesaĝo de UEA lige kun la Internacia Tago de Virinoj, Ni informas pri la malfermita periodo por aliĝado al E-ekzamenoj de UNED, Ni memorigas la literaturan konkurson de IKUE, teme ligitan kun la Karesmo. • Fine aŭdiĝas nia dialoga programero kun la aŭskultantoj Leterkesto, en kiu i.a. ni reagas je buntaj reagoj lige kun la intervjuo donita al la redakcio fare de prof. Tida kiu donis intervjuon al la redakcio. • Nian programinformon akompanas foto de la historia kovrilpaĝo de „Konfesoj de s-ta Aŭgusteno” el la unua eldono de la teksto. Muzike akompanas nin Remigiusz Kossakowski per sia kanzono pri tio, ke la plej belaj estas esperantistinoj. Fine aŭdiĝas la muzika versio de „La vojo” de Ludoviko Zamenhof por la muziko de Nobukuni Hirosi, kiun kantas Ikuko KIYAGAWA. La citita fragmenta registraĵo devenas el la jutuba kanalo de Tida Syuntaroo el 2013. • En unuopaj rubrikoj de nia paĝo eblas konsulti la paralele legeblajn kaj aŭdeblajn tekstojn el niaj elsendoj, kio estas tradicio de nia redakcio ekde 2003. La elsendo estas aŭdebla en Jutubo ĉe la adreso: https://www.youtube.com/results?q=pola+retradio&sp=CAI%253D Interalie pere de Jutubo, konforme al individua bezono, eblas rapidigi aŭ malrapidigi la parolritmon de la sondokumentoj; eblas transsalti al ajna serĉata fragmento de la elsendo.

En la 1457-a E_elsendo el la 05.03.2026 ĉe www.pola-retradio.org: • Antaŭ nia mikrofono gastas profesoro TIDA Syuntaro el la Universitato en Kioto, kiu en la ĵusaj tagoj partoprenas interlingvistikan konferencon en Poznano. Ni interparolas pri ĝi, pri lia interesiĝo kaj laboro rilate al la lingvoj de Papuo-Novgvineo, pri lia esperantista laboro kaj pri ekspozicio en la varsovia Nacia Biblioteko „Vojaĝo”, kiun ni komune vizitis. • En la aktualaĵoj – post la kalendarfoliaj retrorigardoj – ni informas pri la eksporto de polaj nutraĵproduktoj en 2025; pri la vizito de inspektoroj de Michelin vizitantaj polajn restoraciojn kaj hotelojn. • En la scienca rubriko ni informas pri la vininoj el la pola scienco, sekve de la esploroj pri „Egaleco en la scienco”. • Nian programinformon akompanas foto de Jerzy Dryja pri la vizitintaj la Nacian Bibliotekon profesoro TIDA Syuntaro, lia edzino Son Mi (fonetike), Jerzy Dryja kaj Barbara Pietrzak, kiujn tra la ekspozicio „Vojaĝo” gvidis Gabriela Skonieczna. • En unuopaj rubrikoj de nia paĝo eblas konsulti la paralele legeblajn kaj aŭdeblajn tekstojn el niaj elsendoj, kio estas tradicio de nia redakcio ekde 2003. La elsendo estas aŭdebla en Jutubo ĉe la adreso: https://www.youtube.com/results?q=pola+retradio&sp=CAI%253D Interalie pere de Jutubo, konforme al individua bezono, eblas rapidigi aŭ malrapidigi la parolritmon de la sondokumentoj; eblas transsalti al ajna serĉata fragmento de la elsendo.

Alton Takiyama-Chung tells us two lively tales which help explain some of the traditions celebrated in China and other parts of East Asia at Lunar New Year. One story is about how the twelve animals who represent the Lunar New Year Calendar were chosen - by having an exciting river race. And a second story is about the Nian, a terrifying monster who arrives after dark every New Year's Eve - to eat the people and their animals. Until one year, a brave old man, comes up with a plan to stop him. This legend explains some of the traditions and celebrations which still take place today at this popular festival which marks the beginning of Spring. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

En la 1456-a E_elsendo el la 25.02.2026 ĉe www.pola-retradio.org: • Hodiaŭ ni kelkan atenton dediĉas al la 15-jariĝo de la elsendoj de la Pola retRadio en Esperanto, al kiu tempo ni referencos ankaŭ en sekvaj elsendoj. • En la komenca kulturkroniko – post la kalendarfoliaj plukaĵoj ni informas pri la urbo Bielsko-Biała, la unua pola kultururbo, en kiu i.a. okazos en 2026 PEA-kongreso; pri la ankoraŭ daŭranta ekspozicio dediĉita al virinoj en arto; pri multaj internaciaj premioj por la pola dokumenta filmo. • En la E-komunuma segmento ni informas pri la unuaj dokumentoj de Kroata E-Ligo transdonitaj al Kroata Ŝtata Arkivo; pri atendataj informoj rilate al katalogoj de Vinilkosmo en nova sonflua platformo; pri la literatura/kultura konkurso de IKUE ligita kun Karesmo – https://ikue.org/. • Muzike akompanas nin la kanto de Ale Kosabela „La Sistemo” el lia KD „Revolucio en pajleraro” eldonita de Vinilkosmo. Nian programinformon akompanas reta foto pri la unua pola kultururbo de la jaro, Bielsko-Biała. • En unuopaj rubrikoj de nia paĝo eblas konsulti la paralele legeblajn kaj aŭdeblajn tekstojn el niaj elsendoj, kio estas tradicio de nia redakcio ekde 2003. La elsendo estas aŭdebla en Jutubo ĉe la adreso: https://www.youtube.com/results?q=pola+retradio&sp=CAI%253D Interalie pere de Jutubo, konforme al individua bezono, eblas rapidigi aŭ malrapidigi la parolritmon de la sondokumentoj; eblas transsalti al ajna serĉata fragmento de la elsendo.

Is the 2026 "Year of the Fire Horse" manifesting as a global "Warhammer Horse"? In this episode, we decode the transition from the Nian to the Longma—Eastern dragon-horse entities of fire—and their startling parallels in modern current events. We analyze the esoteric symbolism of NASA's Artemis moon mission and its connection to a goddess related to horses and fire. Furthermore, we examine the escalating conflict with Iran through the lens of ancient archetypes, from the burning of Baal/Moloch effigies to the mythic battles of Thor and Apollo against the Great Serpent. From Ragnarök to Armageddon, learn why the horse remains the ultimate symbol of the final battle. Also learn the history of the Four Horses of the Apocalypse and origins of Chinese New Year symbolism.*The is the FREE archive, which includes advertisements. If you want an ad-free experience, you can subscribe below underneath the show description.

The Chinese New Year is founded on the myth of Nian, a monster who shares its name with the Chinese word for year (nián). Each season, just before spring, the creature would attack villages, killing and consuming both villagers and their livestock. But the people always fought back. They employed loud noises, bright lights and an abundance of items colored red, since these three things frightened the beast most of all. Since the festival is founded on the lunar calendar, based on cycles of the Moon, its celebration date varies by year. It typically occurs between January 20 and February 20, the former of which is called daikan in Japan, a word describing the dead of winter just before the arrival of spring. This provides us with a clear pathway to understanding what Nian really represents, and that is a monstrous personification of the cold darkness of winter. The monster attacks just before spring, giving another meaning to the old adage it's always darkest before the dawn. Nian is terrified of loud noises because it represents the stillness and silence of winter, especially after fresh snowfall; it is freighted by bright illumination because warmth and light are enemies of the cold and dark winter; it is scared of red because this color is emblematic of the sun, warmth, light and, most directly, fire. The monster consumes people and animals because it is an expression of the cyclical death of the earth where plants, animals and humans slow down and enter into a state of dormancy. Its teeth rip apart the flesh just as freezing air drys, cracks, and numbs the skin. The Chinese New Year festival spans more than two weeks, beginning on the new moon of the lunar calendar and ending on the first full moon. The final day is called Lantern Festival, a celebration promoting peace and welcoming the new cycle with fiery lanterns, lion and dragon dances, and an assortment of fireworks and parades. It is traditionally customary to avoid showering, cleaning the home, breaking glass or other items, using most cutting tools, or even using negative words, at least on the first day of a new cycle. Showering could wash away potential luck; breaking something could likewise sever a connection to wealth and success, as could using cutting tools; negative words like “poor” or “pain” could bring a loss of wealth and a health. Mardi Gras is a Christian holiday marking the final day before Lent season begins. It is observed on the eve of Ash Wednesday in most places. Its origins are traced back to older festivals and celebrations recognizing the winter transitioning to spring. Lent is the 40-day period of fasting and penitence observed between Ash Wednesday and Easter Sunday. *The is the FREE archive, which includes advertisements. If you want an ad-free experience, you can subscribe below underneath the show description.WEBSITEFREE ARCHIVE (w. ads)SUBSCRIPTION ARCHIVE-X / TWITTERFACEBOOKINSTAGRAMYOUTUBERUMBLE-BUY ME A COFFEECashApp: $rdgable PAYPAL: rdgable1991@gmail.comRyan's Books: https://thesecretteachings.info EMAIL: rdgable@yahoo.com / rdgable1991@gmail.comBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-secret-teachings--5328407/support.

Seit dem Militärputsch 2021 befindet sich Myanmar im Bürgerkrieg. Besonders auffällig ist dabei die Rolle einer jungen Generation, die sich nicht mit der Militärdiktatur abfinden will. Tausende junge Menschen haben ihr Zuhause verlassen und kämpfen heute als Guerilla-Einheiten aus dem Dschungel heraus gegen das Regime. In dieser Episode berichtet Südostasien-Korrespondent Andreas Babst von seiner einwöchigen Reise zu einer dieser Rebellengruppen im Südosten Myanmars. Er erzählt vom Alltag in geheimen Camps, von Regenzeit, Langeweile und ständiger Bedrohung aus der Luft. Im Zentrum stehen persönliche Geschichten wie jene der 22-jährigen Nian, die einst Drohnen steuerte und heute als Gesicht der Bewegung auf Social Media um Unterstützung wirbt. Gast: Andreas Babst, Korrespondent für Südostasien Host: Alice Grosjean Andreas ganze und vielschichtige Reportage gibt es [bei der NZZ.](https://www.nzz.ch/international/sie-leben-im-dschungel-kaempfen-in-einem-buergerkrieg-und-verhandeln-das-erwachsenwerden-alles-gleichzeitig-ld.1913384) Und falls du noch kein Abo hast - [hier ](https://abo.nzz.ch/25077808-2/)findest du das Probe-Abo zum Testen.

En la 1449-a E_elsendo el la 20.01.2026 ĉe www.pola-retradio.org: • Al sukcesoj de Vinilkosmo 2025 kaj frontataj de ĝi defioj en 2026 ni donas hodiaŭ apartan atenton kaj nian felietonan informon akompanas fragmente du muzikpecoj el ĝiaj aŭtune aperigitaj bitalbumetoj: de la tulua-okcitania Vojaĝo (Eĉ unu muron) kaj de la hispana-okcitana Kaj Tiel Plu (Kiel estas tiu glaso). • En la komencaj aktualaĵoj – post la Kalendarfolio kun elektitaj datoj ligitaj kun la 20-a de decembro – ni informas pri la novjara renkontiĝo kun reprezentantoj de eklezioj kaj sociaj malplimultoj, pri Róża Czacka patrono de 2026, pri kreskanta eksporto de pola viskio, pri novaj produktoj el la ceramika fabriko en Bolesławiec, • Nian sciencan rubrikon ni dediĉas al la unua etapo de usonaj-britaj esploroj pri la influo de sociaj retejoj je psika bonfaro de junaj personoj. • La akompana al la programinformo foto prezentas edukatojn de Blindulcentro en Laski, establita de Róża Czacka. • En unuopaj rubrikoj de nia paĝo eblas konsulti la paralele legeblajn kaj aŭdeblajn tekstojn el niaj elsendoj, kio estas tradicio de nia redakcio ekde 2003. La elsendo estas aŭdebla en Jutubo ĉe la adreso: https://www.youtube.com/results?q=pola+retradio&sp=CAI%253D Interalie pere de Jutubo, konforme al individua bezono, eblas rapidigi aŭ malrapidigi la parolritmon de la sondokumentoj; eblas transsalti al ajna serĉata fragmento de la elsendo.

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En la 1445-a E_elsendo el la 30.12.2025 ĉe www.pola-retradio.org: • La gasto de nia elsendo estas Yves Nevelsteen, konata E-aktivulo, kun kies agado plimulto el ni renkontiĝis. Jen E-Vikipedio kaj Komputiko, jen aldoniĝintaj kun la tempofluo Eventa Servo kaj Markonomoj; • En la komencaj aktualaĵoj – post la Kalendarfolio ligita kun elektitaj datoj ligitaj kun la 30-a de decembro – ni jarfine eksciu, kiel poloj taksas sian ekonomian situacion en 2025; kial kaj kiel polajn lernantojn inspiras la pentroarto de Van Gogh; kial Krakovo havas la plej belan historian urbocentron en Eŭropo; • Nian sciencan rubrikon ni dediĉas al la sufloroj de sciencistoj, ke la plej efika maniero konservi la junan cerbon estas lerni lingvojn. Ju pli multe des pli bone; • Muzike akompanas nin fragmente la plej nova kanzono de Kaj Tiel Plu „Je l'unua la naskiĝ' el ĝia plej nova bitalbumeto „Je la kvara aperinta” ĉe Vinilkosmo. En la fino Flori Floro kantas pri paco. La akompana al la programinformo evidente aludas al baldaŭ komenciĝonta 2026-a jaro kaj la tostado…por ĝia prospero kaj i.a.paco; • En unuopaj rubrikoj de nia paĝo eblas konsulti la paralele legeblajn kaj aŭdeblajn tekstojn el niaj elsendoj, kio estas tradicio de nia redakcio ekde 2003. La elsendo estas aŭdebla en Jutubo ĉe la adreso: https://www.youtube.com/results?q=pola+retradio&sp=CAI%253D Ineralie pere de Jutubo, konforme al individua bezono, eblas rapidigi aŭ malrapidigi la parolritmon de la sondokumentoj; eblas transsalti al ajna serĉata fragmento de la elsendo.

La nona puntata della settima stagione di We Believe in Music si è chiusa con un'energia speciale.In studio con noi @nian.music , un artista capace di lasciare il segno con il suo carisma, la sua presenza e una forza musicale che arriva dritta a chi ascolta.È stata una puntata intensa, viva, fatta di racconti, vibrazioni e condivisione autentica.Ringraziamo Nian per aver portato la sua musica e la sua anima ai nostri microfoni: momenti come questi sono il motivo per cui amiamo fare radio.Ora ci prendiamo una piccola pausa per le festività natalizie, con il cuore pieno di musica e gratitudine.

From the monstrous Yule Cat of Iceland to the cannibal Wendigo of North America, in this episode I explore seven eerie winter legends from around the world. You'll meet Japan's ghostly Yuki-Onna, China's New Year beast Nian, Greece's chaotic Kallikantzaroi, the rhyming ghost-horse Mari Lwyd of Wales, and the shape-shifting Ijiraq of the Arctic. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

En la 1442-a E_elsendo el la 10.12.2025 ĉe www.pola-retradio.org: • En la komenco de la elsendo vi trovas elektitajn historiajn datojn rilatajn al la 10-a de decembro. Sekvas ilin aktualaĵoj pri ok polaj esploristinoj, kiuj ricevis la premiojn L'Oréal-UNESCO por Virinoj kaj la Scienco; pri la finiĝinta sezono de lueblaj publikaj bicikloj 2025. • Nian sciencan temon ni dediĉas al enplantaĵo – PRIMA-protezo por homoj suferantaj degeneron de flava makuleto. • En nia E-komunuma segmento ni referencas al Tago de Homaj Rajtoj kaj porokaza mesaĝo de UEA; ni informas pri la inaŭguro de la ekspozicio VOJAĜO en la Nacia Biblioteko en Varsovio dediĉita al Lucien Péraire; ni peras la alvokon de IKUE partopreni en la IKUE-konkurso “Paŝoj de Espero: survoje al Kristnasko”. Oni atendas ĝis la 23.12.2025 preĝon, poemon, mediton (ĝis 800 vortoj) aŭ kanton ĉe la adreso ikuekonkursoj@gmail.com. • En la elsendo muzike akompanas nin Hirosi Nobukuni per fragmento de la originala E-kanto „La ekiro de l' cignar'”. Mélanie Prin per kristnaska kanto ilustras la informon de IKUE; Kritnaskaj ornamoj ekde la komenco de decembro ornamas polajn placojn; nian programinformon ornamas tiu de antaŭ la Reĝa Kastelo en Varsovio. • En unuopaj rubrikoj de nia paĝo eblas konsulti la paralele legeblajn kaj aŭdeblajn tekstojn el niaj elsendoj, kio estas tradicio de nia redakcio ekde 2003. La elsendo estas aŭdebla en jutubo ĉe la adreso: https://www.youtube.com/results?q=pola+retradio&sp=CAI%253D I.a. pere de jutubo, konforme al individua bezono, eblas rapidigi aŭ malrapidigi la parolritmon de la sondokumentoj, transsalti al iu serĉata fragmento de la elsendo.

En la 1439-a E_elsendo el la 25.11.2025 ĉe www.pola-retradio.org: • Nian hodiaŭan felietonon ni dediĉas al la varsovia verdaĵplena kvartalo Marysin Wawerski, en kies tombejo okazis ĉi matene la lasta adiaŭo de la konata pola esperantisto, Roman Dobrzyński. Nian programinformon akompanas foto pri „Sobieski-arbaro”, la dua plej granda komplekso de arbaraj parkoj en Varsovio, troviĝanta i.a. najbare de Marysin Wawerski; • En la kulturtema kroniko – post la kalendarfoliaj informoj, ligitaj kun historiaj eventoj de  25.11 – ni informas pri ekspozicio de skulptaĵoj de Szymon Ołtarzewski en Romo; pri la premio Živa, plia nunjara distingo por la Muzeo de Siberiekzilitoj en Bjalistoko; pri la varsovia ekspozicio de Adam Kossowski, kies 120-a naskiĝdatreveno pasos la 5-an de decembro; • En la E-komunuma segmento ni informas pri Erasmus+ por studi Esperanton kiel interfakan kampon por transnacia novigado; pri TEJO en la estraro de CoNGO; pri kelkaj E-eldonaĵoj kun hispanlingva tradukparto prezentitaj al la ekstera publiko de Madrido; • Muzike akompanas nin fragmente la kanto de TEAM „Rakonta silentado”'; • En unuopaj rubrikoj de nia paĝo eblas konsulti la paralele legeblajn kaj aŭdeblajn tekstojn el niaj elsendoj, kio estas tradicio de nia redakcio ekde 2003. La elsendo estas aŭdebla en Jutubo ĉe la adreso: https://www.youtube.com/results?q=pola+retradio&sp=CAI%253D Ineralie pere de Jutubo, konforme al individua bezono, eblas rapidigi aŭ malrapidigi la parolritmon de la sondokumentoj; eblas transsalti al ajna serĉata fragmento de la elsendo.

Hablamos con Aitor Fuster, director de Actyus, la gestora de inversiones alternativas de Andbank.

Night Listeners -Happy Halloween! I am sorry if this has been a light season, the top part of October was extremely busy for me in the film world. But I tried to pack last week and this week with some spooky tunes. Lots of rippers and even a few first time plays with Obeygrey, Cosmic Fraility, Nian, Mike V & the Rats and Gore God. Night Stories - "Sam's Equinox" (Des Moines)Pitch Black Manor - "The Sleepover Set" / The Sleepover Set (Quad Cities)Greg Wheeler and the PolyMall Cops - "Animal" / Slimephone Surveillance (Des Moines)In Loving Memory - "Great Day At The Dawns" / A Gentler Sun (Des Moines)Mike V and The Rats - "Viewpoint" / Mike V and The Rats (Des Moines)Nian - "White" / 5 Song Demo (Marshalltown)If I Could Just Get Some Sleep - "The Inside" / Dead Nerves, Numb Hands (Dubuque)True Commando - "Cross the Block (Paint the Target)" / Riot Jungle II (Iowa City)Obeygrey - "Beluga" / Mind of Glass EP (Cedar Falls)Cosmic Fraility - "Sitting in the Dark With You" / Untitled (Cedar Rapids)Tomb Wizard - "Asleep in Twilight's Coffin" / Asleep in Twilights Coffin (Waterloo)Idolist - "Prophet Descends" / Idolist (Marshalltown)Druids - "Acid Realm" / Spirit Compass (Des Moines)Fungal Mass - "Butchered" / Psychedelic Poison (Wilton)Gore God - "Cauldron" / Gore God Demo 2 (Des Moines)Deep Fried Embryo - "Cold Medicine" / split with Handicap (McGregor)Vitam Eternam - "Enslaved by the Crepsucle's Call" / Blackened Dreams Nocturn (Ottumwa) Follow me on: Instagram | Twitter (not doing much with it currently)Iowa Basement Tapes has its own archive of Iowa music. Be sure to check out iowabasementtapes.bandcamp.com and download any of the releases for free. If you would like to contribute any music please send an email to kristianday@gmail.com. BROADCAST SCHEDULEThursdays at 9PM on 98.9FM KFMG - Des MoinesSaturdays at 8PM on 1240AM KWLC - DecorahWednesdays at 11PM on 90.3FM KWIT - Sioux CityWednesdays at 11PM on 90.7FM KOJI - OkobojiIf you miss the show please subscribe to the broadcast archives: https://apple.co/2MzdH5e

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En la 1426-a E_elsendo el la 20.09.2025 ĉe www.pola-retradio.org: • En la hodiaŭa elsendo ni interparolas kun la renkontita dum la 110-a UK Karina Oliveira, redaktoro de „Kontakto”, dank' al kiu ni povis legi multajn interesajn revunumerojn. Sed  temas ne nur pri la redaktado. La interparolo ebligas al ni konatiĝi kun tiu interesa brazila esperantistino, antaŭ kiu Esperanto malfermis pordon i.a. al la Interlingvistikaj Studoj en Poznano, al ŝanĝo de la vivmedio, ne laste al familia vivo en Finnlando. • Por la hodiaŭa kalendarfolio ni elektis diversajn historiajn eventojn en Pollando kaj en la mondo ligitajn kun la 20-a de septembro. Krome en novaĵbulteno ni informas pri poldevenuloj studontaj en Pollando en la akademia jaro 2025/26; pri Pollando kiel signifa eksportanto de presmaterialoj; pri grava profesia distingo por pola arkitektura laborejo. • La sciencan rubrikon ni dediĉas al japanaj esploroj pri la rezultoj de la longdaŭra efiko de aromo je la cerbofunkciado. • Ni salutas la partoprenantojn de la Azia-Oceania Kongreso kaj de la Japana E-kongreso, ĝojante kundividi la etoson, kiu sabate ekregis en Okayama, per ĉerpaĵo el la muzika registraĵo en fejsbuko. • Por pliaj muzikaj momentoj ni elektis ĵusan registraĵon de Feri Floro por la vortoj de Liven Dek, de popola meksika kanto „La Bamba”. Nian programinformon akompanas interreta foto rilata al nia sciencbultena temo. • En unuopaj rubrikoj de nia paĝo eblas konsulti la paralele legeblajn kaj aŭdeblajn tekstojn el niaj elsendoj, kio estas tradicio de nia Redakcio ekde 2003. La elsendo estas aŭdebla en jutubo ĉe la adreso: https://www.youtube.com/results?q=pola+retradio&sp=CAI%253D I.a. pere de jutubo, konforme al individua bezono, eblas rapidigi aŭ malrapidigi la parolritmon de la sondokumentoj, transsalti al iu serĉata fragmento de la elsendo.

En la 1424-a E_elsendo el la 10.09.2025 ĉe www.pola-retradio.org: • En nia hodiaŭa elsendo ni retrorigardas al la someraj UK-tagoj prezentante nian interparolon kun unu el la novaj Honoraj Membroj de UEA, Zsófia Kóródy. Ŝi parolante pri sia e-ista agado mencias i.a. solenotan 50-jariĝon de sia esperantisteco. • En la komencaj aktualaĵoj ni informas pri la lastnokta dronatako kontraŭ Pollandon; pri daŭra avana loko de Pollando en la pomproduktado; pri la demando ĉu la ukraina fariĝos la dua fremda lingvo en polaj lernejoj. • En la scienctema rubriko ni traktas sukcesojn de polaj lernantoj, kiuj revenis kun medaloj post la Olimpiko pri Astronomio kaj Astrofiziko en Mumbajo. • Kelkan spacon ni donas al literaturo informante pri la 9-a tradukkonkurso LUCIJA BORČIĆ, al kiu eblas kontribui ĝis 28.09.2025 ĉe hes.keu@gmail.com. Ni prezentas la rezultojn de la 4-a INK-konkurso anoncitajn dum la 110-a UK. Fine ni prezentas la poeziaĵon de Tiberio Madonna „Somero en la kampoj” el la paĝo de la fb-a grupo E-literaturo kaj muziko. • Por komunaj muzikaj momentoj ni elektis fragmenton de la E-kanzono “La amo sorĉa kiel sonĝ'”, kiun plenumas Attila Schimmer. Ĝi rivalas inter 10 kantoj en la 54-a kantoparado de Heinz-Wilhelm Sprick. La rezultoj estos konataj merkrede vespere. Nian programinformon akompanas interreta foto pri pomoj, grava pola eksporta produkto. • En unuopaj rubrikoj de nia paĝo eblas konsulti la paralele legeblajn kaj aŭdeblajn tekstojn el niaj elsendoj, kio estas tradicio de nia Redakcio ekde 2003. La elsendo estas aŭdebla en jutubo ĉe la adreso: https://www.youtube.com/results?q=pola+retradio&sp=CAI%253D I.a. pere de jutubo, konforme al individua bezono, eblas rapidigi aŭ malrapidigi la parolritmon de la sondokumentoj, transsalti al iu serĉata fragmento de la elsendo.

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En la 1399-a E_elsendo el la 05.06.2025 ĉe www.pola-retradio.org: • En la enkonduka parto de la elendo ni retrorigardas al kelkaj historiaj eventoj ligitaj kun la 5-a de junio. Samtempe lige al kurantaj eventoj ni informas pri novaj prezidentoj de Pollando kaj la Suda Koreio. • Komencaj kulturkronikaj informoj rilatas al interesa ekspozicio en Varsovio en la Muzeo de Frederiko Chopin „Romantika vivo”; al ekspozicio de polaj dezajnistinoj en Bruselo. • Konsiderante la tutan junion kiel monaton, en kiu nia atento fokusiĝas ĉirkaŭ infanoj, el nia arkivo ni memorigas interparolon kun François Lo Jacomo el 2004 pri edukado de E-infanoj. • Nian felietonon ni dediĉas al elstara pola junulara E-aktivulo, i.a. fondinto de la Pola E-Junularo, Marek Pietrzak lige kun pasanta hodiaŭ lia naskiĝdatreveno. • La E-komunuma informo rilatas al la serĉado de nova redaktoro de „Kontakto”. La limdato estas la 15-a de junio: https://www.tejo.org/alvoko-redaktoro-kontakto/. • La hodiaŭan programinformon apudas foto de fama pentraĵo de Eugène Delacroix prezentanta George Sand kun Frederiko Chopin. • En unuopaj rubrikoj de nia paĝo eblas konsulti la paralele legeblajn kaj aŭdeblajn tekstojn el niaj elsendoj, kio estas tradicio de nia Redakcio ekde 2003. La elsendo estas aŭdebla en jutubo ĉe la adreso: https://www.youtube.com/results?q=pola+retradio&sp=CAI%253D I.a. pere de jutubo, konforme al individua bezono, eblas rapidigi aŭ malrapidigi la parolritmon de la sondokumentoj, transsalti al iu serĉata fragmento de la elsendo.

En la 1393-a E_elsendo el la 05.05.2025 ĉe www.pola-retradio.org: • Nian ĉi-semajnan felietonon ni dediĉas al elstara pola-germana kirurgo, la kreinto de du kirurgiaj skoloj: la pola en Krakovo kaj la germana en Vroclavo (Breslau), Jan Antoni Mikulicz-Radecki. Post kelkaj tagoj pasos lia 175-a naskiĝdatreveno. • En la komenca kulturkroniko ni informas pri interesa ekspozicio de malnovpreĝaĵoj en la universitata biblioteko de Krakovo lige kun la jubileo de la miljariĝo de la unua kronita pola reĝo; pri repliko de la Sukcena Ĉambro en muzeo de la loko Mamerki. • En la E-komunuma segmento ni informas pri la jama ebleco aliĝi al la nunjara RETOSO kaj la porinfana desegnokonkurso „La plej grava nomo por mi”, kiun povas partopreni ankaŭ infanoj ne konantaj Esperanton. Kontaktoadreso: magdaszczot@tlen.pl. • Fine ni renkontiĝas en Leterkesto. • Muzike ni memorigas la E-version de la kanzono "La geamantoj sur la verda benk'" el la KD eldonita de Vinilkosmo „Jacques Yvart kantas Georges Brassens. La hodiaŭan programinformon akompanas foto prezentanta eksponaĵon en la jubilea ekspozicio en la universitata biblioteko en Vroclavo. • En unuopaj rubrikoj de nia paĝo eblas konsulti la paralele legeblajn kaj aŭdeblajn tekstojn el niaj elsendoj, kio estas tradicio de nia Redakcio ekde 2003. La elsendo estas aŭdebla en jutubo ĉe la adreso: https://www.youtube.com/results?q=pola+retradio&sp=CAI%253D I.a. pere de jutubo, konforme al individua bezono, eblas rapidigi aŭ malrapidigi la parolritmon de la sondokumentoj, transsalti al iu serĉata fragmento de la elsendo.

En la 1387-a E_elsendo el la 05.04.2025 ĉe www.pola-retradio.org: • La 4-an de aprilo pasis 66 jaroj post la establo de la unua profesia E-Redakcio en la strukturo de la publika Pola Radio. La datrevenon ni omaĝas i.a. per sondokumentaj citaĵoj aŭdiĝintaj en elsendo pri la 1-a datreveno de ĝia ekzistojaro en 1960. Parolas elstara pola filologo, profesoro Zenon Klemensiewicz, parolas la tiama Ĉefdelegito de UEA en Pollando, d-ro Roman Sakowicz. Krome aŭdiĝas la voĉo de ege populara radioparolistino Barbara Sokalówna, kiu ne nur fariĝis esperantisto, sed ankaŭ en Esperanto verkis kaj tradukis. • En la hodiaŭa kulturkroniko ni informas pri baldaŭ komenciĝontaj priaŭskultoj de pianistoj kvalifikitaj al la nunjara Internacia Chopin-konkurso; pri daŭra memoro kaj porlernejana konkurso de Manghha Muzeo pri helpo de Japanio al polaj orfoj el Siberio dum la 2-a mondmilito. • Nian felietonon ni dediĉas al polaj matematikistoj, kiuj rompis la ĉifrokodon de la germana Enigma, kio laŭ ekspertoj mallongigis la 2-an mondmiliton je 2-3 jaroj. • En la E-komunuma segmento ni informas pri la scienca E-somero i.a. kadre de IKU en Brno; pri eventoj de IKUE lige kun la Jubilea Jaro 2015: ikue.org. • La hodiaŭan programinformon akompanas foto de informafiŝo de Liven Dek rilatanta al la jubileo de la E-elsendoj de Pola Radio. • En unuopaj rubrikoj de nia paĝo eblas konsulti la paralele legeblajn kaj aŭdeblajn tekstojn el niaj elsendoj, kio estas tradicio de nia Redakcio ekde 2003. La elsendo estas aŭdebla en jutubo ĉe la adreso: https://www.youtube.com/results?q=pola+retradio&sp=CAI%253D I.a. pere de jutubo, konforme al individua bezono, eblas rapidigi aŭ malrapidigi la parolritmon de la sondokumentoj, transsalti al iu serĉata fragmento de la elsendo.

En la 1379-a E_elsendo el la 20.02.2025 ĉe www.pola-retradio.org: • Nian hodiaŭan felietonon ni dediĉas al la esperantista pioniro, polo Józef Waśniewski, lige kun la pasinta la 19-an de februaro lia 128-a mortodatreveno. Ni referencas i.a. al la kondolencaj vortoj de Ludoviko Zamenhof post lia morto kaj al la mencio i.a. de lia nomo – inter forpasintaj pioniroj - en la bulonja parolado. • En la kulturkronikaj aktualaĵoj ni informas pri la finiĝinta pola Chopin-konkurso, kiu ebligos al laŭreatoj i.a. partopreni la Internacian Chopin-konkurson 2025; pri la 100-jariĝo de Pola Radio kaj porokaza ekspozicio en la varsovia Teknika Muzeo; pri la ensemblo Śląsk, kiu estas reprezentanto de Pollando dum ĝia prezidanteco en la Eŭropa Unio. • En la E-komunuma segmento ni informas pri speciala mesaĝo de UEA lige kun la nunjara Tago de la Gepatra Lingvo kaj pri UEA-sponsorado de la reta kaj surloka Poliglotaj Renkontiĝoj: polyglotgathering.com/2025/eo/online/registration/. • Akompanas nin muzikcitaĵoj i.a. el la Esperanto-marŝo de Johann Brussig. La akompana foto el la reto prezentas scenon el koncerto de la ensemblo Śląsk. • En unuopaj rubrikoj de nia paĝo eblas konsulti la paralele legeblajn kaj aŭdeblajn tekstojn el niaj elsendoj, kio estas tradicio de nia Redakcio ekde 2003. La elsendo estas aŭdebla en jutubo ĉe la adreso: https://www.youtube.com/results?q=pola+retradio&sp=CAI%253D I.a. pere de jutubo, konforme al individua bezono, eblas rapidigi aŭ malrapidigi la parolritmon de la sondokumentoj, transsalti al iu serĉata fragmento de la elsendo. https://www.youtube.com

En la 1376-a E_elsendo el la 05.02.2025 ĉe www.pola-retradio.org: • Nian hodiaŭan elsendon ni grandparte dediĉas al la forpasinta la 1-an de februaro 2025 multflanka aktivulo de la E-movado, d-ro Renato Corsetti, kiu en la itala kaj en la monda skalo plenumis plurajn funkciojn, kunpartoprenis multajn iniciatojn. Lia engaĝiĝo inspiris multajn kaj estas/os ekzemplo por pliaj. • En la elsendo ni prezentas la porokazan Gazetaran Komunikon de UEA. Laŭ permeso de la prezidanto de la Akademio de Esperanto, Probal Dasgupta ni prezentas lian mesaĝon omaĝe al Renato Corsetti el la Akademia listo. El nia arkivo ni adiaŭe rememoras nian interparolon kun Renato Corsetti kiel la prezidanto de UEA el lia lasta oficperioda jaro, kiun li donis al la E-Redakcio de Pola Radio. • En aktualaĵoj ni informas pri tio, kiomgrade polaj firmaoj uzis en la pasinta jaro Artefaritan Intelekton kaj pri Pollando kiel grava produktanto de fromaĝoj. • La scienbultenan rubrikon ni dediĉas al la finiĝinta misio de la kosma sondilo Gaia. • La akompana al la programanonco interreta foto (2008) prezentas Renato Corsetti en la akompano de Probal Dasgupta kaj Nelida Weidmann. • En unuopaj rubrikoj de nia paĝo eblas konsulti la paralele legeblajn kaj aŭdeblajn tekstojn el niaj elsendoj, kio estas tradicio de nia Redakcio ekde 2003. La elsendo estas aŭdebla en jutubo ĉe la adreso: https://www.youtube.com/results?q=pola+retradio&sp=CAI%253D I.a. pere de jutubo, konforme al individua bezono, eblas rapidigi aŭ malrapidigi la parolritmon de la sondokumentoj, transsalti al iu serĉata fragmento de la elsendo.

This week we talk about the origin of the Lunar New Year, the legend of Nian! We also get into the haunted Sword Gates House located in Charleston, SC. Email us your stories!!! or if you want to sponsor us ;)  Email - ⁠⁠⁠mysteriesmythslegends@gmail.com⁠⁠⁠  ESTY: ⁠⁠⁠https://www.etsy.com/shop/LuxieandLuna?ref=simple-shop-header-name&listing_id=826447453⁠⁠⁠  We post pictures of our stories every week on instagram!!!! FOLLOW US ON SOCIALS:  Tiktok: @myths_podcast  Instagram: @myths_podcast  Facebook: Mysteries, Myths, and Legends Taylor's Instagram: @teeelive  Savannah's Instagram: @kavannahaha 

Globoko pod morsko gladino je živela strašna pošast po imenu Nian, kar v slovenščini pomeni leto … Pripovedovalec: Branko Jordan. Avtorica: Tina Ilgo. Režiserka: Ana Krauthaker. Oblikovalka zvoka: Sonja Strenar. Avtor glasbe: Luka Hočevar. Svetovalka za jezik: Mateja Juričan. Kitajski pravljični večeri z Radiem Slovenija in Konfucijevim inštitutom Ekonomske fakultete v Ljubljani, posneto v studiih Radia Slovenija, junij 2021.

Happy Lunar New Year / Spring Festival to all those celebrating! Join Fox and Sparrow as we share the the tale of the Nian, the Jade Emperor's Great Race and the tale of the animals visit to Buddha. Out of the twelve zodiac animals, we discuss some of their attributes and what lies in store for us during the year of the wood Snake!  Show notes can be found on our website at: www.talesfromtheenchantedforest.com You can also find us on: Bluesky Mastodon Instagram   TikTok X @FromEnchanted

Wigand Sugandi - 1 Korintus 10:23 (TB) "Segala sesuatu diperbolehkan." Benar, tetapi bukan segala sesuatu berguna. "Segala sesuatu diperbolehkan." Benar, tetapi bukan segala sesuatu membangun.

Face à Mathieu Madénian ce 27 janvier, Marc-Antoine Le Bret a notamment imité Jean-Alphonse Richard, Jean-Marie Bigard et Ahmed Sylla. Retrouvez tous les jours le meilleur des Grosses Têtes en podcast sur RTL.fr et l'application RTL.

Du lundi au vendredi, dans un podcast inédit, l'invité(e) du jour se confie au micro de RTL avant même son passage dans l'émission ! L'occasion d'en apprendre un peu plus sur lui, sur ses projets et sur ses souvenirs de l'émission "Les Grosses Têtes".

Face à Mathieu Madénian ce 27 janvier, Marc-Antoine Le Bret a notamment imité Jean-Alphonse Richard, Jean-Marie Bigard et Ahmed Sylla. En plus de sa chronique dans "RTL Soir", retrouvez Marc-Antoine Le Bret dans "Les Grosses Têtes" ! Chaque jour, il accompagne l'invité d'honneur de Laurent Ruquier, dans une séquence mêlant anecdotes et nombreuses imitations.

En un pequeño pueblo chino, los aldeanos huyen del monstruo Nian en la víspera de Año Nuevo. Pero esto cambiará cuando Lina y un misterioso viajero encuentran un plan para enfrentarlo.Bienvenidos a Había una vez, un podcast de cuentos para niños y niñas donde podrás escuchar cuentos cortos y divertidos. Nuestros cuentos infantiles están hechos para educar, entretener y divertir a los peques, si amas los cuentos para dormir, llegaste el lugar indicado. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

En la 1370-a E_elsendo el la 05.01.2025 ĉe www.pola-retradio.org:  Feliĉan, Sukcesplenan kaj Prosperan 2025 !!!! • Nian unuan en la Nova Jaro elsendon komence plenigas informoj pri iuj gravaj eventoj en la mondo kaj en Pollando 2025. Ni informas pri la papa mesaĝo por la Monda Tago de Paco; pri tio, kion timas poloj sojle de 2025 kaj pri iliaj opinioj; pri tradiciaj Epifaniaj paradoj 2025 en Pollando kaj en la mondo. • En scienca bulteno ni informas pri la Internacia Jaro de Kvantuma Scienco kaj Teknologio proklamita de la Unuiĝintaj Nacioj; pri la distingo de nia redakcia kolego Tomasz Miller en la plebiscito por la Populariganto de la Scienco 2024 en la kategorio „Sciencisto”. • Ni dankeme citas el la unuaj mesĝoj de niaj aŭskultantoj venintaj jam jarkomence. Fine ni prezentas specialan intervjuon por la elsendo, kiun nia aŭkultanto Boguslaw (Esu Peranto) Ubik-Perski el Germanio faris kun sia AI-asistantino, Aida. • Muzike akompanas nin fragmente la kanto "Novjaro" de Martin kaj la Talpoj, pola kristnaska kanto pri Tri Reĝoj celantaj Bet Leĥemon, kiun kantas Anna Osmakowicz kaj kanto de SunoAI por la vortoj de Erika Godó „Novjaro estas nova espero”. • La programanoncon akompanas interreta foto bildiganta unu el la Epifaniaj paradoj en Pollando ĉe la startoloko apud la varsovia Kopernik-monumento. • En unuopaj rubrikoj de nia paĝo eblas konsulti la paralele legeblajn kaj aŭdeblajn tekstojn el niaj elsendoj, kio estas tradicio de nia Redakcio ekde 2003. Pere de jutubo https://www.youtube.com/results?q=pola+retradio&sp=CAI%253D, konforme al individua bezono, eblas rapidigi aŭ malrapidigi la parolritmon de la sondokumentoj, transsalti al iu serĉata fragmento de la elsendo.

After attending to the various and sundry, Jonah Goldberg explains why you should read George Orwell's Politics and the English Language, why the conflation between "the swamp" and "the deep state" irritates him so much, and the issue with saying "Trump is Hitler." Show Notes: —Jonah's debate with Charles Kesler —Liberal Fascism —Kevin Williamson on the Deep State and Vikings —Kevin Williamson on Jimmy Carter The Remnant is a production of The Dispatch, a digital media company covering politics, policy, and culture from a non-partisan, conservative perspective. To access all of The Dispatch's offerings—including Jonah's G-File newsletter, weekly livestreams, and other members-only content—click here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

En la 1365-a E_elsendo el la 11.12.2024 ĉe www.pola-retradio.org: • Nian hodiaŭan elsendon ni plene dediĉas al la 10-a de decembro en la kunligo kun la solenata tiutage datreveno de la Deklaracio de la Homaj Rajtoj de la Unuiĝintaj Nacioj kaj la 70-jariĝo de Unesko-rezolucio favore al Esperanto. Ni i.a. citas el la Gazetaraj Komunikoj de UEA kaj referencas al la raporta artikolo de Ivo Lapenna pri sukceso de Montevideo, kiun reprenis „Libera Folio”. • La akompana foto el la interreto rilatas al la proklamo de la fama Unesko-rezolucio favore al Esperanto. • En unuopaj rubrikoj de nia paĝo eblas konsulti la paralele legeblajn kaj aŭdeblajn tekstojn el niaj elsendoj, kio estas tradicio de nia Redakcio ekde 2003. La elsendo estas aŭdebla en jutubo ĉe la adreso: https://www.youtube.com/results?q=pola+retradio&sp=CAI%253D I.a. pere de jutubo, konforme al individua bezono, eblas rapidigi aŭ malrapidigi la parolritmon de la sondokumentoj, transsalti al iu serĉata fragmento de la elsendo.

En la 1362-a E_elsendo el la 25.11.2024 ĉe www.pola-retradio.org: • Nia antaŭmikrofona gasto estas unu el la diplomitoj de la aŭtuna Interlingvistika Sesio en Poznano, Renato Guedes el Portugalio, kiu proksimigas la temon de sia finlaboraĵo „Ikoneco por artefaritaj lingvoj”. • Hodiaŭ krome ni proponas komune enrigardi la  retajn eldonojn de la 3-a nunjara numero de „Norvega Esperantisto” kaj de la novembra „Novaĵoj Tamtamas”, internacia gazeto de Esperanto Jokohama. • En la komencaj aktualaĵoj ni informas pri multiĝo de la tiel nomataj privataj studentaj domoj; pri la Stacidoma Komplekso en Lublin, kiu en 2024 gajnis jam du internaciajn arkitekturajn premiojn; pri la daŭranta en Varsovio laŭvica Azia Filmfestivalo. • Nian sciencbultenan rubrikon ni dediĉas al la rekomenciĝintaj esplorlaboroj de polaj sciencistoj en la Parko Serengeti, Tanzanio kaj al la unuaj rikoltitaj rezultoj. • Muzike akompanas nin Ale Vela per sia ĉi-monate registrita (kiel video-filmo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jZW_23qNszI) kanzono „Tuj”. La interreta foto prezentas la premiitan stacidomon en Lublin. • En unuopaj rubrikoj de nia paĝo eblas konsulti la paralele legeblajn kaj aŭdeblajn tekstojn el niaj elsendoj, kio estas tradicio de nia Redakcio ekde 2003. Pere de jutubo https://www.youtube.com/results?q=pola+retradio&sp=CAI%253D, konforme al individua bezono, eblas rapidigi aŭ malrapidigi la parolritmon de la sondokumentoj, transsalti al iu serĉata fragmento de la elsendo.

Fri, 15 Nov 2024 07:00:00 +0000 https://podcast6de73d.podigee.io/107-ostdetuschland 13d8833e8751bbf9c5f10484c8a6f3c2 Alles zum aktuellen Sponsoring und den aktuellen Rabattcodes und Aktionen findest du hier. Gefühlt liegen die Wahlen in Brandenburg, Sachsen und Thüringen bereits eine Ewigkeit zurück – dabei sind sie maximal zweieinhalb Monate her. Wo im September noch alle mit Sorge und Interesse Richtung Ostdeutschland blickten, dominieren inzwischen andere Themen die Schlagzeilen: der Sieg von Trump in den USA und die Auflösung der Ampelkoalition. Selbst das Jubiläum "35 Jahre Mauerfall" am 9. November konnte daran nichts ändern. Gerade in diesen überfordernden Zeiten, die von einem Rechtsruck geprägt sind, ist es jedoch wichtiger denn je, begonnene Diskurse fortzuführen. Statt immer wieder zu versuchen, die Rechten in Ostdeutschland zu verstehen, möchten wir in dieser Folge den Fokus darauf legen, wie Widerstand in Ostdeutschland funktioniert. Wie organisiert man sich bei wachsenden Bedrohungslage? Wo ist der Widerstand erfolgreich? Wie gelingt es, sich gegen Stereotype zu stellen, ohne den Rechtsruck zu verharmlosen? Dazu haben wir mit fünf Menschen gesprochen, die aus Ostdeutschland kommen: der Soziologin Katharina Warda, der Aktivist*in Luna Möbius, der Journalistin Pia Stendera, der Aktivistin Theresa Ertel und der Journalistin Valerie Schönian. Mit ihnen haben wir über ihre Beziehung zu Ost- und Westdeutschland, Protest, Bedrohung, Identität und darüber gesprochen, was die Menschen vor Ort aktuell brauchen. Wir sind unglaublich dankbar für die klugen Stimmen, die wir in dieser Folge zu Wort kommen lassen durften! Hört unbedingt rein! Zivilgesellschaftliche Projekte in Ostdeutschland unterstützen: https://cloud.freiheitswolke.org/apps/forms/s/mC3BcyjMfFg36E5s7BeiSep9 full no Katharina Warda,Luna Möbius,Theresa Ertel,Va

En la 1338-a E_elsendo el la 06.08.2024 ĉe www.pola-retradio.org: En nia marda raporta elsendo pri la 109-a UK en Aruŝo, Tanzanio la ĉefan atenton ni donas al la Tago de Lernado, kiu okazis ankaŭ por la eksterkongresa publiko pere de zoom-platformo. Ni citas el ĝi voĉojn el la prelego pri la burunda instruado de Esperanto kaj el alparolo de Katalin Kovats pri daŭra serĉado de kunlaborantoj por la projekto de edukado.net: Parolu; Apartan atenton ni donas al la prezentitaj en la kongresa bulteno Festparolado de UEA-prezidanto Duncan Charters kaj al la agadsufloroj de la Honora UEA-prezidanto, Humphrey Tonkin. En la programo gastas TEJO-estranino Snehaĝa, kiu informas pri junuloj dum la 109-a UK kaj la marda sinprezento de TEJO. Uzante la registraĵon de Fritz Hilpert ni citas sondokumente la vortojn de KD-Konga esperantista junulo, kiu varbas ĉe la kongresa libroservo por afrika literaturo en Esperanto. Fine de Brandono – sondokumento registrita de Snehaĝa - ni ekscias, ke iu el la  plej popularaj trinkaĵoj de la mondo, servata ankaŭ dum la trinkmanĝa nokto  de la 109-a UK, estas kokakolao, kiu   historie ligiĝas kun lia familio. Nian programinformon akompanas foto de afiŝo emfazanta pacdeziron de esperantistoj. Grave, en la 75-a datreveno de la faligo de la unua atombombo sur Hiroŝimon. La elsendo estas aŭdebla en jutubo ĉe la adreso: https://www.youtube.com/results?q=pola+retradio&sp=CAI%253D

L'humoriste n'est pas prêt d'oublier ce one man show à Cannes, ni la chambre d'hôtel dans laquelle il a séjourné pour l'occasion. Alors que le directeur de l'hôtel lui demandait de ne pas abîmer la chambre, celle-ci fut bien saccagée... par un cormoran. Chaque week-end, retrouvez les meilleurs moments de l'émission "Ça va faire des histoires" diffusée à l'été 2023 sur RTL. Stéphane Rotenberg avait réuni les meilleurs experts de RTL pour un grand concours d'anecdotes.

En la 1319-a E_elsendo el la 15.05.2024 ĉe www.pola-retradio.org: • Nian felietonon pri koninda Pollando ni dediĉas al la historio kaj restaŭrado de la unusola en Pollando palaco en la franca novrenesanca stilo, en la loko Guzowo proksime al Varsovio; • En la komenca kulturkroniko ni informas pri la daŭrantaj en Lodzo Baletaj Rnkontiĝoj; pri kreiĝanta nova opero pri la pola italdevena reĝino Bona Sforza; pri historiaj kaheloj, kiuj revenis al la varsovia Reĝa Komplekso en Łazienki-parko; • En la E-komunuma segmento ni informas pri reprezentantoj de UEA dum la lasta konferenco de ALTE (https://www.ek-vi-libro.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Raporto-ALTEm2024.04.pdf); pri la aŭgusta SAT-kongeso en Portugalio https://sat2024.porto.esperanto.pt; • Muzike akompanas nin Luis Obaldo per la franca 16-jarcenta kanto „Mi ne povas diri”; • La akompana interreta foto prezentas  la restaŭratan palacon de Sobański-familio en Guzowo; • En unuopaj rubrikoj de nia paĝo eblas konsulti la paralele legeblajn kaj aŭdeblajn tekstojn el niaj elsendoj, kio estas tradicio de nia Redakcio ekde 2003. La elsendo estas aŭdebla en jutubo ĉe la adreso: https://www.youtube.com/results?q=pola+retradio&sp=CAI%253D I.a. pere de jutubo, konforme al individua bezono, eblas rapidigi aŭ malrapidigi la parolritmon de la sondokumentoj, transsalti al iu serĉata fragmento de la elsendo.

This is a tale from China about Nian, a huge, scary beast that loved to munch on everything in sight every Lunar New Year!

Last time we spoke about the Juye incident and the scramble for China. The Big Swords society and their armor of the golden bell technique certainly made some waves in the mid 1890's. However it would seem to get them in trouble, at minimum by proxy. The Juye incident was quickly seen as another Big Sword attack on christians and Kaiser Wilhelm utilizes it to gain something he was looking for a long time, a naval port in China. Jiaozhou bay was quickly seized by the Germans and suddenly all the western powers were seizing parts of China left right and center. The carving up of China had thus gone into overdrive and it looked to the common Chinese people that christian missionaries were all behind it. German was truly rubbing their nose in and allowing their missionaries to abuse their authority in Shandong province, but for how long would the Chinese put up with all of this?   #59 Yihequan “Why is everyone Kungfu fighting?”    Welcome to the Fall and Rise of China Podcast, I am your dutiful host Craig Watson. But, before we start I want to also remind you this podcast is only made possible through the efforts of Kings and Generals over at Youtube. Perhaps you want to learn more about the history of Asia? Kings and Generals have an assortment of episodes on history of asia and much more  so go give them a look over on Youtube. So please subscribe to Kings and Generals over at Youtube and to continue helping us produce this content please check out www.patreon.com/kingsandgenerals. If you are still hungry for some more history related content, over on my channel, the Pacific War Channel where I cover the history of China and Japan from the 19th century until the end of the Pacific War. So there has been this group I have kept alluding to for a few podcasts now. They went by a few names, but they truly pop into the scene in the year of 1898 in what other place than Shandong province, to be specific Guan county. Guan county lies along the western border of Shandong and is just a bit due west of Jinan. The people of guan county were known their “brave spirit and love of righteousness”. Their county held poor soil, many grew cotton and this lent itself to weaving. It was quite an impoverished county, their people lived simple lives. As noted by a gazetteer “The young have become like knights-errant, and like to indulge in wine, and drink for pleasure. They form cliques and seek revenge." By the mid 19th century, these young knight types were allying themselves with White Lotus sects. This led to conflicts such as the Song Jing-shi uprising of the 1860s. As we have seen over the past few episodes, where there are young men practicing boxing and there are sectarians, well they seem to just find common cause and love to rebel. There was a small market town in Guan county called Liyuantun. It was an exclave among 24 settlements in Guan, isolated across the Shandong border inside Zhili. Bordering it to the north was Linqing and Qiu county. A peasant from Liyuangtun described Liyuantuns locations as such “Speaking from our village, either two li [one kilometer) to the east or ten li to the west was Wei county. Twelve li to the northwest was Qiu county; twelve li to the south was Jize [Zhili]; fifteen li to the southeast was Linqing; ten li to the south was Quzhou; five li to the west were 300 mu of Guangzong [Zhili] land; and we were 130 li from the Guan county seat”. The small town historically had changed administrative boundaries multiple times. Now when conflicts began to break out with Christians, a magistrate was told be local residents of Liyuantun "Before, the prefect and magistrate repeatedly came to calm and pacify us. They would fix a date and only when they received permission did they dare to enter this territory." Alongside the christians, the region was of course a natural refuge for bandits. Bandits seemed to increase dramatically between 1894-1899 and these bands were coming well armed and dared to raid villages during daylight. Even casualties were beginning to increase, it was said during one raid, 7 people were killed in a single village. Highway robbery was particularly popular in the area. Theft was often directed at the wealthy, the kidnapping of members of rich families, the ordinary peasants did not suffer from this, but instead benefited, as the bandits took their riches and spent them in the poor villages. The local Qing forces were too weak and incompetent to do anything.  The isolated county of Guan was very susceptible to heterodox sects. There were countless such as the White Lotus, the Green “Qing Bang” or Red “Hong Bang” gangs, the “Huang shahui / the Yellow sand society”, the “shen-ren dao / way of the sage” and so on. Historians point out the isolation of the county, low education and weakness of the orthodox gentry to be the reason for the popularity of such sects. These very same factors would bolster certain boxing groups to fight christians. With a weak Qing state, the Christian missionaries flooded the area. French Jesuits dominated the Zhili side towns and Italian Franciscans the Shandong side towns. The French were particularly large, as stated by resident of the region “Early in the Guang-xu period, the White Lotus were active here. The county magistrate sent troops to make arrests. The French priest "Liang" told everyone, "I am a missionary. Whoever wants to join the Catholic Church raise your hand and register. I guarantee that nothing will happen to you." Several who had joined the White Lotus raised their hands and joined the church. In this way the government troops did not arrest them.” The town of Liyuantun saw its first congregation come about in a similar fashion. In the wake of the Song Jingshi uprising, a former rebel was arrested. A secret christian in Liyuantun convinced the man's family to join the church and appeal the for the mans release. That is just what they did and taking upon their example, many others followed suit. Soon there was some 20 catholic families mostly from the Wang family. Now while I call Liyuantun a “small town” it was fairly large. It held 300 households, had a marketplace attracting business. It was what we call a multiple surname town: 40% of the households were Yans; 20% Wangs: 10% Gaos and so on. Kinship had a special role in the town, as it did in most towns in China. Liyuantun was really no different than the rest of the towns in the north China plain; her residents had mud walled and thatch roofed homes. The people supported themselves farming, spinning, weaving and peddling. The farmers planted what, sorghum, millet and cotton, the soil was fairly fertile compared to the surrounded towns. With a bit better soil came some social differentiation within the town. The wealthiest family owned about 300 out of 4000 mu of land, 6 others households had around 80mu each. Some of the larger landholders rented out land, but it was far more common to just hire laborers. There were countless landless households, most of whom were hired as laborers. Some owned only 3 to 4 mu of land supplementing their farm income from secondary occupations, like weaving and peddling. The entire dynamic of the town allowed for some gentry types, and they commanded influence above the county level of governance, though their town was still very isolated. Now in the middle of Liyuantun, stood a pair of small worn out buildings which once housed a temple dedicated to Yu-huang miao, the Jade Emperor. It was alongside a little school. The temple was said to go back to 1861 and during the rebels it took damage and was left in disrepair. Meanwhile by 1869 christians were increasing and it was decided the Christian and non-christians should divide the temple property and its associated lands, around 38 mu worth. An agreement was made between neighborhood leaders, the christians and the local constable stating the Christians would receive the temple property of 3.91 mu and the 38mu of farmland would be divided into three sections for the christians. This as you can guess was extremely unpopular and many of the neighborhood leaders who signed the agreement would dispute it later. Now the key issue was the right to the buildings which houses the temple to the Jade emperor, the highest god in the pantheon. In 1873 and 1881 the magistrate of Guan, Han Guangding enforced temporary settlements, trying to push the Christians to buy another site. But the missionaries did not want to give up the location and demanded the original deal be met. In 1887 a Franciscan showed up carrying bricks and tiles, attempting to dismantle the temple and turn it into a church. But as he began to do so, two gentry types, Liu Chang-an and Zuo Jianxun led a mob of very pissed off villagers to drive off the christians who were trying to evict their temple to the jade emperor. Magistrate He Shizhen tried to remedy the situation with another temporary agreement. He Shizhen was devoted to confucianism, and quite loved by the people for he was notably not corrupt. He Shizhen personally went to Liyuantun and confirmed the mob was roused by the two gentry types who were punished, but he also made sure to take down the bricks and tiles the Franciscan had put up.  The issue with the temple never went away, other magistrates were unable to resolve the matter. He Shizhen would come back to try and make a more permanent arraignment and got the christians to agree to accept an alternative location for their church. Liu Chang-an agreed to purchase another site for said church to be constructed. He Shizhen and a new magistrate added 100 taels of their own money to be put towards the churches construction. And it seemed to all the issue was finally resolved.  To the Italian and French missionaries however, they refused this resolution. They claimed the chinese christian villagers were not qualified to agree to such a settlement and only they could. He Shizhen argued the dispute was between two chinese parties in Liyuantun and so a stand off began that spanned a few years. He Shizhen stood his ground, and refused to meet with the foreign missionaries, so the non christians held possession for the temple. Then in 1892, the French minister to Beijing applied pressure to the court who applied pressure to the local officials who applied pressure to the villagers. The French protest brought upon a predictable verdict, the temple was to be given to the Christians. He Shizhen donated 200 taels and 1000 cash for the construction of a new temple at a different location, but the Christians said it was a no go. The Christians complained about the meddling of officials and this escalated the situation. It seems a bit of revenge was on the menu, for a unknown person apparently invited a Daoist priest named Wei He-yi from Linqing into the picture. Wei He-yi happened to have an armed local militia whose leader was Zuo Jianxun, it always comes full circle doesn't it. The militia came over to defend the temple and things quickly got out of hand. The local Qing officials responded quickly sending the Daotai of the area alongside a group of other Qing authorities, the Dongchang prefect, Lingqing subprefect, magistrates of the surrounding Zhili counties of Qinghe, Quzhou and Wei alongside He Shizhen to meet the mob. The Qing officials told them they needed to preserve the peace and eventually persuaded them to disperse. The christians were allowed to come to the site, and it seemed they had won the day. Now this entire time, it was the gentry leading the charge against the Christians. They went through the appropriate means, they pressed their complaints to the prefectures, then to the provincial capital and all of this was quite expensive to do. A few of the gentry were very vigilant in their efforts and this earned them jail time. Several lost property because of the expenses. Liu Chang-an was stripped of his degree. By 1892 it was clear these gentry, despite some holding degrees, having money, land or influence could not challenge the missionaries. When the Qing authorities came in force in 1892 it signaled to them no further protests would be allowed, the gentry bent the knee. The gentry had thus given up the cause, but the struggle was passed to a younger and more volatile group.  Once the Christians got back the rights to the temple site they immediately went to work building a church. They soon found themselves under attack from a group of poor, young peasants known as “shi-ba kui / the 18 chiefs”. One story goes, the Christians were forced to fortify the church and hid inside as they were met with rocks and gunfire. The mob stormed the church and assaulted several of the Christians inside. The christians fled to the missionaries residence over in Wucheng and for a long time did not dare leave the residence. Another stand off occurred where upon if either side tried to build upon the temple location the other side would intervene and tear it down. The prefect of Dongchang, Hong Yongzhou ordered both sides to stop constructing anything and to agree to a new settlement.  These so called 18 Chiefs seem to represent the chiefs of the 18 surrounding villages, basically militia leaders. However oral tradition has it that they were all in fact young residents of Liyuantun, mostly poor peasants who simply took on the task of protecting the temple. Their leaders included Yan Shuqin, martial artists of the “Hong-quan” Red Boxing school and Gao Yuanxiang, known to the locals as “Gao Xiaomazi” Pockmarked Gao. Yan Shuqin owned around 5 mu of land and supplementing his incoming by peddling and spinning cotton. He had two brothers who were part of the 18 chiefs who worked as farm hands. Gao Yuanxiang had around 10 mu of land and made side money milling and reselling grain. The largest land owner out of the lot was Yan Mingjian with over 100 mu of land. 3 other chiefs were completely landless, most peddling to subsidize their income.  The missionaries saw the 18 chiefs as nothing more than some impoverished thugs, pushed into the situation by the gentry who had failed. However the 18 chiefs would prove to be a resilient group, take Gao Yuanxiang who spent 2 years in prison beginning in 1895 but carried the fight on. The 18 chiefs knew they could not hold back the Christians forever, they were a small and isolated force, so they turned to a man they thought could help them out named Zhao Sanduo. Zhao Sanduo lived 5kms southwest in Shaliuzhai a large village with 300 households in Wei county. He was a notable martial artist, who also went by the name Zaho Luozhu. He taught Plum Flower Boxing, a martial art going back to the early 17th century. Feng Keshan back during the eight trigrams uprising taught Plum Flower boxing.  Plum Flower Boxing was for self protecting, utilizing physical and spiritual exercise. There was little to no religious aspect in this martial art, except for some bowing to Sun Wukong or Shaseng. The prefect of Dongchang described Plum flower boxing as  “In the districts along the Zhili-Shandong border, the people are sturdy and enjoy the martial arts. Many of them practice the arts of boxing to protect themselves and their families, and to look out for each other. Great numbers practice [boxing] and it has spread widely. In Henan, Shanxi and Jiangsu there are also those who teach it, so that its name is widely known. Each year in the second or third [lunar] month there are fairs, and the boxers use this opportunity to gather and compare their techniques. They call this "liang-quan" ("showing off their boxing"). Thus in the countryside they are regarded as plum boxing meetings.” The plum flower boxer often practiced on market days and would often stage shows. Zhao Sanduo had roughly 2000 students, many of whom were employed as Yamen runners, giving him quite a advantage when dealing with disputes with Qing authorities. It is said Zhao may have had up to 400 mu of land and ran his own store, but countless accounts also claim he was a poor peasant with a meager 10 mu of land. When dealing with oral traditional history its always hard to feel out what is true and what is fable. Regardless Zhao was noted to be a very generous man and would use his considerable influence to right wrongs, particularly when it came to christian meddling.  The 18 chiefs pleaded for Zhao's help and at first he rejected them, not wanting to get involved, but somehow they twisted his arm. In april of 1897 the Christians yet again tried to bring their materials over to build upon the temple site. At the same time, Zhao had staged a major plum flower boxing exhibition in Liyuantun. It seems Zhao was just making a show of force, but soon violence broke out. Yet again the Christians hid in their church construction, then on april 27th, somewhere between 500-2000 men stormed the site and occupied it. The Christians attempted a counter attack which resulted in a single fatality and many injuries. The church was destroyed, the Christians had their homes looted and all of them fled. Upon receiving the news of the incident, He Shizhen sympathized with the non christians and the Governor of Shandong, Li Bingheng tried to prevent foreign intervention. By the fall of 1897 the Qing authorities endorsed a new settlement which gave a major victory to the non christians and their boxer allies. The Qing officials sought to buy the Christians a new site and supply all the supplies for their new church, while the old temple site would be used as a charitable school for all villagers. However in truth they sought to rebuild the old temple and even put on a grand celebration to commemorate it.  It seemed a grand victory, but it was to be short-lived as the Juye incident came about. The Germans seized Jiaozhou, Li Bingheng was demoted and now the Christians overwhelmingly had the upper hand. Imperial edicts were being frantically tossed around demanding all incidents to be avoided at all costs, while the missionaries pressed for revenge. The Italian bishop rejected the 1897 settlement and demanded the Qing officials get rid of the old temple and return the site to the christians. In the meantime Zhao Sanduo was joined by a man named Yao Wenqi, a native of Guanging, Zhili. Yao had been teaching boxing in the town of Liushangu, southwest of Liyuantun. Yao was senior to Zhao in the Plum Flower boxing school, thus his boxing teacher or Senpai as the Japanese would say. Yao radicalized the scene, by introducing some new recruits who were notorious for anti-manchu activities. Many of Zhao's students pleaded with him “Do not listen to Yao, he is ambitious! Don't make trouble. Since our patriarch began teaching in the late Ming and early Qing there have been 16 or 17 generations. The civil adherents read books and cure illness, the martial artists practice boxing and strengthen their bodies. None has spoken of causing disturbances”. Zhao headed the advice at first, but it seemed he could not break away from the anti-christian followers amongst the ranks. In early 1898 the Qing authorities threatened to arrest any of the Plum Flower boxers if they dared to assemble. The leaders of the Plum Flower Boxers who did not share the anti-christian stance advised Zhao and the others to leave, and he did. Zhao left with many followers and they took on a new name, Yihequan.  The translation of Yihequan is something along the lines as “the righteous and harmonious fists” or “boxers / fists united in righteousness'. The Yihequan of Guan county were united in righteous indignation over the Christian encroachment on the Liyuantun temple. This was not exactly a new thing, there were many Yihe organizations historically we have already covered. In the 1860s there were Yihe militias in southern Zhili fighting off the Nian rebels. In Wei county there were 3 different militias the Zhi he tuan “militia united in purpose”; Pei-yi tuan “militia worthy of righteousness; and the Yihe tuan “militia united in righteousness”. These three militias disbanded in the early 1870's, but were resurrected in 1896 because of the explosion in banditry. Interesting to note, the Yihe tuan were led by Zhao Laoguang, a cousin of Zhao Sanduo. Such Yihe boxer groups formed a coalition against the Christians. The most radical of them were aggressive members of the 18 chiefs of Liyuantun, under the leadership of “Big Sword” Yan Shuqin. Then there were aggressive members of the Plum flower boxers like Yao Wenqi. Zhao Sanduo had a fairly large network of friends spanning militia leaders and gentry class. Thus for the Qing government it was quite frustrating, as when they tried to crack down on certain groups, these groups suddenly were being aided by others and well hidden. It was a true Boxer coalition. The French demanded the dismissal of the popular magistrate, He Shizhen, who they saw as an obstacle and by early 1898 they got their way. He was replaced by Cao Ti who said as he entered the area “boxers were seen everywhere, wearing short jackets and knives, they filled the streets and alleys. Everywhere one looked, one saw their disorderly appearance”. Christians were fleeing Liyuantun in fear, thus Cao Ti's first task was to ease the tense situation. Cao Ti began with an investigation of the Boxer groups and learned that Zhao Sanduo was the key leader. He began systematically shaking down Boxer leaders trying to get Zhao to come forward, but he would not come out of the shadows. The Boxers in general were in hiding as Qing forces were building up a presence in the area. By February of 1898, prefect Hong Yongzhou took charge of the situation. On February 28th, Hong Yongzhou accused Yan Shuqin to be the murderer of a local Christian killed in the spring time. Hong went into Liyuantun and occupied the town with Qing forces, ushering the Christians to come claim the temple. While this solved the temple issue, it did not solve the Boxer issue as they were now gathering in local villages. Hong Yongzhou knew he needed to take out Zhao Sanduo, so he managed to convince local militia leaders he would provide Zhao safety if he would meet with him in Ganji. Zhao finally came over and Hong had this to say about their meeting  "I instructed the boxer leader Zhao San-duo very clearly, and showed him that for his best interest the Plum Boxers must be dispersed, and if they ever assembled again he would be prosecuted. I said to the man ‘ Your family is said to be well off and your sons and grandsons already established. Why have you not sought to protect yourself and your family, and have instead loosed your disciples to cause trouble, even committing murder and arson? Why do you let yourself be the puppet of others?" To all of this Zhao confessed his organization was infiltrated by some unruly men as a result of what was occurring at Liyuantun, but the Christians labeled him a criminal chieftain so he had to keep his boxers together for self protection. The Qing officials all agreed to offer him protection if he would disband the boxers. The Qing officials went with Zhao to his home in Shaliuzhai and got him to official disperse his boxers. However the Boxer coalition was vast and by no means was Zhao telling them to stop going to work for all. In Liyuantun in April, a notice suddenly appearance on the examination hall reading this “The patriots of all the provinces, seeing that the men of the West transgress all limits [literally: over-reach Heaven] in their behavior, have decided to assemble on the 15th day of the fourth moon and to kill the Westerners and burn their houses. Those whose hearts are not in accord with us are scoundrels and women of bad character. Those who read this placard and fail to spread the news deserve the same characterization. Enough. No more words are needed.” So yeah it was clear there were still a lot of angry boxers. The Qing officials attempted a new approach, they tried to recruit the peaceful boxers into militias. The First Sino-Japanese War had greatly diminished Qing authority in the region and such groups were necessary to restore law and order. Governor Zhang Ru-Mei began recruiting them with the primary intent to combat banditry and it looked extremely successful. As Zhang reported to the court in May “I have already sent deputies to the various localities to work together with the local officials to clean up the bao-jia [registers] and establish rural militia (xiang-tuan). Originally I wished to clear up the sources of banditry, but these can also be used to mediate between the people and the Christian converts. ” Zhang and other Qing officials were not naive, they knew many of the boxers in the militias would not be neutral when it came to Christian disputes. This led Zhang to make a rathe controversial recommendation on June 30th “If we allow them [the boxers] to establish private associations on their own authority, and officials take no notice, not only will foreigners have an excuse [to protest], but in time it could become a source of trouble. Northerners are customarily willful. Their bravery and fierceness in struggle are an established custom. The techniques of these boxers, and their system of masters and disciples have had some success in protecting the countryside and capturing bandits. We should instruct the local officials to order the gentry and people to transform these private associations into public undertakings, and change the boxing braves into people's militia. This would conform to public opinion and make them easier to control, and it would seem that both people and converts would benefit greatly” Come fall, rumors spread that the Qing officials were going to crack down and arrest more people. Qing soldiers in Linqing crossed the border into Zhili and began searching for anti christian biligerants in Shaliuzhai. This began an uproar and Yao Wenqi alongside the 18 chiefs took Zhao Sanduo and his entire family hostage and forced him to push the coalition to attack.  Boxers began to gather in hundreds along the border area of Zhili-Shandong. Boxers from Shaliuzhai marched north, assaulting Christians and destroying a few homes in some villages northwest of Liyuantun. Over the course of a few days bands of boxers passed through Hongtaoyuan which held a large christian population. There they destroyed a church and several houses. Rumors began to spread that the boxers were going to rescue Yan Shuqins brother and members of the 18 chiefs from jail. 50 horses were borrowed from supporters which the boxers mounted with large flags bearing what would become the famous slogan of the boxer movement ‘Fu Qing mie-yang / support the Qing, destroy the foreigners”. This was the first known appearance of the slogan and the Qing reacted with force. Qing forces were brought over from Linqing in Shandong and Daming in Zhili. The governor of Zhili, the magistrates of Qiu, Wei and Guan alongside other Qing officials quote “ordered the militia heads and gentry directors (shen-dong) of the three counties to go forward to enlighten the people to sincerity and public spiritedness, and to make them aware of the pros and cons. They strenuously reasoned with the boxers. Zhao Luo-zhu [i.e., Zhao San-duo] then publicly kowtowed to Yao Luo-qi [i.e., Yao Wen-qi] and the boxer crowd, and asked them to disperse and return to their homes. The boxers were deeply repentant and on October 31 and November 1 they dispersed in small groups and returned home.” The springtime dispersal of the boxers would have earned the Qing a summer of peace, but as the Boxers headed back to their homes, some passed through Hongtaoyuan. It is said the Christians there tossed insults at the boxers, prompting Yao Wenqi and some more hot headed types to seek revenge. On November 3rd, 80 boxers assaulted the Christian community of Hongtaoyuan, burning down a church and seven houses killing perhaps 3 christians. After this they advanced upon some other Christian villages in Wei county, but French missionaries had been organizing a militia 477 men strong. So the boxers instead attacked the nearby village of Disankou where they burned and looted more Christian homes. The next day saw Qing troops attack the boxers at Houwei village, where 4 were killed and 19 were arrested including Yao Wenqi. Yao Wenqi was beheaded the next day in Hongtaoyuan.  Peace was thus restored to the 18 villages and as late as November of 1899 a Protestant missionary reported “a cordial welcome in Liyuantun”. The long struggle over Liyuantun had seemingly come to an end, or had it?  I would like to take this time to remind you all that this podcast is only made possible through the efforts of Kings and Generals over at Youtube. Please go subscribe to Kings and Generals over at Youtube and to continue helping us produce this content please check out www.patreon.com/kingsandgenerals. If you are still hungry after that, give my personal channel a look over at The Pacific War Channel at Youtube, it would mean a lot to me. The Yihequan, Boxers of the righteous and harmonious fists had risen to face off against the Christian menace plaguing China. The christians retaliated heavily and seemingly have quelled the boxers, but for how long would such a peace last?

Last time we spoke about Shandong province. Yes this one province of China just always seems to be the breeding grounds for trouble, its actual a common saying haha. Historically Shandong was  unique in many ways; geographically its densely populated, almost exclusively with farmers, the majority of whom are quiet impoverished in its western portion. Just about all invading armies have to go through it if coming from the north, leading the province to be very unstable. Bandits roamed its region throughout time, leading local communities to seek protection via what we in the west called Boxers. These martial artists became a big part of western shandong, the strongmen to fight off enemies.  Shandong also birthed numerous sects and when they mingled with the Boxer types, rebels spread continuously. The Qing had a hell of a time with Shandong beginning in the late 18th century, and things would only escalate further by the late 19th.   #57 This episode is the Big Sword Society & the Armor of the Golden Bell   Welcome to the Fall and Rise of China Podcast, I am your dutiful host Craig Watson. But, before we start I want to also remind you this podcast is only made possible through the efforts of Kings and Generals over at Youtube. Perhaps you want to learn more about the history of Asia? Kings and Generals have an assortment of episodes on history of asia and much more  so go give them a look over on Youtube. So please subscribe to Kings and Generals over at Youtube and to continue helping us produce this content please check out www.patreon.com/kingsandgenerals. If you are still hungry for some more history related content, over on my channel, the Pacific War Channel where I cover the history of China and Japan from the 19th century until the end of the Pacific War.   “My investigations reveal that the Big Sword Society is the heterodox sect, Armor of the Golden Bell (Jin-zhong zhao). Its origins lie in the distant past. Although local officials have proscribed it, its roots have never been cut. Last year the coastal borders were unsettled [because of the SinoJapanese War], and when people heard that this sect could ward off bullets, it spread all the more, so that there was hardly a place without it. The stupid thought that they could protect themselves and their families. The crafty used it to carry out their violent schemes. Then roving bandits (you-fei) came from outside to stir things up and crowds gathered to cause trouble.” This passage was written by the governor of Shandong, Li Bingheng who was trying to explain the origin of what was called the Da-dao hui “Big Sword Society”. This society was mentioned in 1735 in northern Anhui province, though there really is not much known about them, until they re-emerged in the late 19th century. The armor of the golden bell had existed since the late 18th century as a martial arts technique for achieving invulnerability. As I mentioned in the previous episode; the armor of the golden bell was a kungfu technique that employed “Qigong”. Qigong is a system of coordinating body-posturing, like movement, breathing and meditation. Those performing it would perform breathing exercises which they claimed helped protect their bodies against blades and even bullets as if a large bell was covering their body. Several practitioners of this technique were associated with various sectarian societies like the eight trigrams back in 1813. These people usually made charms using red paper, burned and swallowed them, sometimes they cast spells or better said incantations to appeal to various gods for help. The armor of the golden bell sounds like an organization, but I am just trying to hammer the fact it's actually a technique, it just so happens many organizations used it. To give a firmer example, there was a man named Zhang Luojiao who grew up in Guan county of Shandong. He, his father and younger brother were Daoist priests and learned boxing and healing methods from another family member in 1782. The next year a teacher from Henan province taught Zhang the armor of the golden bell technique and gave him two charms. It is said after learning the technique, he took up more boxing and taught disciples for profit. He eventually became associated with the eight trigrams. He later learnt the spell “zhen-kong zhou-yu / true emptiness spell” from a Li Trigram member. Zhang claimed he left the sect because his teacher kept demanding donations and thus did not take part in the rebellion that occurred later. However students of his did take part in that said rebellion. So the armor of the golden bell at least seems to be part of something larger, it was a well established boxing technique in the north china plain region. It was an invulnerability spell against sword or knife attacks and its practitioners were often found to be linked to sects.  Historians argue about the relationship between the Big Sword Society and other sects. Some argue the Big Sword Society was an off branch of the White Lotus, others believe it was nothing more than a martial arts group.  Now the Big Sword Society that re-emerged in the late 19th century had its birthplace in southwest Shandong and the northern part of Xuzhou in Jiangsu province. Now southwest Shandong was an area where bandits flourished. Salt smugglers, opium dealers, all the black market types had activity in this part of Shandong. This all led to a rise in martial artists, the boxers, the region was seen sort of like the wild west of America. German missionaries described the area and its inhabitants as “firm of character, braver, and less cunning than the rest, but on the other hand, also more coarse and rough”. Japanese observers noted “they are feared because of their aggressive disposition and inclination to fight. Quarrels, brawls, and combats are daily occurrences in Shandong, most of all in Chaozhou. In Yanzhou, wherever you go, there is hardly a place where you do not see fights”. Needless to say, this area was particularly difficult to control during the 19th century which was ridden with rebellions. Salt smuggling had been an integral part of the border economy, but by the 1880s and 1890s opium production was on the rise. It began with foreign traded opium, but by the 1880s, native production increased markedly, especially in Xuzhou. In the early 1890s Dangshan opium exploded in Dangshan county and with it so did incidents involving the Big Sword Society. With opium production expanding in this area, men began to bear arms and challenged Qing officials. The Qing dynasty was in a very weak state because of the rebellion, war with Japan, corruption and such, thus banditry exploded. When the Japanese began marching into China proper, it sent refugees and bandits into the Shandong-Jiangsu-Henan border area. Many villages simply became bandit lairs leading to inter village feuds. The missionaries in the area became involved in said feuds as bandits used the church for protection. There were countless french jesuits who were literally lured to said bandit lairs, in Jiangsu to help offer protection. It was in this type of environment that allowed the Big Sword Society to flourish. When the first sino-Japanese war brought an unprecedented wave of banditry and violence, it became time to develop effective means of self-defense, and here the armor of the golden bell shun brightly. A man only known by the name Zhao came to Shan county of southwest Shandong from either Zhili or Hejian. He was described as a wandering Daoist priest and he took up shop in Shan country working as a hired hand in the village of Shaobing Liuzhuang around 1894. It seems to make some money he began teaching martial arts and perhaps even some sectarian rituals, no one knows for sure, but one thing is known, that he taught the armor of the golden bell technique. Here is an in depth passage on how the technique worked “When they study their techniques, the poor need not make an offering, but those who can, offer 6,000 Beijing cash as a gift. In the middle of the night, they kneel and receive instruction. They light lamps and burn incense, draw fresh water from a well and make offerings ofit. They write charms (fu-lu) on white cloth. The words of the charms are vulgar and improper. There are such phrases as "Patriarch, Duke of Zhou; Immortals of the peach blossom; Golden Bell, iron armor protect my body." Those who spread the art can neither read nor write. They have others write for them. They also teach spells (zhou). While chanting spells they burn charms, mixing [the ashes] in water and instructing [the initiate] to kneel and drink. Then [the teacher] breathes in from above the lantern, and blows out over [the initiate's] entire body. Then he beats him with a brick and staff. After chanting the spell for three nights, one can withstand swords. It is said that after chanting for a long time, even firearms cannot harm one. It is much like breathing exercises (yun-qi). Where the "breath" (qi) moves, even a fierce chop cannot penetrate. But if one loses concentration, then the blade will enter. The simple people do not understand, and think it a magical technique.” It fits with other descriptions of the technique, sometimes seeing people recite incantations, swallow charms and hit themselves with swords or bricks, fun times. The Big Sword Society used a variety of invulnerability techniques like the armor of the golden bell, the “tie bu shan / iron cloth shirt” or “wu ying bian / shadowless whip”. All of these stressed the beating of ones body to resist further injury. There were a lot of martial arts groups in the region, but the Big Sword Society distinguished themselves for heavily using incantations and charms. Now Zhao taught many, but his leading pupil was named Liu Shiduan, who was reportedly 43 years old in 1896. Liu Shiduan had a decent education, he attempted the lowest examination, the sheng-yuan degree, but never passed, so he purchased the jian-shen degree which brought him to the lowest fringe of the gentry class. Again going way back to the opium wars, the corruption of the Qing dynasty was simply getting worse and worse. Shi was the head of a fairly important family in his village who held quite a lot of fertile land. Shi learnt the armor of the golden bell from Zhao and began teaching his own disciples in his village and the neighboring villages. His greatest students would become the leaders of the Big Sword Society in their villages. The most well known of these was Cao Deli, a wealthy peasant in this 30s from Shan county in the village of Caolou, whose male population almost all join the Big Sword Society. Cao was the leading household of the village. Next was Peng Guilin from the market town of Daliji, whom Liu saw as a man of great substance, he was indeed a wealthy man from a wealthy family. Another was Zhou Yun-jie in Zhouzhuang in Cao country, known as the stockade lord. The reason for their society was first to defend their people against the bandit scourge. This inherently meant protecting ones land, and thus landlords were quick to join up, but the extremely poor, who did not have land and thus no real home to protect did not. If it is to be believed part of joining meant each member had to burn ten cash worth of incense per day, thus the poor really could not afford to join. There are accounts, many joined because of personal dependency on landlords who drew them into the organization.  According to the son of Liu Shiduan “Both poor and rich joined the Big Sword Society. The poor joined to help their landlords watch their homes and they could get something to eat and drink and some entertainment from their landlords”. Thus Liu Shiduan became the leader of the Big Sword Society with his best disciples as the various leaders within it. In the spring of 1895, the banditry going on in Shandong and Jiangsu became so bad, the Qing government took notice. Many in the court feared the bandits would help the Japanese by stealing ammunition shipments for troops at the frontlines. They began to hear rumors of groups of people utilizing the armor of the golden bell technique to combat these bandits. The invulnerability techniques always led to bad things and the Qing court had made great efforts to censor and dissuade such things. However in the face of the banditry problem, the Qing court sent word to the governor of Shandong Li Bingheng to annihilate the bandits, but to only find ways to disperse the guys using the armor of the golden bell technique, so quite lenient. The key official in the area was Yuxian who was promoted to daotai, given control over south Shandong. Yuxian responded enthusiastically to the order against the bandits. By June that year, Li Bingheng reported back to the court, that Yuxian had arrested hundreds and killed dozens of bandits. There were countless accounts of bandits stuck in wooden cages outside Yuxians yamen who died of exhaustion and starvation. However as Yuxian was trying to seize all the credit, a lot of credit was due to the Big Sword Society who proved themselves a ally to the anti-bandit campaign. As told to us by the daotai of Xuazhou “At this time Caozhou was suffering from banditry, and the officials and people both relied heavily on [the Big Sword Society]. Once a person learned its techniques, the robbers would not dare oppress him. If a theft occurred, the society's members rushed in to search the robbers' nest, and were sure to seize the robber without regard to their own safety. At first they sent their captives to the officials for prosecution. Then because the officials had to treat each according to the facts of the case, and could not kill them all, the people were unhappy. Thus later they seized robbers and just killed them, and no longer sent them to the officials” The Big Swords Society moved from a close collaboration with the Qing authorities to hold an official function. The daotai praised their brave allies, but insisted to the Qing court they never paid them nor gave them any food. One Daotai reported back to the Qing court “in recent years in Heze, Chengwu, Shan, Dingtao and Cao counties, there has not been a single robber. This has all been due to the power of the Big Sword Society”. Thus the Big Sword Society was not only tolerated they were being encouraged. Both Yuxian and Li Bingheng would go on the record to state the Big Sword Society were from “good and wealthy households who also practice techniques to protect their families”. The local officials were benefitting from the Big Sword society and it was growing exponentially.  From 1895 to 1896 the Big Sword Society's activities became more and more open. In the spring of 1896 there was a large celebration for their leaders birthday at the temple near the Shan county seat. For 4 days, extravagant shows were on display, people gathered from all around the region and this offered a opportunity to forge connections amongst the Big Sword society groups. According to a legend, Yuxian personally came,disguised as a fortune teller trying to investigate who popular the society had become. Sometimes this legend has it that he was caught and released. What is true, is that Yuxian did pretty much nothing to stop their society from growing, but as time went on he and others became alarmed. The daotai of Xuzhou reported “As they spread underground and grow in secret, their party becomes steadily more troublesome; but within their own territory, they never steal, rape, or kidnap. People all praise their chivalrous spirit (xia-yi) and hasten to join them. Great households (da-hu) in the villages hire them as guards; and even the army, counties, bureaus, and customs posts recruit them for defense. Thus they spread and proselytize more and more. They are most numerous in Shandong, next Henan, then Anhui. Xuzhou borders on Shandong and recently people [here] have joined the society. In all there are about 20,000 to 30,000.” Some estimate by 1896 the Big Swords Society were 100,000 strong, but that seems an exaggeration. They did not really have a solid chain of command, rather large village groups had a leader who held ties to Shi. But if the bandits came in numbers, these villages would mobilize and though a loose organization, it was still quite powerful. There was another powerful group in Shandong and Jiangsu, the church. Foreign missionaries, notably from Germany were making a lot of noise, complaining to the Qing court about conflicts against them. In late june of 1895 a riot occurred when Bishop Anzer tried to gain a permanent residence in the city of Yanzhou. He and his fellow colleagues were threatened and he complained to the Zongli Yamen "If your esteemed government is unable strenuously to suppress [these disturbances] and give more protection [to Christians], then my government will have no alternative but to devise methods to protect them itself." The Qing court continuously caved in to the foreign missionaries fearing further reprisals. As the Big Sword society grew, so did the Christian converts. That should be no surprise as all, because as the Bandits faced more and more Big Swords they began to run to the church for more protection. Take this example, a report from a official who saw firsthand the problem “In the twentieth year of Guang-xu [1894, but the date should be 1895] the Big Sword Society attacked "Rice-grain Yue the Second." He had 3,000 people with nothing to eat or wear, who stole things from the wealthy. So the Big Sword Society attacked them. After the Big Sword Society had quelled "Rice Grain Yue," Yue's followers, fearing that the rich people would arrest them, all joined the Catholic Church” Now the Big Sword Society could protect the people from violence, but they could not settle lawsuits, this was the Qing governments role, who were basically fleeing from the church during cases. In the face of this situation it is no surprise the Big Sword Society began to shift their attention towards anti-christian activities.  To make matters worse, the Catholics began to openly question the Big Sword Societies invulnerability spells. "When the Catholics did not believe [the Big Swords] could resist spears and swords, and accused them of false claims, the society members became the enemies of the Catholics." Both the Big Swords and Catholics were sort of fighting for the peoples hearts in many ways and the success of the Big Sword Society naturally caused common people to disbelieve in the Catholic message that “they were just pagan gods who were powerless”. Questioning things like the armor of the golden bell brought these two forces into conflict.  Liu Shiduan and Cao Deli would find themselves in a conflict which took place in february of 1896 on the border of Cao, Shan and Chengwu counties. A pharmacist named Hao Hesheng, a Shanxi native was collecting debt from a Christian convert named Lu Dengshi. Lu tried to put him off using his Christian status, causing Hao to accuse him of evading debt obligations. Then a relative of Lu named Lu Cai accused Hao of being a White Lotus member. Hao retorted by accusing Lu Cai of joining the newly established Catholic congregation to cover his past as a bandit. The 3 men screamed and departed, but Lu Cai was greatly aggravated and made his way to the local church where he said Hao had insulted the Christian religion. Zhang Lianzhu who was a leading figure of said church gathered a band of converts who armed themselves who sought to beat up Hao, but could not find him. The next day in Lihaiji of Shan county, Hao was selling medicine when the band found him. Hao fled and hid. The Big Sword society heard about the conflict and their leader Cao Deli came to the market seeking to help Hao. Upon finding Hao, Cao got some Big Swords together to meet the Christian band in front of a medicine shop. The owner of the shop freaked out and dragged the two leaders inside to try and convince them to drop everything, but by this point a large crowd had gathered, its like a high school yard fight haha. Zhang then contacted another Christian group over in the town of Tiangongiao in Chengwu to come help. The Catholics challenged Cao Deli, and he contacted Liu Shiduan who gathered more men. On the way the Big Swords were intercepted by a local garrison who talked them down. Yet at the same time a German missionary happened to be meeting with that commander, was also meeting with the Christian mob to admonish them for their aggression. Both sides were forced to apologize to another, and the entire thing was settled. But the event certainly brought both sides into a major conflict, and nearly a large fight. Now in 1896 French Jesuits were quite active along the border counties of Dangshan and Feng. They had been around for 6 years, and counted 48 parishes in all. In february of 1896 while friction was developing between Christians and the Big swords in Shandong, the Jiangsu Christian were also running into conflict with disgruntled gentry. Red placards began appearing warning “foreigners have come to establish secretly a temple of the white lotus, all the gentry have secretly resolved to put an end to this evil”. The Christians were met with a few mobs threatening to arrest their Chinese convert leaders, but things settled down rather quickly when the local magistrate took actions to prohibit any attacks on Christians. Then in spring things heated up again. A local argument between two families over land rights in Dongtuan brewed up. On one side was Pang, the other Liu. The dispute law in the villages of Pangjialin and Liutitou who traditional had the yellow river running between them. These lands traditional owed no taxes to the Qing government, but instead paid annual tributes of geese and ducks. Since the Nian rebellion, the official landlords claimed tributes were not made. This was likely due to the yellow river shifting its course in the 1850s which resulted in less water fowl. However now their lands had become extraordinarily rich in soil, now they were able to grow a lot of food. Until the 1890s the Pangs were the most powerful in the area, but then in 1892 their family leader died and the new one, Pang Sanjie had issues consolidating his power. He was in his 20s at the time, not well educated and devoted his time to military training. He was powerful, but not overwhelmingly for his task at hand. The Liu clan then found a way to bolster their claim to the land, they joined the catholic church. Pang saw the danger of this and decided to join the Big Sword Society. The Lius came over to claim land rich in wheat, and conflict occurred.  On June 3rd, Pang Sanjie led a band of 60 Big Swords to burn the chapel at Liutitou. As violent as this was, it was considered even by the local french priest who investigated it to be minor, thus alongside the Dangshan magistrate on June 7th they dismissed the issue. The magistrate attempted to visit Pang to settle the looming feud, but failed to find him, so he wrote him a letter which advised him that if his family had an quarrel with the people of Shandong, he should settle it on that side of the border. This was rather bizarre, as the magistrate had to have known the quarrel was between two local families, and Pang chose to go to Shandong, to gather more reinforcements.  Soon there was an influx of petty harassment against Christian churches and residents in Shandong, however for Pang and his family their activities remained in Jiangsu. Pang gathered around 100 Shandong Big Swords in Pangjialin and on June 16th led an attack on the leading missionary residence at Houjiazhuang in Dangshan. The Big Sword mob was joined by other local opportunities who stripped the village and threatened its inhabitants they would see more violence from other forces coming over from Shandong. Pang and his mob set up a base in Houjiazhuang for 5 days using it to loot 15 neighboring Christians villages. Meanwhile the local Qing officials acted quickly to protect foreign missionaries in the Dangshan and Feng counties, evacuating them and their possessions to Maqing. On June 21st, Pang returned to Shandong where his band looted Christian homes in Shan county and burned the Catholic school in Xue-Konglou. A few days later Pang mob was now around a thousand strong and they came back to Dangshan to loot more Christian homes and marched to a missionary residence located in Daitaolou in Feng county. They found the village deserted, and proceeded to burn numerous homes, before returning to Houjiazhuang where they burned many buildings. Pang Sanjie had thus stripped northern Jiangsu Christians nearly everything they had, he was running out of targets. The Jiangsu Qing officials were trying to mobilize a defense. Meanwhile Liu Siduan and Cao Deli began distancing themselves from Pang and placed Peng Guilin in charge of the Shandong contingent aiding his band. Pangs band was running out of food so they went back to Shandong to the large town of Maliangji, but not all were members of the Big Swords. On June 29th, some of the band members began to loot places and this led to a local militia rising alongside regular troops to put up a defense. The Big Swords scattered to Shan county, but Peng Guilin was caught and arrested by troops from Xuzhou. THe Big Swords tried to rescue him but were defeated in battle, seeing 2 casualties and 18 arrests. After this the Big swords hid in their homes as the Qing forces arrested more of them. That was the end of a rather small conflict, but its important to see how things were set into motion. French Jesuits reported two main mission residence at Daitaolou and Houjiazhuang were attacked alongside Christian homes in over 16 villages. The church settled the losses with local Qing officials for only 2000 strings of cash on June 26th, before the final battle had occured. The Germans in Shandong submitted their report which amounted to petty vandalism to chapels in 17 villages and the burning of 119 rooms in Xue-Jonglou. For this they received 12,020 strings of cash. There were no Christian casualties during the entire conflict either Chinese or foreign. The Big Swords got rowdy, targeted the property of the Christians, but made sure not to take lives. If they had wanted to take lives, they easily could have as they demonstrated. The Qing authorities were too busy with another ongoings, there was a large Muslim rebellion raging in Gangsu and Shaanxi seeing General Dong Fuxiang with numerous forces going into the northwest. Thus the trouble of the Big Swords was pretty small in comparison.  In Shandong Yuxian was given the responsibility for pacifying the Big Sword Society. He was appointed judicial commissioner and daotai in Yanzhou. His first order was to apprehend Liu Shiduan and Cao Deli. On July 7th Yuxian arrested Shi and interrogated him and had him beheaded. Cao Deli was also arrested and executed by officials working for Yuxian. The deaths of the two top leaders, who were both easily caught by luring them to banquets, showcased how naive the society was. Likewise an order went out to arrest Pang Sanjie and chop off his head. However the local gentry were afraid to go against Pang Sanjie. Instead in April of 1897 the heads of the Pang family offered another solution. They presented the local French missionary: Father Dore the names of 4000 Pangs willing to convert to Catholicism. The next day Father Dore's church was overflowing with 3-4 hundred Pangs, including the parents and children of Pang Sanjie. The Pang family negotiated a deal with the Church who inturn twisted the Qing officials arms. The deal was simply, let Pang Sanjie live and all would convert. Dore's superior Father Gain talked to the daotai and things smoothed over. It seemed in the end the Catholics had won the day. As noted by a historian in Xuzhou after the event “If people with lawsuits, difficulties with the courts, exaggerated taxes, quarrels over inheritance, or some other menace were afraid they did not have enough money to buy off the judges, there was still the recourse of the Catholic Church, which demanded nothing to uphold justice. But one had to be a member of the Church to claim its help. And they asked admission in groups oftwenty, thirty and forty families, by entire villages and from everywhere at once. In June 1896, when the Big Sword Society set upon Xuzhou, the number of catechumens was 3,550. In June 1897, there were 10,000; 17,000 in 1898, 26,000 the next year and over 20,000 in 1900, the year of the Boxers.” Trouble was averted…this time. It was indeed a peaceful resolution. There was a lot of leniency, take Li Binghang who reported to the court "This is because your imperial majesty's humanity is as [great as] Heaven's, and from the beginning, you did not wish to execute them all indiscriminately” The Daotai of Xuzhou likewise reported "We should only ask if they are outlaws or not, not if they belonged to the society or not." In 1896 this all worked out against the Big Sword Society. Afterall the society was controlled by rural landlord elites with close ties to the Qing officials and local militias. Officials understood such an organization and used the traditional method of arresting leaders and dispersing followers. But what about a group not like this, who might not be so forthcoming to disperse?  I would like to take this time to remind you all that this podcast is only made possible through the efforts of Kings and Generals over at Youtube. Please go subscribe to Kings and Generals over at Youtube and to continue helping us produce this content please check out www.patreon.com/kingsandgenerals. If you are still hungry after that, give my personal channel a look over at The Pacific War Channel at Youtube, it would mean a lot to me. They chanted incantations, ate charms and smacked another with bricks, the Big Sword Society made some waves in the 1890's, but their story is far from done. Because next time we are speaking about another group, who lets just say loved to box. 

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