Author: Jason
Evolution of the ‘dragon’ character
Evolution of the dragon character in Chinese, from Shang dynasty oracle bone script (about 3,500 years ago) through to the simplified character of the 1950s.
Dance like the phoenix, sing like the luan
鳳舞鸞歌（凤鸾）fèng wǔ luán gē Lit: Dance like the phoenix, sing like the luan, Fig. describes an outstanding performance (of singing and dancing) The Chinese phoenix ...
Pet dragons
The character 寵(宠) is a picture of a dragon under a roof, and originally meant to revere or honour (尊崇 zūn chóng) because if you have a dragon in your house you...
Bole judges a horse
Bole (伯樂 bó lè) was a legendary judge of horses, said to be the inventor of equine physiognomy (相馬 xiàng mǎ, evaluating a horse’s qualities from appearanc...
Feng Zikai award and book
非常感謝六哥給我和豐子愷研究會牽線搭橋(讀庫也做了《護生畫集》的超漂亮的版本)，我就有機會認識研究會理事印樹葳先生(嗨Steven :)，專門從上海過來大理送豐子愷先生90高齡的女兒豐一吟的贈書(豐子愷先生的孫子豐羽代贈)，我榮幸得無法形容。明年有機會參選豐子愷漫畫獎，心情激動，好期待！ On Thursday, St...
A Dali Sketchbook – English language version now out
So finally I put together my only English language version of the book, you can find it as a PDF on Lulu or buy it from Gumroad here: Picturesque Dali Prefectur...
I’m on national tv (!)
When promoting The Dali Sketchbook I was interviewed for local television and radio, but this is the first time I’ve been on national tv, CCTV13 the China...