April 2022 – The Lotus

Photo via Wikimedia Commons After a long and harsh winter, the cherry blossoms (Japanese: Sakura) are blooming with the rising temperature represent the coming spring. Traces of cherry blossoms can be seen in embankments, parks, streets, schools, and many other places. Events held in parks with many cherry blossom trees, tree-lined avenues, and other flower viewing areas are called “Sakura Festival (Japanese: 桜まつり),” also known as Japan’s Cherry Blossom Festival. The Cherry Blossom Festival happens from around March 15th to April 15th. As dates depend on the forecast of cherry blossom, it varies from year to year. The content of the event of the festival varies depending on the location. Some will hang lanterns to light the cherry blossom trees at night, which has a differ...

From ancient times to the early 20th century, women in China have experienced gender inequality in family, marriage, and society. Women revolutionaries played an important role in bringing the end of the Qing Dynasty and calling for changes in gender inequality in China. Following the past revolutions, the 1911 revolution addressed gender inequality by emancipating people’s minds with nationalism. Photo via Wikimedia Commons Before the 1911 Revolution, the late 19th century imperialism exposed the late-Qing political thinkers and reformers, such as Kang Youwei and Liang Qichao, to Western and Japanese ideologies, including the concepts of equality and nationalism. According to Kang’s perceptions of the Grand Commonality, he pointed out that only “peace-and-quality and humanness ...

Month: April 2022

Sakura Festival

The 1911 Revolution and Gender Inequality in China