Summertime, and the living is easy...in the good ole summertime...there's a summer place...
(Okay, you can uncover your ears. I'll stop singing now, and get on with the news)
Best Homes in the Orient
Congratulations to our talented Oriental home decorators who won awards in the prestigious
2008 Best Homes of Ancient Worlds Competition. The Orient is proud of you!
Winner of the Sitewide Gold Award
Shinju Shikibu
Winner of the Orient Gold Content Award
Sayuri Hatakeyama
Winner of the Orient Bronze Design Award
Xena Zopa
Two New Gems for the Orient
Two of the events from our recent Lunar Fest were awarded the coveted Gems.If you missed them, do take a look. Even though the hunt is over, you can still follow the clues just for fun, and the folktales are timeless.
The Shaman's Storytelling Corner and Contest
The Sacred White Mare Treasure Hunt
Cooling off in the Orient
There's a rumor that there will be a gathering on the water someplace in the Orient later this summer. Keep an eye on the
Orient Festival Planning thread for news of this possible outing.
Feeling hungry?
Try a new dish from one of the tempting menus which await you at the Orient's best restaurants!
Varaha's Chai and Curry House in Delhi, India
The Wretched Mare Yurt and Taberna in Shangdu, Mongolia
The Zhoulong Teahouse in Xi Hu, Hangzhou, China
The Famous Kublai Khantina
Dream Destinations: The Chinese Dragon Boat Festival
Wouldn't it be lots of fun to go to a Dragon Boat race? Duan Wu Jie, the rice dumpling festival, is celebrated all over China during June in honor of the Warring States era poet Qu Yuan, who drowned himself in the Miluo River in 278 BC, in protest of governmental corruption. The official food of this festival is Zhongi - sticky rice dumplings.
Learn more about Duan Wu Jie
Orient Site Map
Have you ever forgotten where you saw that interesting group or hood home in the Orient? Help is at hand! Aria Murasaka has created a wonderful Oriental site map to help us navigate our complicated world. Take some time to explore this most useful resource. You'll wonder how we ever did without it!
Archaeology News
An 1800 year old Indian pot speaks.
The Tale of a Broken Pot
The Chicago Field Musuem has been helping with a survey of the ancient Dong-Yi people of Shandung Province in China.
Chinese Mapping Project
2000 year old Philippine cave burials have been discovered in Mindanao.
2,000-year-old artifacts, cave found in Mindanao
Update from Mindanao
