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Dayenu page from Birds' Head Haggada. Dayenu (Hebrew: דַּיֵּנוּ , Dayyēnū) is a song that is part of the Jewish holiday of Passover.The word "dayenu" means approximately "it would have been enough," "it would have been sufficient," or "it would have sufficed" (day-in Hebrew is "enough," and -ēnu the first person plural suffix, "to us").
Feather Dance , as tribute to ancestral temples or the Gods of the Four Directions. Imperial Dance , performed as homage to the Gods of the Four Directions or as a rain dance. Yak-tail Banner Dance , performed at sacrificial sites in Biyong (辟雍), a seat of learning. Shield Dance (干舞), performed for military purpose or for the veneration ...
The Guangxu Emperor (14 August 1871 – 14 November 1908), [1] also known by his temple name Emperor Dezong of Qing, personal name Zaitian, [2] was the eleventh emperor of the Qing dynasty, [3] and the ninth Qing emperor to rule over China proper, from 1875 to 1908.
Yunxi and Zirang come to Dai together with the rest of the ladies-in-waiting sent by the Empress Dowager as gifts to Liu Heng. Qingning, Liu Heng's wife and the princess consort of Dai, is another spy sent by Empress Dowager Lü, but she fell in love with Liu Heng at first sight and sent fake information to protect him.
The peacock dance or peafowl dance is a traditional Asian folk dance that describes the beauty and the movement of peacocks.There are several peacock dance traditions developed in Asia, including the peacock dances of Myanmar, of the western and northern parts of Cambodia, of West Java in Indonesia, and of the Indian subcontinent in Southern India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, and the Yunnan region ...
Kagura (神楽 (かぐら), "god-entertainment") is a type of Shinto ritual ceremonial dance. The term is a contraction of the phrase kami no kura ("seat of god"), indicating the presence of gods in the practice. One major function of kagura is chinkon (purifying and shaking the spirit), involving a procession-trance process.
The Imperial Decree began with the events in the summer of 1900, when Prince Qing and Li Hongzhang were given the mandate of full attorney to negotiate with the foreign diplomats for a ceasefire and peace treaty, blaming the Boxer rebels for the rebellion which plunged Beijing into total chaos, while the Guangxu Emperor and Empress Dowager Cixi took refuge to the western provinces for a ...
Lady Qi was the wife of Tuoba Yituo, the chieftain of the central Tuoba branch located around northern Shanxi between 295 and 305. The Book of Wei records that her family name was 'Qi' (祁) [1] but in the History of the Northern Dynasties [2] and Zizhi Tongjian, [3] her family name was recorded as 'Wei' (惟) instead.