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The Tai folk religion, Satsana Phi or Ban Phi is the ancient native ethnic religion of Tai people still practiced by various Tai groups. [3] [1] Tai folk religion was dominant among Tai people in Asia until the arrival of Buddhism. It is primarily based on worshipping deities called Phi, Khwan and Ancestors.
Its name Hoàng Su Phì or Hoàng Thụ Bì means "the yellow barkes" from Hmong language. It indicates the woods of weeping cypres , which is a local specialty. According to many folk legends and historical records, this mountainous area has no name in the past and was the dispute location of many powerful families in the Sino-Vietnamese border .
Chan said he began kung fu training at age eight under Yee Hoi-Long (余海龍), a stonemason who worked for the Chan family. [2] Yee taught "hung fist", also called "hung kuyhnn" or "village style", a forerunner to Hung Ga, and "Hung Tao Choy Mei" (which means "Hung Head Choy Tail"), later known as Jow Ga, a system combining strong "Hung" style fist work with active Choy-style footwork.
The Ahom Religion is the ethnic religion of the Ahom people. [4] The Ahom people came into Assam in 1228, led by a Tai prince Sukaphaa, and admixed with the local people.The people who came into Assam included two clans of priests, joined later by a third, who brought with them their own religion, rituals, practices and scriptures.
Chung Tai Chan Monastery (Chinese: 中台禪寺; pinyin: Zhōngtáichán Sì) is a Buddhist monastery located in Puli Township, Nantou County, Taiwan. It is the headquarters of Chung Tai Shan , an international Chan Buddhist order.
Chan Sau Chung 陳秀中, The Monkey King (May 6, 1934 in Hong Kong – February 7, 2020) was the Head of the Tai Shing Pek Kwar Kung Fu. He was the protégé and sole successor of Gan Dak Hoi, of Tai Shing Pek Kwar Kung Fu. [ 1 ]
Sam Kai Vui Kun, known also as Kuan Tai Temple, (Chinese: 三街會館) is located in front of St. Dominic’s Market Complex, near Senado Square in Sé, Macau. [1] The temple was built in 1750. [ 2 ]
One Black Tai chiefdom—located at the place today known as Điện Biên Phủ—was named Muang Thaeng, just like the legendary kingdom of Khun Borom, protagonist of a Tai creation myth and believed to be the progenitor of the Lao, Thai, Shan and other Tai peoples, who later spread to the territories of modern Laos, Thailand, Burma ...