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What the turtle means

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March 3rd 2006
Hey Sally! Ok, so the deal with the turtle in those photos... 3 days ago was the birthday of a (my very bad, literal translation here) local earth god? Earth as in land, dirt; god not as in all supreme being but more like a secondary god who has influence locally. So for good luck and prosperity, you're supposed to go to his temple (in Chinese it sounds like "Meow") and light incense an ... read more

Asia » Taiwan » Taipei

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In 1895, military defeat forced China to cede Taiwan to Japan. Taiwan reverted to Chinese control after World War II. Following the Communist victory on the mainland in 1949, 2 million Nationalists fled to Taiwan and established a government using th... ... read more