Englam’s Weblog

Today is the Seventh of the Lunar Seventh Month,七夕, and it is a “Valentine’s Day” of sort here in Taiwan and many other Asian countries. The folklore has it that a young “Cow Boy” 牛郎 and a “Maiden Weaver” 織女 were in deep affection with each other but somehow invited ire of the master, who, […]

Today, July 25th, according to Lunar calendar here, is the first day of the seventh month and it is the begining of the second half of the year. The majority of the people in Taiwan follow folk religion, and they believe that the Gate of Hell and the Underworlds were opened at zero hour of […]