I Am A Fortune Teller: How Chinese Fortune Tellers Really Learn Their Craft

I Am A Fortune Teller: How Chinese Fortune Tellers Really Learn Their Craft

One of the biggest surprises in I Am a Fortune Teller (我是个算命先生) is that becoming a fortune teller is nothing like most people imagine. There are no magical awakenings. No mysterious scrolls that instantly reveal the secrets of destiny. No overnight transformation into a master. Instead, the book presents a profession built on years of … Read more

I Am A Fortune Teller: What One Chinese Bestseller Reveals About The Real World Of Chinese Fortune Telling

I Am A Fortune Teller: What One Chinese Bestseller Reveals About The Real World Of Chinese Fortune Telling

A young man wanders through the streets of northern China carrying nothing but a worn shoulder bag, a notebook, and the quiet confidence that he can read another person’s destiny. He has no famous temple behind him. No television audience. No expensive office. Instead, he learns his craft from elderly masters in tea houses, village … Read more

Narendra Modi’s Natal Chart: How Sha Po Lang Builds A Decisive Leader

Narendra Modi's Natal Chart: How Sha Po Lang Builds a Decisive Leader

Narendra Modi is the 14th prime minister of India and has just secured a third consecutive term, a rare feat in modern politics. His Zi Wei Dou Shu chart makes clear why he became this kind of decisive, high-impact figure. Sha Po Lang: the mark of an initiator Modi’s chart is dominated by the Sha … Read more

Langmusi 5 Years Ago Today

As deep as mountains, as gentle as wind

[5 years ago today] ༄ ‍⛰️️❤️ As deep as mountains, as gentle as wind. // 深沉如山,温煦如风。 Shēnchén rúshān, wēnxù rú fēng. // Thâm trầm như sơn, ôn hú như phong. // Sâu thẳm như núi, dịu dàng như gió. P.s.: Picture taken in Langmusi (Taktsang Lhamo), Sichuan and Gansu, China in 2019.

India 2024

India 2024

A Whirlwind Adventure: Exploring the Architectural Wonders of India India, my seventh country to explore, welcomed me with open arms, offering a tapestry of vibrant culture, rich history, and breathtaking architecture. In the span of four days, I embarked on a journey through Delhi, Agra, and Jaipur, cities that form the famous Golden Triangle of … Read more

UNESCO World Heritage Sites I’ve Visited

UNESCO World Heritage Sites I've Visited

As of May 2025, I’ve been to 33 world heritage sites. However, I lost my Ha Long Bay photos that I took on 2007-10-22, because of the shutdown of WebShots :(. Ha Long Bay-Cat Ba Archipelago (672, natural, 1994), Quang Ninh and Hai Phong, Vietnam Hoi An Ancient Town (948, cultural,1999), Quang Nam, Vietnam Angkor … Read more

Embracing Solitude

Sometimes you find yourself in the middle of nowhere

4 years ago today, I visited Langmusi. 🌳🚶‍♀️💫 Sometimes you find yourself in the middle of nowhere. And sometimes in the middle of nowhere, you find yourself. // 有时你会发现自己在偏僻的地方。有时在偏僻的地方,你会发现自己。 Yǒushí nǐ huì fāxiàn zìjǐ zài piānpì dì dìfāng. Yǒushí zài piānpì dì dìfāng, nǐ huì fāxiàn zìjǐ. // Hữu thì nhĩ hội phát hiện tự … Read more

Embrace Goodness

In the realm of heaven and earth, we are born to embrace goodness

🍃🌍🙏 གནམ་སར་གནས་ལུགས་དྲང་བས། བསམ་བཟང་བདེན་དོན་ཆེད་འཚོ། // In the realm of heaven and earth, we are born to embrace goodness. // 天地有道,向善而生。 Tiān dì yǒu dào, xiàng shàn ér shēng. // Thiên địa hữu đạo, hướng thiện nhi sinh. // Trời đất có đạo, sinh ra là hướng về điều thiện. P.s.: Picture taken in Shangri-La, Dêqên Tibetan … Read more

Buddhist Wisdom

Buddhist scriptures enlighten wisdom, vegetarianism nurtures kindness

📖🌱❤️ དམ་ཆོས་ཀྱིས་བློ་སྒོ་ཕྱེ། དཀར་ཟས་ཀྱིས་དགེ་སེམས་གསོ། // Buddhist scriptures enlighten wisdom, vegetarianism nurtures kindness. // 佛经启智慧,素食养善心。 Fó jīng qǐ zhì huì, sù shí yǎng shàn xīn. // Phật kinh khải trí tuệ, tố thực dưỡng thiện tâm. // Kinh Phật khai mở trí tuệ, ăn chay nuôi dưỡng lòng từ bi. P.s.: Picture taken in Langmusi (Taktsang Lhamo), … Read more