OCTOBER 12, 2024 — Today, “Onbedai,” a traditional offering of dried salted sea bream, was delivered to the Inner Shrine at Ise Jingu as part of a special annual religious ritual, reports Chunichi Shimbun. The sea bream, prepared by the Shinoshima Fishermen’s Cooperative Association, was brought from Shinojima Island, Aichi Prefecture, by six fishing boats…
OCTOBER 11, 2024 — At the Hongyan Spirit Exhibition Hall in China, there is a special exhibit featuring a unique version of the Chinese national flag. Unlike the official design, this flag has one large star in the center, with four smaller stars positioned at each corner. On October 7, 1949, seven days after the…
OCTOBER 11, 2024 — The National Museum of China in Beijing launched today the long-term exhibition “Flags Unfurled Like a Painting—An Exhibition of the Red Artifacts” to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China, Sina Corporation reports. The exhibition features over 60 items, including early revolutionary, Communist and party…
OCTOBER 11. 2024 — Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar of Karnataka, India, announced on Friday that the Kannada flag must be hoisted at all educational institutions, businesses, and factories in Bengaluru on November 1, in celebration of Karnataka Rajyotsava, the state’s formation day, the Press Trust of India reports. This year marks 50 years since…
OCTOBER 10, 2024 — This morning, Taiwan held a grand National Day flag-raising ceremony at the Taichung City city hall plaza, attracting 20,000 attendees, according to China Daily News. Seventy-two firefighters, hailed as the heroes of the city’s recovery following the recent Typhoon Krathon, carried the nation’s largest flag—24 meters wide and 36 meters long—into…