It took several hundred years for the Christians to gradually recover their lost land. Then there was the Spanish Empire, the Age of Discovery, and colonization of the Philippines. The Spanish colonizers named the archipelago far beyond the southeast coast of China in the Western Pacific, after Prince Philip II, who was then the Crown Prince of Spain, and thus called it "Las Filipinas", which is the origin of the name "the Philippines".
Tag: 文化 Culture
The Green Island of Fire
Green Island is an outer island full of stories in Taiwan. When I was a child, my parents had a lot of contacts with the four places on both sides of the strait, and I listened to the Green Island Serenade, the Fire Island, and the Green Island Prison.
Did you not drown in this changing world - a brief review of 'Anita'
The movie of the Daughter of Hong Kong is over, will you remember Hong Kong?
A Pilgrimage to Anfield Liverpool
Along this corridor, a sense of full immersion in the moment when players entering the stadium was created and it turned you into that twelfth man of LFC. You're in different time and space but you're stepping on the same Anfield ground where they once standed. And that's pilgrimage!
Tibet Impression
That life I turned around; mountains, rivers and pagodas
Not for my afterlife but for encountering you during the journey
British Isles Itinerary to Great Shows' Filming Locations
In addition to the classic tourist destinations in the UK and Ireland, the itinerary is about chasing the steps of some great TV/movie productions. I walked into the filming locations of Harry Potter, Game of Thrones, Titanic, Paddington and Shakespeare.
Seoul Suburbs Itinerary
An itinerary to Seoul suburbs for winter excitements including playing with snow, ice fishing, Running Man, Korean Sauna; plus loads of delicious food!! We went have BBQ, spicy chicken, fried chicken and ginseng chicken and more. Anyway that’s about playing and eating.
Silk Road Itinerary of Northwestern China
In the XiAn City we can find loads of ancient sites left by the Qin, Han and Tang Dynasties, like Terracotta Army is one of the must-sees. And Mount Hua, HeXi Corridor, JiaYuGuan, DunHuang, the Mogao Caves are just some of the spots along the Road that you can never miss! It felt really like time travelling where I was in this journey.
