8 immortals - a Chinese opera piece in Taipei

 

Chinese Communist posters

Over the years The Communist Party of China has showed their love for the patriotic posters.

Here are some of my favourites, you can find some more on Chineseposters.

Advance victoriously while following Chairman Mao's revolutionary line in literature and the arts, 1968

Chairman Hua is our intimate friend, 1978

Building the People's Republic, 1953

Defeat Japanese imperialism, 1937

In celebration of the successful opening of the Qinghai & Xizang railway, 2006

Chairman Mao goes to Anyuan, 1968

Everybody must take precautions against epidemics to smash the germ warfare of American imperialism!, 1952

Long live the great unity of all the peoples of the whole nation, 1957

The commune is like a gigantic dragon, production is noticeable awe-inspiring, 1959

Party oh party, beloved party, 1991

Korean Mud festival

Summertime is festivaltime! Towers of beer, cool rockbands and thunderstorms transforming the plains in huge mudbaths. Well remove the cool rockbands and imagine a whole lot of mud, mud slides, muds swimming pools, mud wrestling, ... and you will get one of the most popular festivals in Korea: The Boryeong Mud festival!

It is an amazing international festival organised in summer, 16 to 24 July for 2011, which finds its origin in promoting cosmetic products. Who said you had to suffer to be beautiful?