Word: mooning
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...umbrella symbolizes protection for the Siamese throne. Among the King's other hereditary titles: Supreme Arbiter of the Ebb & Flow of the Tide, Brother of the Moon, Half-Brother...
Wednesday, November 10, at 7 p.m. and 8 p.m., (Children's Night), "An Illustrated Story of the Moon," by Dr. Sergel Gaposchin...
Wars, dynasties and governments come and go, but China's ancient agrarian moon festival goes on forever. Along the paddy walls of the countryside and through teeming lanes of towns, rich & poor alike gathered last week for family reunions and celebrations...
...most memorable of moon festivals occurred in the bitter years when Tartar invaders ruled the land. Revolt brewed against them in 1368. To break it, the alien despots posted guards in the foremost Chinese households. When the feast-day came, families gathered and all went as usual-until mooncakes were served. When the feasters broke into the pastries, they found slips of paper with the message: "Kill the Tartars in your household." All rose in mighty unison. The aliens were driven forth and the peace of the Mings descended on China...
This week, as another autumn moon lit up the traditional festival, Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek summoned his countrymen to rise against another kind of Tartar in the national household. "We should understand," he cried in a broadcast to the people, "that in addition to the treacherous rebels who are rampant today, speculation, manipulation and high living to the point of lasciviousness on the part of social parasites in our midst are also to blame for our crisis ... It is my intention to wash away these social dregs by opening the floodgates of public conscience and social justice...