關於 ming dynasty flag ，我們在網路上蒐集到這些相關的討論、資訊與評價

ปัจจุบันแฟรนไชส์ Assassin's Creed มีทั้งเกม, การ์ตูน และภาพยนตร์แล้ว แต่ Ubisoft ก็ยังคงไม่หยุดที่จะขยายจักรวาลเรื่องราวออกไปสู่สิ่งใหม่ ๆ ให้มากกว่าเดิม อย่างที่ล่าสุดได้มีการเปิดตัวมันฮวา (ชื่อเรียกการ์ตูนของจีน) ออกมาแล้วในชื่อ Assassin's Creed Valhalla: Blood Brothers
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สำหรับเรื่องนี้ จะเกี่ยวข้องกับ 2 พี่น้องไวกิ้ง ก่อนจะถึงช่วงเวลาของ Eivor ได้ไม่นาน ซึ่งทางสื่อ Game Informer ก็ได้รับโอกาสให้เปิดเผยตอนที่ 2 ของเรื่องจำนวน 20 หน้ามาให้อ่านกันแล้ว หากใครสนใจ สามารถตามไปดูได้ที่ :
https://www.gameinformer.com/2021/04/19/ubisoft-is-expanding-the-assassins-creed-universe-exclusive-first-look-at-ac-valhalla
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Ubisoft ยังได้เปิดเผยรายชื่อของสื่อบันเทิงทั้งหมด นอกเหนือจากตัวเกมมาให้ทราบเช่นกัน ประกอบด้วย
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นิยาย:
- Assassin's Creed Fragments
- Assassin's Creed: The Jade Seal Collection
- Assassin's Creed: The Ming Storm (เตรียมวางจำหน่ายเล่มแรก 1 มิถุนายนนี้)
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การ์ตูน / นิยายภาพ:
- Assassin's Creed Dynasty (เตรียมวางจำหน่ายแบบ eBook 1 กันยายน / ตีพิมพ์เล่มจริง 11 มกราคม 2022)
- Assassin's Creed Valhalla: Blood Brothers Manhua (เตรียมวางจำหน่ายแบบ eBook 28 มิถุนายน / ตีพิมพ์เล่มจริง 10 สิงหาคม)
- Assassin's Creed Valhalla: French Graphic Novel
- Assassin's Creed: Valhalla Song of Glory
- Assassin's Creed: Blade of Shao Jun
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ดิจิทัล:
- Assassin's Creed: Turbulence in the Ming Dynasty (Podcast)
- Webtoons - เรื่องราวของ Edward Kenway ที่ต่อเนื่องมาจาก Assassin’s Creed Black Flag
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ทั้งนี้ Ubisoft เตรียมจะเปิด Creative Hub ในวันที่ 21 เมษายน และคาดว่าจะมีการเผยโฉมของผลงานทั้งหมดตามที่ปรากฏรายชื่อด้านบนมาให้ชมกันเต็ม ๆ อีกครั้ง
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#ข่าวเกม #GamingDose #AssassinsCreed

Jenna Cody :

Is Taiwan a real China?
No, and with the exception of a few intervening decades - here’s the part that’ll surprise you - it never has been.

This’ll blow your mind too: that it never has been doesn’t matter.

So let’s start with what doesn’t actually matter.

Until the 1600s, Taiwan was indigenous. Indigenous Taiwanese are not Chinese, they’re Austronesian. Then it was a Dutch colony (note: I do not say “it was Dutch”, I say it was a Dutch colony). Then it was taken over by Ming loyalists at the end of the Ming dynasty (the Ming loyalists were breakaways, not a part of the new Qing court. Any overlap in Ming rule and Ming loyalist conquest of Taiwan was so brief as to be inconsequential).

Only then, in the late 1600s, was it taken over by the Chinese (Qing). But here’s the thing, it was more like a colony of the Qing, treated as - to use Emma Teng’s wording in Taiwan’s Imagined Geography - a barrier or barricade keeping the ‘real’ Qing China safe. In fact, the Qing didn’t even want Taiwan at first, the emperor called it “a ball of mud beyond the pale of civilization”. Prior to that, and to a great extent at that time, there was no concept on the part of China that Taiwan was Chinese, even though Chinese immigrants began moving to Taiwan under Dutch colonial rule (mostly encouraged by the Dutch, to work as laborers). When the Spanish landed in the north of Taiwan, it was the Dutch, not the Chinese, who kicked them out.

Under Qing colonial rule - and yes, I am choosing my words carefully - China only controlled the Western half of Taiwan. They didn’t even have maps for the eastern half. That’s how uninterested in it they were. I can’t say that the Qing controlled “Taiwan”, they only had power over part of it.

Note that the Qing were Manchu, which at the time of their conquest had not been a part of China: China itself essentially became a Manchu imperial holding, and Taiwan did as well, once they were convinced it was not a “ball of mud” but actually worth taking. Taiwan was not treated the same way as the rest of “Qing China”, and was not administered as a province until (I believe) 1887. So that’s around 200 years of Taiwan being a colony of the Qing.

What happened in the late 19th century to change China’s mind? Japan. A Japanese ship was shipwrecked in eastern Taiwan in the 1870s, and the crew was killed by hostile indigenous people in what is known as the Mudan Incident. A Japanese emissary mission went to China to inquire about what could be done, only to be told that China had no control there and if they went to eastern Taiwan, they did so at their own peril. China had not intended to imply that Taiwan wasn’t theirs, but they did. Japan - and other foreign powers, as France also attempted an invasion - were showing an interest in Taiwan, so China decided to cement its claim, started mapping the entire island, and made it a province.

So, I suppose for a decade or so Taiwan was a part of China. A China that no longer exists.

It remained a province until 1895, when it was ceded to Japan after the (first) Sino-Japanese War. Before that could happen, Taiwan declared itself a Republic, although it was essentially a Qing puppet state (though the history here is interesting - correspondence at the time indicates that the leaders of this ‘Republic of Taiwan’ considered themselves Chinese, and the tiger flag hints at this as well. However, the constitution was a very republican document, not something you’d expect to see in Qing-era China.) That lasted for less than a year, when the Japanese took it by force.

This is important for two reasons - the first is that some interpretations of IR theory state that when a colonial holding is released, it should revert to the state it was in before it was taken as a colony. In this case, that would actually be The Republic of Taiwan, not Qing-era China. Secondly, it puts to rest all notions that there was no Taiwan autonomy movement prior to 1947.

In any case, it would be impossible to revert to its previous state, as the government that controlled it - the Qing empire - no longer exists. The current government of China - the PRC - has never controlled it.

After the Japanese colonial era, there is a whole web of treaties and agreements that do not satisfactorily settle the status of Taiwan. None of them actually do so - those which explicitly state that Taiwan is to be given to the Republic of China (such as the Cairo declaration) are non-binding. Those that are binding do not settle the status of Taiwan (neither the treaty of San Francisco nor the Treaty of Taipei definitively say that Taiwan is a part of China, or even which China it is - the Treaty of Taipei sets out what nationality the Taiwanese are to be considered, but that doesn’t determine territorial claims). Treaty-wise, the status of Taiwan is “undetermined”.

Under more modern interpretations, what a state needs to be a state is…lessee…a contiguous territory, a government, a military, a currency…maybe I’m forgetting something, but Taiwan has all of it. For all intents and purposes it is independent already.

In fact, in the time when all of these agreements were made, the Allied powers weren’t as sure as you might have learned about what to do with Taiwan. They weren’t a big fan of Chiang Kai-shek, didn’t want it to go Communist, and discussed an Allied trusteeship (which would have led to independence) or backing local autonomy movements (which did exist). That it became what it did - “the ROC” but not China - was an accident (as Hsiao-ting Lin lays out in Accidental State).

In fact, the KMT knew this, and at the time the foreign minister (George Yeh) stated something to the effect that they were aware they were ‘squatters’ in Taiwan.

Since then, it’s true that the ROC claims to be the rightful government of Taiwan, however, that hardly matters when considering the future of Taiwan simply because they have no choice. To divest themselves of all such claims (and, presumably, change their name) would be considered by the PRC to be a declaration of formal independence. So that they have not done so is not a sign that they wish to retain the claim, merely that they wish to avoid a war.

It’s also true that most Taiwanese are ethnically “Han” (alongside indigenous and Hakka, although Hakka are, according to many, technically Han…but I don’t think that’s relevant here). But biology is not destiny: what ethnicity someone is shouldn’t determine what government they must be ruled by.

Through all of this, the Taiwanese have evolved their own culture, identity and sense of history. They are diverse in a way unique to Taiwan, having been a part of Austronesian and later Hoklo trade routes through Southeast Asia for millenia. Now, one in five (I’ve heard one in four, actually) Taiwanese children has a foreign parent. The Taiwanese language (which is not Mandarin - that’s a KMT transplant language forced on Taiwanese) is gaining popularity as people discover their history. Visiting Taiwan and China, it is clear where the cultural differences are, not least in terms of civic engagement. This morning, a group of legislators were removed after a weekend-long pro-labor hunger strike in front of the presidential palace. They were not arrested and will not be. Right now, a group of pro-labor protesters is lying down on the tracks at Taipei Main Station to protest the new labor law amendments.

This would never be allowed in China, but Taiwanese take it as a fiercely-guarded basic right.

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Now, as I said, none of this matters.

What matters is self-determination. If you believe in democracy, you believe that every state (and Taiwan does fit the definition of a state) that wants to be democratic - that already is democratic and wishes to remain that way - has the right to self-determination. In fact, every nation does. You cannot be pro-democracy and also believe that it is acceptable to deprive people of this right, especially if they already have it.

Taiwan is already a democracy. That means it has the right to determine its own future. Period.

Even under the ROC, Taiwan was not allowed to determine its future. The KMT just arrived from China and claimed it. The Taiwanese were never asked if they consented. What do we call it when a foreign government arrives in land they had not previously governed and declares itself the legitimate governing power of that land without the consent of the local people? We call that colonialism.

Under this definition, the ROC can also be said to be a colonial power in Taiwan. They forced Mandarin - previously not a language native to Taiwan - onto the people, taught Chinese history, geography and culture, and insisted that the Taiwanese learn they were Chinese - not Taiwanese (and certainly not Japanese). This was forced on them. It was not chosen. Some, for awhile, swallowed it. Many didn’t. The independence movement only grew, and truly blossomed after democratization - something the Taiwanese fought for and won, not something handed to them by the KMT.

So what matters is what the Taiwanese want, not what the ROC is forced to claim. I cannot stress this enough - if you do not believe Taiwan has the right to this, you do not believe in democracy.

And poll after poll shows it: Taiwanese identify more as Taiwanese than Chinese (those who identify as both primarily identify as Taiwanese, just as I identify as American and Armenian, but primarily as American. Armenian is merely my ethnicity). They overwhelmingly support not unifying with China. The vast majority who support the status quo support one that leads to eventual de jure independence, not unification. The status quo is not - and cannot be - an endgame (if only because China has declared so, but also because it is untenable). Less than 10% want unification. Only a small number (a very small minority) would countenance unification in the future…even if China were to democratize.

The issue isn’t the incompatibility of the systems - it’s that the Taiwanese fundamentally do not see themselves as Chinese.

A change in China’s system won’t change that. It’s not an ethnic nationalism - there is no ethnic argument for Taiwan (or any nation - didn’t we learn in the 20th century what ethnicity-based nation-building leads to? Nothing good). It’s not a jingoistic or xenophobic nationalism - Taiwanese know that to be dangerous. It’s a nationalism based on shared identity, culture, history and civics. The healthiest kind of nationalism there is. Taiwan exists because the Taiwanese identify with it. Period.

There are debates about how long the status quo should go on, and what we should risk to insist on formal recognition. However, the question of whether or not to be Taiwan, not China…

…well, that’s already settled.

The Taiwanese have spoken and they are not Chinese.

Whatever y’all think about that doesn’t matter. That’s what they want, and if you believe in self-determination you will respect it.

If you don’t, good luck with your authoritarian nonsense, but Taiwan wants nothing to do with it.

【乾坤 Qian Kun】
原先已經準備好這套衣服以及我認為很重要的主題，
在 Aqua Challenge 決戰水下伸展台 準決賽使用，
但一直覺得很可惜沒能進到準決賽將這套衣服的理念放上節目，所幸各路朋友們毫不猶豫的相助，特別是Yorko 陪著我共同完成出這個作品。

最後一張放上我們隨手拍攝動態剪出來的短版Teaser。

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從表演藝術的角度來看，
「性別」不是一種二元對立的存在。

我們經歷了許多次的賦權革命，如今，性別二字，已經不再是定義任何人的框架。

這次拍攝，將主題溯源到戲曲文化；從元朝開始，戲曲表演的虛擬性，讓男性飾演女角、女性詮釋男角，「乾旦坤生」四字便開啟了性別對立的轉型。因此把造型設定為頭頂花旦鳳冠，臉施花旦妝，下身卻是戰甲，手拿大旗。用雌雄同體的概念，呈現出乾、坤，陰、陽共處調和的無限感。

一個人的獨特，是集合了來自千萬種相互矛盾元素的總和，跨越了性別對立的限制，才會讓我們看到愛無限，愛最大的迷人面貌。

From the point of performing art.
"Gender" is not a dualistic existence.

We have gone through many empowerment revolutions over the years. Today, the word gender is no longer the most important identity that defines an indivdual.

The concept of this photography is first traced back to Chinese opera, which could be the first in our culture to initiated the transformation of gender opposition. Since the Yuan Dynasty (1279-1368), the virtual nature of opera performances allowed men to play female roles and women to interpret male roles. The phrase ”Qian Dan Kun Sheng” proves such tradition exists. “Qian” 乾, heaven, usually indicates male, “Dan”, 旦, female characters in drama. “Kun”, 坤, ground, usually indicates female. “Sheng” 生, the male characters. The phrase tells that female characters could be played by male performers and male characters could be played by female performers.

We designed the look following this concept. Wearing a phoenix crown (headwear designed for female roles) on the top of the head, female face makeup is applied, but the items for the lower body is a male’s battle armor, holding a battle banner in hand. Using the concept of hermaphroditism, it presents an infinite sense of harmony between Qian and Kun (heaven and earth), Ying and Yang (positive and negative).

The uniqueness of a person is a collection of thousands of contradictory elements. And to move beyond the restriction of gender duality and opposition, is how we will see the infinite power and the most charming face of love.

Photographer：Yorko Summer
Artist: Dai Yi, Kenny
Make up: 陳又婕 Ming Chen
Air Supply & Safety: 盧筠喬 JoJo Lu & 吳芷欣(阿芷) Zhi-Xin Wu
Costume Assistance: 鬼魅 Y Chen
Land Shooting Assistance: 吳佳穎(黑黑) Joann Wu
Flag Props Providing: 張逸先 Afa Zhang
Content Editor: 許乃霓 Tori Hsu
Content Translation: Tiffany Lee
Teaser Editor: 黎俊欣 Xin Li

水下三十米 30 meters underwater
決戰水下伸展台 AquaChallenge
Yorko Summer - Keep Diving Keep Breathing
陳又緁（陳敏）
氮醉JoScubar • 鮮釀啤酒
Tiffy Almighty 我是變臉王

Rentak Selangor 2019 aims to educating, promoting & sharing the "Dendang Hati ?, Lagu Jiwa?, Irama Kita ?" to the public

Beats of Selangor ? ~ Chinese
A great ?? efforts of Catholic High School (CHS) to preserve the Chinese heritage, art & cultures to ? generation ?????????? of all Malaysians ????? Sharing some of the details which all credited to her media friend, Ms Lily ??‍♀️;

Chinese Orchestra
It's based on the structure & principles of a Western symphony orchestra using Chinese instruments. The orchestra is divided into 4️⃣ sections ~ wind, plucked strings, bow strings & percussion. It's usually performs modernized traditional music. Some of the instruments used are;

1️⃣ Erhu 二胡
✅ It's 1 of the most important Chinese instruments, with a
history of over 4K years
✅ It's a 2️⃣-stringed bowed Chinese musical instrument,
AKA the Chinese violin / Chinese 2️⃣-stringed fiddle
✅ It can be used in both traditional & contemporary music
arrangements; pop, rock & jazz
✅ It's played vertically, resting on the musician's lap. It has ❌
fingerboard, hence the player's fingers must hold & vibrate the
strings by pressing only against the strings themselves

2️⃣ Pipa 琵琶
✅ It's a 4️⃣-stringed Chinese musical instrument, AKA Chinese lute
✅ It has been played for almost 2K years in China & existed
as early as the Han dynasty
✅ It was once reigned as the “king” of Chinese folk instruments
✅ The instrument has a pear-shaped wooden body & the string
was once made of silk, however today, it is made of nylon-wrapped
steel. Silk strings were played either with a plectrum / with bare
fingers, but steel strings are played with finger picks

3️⃣ Dulcimer 扬琴
✅ AKA yangqin (扬琴) is believed to have originated in Central
Asia & was brought to China by sea-faring European traders at the end of the Ming Dynasty (around AD 1600).
✅ Classified as a plucked string instrument, the Chinese yangqin is also a
hammered dulcimer that is played with rubber-tipped sticks.
✅ The modern dulcimer has been rationalized & has become an essential
instrument in the Chinese orchestra
✅ It's used both as a solo instrument & in ensembles

4️⃣ Bamboo flute 笛子
✅ It's a Chinese transverse flute / Chinese bamboo flute
✅ Traditionally & most of the dizi is made by using (a single piece of) bamboo
✅ It's played using circular breathing "advanced" techniques
✅ It's a key Chinese musical instrument & is used in Chinese folk
music, opera & modern Chinese orchestra

Wushu (武术)
It was developed in 1949 in an effort to standardize the practice of traditional Chinese martial arts. The modern concepts of wushu were fully developed by the Ming & Qing dynasties

Type of performances are Wushu Weapons, Doubles Weapons, Flag, Doubles Taiji Sword, Trio Taiji Broadsword & Trio Taijiquan

The basic wushu movements are;
✅ Ma bu : 马步 - Horse stance
✅ Gong Bu : 弓步 - Bow stance
✅ Pu bu : 仆步 - Flat Stance or Crouch stance
✅ Chong Quan : 冲拳- Fist Punching
✅ Teng Kong Fei Jiao : 腾空飞脚 - Jumping front kick
✅ Bai Lian : 摆莲 - Lotus kick
✅ Xuan Zi : 旋子 - Butterfly kick

Basic wushu sword & boardsword movements are;
✅ Chan tou : 缠头 - Twining around the head with broadsword
✅ Guo nao : 裹脑 - Wrapping around the head with broadsword
✅ Wan Hua : 腕花 - Rotate the wrist, move the sword in forward-downward vertical circles on both sides close to your body, force reaching tip of the sword
✅ Guajian : 挂剑 - Hold the sword straight & move it in upward-backward / downward-backward vertical circles close to your body, with force reaching the front part of the blade
✅ Liao jian : 撩剑 - Move the sword in a forward-upward vertical circle, force reaching the foible

Diabolo 扯铃/ 抖空竹
It's a juggling / circus prop consists of an axle & 2 cups AKA Chinese yo-yo. It's spun using a string attached to 2️⃣ hand sticks. Multiple cups can be spun on a same string too. A large variety of tricks are possible with the diabolo, including tosses & various types of interaction with the sticks, string & various parts of the user's body

24 Season Drum (Ershisi Jieling Gu : 节令鼓)
It's a Malaysian art that was invented in 1988 by a music teacher, Tan Hooi Song & a poet Tan Chai Puan, at Foon Yew High School in Johor. It consists of 24 large drum is called Shigu (獅鼓) that represents the agricultural seasons in the Chinese calendar. The original performance styles depict movements of farmers & activities on a farm. The name of each season is usually written in
Chinese calligraphy on the drum.
The drum is played using 2️⃣ wooden sticks, striking its surface, sides or hitting the 2️⃣ sticks together

Each colour on the drum has a special meaning;
❤️ red symbolizes auspiciousness & passion
? black represents perseverance
? yellow signifies the Chinese culture & tradition

More details soon via ? siennylovesdrawing.wordpress.com

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