Can we just take a moment to bask in the beauty that is @garcelle featured here on her @therealhousewivesofbh confessional in our Bella midi Dress. #baotranchi #garcellebeauvais #realhousewivesofbeverlyhills #bella #gorgeous

[Beijing] Today is the 15th day of the 7th lunar month, which is known as the Zhongyuan Festival (中元节) and the Yulanpen Festival (盂兰盆节) in Taoism and Buddhism, in contrary to what most Chinese believe it to be a “Ghost Day” which is untrue, at least from the Taoist and Buddhist point of view. In Taoist, we believe that today is the birthday of the Earth official (地官大帝), he has the ability to pardon sins, that’s why we pray on this day to sin his forgiveness and not to please the spirits or ask them for wealth, this are some misconceptions we should educate. In ancient days, if a devotee confesses his own sins, he should write 3 confessional documents to the Three Officials (三官大帝) and place them on a mountain (天官赐福), bury one in the earth (地官赦罪) and sink one in the river (水官解厄). As for buddhist, from what I have heard from a Venerable at a recent inter religious dialogue, he said the Yulanpen Festival is also an important day to rescue those spirits who are suffering in hell and also to make offerings to the Buddhas and return the merits to our parents for longevity and good health. Nothing supernatural or connected to it being a ghost day. Quite disappointing. This is in the picture is a statue of the Earth Official in the Beijing Dongyue Temple (北京东岳庙), photo taking in this prayer hall is prohibited but I am fortunate to be able to take some in the forbidden area as I was part of an international delegation. The Officials are highly regarded in the hierarchy of the heavenly deities, they are just one level below the Jade Emperor (玉皇上帝) and are in charge of the administrations of the three realms. 📍Beijing, China. 中国北京。🇨🇳 . . . #china #beijing #forbiddencity #travelthroughthelenses #nonmainstream #ancientchina #travelgram #igchina #history #love #snow #seetheworld #bitesize #beijinger #chinese #chinesearchitecture #citygrammers #oldplaces #chinaexplorer #discoverchina #createexplore #winter #instatravel #sihantravels #igdaily #instabeijing #notatourist #中国 #北京 #beijinglife

I was gonna post a funny story about @vickychenmusic press conference yesterday and how I was super nervous about giving a speech in Chinese. And at the end, they didn’t even ask me to give a speech, they just wanted a brief introduction of myself, but I was so nervous that I gave the speech anyway....😆 . But when I was reading that post to Ting, she asked me if I was really nervous about speaking in Chinese or if I was nervous because I’m trying to hide something... And I realized I was trying to hide my boss ego. So here I am again using IG as some weird confessional diary 😆 (this is what social media is for right?) . My Chinese name is 陶山, our company is called 陶山音樂, so makes sense that everyone thinks I’m the boss. But actually, Ting @skrpresents is running the show from behind the scenes. We always joke that I’m 陶 and she’s 山, and together we make up this personality 陶山. . But the truth is, if I was running this company, I would have burned it to the ground already. Not on purpose, but because my ego is too big, and I have no talent in running a company, and would never ask for help. . So my role in the company is just the music producer and spirit of the company. I’m the company mascot. I can push my current songs to be better than my released songs. I’m always striving to improve my art. . But I’m far from being a CEO. That’s Ting. She has this amazing ability to unlock a person’s true potential. She’s literally half of the reason I’ve had any amount of success. She’s constantly fixing all of my mental blocks. But she’s painfully introverted and hates attention, so she’s more than happy for me to do the talking and to get all the credit. She writes my speeches that I give, knowing that it’s my part my spirit and part her genius. She’ll prep me before meetings and ask me to do all the talking, but it’s her words coming out of my mouth. And I think the real reason I was so nervous about giving speeches at press conferences is because I was scared people would find out I’m a fraud record company boss 😆 Which I totally am! I’m just the mascot 😊 . #midlifecrisisisgreatcontent #amiwhoiam #whoami #imjustthemascot