BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//InvisionCommunity Events 5.0.18//EN METHOD:PUBLISH CALSCALE:GREGORIAN REFRESH-INTERVAL:PT15M X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT15M X-WR-CALNAME:RMWorkCalendar NAME:RMWorkCalendar BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/London TZURL:https://tzurl.org/zoneinfo/Europe/London X-LIC-LOCATION:Europe/London BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST DTSTART:20260329T020000Z RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=-1SU END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:GMT DTSTART:20261025T020000Z RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=10;BYDAY=-1SU END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Black History Month Chinese New Year 2026 DTSTAMP:20260218T135737Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:656-5-c3fe8195a3dde498d013e477e2142422@aalbc.com ORGANIZER;CN="richardmurray":noreply@aalbc.com DESCRIPTION:\n  \n\n\n\n https://www.deviantart.com/hddeviant/art/Black -History-Month-Chinese-New-Year-2026-1300249299\n\n\n\n \n\n EMBED CODE\n\ n \n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n Black History Month Chinese New Year 2026 \n\n\n\n While honoring Black history\, let's celebrate the Lunar New Year \, which originates from China.\n\n\n\n For Lunar new year\,\n\n\n\n To yo ur family\, people you love whom love you\, say\n\n\n\n Xīnnián h ǎo\" (新年好) which means 'New Year Goodness' in a series the symbols mean: new year good\n\n\n\n To strangers or those you do not love\, say\n\ n\n\n \"Xīnnián kuàilè\" (新年快乐)\, which means 'New Year happin ess' in a series the symbols mean: New Year Fast Joy\n\n\n\n As it is the year of the horse\, the symbol for horse is 马 transliterates to \"ma\" . Notice how similar it is to the symbol for question mark 吗 which is als o pronounced \"ma\". The horse is a beloved creature in China \, from the Manchurians to Mongols above them. China's capitol has been from its north most of its history where the people of the hills or steppe are one with the horse.\n\n\n\n The phrase 你好吗 or Ni-Hao-Ma can be interpreted as \"You Good?\"\n\n\n\n 你 = ni 好-hao 吗-ma\n\n\n\n If you know your Wu Xing (五行) \, the five elements : wood/fire/earth/metal/water \, then you know this is the year of a Fire Horse.\n\n\n\n The Fire Horse\n\n\n\n The Fire Horse is a significant element in the Chinese zodiac\, representi ng a rare combination that occurs only once every 60 years. The Year of th e Fire Horse begins on February 17\, 2026\, and is associated with qualiti es such as freedom\, enthusiasm\, intelligence\, and a strong drive for mo vement and progress. People born under this sign are often described as so cial\, adventurous\, and self-directed\, but they can also be prone to imp atience or impulsive decisions. The fire element amplifies the horse's nat ural dynamism\, making this zodiac sign particularly magnetic and high-ene rgy.\n\n\n\n The horse is known for : freedom\, enthusiasm\, intelligence\ , and a strong drive for movement and progress.\n\n\n\n Fire enhances all signs with: visibility\, passion\, momentum\, and transformation.\n\n\n\n Firemares!\n\n\n\n https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nHWpi-5TjFQ\n\n\n\n  \ n\n\n\n Now where does Black history and China blend?\n\n\n\n From my own research \, look at INFORMATION REFERRALS below\, the earliest historical figure is an Empress Li Lingrong\n\n\n\n \, from the Jin dynasty [ 266–4 20 AD ] the earliest mythological figure I can discern that is Kunlun or B lack is Mole \, a negrito person enslaved\, written in the Tang Dynasty [ 618–690\, 705–907 ] now I found out that chinese historians had sugges ted the Kunlun were described at the time of the Tang from what in moderni ty is called Cambodia or Vietnam\, which have Negritos in them. What you h ave to comprehend is that many from modern day India or China have migrate d into southeast asia\, leading to changes in the appearance of people in those regions as well as making new heritages. So with that I said\, let's see Mimada in the Jin Dynasty\, an assistant to the Empress Li Lingrong. Her shanqun has : a yellow/brown with spots/purple striped qun/skirt\, a b lack weichang/apron like on the skirt\, a champagne pink duijin/collar\, a cherry blossom pink shan or ru/jacket or coat\, a silver chanshan/shirt w ith Mimada in chinese symbols [pronounced Chu Tau]\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n Colo ring pages gallery\n\n\n\n https://www.deviantart.com/hddeviant/gallery/47 013691/comic-coloring-pages\n\n\n\n Do you want a Coloring page made by me for your own use? Use the following link\n\n\n\n https://www.deviantart.c om/hddeviant/commission/Single-Coloring-Page-1732448\n\n\n\n Mimada Galler y\n\n\n\n https://www.deviantart.com/hddeviant/gallery?q=mimada\n\n\n\n Mi mada elsewhere\n\n\n\n https://www.deviantart.com/hddeviant/favourites?q=m imada\n\n\n\n #mimada #lunarnewyear #chinesenewyear #kunlun #fire #horse # 新年快乐 #2026 #coloringpage #blackhistory #hddeviant #deviantart #ric hardmurray #aalbc #rmaalbc #Kobo #kwl #richardmurrayhumblr #tumblr\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n INFORMATION REFERRALS\n\n\n\n early story of an indigenous bla ck Asian\, commonly called negrito today\n\n\n\n https://en.wikipedia.org/ wiki/Kunlun_Nu\n\n\n\n It takes place during the Dali reign era (766-80) o f Emperor Daizong of Tang and follows the tale of a young man named Cui wh o enlists the aid of Mole\, his negrito slave\, to help free his beloved w ho was forced to join a court official's harem. At midnight\, Mole kills t he guard dogs around the compound and carries Cui on his back while easily jumping to the tops of walls and bounding from roof to roof. With the lov ers reunited\, Mole leaps over ten tall walls with both of them on his bac k. Cui and his beloved are able to live happily together in peace because the official believes that she was kidnapped by youxia warriors and does n ot want to make trouble for himself by pursuing them. However\, two years later\, one of the official's attendants sees the girl in the city and rep orts this. The official arrests Cui and\, once he hears the entire story\, sends men to capture the negrito slave. But Mole escapes with his dagger (apparently his only possession) and flies over the city walls in order to escape apprehension. He is seen over ten years later selling medicine in the city Luoyang\, not having aged a single day.\n\n\n\n A study of Blacks in Africa\n\n\n\n https://sino-platonic.org/complete/spp122_chinese_afric a.pdf\n\n\n\n excerpt\n\n\n\n The lin shu \"it. (History of the Jin) descr ibes Empress Li\, a concubine of\n\n\n\n Emperor Xiao Wuwen (373-397): \". ..She was tall and her coloring was black. All the\n\n\n\n people in the p alace used to call her Kunlun.\" Was the term kunlun synonymous with\n\n\n \n dark skin? This anecdote comes from a history of the Jin dynasty (265-4 20)\, before\n\n\n\n African slaves had been imported into China and befor e the Chinese had made significant\n\n\n\n contacts with Southeast Asian c ountries. So when and why did the term kunlun take on\n\n\n\n this meaning ?\n\n\n\n excerpt\n\n\n\n The meanings ofthe word kunlun expanded during t he Tang to include the races\,\n\n\n\n countries\, and languages of Southe ast Asia. The Former Tang History describes the\n\n\n\n homeland ofthe kun lun people: \"The people living to the south of Linyi [present-day\n\n\n\n Vietnam] have curly hair and black bodies and are commonly called Kunlun. The\n\n\n\n description of the country of Zhenla (present-day Cambodia) a lso includes\n\n\n\n information on the kunlun: ~'The country of Zhenla is northwest of Linyi. It was\n\n\n\n originally a dependent of Funan. It is of the kunlun type. This appears to be the\n\n\n\n earliest Chinese indic ation of the kunlun as a racial group with a specific homeland.\n\n\n\n Re ferral\n\n\n\n https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kunlun_Nu_people#Taiping_Guan gji\n\n\n\n Li Lingrong\n\n\n\n https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Li_Lingrong\ n\n\n\n Emperor Jianwen of Jin \, husband of Li Lingrong\n\n\n\n https://e n.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperor_Jianwen_of_Jin\n\n\n\n Emperor Xiao Wuwen (37 3-397) son of Li Longrong\n\n\n\n https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperor_Xi aowu_of_Jin\n\n\n\n Tang fashion for women\n\n\n\n https://totallyhistory. com/tang-dynasty-clothing/\n\n\n\n https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Popular_f ashion_in_ancient_China\n\n\n\n https://www.newhanfu.com/3116.html\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n Jin fashion\n\n\n\n https://www.interactchina.com/blog/fashion-t imeline-of-chinese-women-clothing-/\n\n\n\n Batek People\n\n\n\n https://e n.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batek_people#\n\n\n\n image\n\n\n\n https://en.wikipe dia.org/wiki/Batek_people#/media/File:Keluarga_suku_Bateq_167.jpg\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n Clothing elements\n\n\n\n https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruqun\n\n \n\n https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ru_(upper_garment)\n\n\n\n https://en.w ikipedia.org/wiki/Qixiong_ruqun\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n 02192026\n\n\n\n  \n\n \n\n Citation\n\n\n\n https://www.deviantart.com/comments/1/1300249299/526 7069631\n\n\n\n SpaceScholar\n\n\n\n  commented on Black History Month Chinese New Year 2026 .19 mins ago\n\n\n\n Nice Jin Dynasty hanfu! Hanfu doesn't get enough attention in my opinion. The account of Empress Li was written in the Tang Dynasty\, and the text contains many anachronisms and inaccuracies with no contemporary evidence for her {though if she did inde ed exist\, I do doubt she was 'African'\, an the surrounding context impli es she was a local Chinese person}. However\, I find it useful for another reason- during the Tang\, the Kunlun- if you'll pardon the phrase- 'magic al negrito' was a popular trope\, and with the supernatural aspects attach ed to the account of Empress Li\, it was a familiar thing to put in this h istorical account as it would've been familiar in the popular literature o f the time. It's a fascinating reflection of the times!😉\n\n\n\n HDdevi ant\n\n\n\n just now\n\n\n\n Well\, the long shirt \, qibao \, meets the m odern fashion trends better than ensemble dresses like a shanqun. Yeah\, t he biggest issue is a lack of imagery. I tried to find an image of her son or grandson but I was unable\, that would give at least some notion. And that is why I used her for Black history. Black doesn't equal African in t he same way White doesn't equal European. African / Asian/ European / Amer ican are geographic designations. Each geography has black or white people s. If you look at the eskimo they have a white skin. If you look at the ar awak northern south america\, they have a black skin. In the same way the Mongolian peoples are asian\, but have a white skin. the BAtek \, in moder n vietnam have a black skin. Part of my purpose in this was publicizing my own personal views towards Black peoples. I am a Black person and I am of African descent. But\, too many peoples\, non blacks + blacks\, miscompre hend Black equaling African. The Aborigine of modern australia\, the indig enous sri lankans at the tip of the indian subcontinent\, they are not afr icans\, but they are black. And in asia + africa\, when you look at the in tersection of where northern peoples victorious in war interacted with sou thern peoples you see the mixed/arab/mulato/pardo/brown people. The wealth y people of Egypt/Sri Lanka/Indonesia/Malaysia/Morocco/Iraq are all whiter \, the majority of the peoples\,usually poor\, are blacker. That proves my point. you see this in south africa\, who are the coloreds? That is why I implied native black asian peoples\, not black africans.\n\n\n\n Yes\, co mmonly accepted media interpretations\, commonly called tropes/turns\, exi st. . No need to be pardoned. As a writer I don't create magical negritos to save the non negrito. In the same way Italians hate the mafioso trope. Blond haired white women hate the dumb blond trope. All peoples have negat ive tropes in literature. The key I argue is for any person who feels insu lted by a trope not to buy into that trope in their own creations. I can't tell or demand someone else what to do but I can control my own art. But I also feel the trope of the vile white slaver\, which was well known in t he late 1800s in the usa is also allowable. Do you get my point?\n\n\n\n S he is interesting. It is too bad I couldn't find an illustration\, I know china from its earliest times was illustrative so maybe somewhere is an il lustration that can make the history clear to her identity. But I think ev en if the empress is false in being described as Kunlun\, I can believe in the harem of the chinese emperor \, who was able to get women from mongol ia\, india\, japan\, that a Kunlun woman from south of china was in there. and if not the emperor\, there has to be Kunlun's in southern china simpl y by proximity. And as you say the popularity of the art form\, proves Kun lun's were known. It is like Othello. Yes\, the fiscally common person in england didn't see a black person on average. But all the wealthy people 1 00% knew Black people were real in seeing one or in illustrated books. ... Thanks for the dialog Happy to have it.\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n 02202026\n\n\n \n  \n\n\n\n Citation\n\n\n\n https://www.deviantart.com/comments/1/13002 49299/5267135978\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n SpaceScholar\n\n\n\n Yesterday\n\n\n\n I see. Thanks for explaining your definition of 'black'\, as in skin tone \, and it does make sense. My only critiques of it would be by what standa rd of white/black do you go by? How dark does a person have to be to be bl ack or light to be white? My only other issue with it is these various 'bl ack' peoples have no genetic\, cultural or linguistic ties to each other s o it seems to be a mere physical descriptor. As for the class divisions in various places like Sri Lanka\, Egypt\, southeast Asia and such\, I perso nally wouldn't call these peoples 'white' for the same reason. Africans an d their descendants overseas themselves have various shades of skin- so wo uld that make some of them \"whiter\" than others? Perhaps white/black cou ld be see as a spectrum rather than a hard line binary with degrees within individuals.\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n There's no nee to reply- I hope I didn't offend you. I was just curious and wanted to share my own thoughts on the matter. It's interesting either way.\n\n\n\n HDdeviant\n\n\n\n just now\n\ n\n\n My pleasure\, black is a phenotypical designation\, a phenotypical r ace. That is why it isn't cultural or linguistic. In the same way African\ , is many cultures or languages\, they are not linked. Iran and Japan are all on the asiatic continental shelf yet are they culturally or linguistic ally alike? they are both asian from a geographic perspective.\n\n\n\n  \ n\n\n\n So to answer the question underneath the ones you asked\, the crit iques/judgements you gave\, my definitions of black or white or similar ph enotypical groupings or races are not mandatory for any other to prescribe to though i know some other humans besides me do and some other humans do n't. Viewing race isn't meant to be a science/something known. Race since the earliest humans who lived by traveling with the seasons\, differed the mselves by their mere groupings\, are all perceptions/ways of groups of hu mans to organize as they see fit\, for better or worse. They can be negati vely or positively biased. Can be enforced as a heritage/something carried in the home or through the whip. Can be made as a culture/something grown in a similar way. Can be considerate to all humans. Trying to make any ra cial system outside genetic ones is always open to interpretation. I resta te\, outside genetic labels[human/male/female/child of/parent of]\, any ot her labeling: black/white/european/asian/old/young/christian/muslim/ and t he many others are all defineable to each human in humanity \, can be adhe red to by many\, millions\, but it doesn't mean it has to be adhered to by all. It doesn't mean the lone person with another definition is wrong.\n\ n\n\n People who don't view Turks as Europeans. People who don't view fift y year olds as old. No need exist to convince either way. I have never bee n to china\, don't speak chinese\, don't have the most common appearance o f a chinese male. but if I go to china and say I am chinese now. Many will say I am not\, you will say I am not\, and give various reasons\, all bas ed on a definition to being chinese that I do not fit\, but that doesn't r eally matter. What matters is me. Maybe in ten years others you call chine se say I am chinese too. Does it mean those who say I am not chinese are w rong? no. The lesson is comprehend various racial schema\, as you did to m y and others definition of black. And whether you embrace a racial schema or not\, that is your choice at any time\, but all your choice. In india t oday\, cause I know people personally from india\, some humans believe tha t some other humans are of a race whose shadow can not be touched. Do I ut ilize said racial caste schema in india? no. Do my Indian friends? no. But I comprehend the racial schema.The people in india who believe that I am not going to try and regale from it. Nor do I think they need to change th eir mind. They will or will not change their mind when they are ready. Wha t matters is I choose to not use said racial schema\, while I accept other s doing likewise or other.\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n I apologize if I seemed to s uggest a hardline\, black or white or other phenotypical labels like mixed or colored are phenotypical ranges.\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n All human beings h ave a genetic ties\, ala genus and species\, genetic races\, which are als o physical descriptors\, more internal than external\, not of appearance b ut of the cellular makeup. but genetic description is physical. not cultur al or heritagewise or linguistic.\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n ... Modern humanity h as a problem\, the technology of communication is so potent\, all human be ings know humanity is a racially complex species. But very few humans are used to living offline in a highly multiracial environment. I am from NYC\ , it is an ugly city in many ways\, arguably most\, but NYC has beauty as well\, beauty in many ways\, and one of the beautiful things about NYC is if you live in this city and engage in its street life\, be amongst its pe ople\, who come from all over the world literally\, you become accustomed to the other\, the stranger. I didn't say befriend or hate or love or disl ike\, but become accustomed/gain the habit of living by. The problem for s o much discourse online is offline\, most humans come from small towns or monoracial communities where everyone fits into one racial category. and s o they are not accustomed to the other\, the stranger\, the foreigner\, th e immigrant\, the migrant\, and online they express their discomfort with what they are not accustomed too\, a negativity in various levels of inten sity.\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n I am accustomed offline to talking about many top ics\, in a wide range \, but civilly. I think we did well\n\n\n\n Always b e creating!\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n 02202026\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n Citation\n\n\n\ n https://www.deviantart.com/comments/1/1300249299/5267227904\n\n\n\n Spac eScholar\n\n\n\n 6 hours ago\n\n\n\n Thank you for elaborating! You made a good point about genetics being an internal physical descriptor. Still\, I personally wouldn't describe dark skinned peoples as all 'black' or ligh ter peoples 'white'. But I really liked that you made clear that your defi nition of 'black' is your own\, and not meant to be anyone elses. and you don't expect others to abide by it'. Civil discourse online is something l acking these days.\n\n\n\n Badge Awards\n\n\n\n HDdeviant\n\n\n\n just now \n\n\n\n my pleasure\, I admit it is easy for me to be this way cause I wa s raised this way. I have seen offline many people who were not raised by their parents to speak distinctly between truth and opinion. A mistake too many parents make. ... to your last sentence\, I wish to defend humanity ... I think the world offline is treated unevenly by many of us today\, in circa 2026. It is 2026\, but in the year 1926\, what was humanity at that moment? Did it make the earth an environment of peace? no. Was it an exam ple of family/loving ones en masse? no. Most in humanity in 1926 were cont rolled/enslaved/abused by one part of humanity\, that part being people of white european descent who forced all others to speak a tongue of western europe\, be christian\, abide by books written by those of white european descent absent consideration to any other peoples. Those who were not for ced were usually killed\, ala the native american in the usa. I argue civi l discourse \, throughout all humanity\, was far less present in 1926 than 2026. And leading to today\, how many wars occurred in humanity? Not just the wars that get tons of movies like the commonly called in english Worl d War two. But wars like the sino-indian war\, [I don't know what it is ca lled in china or india]between china and india over kashmir and tibet. No two may concur on the purpose or value of any war\, but one thing everyone knows \, wars are not civil discourse\, and humanity spent the entirety o f the 1900s in alot of wars. So the internet when it was started was confi ned to mostly the usa populace\, and various fiscally wealthy or universit ies about humanity. but as the internet has expanded its reach\, the large r truth of humanity's discourse offline has become reality online. I argue \, discourse online is merely matching the discourse offline because the i nternet is able to reach more than in its earlier days. The good news is t hat the internet is so large today \, anyone using it can find enclaves of civil discourse if they want it as you and I both show. The pertinent que stion is how can the majority in humanity offline + online have civil disc ourse? I don't know any guarantee to that destination.\n\n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260217 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;INTERVAL=1 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR