Black History Month Chinese New Year 2026

 

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Black History Month Chinese New Year 2026

While honoring Black history, let's celebrate the Lunar New Year, which originates from China.

For Lunar new year,

To your family, people you love whom love you, say

Xīnnián hǎo" (新年好) which means 'New Year Goodness' in a series the symbols mean: new year good

To strangers or those you do not love, say

"Xīnnián kuàilè" (新年快乐), which means 'New Year happiness' in a series the symbols mean: New Year Fast Joy

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 also 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.

The phrase 你好吗 or Ni-Hao-Ma can be interpreted as "You Good?"

你 = ni 好-hao 吗-ma

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.

The Fire Horse

The Fire Horse is a significant element in the Chinese zodiac, representing a rare combination that occurs only once every 60 years. The Year of the Fire Horse begins on February 17, 2026, and is associated with qualities such as freedom, enthusiasm, intelligence, and a strong drive for movement and progress. People born under this sign are often described as social, adventurous, and self-directed, but they can also be prone to impatience or impulsive decisions. The fire element amplifies the horse's natural dynamism, making this zodiac sign particularly magnetic and high-energy.

The horse is known for : freedom, enthusiasm, intelligence, and a strong drive for movement and progress.

Fire enhances all signs with: visibility, passion, momentum, and transformation.

Firemares!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nHWpi-5TjFQ

 

Now where does Black history and China blend?

From my own research , look at INFORMATION REFERRALS below, the earliest historical figure is an Empress Li Lingrong

, from the Jin dynasty [ 266–420 AD ] the earliest mythological figure I can discern that is Kunlun or Black is Mole , a negrito person enslaved, written in the Tang Dynasty [ 618–690, 705–907 ] now I found out that chinese historians had suggested the Kunlun were described at the time of the Tang from what in modernity is called Cambodia or Vietnam, which have Negritos in them. What you have to comprehend is that many from modern day India or China have migrated 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 black 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 with Mimada in chinese symbols [pronounced Chu Tau]

 

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INFORMATION REFERRALS

early story of an indigenous black Asian, commonly called negrito today

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kunlun_Nu

It takes place during the Dali reign era (766-80) of Emperor Daizong of Tang and follows the tale of a young man named Cui who enlists the aid of Mole, his negrito slave, to help free his beloved who was forced to join a court official's harem. At midnight, Mole kills the 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 lovers reunited, Mole leaps over ten tall walls with both of them on his back. 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 not 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 reports 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.

A study of Blacks in Africa

https://sino-platonic.org/complete/spp122_chinese_africa.pdf

excerpt

The lin shu "it. (History of the Jin) describes Empress Li, a concubine of

Emperor Xiao Wuwen (373-397): "...She was tall and her coloring was black. All the

people in the palace used to call her Kunlun." Was the term kunlun synonymous with

dark skin? This anecdote comes from a history of the Jin dynasty (265-420), before

African slaves had been imported into China and before the Chinese had made significant

contacts with Southeast Asian countries. So when and why did the term kunlun take on

this meaning?

excerpt

The meanings ofthe word kunlun expanded during the Tang to include the races,

countries, and languages of Southeast Asia. The Former Tang History describes the

homeland ofthe kunlun people: "The people living to the south of Linyi [present-day

Vietnam] have curly hair and black bodies and are commonly called Kunlun. The

description of the country of Zhenla (present-day Cambodia) also includes

information on the kunlun: ~'The country of Zhenla is northwest of Linyi. It was

originally a dependent of Funan. It is of the kunlun type. This appears to be the

earliest Chinese indication of the kunlun as a racial group with a specific homeland.

Referral

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kunlun_Nu_people#Taiping_Guangji

Li Lingrong

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Li_Lingrong

Emperor Jianwen of Jin , husband of Li Lingrong

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperor_Jianwen_of_Jin

Emperor Xiao Wuwen (373-397) son of Li Longrong

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperor_Xiaowu_of_Jin

Tang fashion for women

https://totallyhistory.com/tang-dynasty-clothing/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Popular_fashion_in_ancient_China

https://www.newhanfu.com/3116.html

Jin fashion

https://www.interactchina.com/blog/fashion-timeline-of-chinese-women-clothing-/

Batek People

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batek_people#

image

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batek_people#/media/File:Keluarga_suku_Bateq_167.jpg

Clothing elements

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruqun

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ru_(upper_garment)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qixiong_ruqun

 

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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 indeed exist, I do doubt she was 'African', an the surrounding context implies 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- 'magical negrito' was a popular trope, and with the supernatural aspects attached to the account of Empress Li, it was a familiar thing to put in this historical account as it would've been familiar in the popular literature of the time. It's a fascinating reflection of the times!

HDdeviant

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Well, the long shirt , qibao , meets the modern fashion trends better than ensemble dresses like a shanqun. Yeah, the 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 the same way White doesn't equal European. African / Asian/ European / American are geographic designations. Each geography has black or white peoples. If you look at the eskimo they have a white skin. If you look at the arawak 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 modern 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, miscomprehend Black equaling African. The Aborigine of modern australia, the indigenous sri lankans at the tip of the indian subcontinent, they are not africans, but they are black. And in asia + africa, when you look at the intersection of where northern peoples victorious in war interacted with southern peoples you see the mixed/arab/mulato/pardo/brown people. The wealthy 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.

Yes, commonly accepted media interpretations, commonly called tropes/turns, exist. . 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 negative tropes in literature. The key I argue is for any person who feels insulted 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 the late 1800s in the usa is also allowable. Do you get my point?

She 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 illustration that can make the history clear to her identity. But I think even 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 mongolia, 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 simply by proximity. And as you say the popularity of the art form, proves Kunlun'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 100% knew Black people were real in seeing one or in illustrated books. ... Thanks for the dialog Happy to have it.

 

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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 standard of white/black do you go by? How dark does a person have to be to be black or light to be white? My only other issue with it is these various 'black' peoples have no genetic, cultural or linguistic ties to each other so 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 personally wouldn't call these peoples 'white' for the same reason. Africans and their descendants overseas themselves have various shades of skin- so would that make some of them "whiter" than others? Perhaps white/black could be see as a spectrum rather than a hard line binary with degrees within individuals.

 

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.

HDdeviant

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My pleasure, black is a phenotypical designation, a phenotypical race. 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 linguistically alike? they are both asian from a geographic perspective.

 

So to answer the question underneath the ones you asked, the critiques/judgements you gave, my definitions of black or white or similar phenotypical 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 don'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 themselves by their mere groupings, are all perceptions/ways of groups of humans to organize as they see fit, for better or worse. They can be negatively 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 racial system outside genetic ones is always open to interpretation. I restate, outside genetic labels[human/male/female/child of/parent of], any other labeling: black/white/european/asian/old/young/christian/muslim/ and the many others are all defineable to each human in humanity , can be adhered 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.

People who don't view Turks as Europeans. People who don't view fifty year olds as old. No need exist to convince either way. I have never been to china, don't speak chinese, don't have the most common appearance of 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 based on a definition to being chinese that I do not fit, but that doesn't really matter. What matters is me. Maybe in ten years others you call chinese say I am chinese too. Does it mean those who say I am not chinese are wrong? no. The lesson is comprehend various racial schema, as you did to my 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 today, cause I know people personally from india, some humans believe that some other humans are of a race whose shadow can not be touched. Do I utilize 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 their mind. They will or will not change their mind when they are ready. What matters is I choose to not use said racial schema, while I accept others doing likewise or other.

 

I apologize if I seemed to suggest a hardline, black or white or other phenotypical labels like mixed or colored are phenotypical ranges.

 

All human beings have a genetic ties, ala genus and species, genetic races, which are also physical descriptors, more internal than external, not of appearance but of the cellular makeup. but genetic description is physical. not cultural or heritagewise or linguistic.

 

... Modern humanity has a problem, the technology of communication is so potent, all human beings 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 people, 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 dislike, but become accustomed/gain the habit of living by. The problem for so much discourse online is offline, most humans come from small towns or monoracial communities where everyone fits into one racial category. and so they are not accustomed to the other, the stranger, the foreigner, the immigrant, the migrant, and online they express their discomfort with what they are not accustomed too, a negativity in various levels of intensity.

 

I am accustomed offline to talking about many topics, in a wide range , but civilly. I think we did well

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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 lighter peoples 'white'. But I really liked that you made clear that your definition 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 lacking these days.

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HDdeviant

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my pleasure, I admit it is easy for me to be this way cause I was 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 example of family/loving ones en masse? no. Most in humanity in 1926 were controlled/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 forced were usually killed, ala the native american in the usa. I argue civil 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 World War two. But wars like the sino-indian war, [I don't know what it is called 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 of the 1900s in alot of wars. So the internet when it was started was confined to mostly the usa populace, and various fiscally wealthy or universities about humanity. but as the internet has expanded its reach, the larger truth of humanity's discourse offline has become reality online. I argue, discourse online is merely matching the discourse offline because the internet is able to reach more than in its earlier days. The good news is that 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 question is how can the majority in humanity offline + online have civil discourse? I don't know any guarantee to that destination.