celestial events, chinese history, cultural beliefs, historical events, jilin meteor shower, mao zedong, prophecy and omens, superstition in politics, tangshan earthquake, tian ren he yi

The Superstitious Side of China’s Leaders: Mao Zedong and the Jilin Meteor Shower

In the annals of history, the line between superstition and prophecy can sometimes appear blurred, especially when viewed through the lens of significant historical events. This was particularly evident in the case of Mao Zedong, a leader known for his adherence to Marxist atheism, yet one who couldn’t escape the ancient Chinese belief in the ...

Max Lu

A meteor shower.

Nature’s Warning Signs: Bizarre Happenings Before the Tangshan Earthquake

On July 28, 1976, at 3:42 a.m. Beijing time, an earthquake 16 kilometers below the ground occurred. It had a force equivalent to 400 times that of the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima. In mere moments, Tangshan, a city of a million residents, was flattened. It seemed like an unforeseen and unstoppable catastrophe, yet nature ...

Mikel Davis

Destroyed buildings and rubble from an earthquake.

What Does a Near-Death Experience Feel Like?

Are near-death experiences real? At 3:42 a.m. Beijing time on July 18, 1976, the residents of Tangshan City in Hebei Province, China, were in deep slumber. Suddenly, the ground shook and in just 30 seconds, almost the entire city was reduced to rubble. In the 7.8 magnitude earthquake, 650,000 houses were destroyed, 240,000 people lost ...

Believe It Or Not

Artist's rendering of a man walking up a staircase into a bright light with clouds all around.