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Broads National Park @broadsnationalpark.bsky.social · 29/07/2025

Is it us or would this shot make a fantastic book (or album) cover? 🧑‍🎨 A heron takes off in-front of the fiery setting sun near the River Thurne. Well done to Will for capturing this incredible shot! 📷 @whulbert-photos.bsky.social

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Debbie Liu @debbieliu.bsky.social · 13/11/2025

My interview with Dr Gao from Dr Gao’s Classroom has now dropped on Youtube. In it, I discuss aspects of my book and travelling through China’s sacred Daoist mountains. Check it out! www.youtube.com/watch?v=iEgZ...

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Into the Mountain: an Interview with Debra Liu on her Journey to the Sacred Daoist Peaks

YouTube video by Dr. Gao's Classroom

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Debbie Liu @debbieliu.bsky.social · 25/09/2025

If you're on the Sunshine Coast, pop into #anniesbooksonperegian or #Berkelouw_books_eumundi and grab yourself a copy! #local-bookstores #authors #new-releases #daoism #mountains #taoism #China-travel

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XingWu🐉ChineseFolklore @xingwu.bsky.social · 30/07/2025

In Chinese mythology, the Kun (鯤) is a colossal fish dwelling in the northern sea, first recorded in Zhuangzi. When it transforms, it becomes the Peng (鵬), a bird so vast its back spans thousands of miles. In flight, its wings darken the heavens like suspended clouds. 1/2 🎨 RLoN

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Debbie Liu @debbieliu.bsky.social · 31/07/2025

Debbie Liu 2h Linda Jaivin’s latest, Bombard the Headquarters. An important account of a difficult time, written in Jaivin’s signature easy to read yet packing so much punch style. highly recommended. #booksky #latestbooks #reading

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Debbie Liu @debbieliu.bsky.social · 14/07/2025

Sold Out #BookLaunch for my book <<Into the Mountains>> at #Brisbane's premier independent bookstore Avid Reader.

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Debbie Liu @debbieliu.bsky.social · 09/07/2025

a pod of #pelicans at the beach this morning.

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Debbie Liu @debbieliu.bsky.social · 08/07/2025

A glorious warm morning on Ningy Ningy country!

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Debbie Liu @debbieliu.bsky.social · 04/07/2025

Sunset over the Leifang Tower, #Hangzhou. 雷峰夕照 - one of the ten famous scenes of beautiful West Lake.

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Debbie Liu @debbieliu.bsky.social · 03/07/2025

northern #song-dynasty #GuanYin public domain image from Zhejiang museum #Hangzhou. Typical Song dynasty pose with the goddess standing slightly sideways.

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Esther Anatolitis @anatolitis.bsky.social · 02/07/2025

The right outcome. Australia's arts community has spoken—and Creative Australia have reinstated Khaled Sabsabi and curator Michael Dagostino to represent Australia at the Venice Biennale. Huge respect to Khaled and Michael for your dignity throughout this ordeal. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-07...

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Creative Australia reverses controversial decision to dump Biennale artist

After controversially and suddenly withdrawing Khaled Sabsabi and Michael Dagostino from the 2026 Venice Biennale, Creative Australia has announced it has reversed its decision.

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Debbie Liu @debbieliu.bsky.social · 02/07/2025

Review from the Hongkong Review "Liu’s lyrical style captures the essence of the Daoist worldview, the interconnectedness of nature, spirit, and human experience. Her intimate encounters with the mountains evoke an appreciation for their timeless presence" www.hongkongreview.co/post/beyong-...

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Beyond the Peaks: A Review of Debra Liu's "Into the Mountains: Exploring China's Sacred Daoist Peaks"

Into the Mountains is not merely a travelogue; it is a heartfelt exploration of how ancient wisdom continues to inform contemporary existence.

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Debbie Liu @debbieliu.bsky.social · 01/07/2025

Last chance to get discounted e-pub! If you enjoy reading ebooks, get your order in now. Price goes up on publication day, July 8th. #daoism #writing #booksky #publishing www.amazon.com/dp/B0F52YHFXD

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Into the Mountains: Exploring China's Sacred Daoist Peaks

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eileen chengyin chow @chowleen.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

仁 (ren), the Confucian precept often translated as benevolence or humaneness, exemplified by the human adult instinct to protect children. The Analects also states that if the ruler lacks ren, it will be difficult for his subjects to behave humanely. More of ren, now. [「仁」歐陽詢九成宮醴泉銘]

The Chinese character 仁 (ren) from Ouyang Xun's Jiucheng Palace stele (632)

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Debbie Liu @debbieliu.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

The extraordinary first photos from the Vera Robins observatory in Chile. Great to see it named after a woman astronomer, after all the controversy with the James Webb telescope. This is the #Trifid and #Lagoon #Nebulas.

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Debbie Liu @debbieliu.bsky.social · 16/06/2025

On a weekend walk, I looked up to the sky. The clouds seemed to be forming Hexagram 11 of the Yi Jing( I Ching ) - The Wilhelm Baynes translation of Hexagram 11, 泰, is PEACE. The small departs, The great approaches. Good fortune. Success.

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Debbie Liu @debbieliu.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

Veins of quartz sparkling quietly in the morning sun, along my coastal walk. #australian-coastline

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Debbie Liu @debbieliu.bsky.social · 02/06/2025

One of Xu Dongdong's paintings depicting the 24 solar terms and 72 microseasons in China's ancient calendric system. The microseasons are also carved at a temple in Huashan: read about this in my new book 'Into the Mountains.' Get your copy now while it is still discounted! Link in pinned post.

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Seán Doran @theseaning.bsky.social · 27/05/2025

'Andes Of Chile' 400 images captured by Nichole Ayers are processed, graded & interpolated to create a real time video from ISS Expedition 73 with music by Chris Zabriskie. Cropped and edited from 2m53s 4k original. Credit: Nichole Ayers / ISS / NASA / ESRS / Seán Doran

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Debbie Liu @debbieliu.bsky.social · 28/05/2025

#Canopus, the star identified as the southern celestial pole in Early China, where 寿星, Shou Xing, the Old Man of the South Pole is believed to live. Shou Xing is the longevity god, often seen with his friends Fu Xing and Lu Xing, the happniess-fortune star and the wealth star. photo from NASA 1/2

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XingWu🐉ChineseFolklore @xingwu.bsky.social · 19/05/2025

In #Daoist belief, Dongyue Dadi (東嶽大帝), the Great Deity of Mount Tai, rules both the sacred mountain in the east and the underworld. Among the Five Mountain Gods, he holds the highest rank. Mount Tai, where the sun rises, symbolizes rebirth and connection between heaven and humanity. 1/2

The King Taishan, one of the ten kings of hell

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Debbie Liu @debbieliu.bsky.social · 24/05/2025

Yuntai Pavillion on kesi #silk embroidery from the Qianlong era. Kesi is a highly skilled weaving technique where different coloured short silk threads are woven horizontally through the warp creating intricate patterns. Held in Taipei museum, creative commons.

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Debbie Liu @debbieliu.bsky.social · 19/05/2025

Silk and gold thread woven tapestry of Shou Xing, the Longevity god of the Southern Celestial Pole. Qing dynasty, origin unknown. Longevity symbols are embroidered on the work, including the lingzhi mushroom, Eight Immortals, bats and cloud-like patterns. (public domain, University of Oregon)

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Debbie Liu @debbieliu.bsky.social · 17/05/2025

A Ming dynasty painting (attributed to Qiu Ying) of the magical animal qilin, giving a Jade Book to the mother of Confucius at his birth. The book purportedly said the baby would become "the king of virtue". Qilin appear rarely and were believed to manifest at the birth of a sage.

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Debbie Liu @debbieliu.bsky.social · 01/05/2025

My new book is now available for Amazon preorder. Preorders are at a discount price for a short time.

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Debbie Liu @debbieliu.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

#COVER-REVEAL loving this cover for my #new-book #booksky #writing #book-release #China-books #Daoism

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XingWu🐉ChineseFolklore @xingwu.bsky.social · 21/04/2025

In Chinese #mythology, Yaochi (瑶池), the Jade Pool, is a celestial realm on Mount Kunlun ruled by the Queen Mother of the West. Every few thousand years, she hosts a grand Peach Banquet where immortals gather to celebrate her birthday. The peaches, ripening only once every 3,000 years, 1/2

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Debbie Liu @debbieliu.bsky.social · 24/04/2025

A #Dragon's Egg. #nasa astronomy pic of the day Also known as NGC 6164, the Dragon's Egg is an emission nebula in the southern end of the Milky Way.

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Debbie Liu @debbieliu.bsky.social · 23/04/2025

Tibrogargan, Beerwah, Coonowrin, Beerburrum - #mountains on Kabi Kabi land, Queensland, Australia, from across the bay.

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Debbie Liu @debbieliu.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

Afternoon clouds. the beauty of living on a peninsula, seeing both sunrise and sunset over the water #australia #sunset

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Debbie Liu @debbieliu.bsky.social · 11/04/2025

Magu, neolithic bird goddess who was sinicized into a goddess of immortality, visiting Queen Mother of the West on her birthday with a gift of Lingzhi wine. She is depicted with the longevity symbols, white deer and peach, on this silk painting by Ming artist Zhang Lu in Beijing’s Palace Musuem,

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Ele Willoughby @minouette.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

Apparently April 9 is National Unicorn Day, so please enjoy this unicorn amongst umbrellas! #linocut #printmaking #unicorn #umbrella #illustration #mythology #NationalUnicornDay Find another version here: minouette.etsy.com/listing/5575...

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Debbie Liu @debbieliu.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

A mural at Beijing's White Cloud Temple, 白云观， of Daoist saint Qiu Chuji going on his long trek from Shandong to Mongolia, at the request of Chinggis Khan. Ancestor Qiu is buried under a tree root in an altar in the middle of Baiyunguan.

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Debbie Liu @debbieliu.bsky.social · 07/04/2025

Reading the latest from Jack Weatherford. Weatherford's books on Mongolia are like no other - extensively researched, eminently readable. Details of trade, wars, succession of the Chinggisids, including some hard to find info about Hulegu. #booksky #histbookchat #mongolia

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Debbie Liu @debbieliu.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

the gorgeous work of artist Li Huan

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Chinese Art @chineseart.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

Lan Ying, Imitating Zhang Sengyou's Landscape, Ming Dynasty (1368–1644). #mountain #landscape #chineseArt #painting

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Debbie Liu @debbieliu.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

Nasa's astronomy photo of the day. The new moon and earthshine on the Dolomites. #moonrise just to take your mind of penguins..

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Paul Bassett Davies @thewritertype.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

Ironically, most penguins aren't aware that today is Penguin Awareness Day and they think it's just a regular Monday. The reason for this, of course is that they refused to adopt the new Gregorian calendar in 1582, and still adhere to the old Julian one, for tax purposes.

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Debbie Liu @debbieliu.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

Last night I met with my publisher's marketing team. I love that sentence. #writing #bookpublishing #booksky

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Debbie Liu @debbieliu.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

Attributed to Song Emperor Huizong, Auspicious Cranes is painted on silk, currently at the Liaoning Provincial Museum. Huizong painted it (or put his name to it) after seeing auspicious clouds descend over Kaifeng followed by a flock of cranes. #Daoist symbology abounds, clouds, mist and cranes.

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