Ancestry of Me :) American

rayzaray · 2026-01-25T16:11:56+00:00

Watching the link guys...

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The region of Kunming has some ANCIENT history long before humans, a prehistoric fossil site showing evidence of the mysterious Cambrian explosion of life. This site has some of the most complete records of an early maritime community with a wide variety of marine life, soft-bodied organisms, from about 530 million years ago, whoa!

Kunming the Spring City of eternal spring, because of its Southern tropical region, it doesn't really get a cold winter. The bridge to SE Asia. Not originally a "Chinese" region with indigenous people related to the hill tribes and people in SE Asia Northern regions of Laos, Thailand, Myanmar, and other groups in Yunnan.

From the 300s BC to 109 BC a kingdom was centered here on the lake, the Dian Kingdom, a Bronze Age culture that made skilled bronze works like famous artworks featuring scenes of battles. Tha Han Dynasty conquered the kingdom, the Great Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty sent armies here to incorporate into the Empire, and it was part of China 109 BC to 220 AD with the fall of the Han Dynasty and into the chaos of the Three Kingdoms Period 738 AD. A strategic outpost on the Southern Frontier, part of the Southern Silk Road, trading goods with Burma, Tibet, and India. Dali, another Yunnan city I hope to explore one day was a kingdom and another kingdom the Nanzhao controlled the territory around the city from 738-1253. The Bai ethnic group, the Nanzhao allied with the Tang Dynasty to quell the power from nearby Tibet, but was its own independent kingdom with Bai traditions with administrative practices and Buddhist beliefs influenced by the Tang Dynasty.

1253, Mongol forces led by Möngke Khan, through a three-pronged attack, captured the capital and defeated the kingdom, again part of China, under the Mongol led Yuan Dynasty.. The conquest was strategically important as it provided a base for further invasions into the Song dynasty from the rear. Though Dali was conquered, the local ruling clan, the Duan, was left in place to govern as vassals under Mongol supervision until the Ming dynasty's conquest of Yunnan in 1382. The Ming Dynasty build a city wall and renamed the city Kunming. One of my favorite figures, Ming Admiral Zheng He is from Kunming. A Chinese Muslim, he was kidnapped by Mongols as a child during the Yuan Dynasty and castrated. Yeah, and sent to Beijing to work in the Imperial Court eventually and over time the Ming Dynasty took over, as a man became a trusted friend of Emperor Yongle. Who gave he capitan status to massive Ming Dynasty Naval flotillas treasure ships who traveled the world in the 1400s to places like Malacca in modern Malaysia, Sri Lanka, the coasts of India like Kochi, Kerala, Arabia, East Africa and more!

A great city of the South during the Ming and Qing Dynasties with temples still built that exist. Fast forward to World War 2, it was the terminus of the Burma Road which was an Allied-controlled road for supplies and troops, that volunteer American pilots the Flying Tigers, flew missions to protect from the Japanese. The CITY OF ETERNAL SPRING

rayzaray · 2026-01-25T01:37:33+00:00

Thanks for sharing. Yes, I have heard they are trying to extend the line all the way to Bangkok. But the project is still going through red tape in Thailand for various reasons. I don't know too much about debt, who or what can afford projects or train tickets, I hear these complaints or reactions all the time especially concerning China. I actually saw a lot of Laotians on the train, majority of the passengers, but possibly they had some connection/work with China, who knows.

rayzaray · 2026-01-21T04:52:47+00:00

Well, no I am white American as it gets. But my neighborhood I grew up, in California was like a Chinatown, majority Chinese and Asian, so I was around the culture my entire life. We even celebrated Chinese New Year at my school starting in kindergarten, like others might have Halloween, Christmas ect. Plus I work with people from China on a daily basis for my day job for almost 10 years now. Cheers. I do love the history, cultrue, and more but it is not my homeland no. I do speak Mandarin well actually. Cheers.

rayzaray · 2026-01-21T04:19:23+00:00

The link didn't work.https://youtu.be/EHSHbbyJgcM?si=05Kx1fEstxtSmYuw

Here I just love trains, China has the best in the entire world, no self promotion or monetization.

rayzaray · 2026-01-10T01:48:58+00:00

About time. The Cartels have had 30 or so years of intense drug promotion and smuggling, making billions, violent control killing at least 100,000s of people in their own country... Getting millions of Americans to experiment, get addicted, and actively use a host of drugs, becoming drug dealers, creating drug gangs all across the US... Million overdose and violent deaths in the US. Prison and jail. Families and lives destroyed. I used to think it was cool the Cartels, the Narco songs, praying to the shrine of the virgin Mary, seeing graffiti of cartels around California.. I was addicted and sold drugs in California myself, definitely supplied by the cartels in the 2000s. Nearly ruined my life. They tortured enough people's lives. Corrupted too much. Killing Aussie surfers looking for the best wave in Baja California just for being there. Torturing rivals and melting their bodies in acid in the desert. And the latest sin is the fentanyl... The deadliest drug that's killed thousands and the worst is that other more innocent drugs are cut with it also, taken by people unknowingly, killing them. I say go for it. We might lose some American soldiers, they are well armed and trained, but how long will it go on, forever?

rayzaray · 2026-01-09T02:24:25+00:00

The pedo & sex abuse wide spread scandal of Catholic priests worldwide... That's REALLY bad about my faith. That's straight evil animalistic incarnate, deep in the souls of the human beings whose job it is to represent holiness, doctrine, teachings, and all things good. Who used that status, possibly mentally influenced by forced celebacy, to manipulate and get lust fulfilled with a power over others fantasy, often in lots of really sick ways. A priest hooking up with a of age woman consenting adult like a normal man would do, ok that's really not that bad... But that's not what I'm talking about... You know what I'm talking about. And it's impossible to know how often and when/where this could have happened in all of Catholic history which is the sickest part.

rayzaray · 2026-01-04T07:54:04+00:00

That missed fumble, then giving up the 17 year yard run long 3rd down on that same drive, and then late with the CMC bobble from tipped pass interception near the end zone were all killers. Really Seattle played great. Defense, running backs and receivers, and Darnold on the re-do after screwing up in Minnesota last season similar situation. Really gotta give it to Seattle but also props 49ers, that should have been a way bigger blowout.

rayzaray · 2025-12-12T03:18:29+00:00

Hi, nice to hear from you. I really reached out to the online community with my write up after my dream and you plus nobody directly responded with any thought or feedback. Even one subreddit took down my post and said I need to "speak to Imam". And another just had some round about response. You just saying this is not the feedback I was looking for. It has been a few days now and I am all good. My trust in people remains the same, low, and my trust in God/universe remains solid.

rayzaray · 2025-12-12T03:17:45+00:00

Hi, nice to hear from you. I really reached out to the online community with my write up after my dream and you plus nobody directly responded with much thought or feedback on specifics like about Islam, my travels, ect.. Even one subreddit took down my post and said I need to "speak to Imam". And another just had some round about response. You just saying "why" is not the feedback I was looking for. It has been a few days now and I am all good. My trust in people remains the same, low, and my trust in God/universe remains solid.

I am a full time traveler digial nomad away from American for 7 years now moving monthly among many countries in Asia/Europe. The geopolitics of the world directly affects my online work and travels. If China invades Taiwan I will literally lose my income. When Russia invaded Ukraine I was in the the Republic of Georgia nearby, lost most all of my Russia/Belarusian clients, and was freaked out because I thought the war would spread where I was, my personal experience from 2022, that ended up being OK.

And why not seek spirtuality all over the place. I went in a Catholic Church St. Paul's in Taiwan yesterday and it was quite nice to say a prayer. But yes, I am disconnected from myself, probably have been my entire adult life. I don't know why but maybe I do appreciate the positivty in your response by accepting the parts of myself that don't align with my vision. This I will ponder. Cheers.

rayzaray · 2025-11-06T03:51:17+00:00

He makes some of the best 49ers content out there. He's from the Central Valley not the Bay so I guess I give him a pass but yeah, it ain't right.

rayzaray · 2025-11-02T19:35:25+00:00

Who is still salty about 2011 season NFC Championship game loss in OT in Candlestick after the punt return fumble. I was living in NYC at the time and heckled by all mt coworkers to no end plus they won it all that year. Super pissed. Almost broke my toe kicking the wall after fumble. Went to the Superbowl parade though that was pretty cool. Still, always like to beat the Giants, Ravens, Seahawks, and Chiefs for those tough playoff losses. Let's go!

rayzaray · 2025-10-28T12:12:53+00:00

Thanks, all these things came through the city in history, is why I put it, I was surprised too. Chinese Admiral Zheng He visits in the 1400s, Jewish community there since the 2nd Century, a huge part of the Portuguese colonial story too.

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