靈屋 @Sendai  瑞鳳殿 Indigenous   靈屋/ 祖靈屋   concept is very close to Japanese. STRICTLY NO -  photos allowed, visits outside family member.  Taiwanese/Hakka  靈屋 tradition is very different - it is part of a funeral service usually made of paper to burn.   瑞鳳殿 is a famous  靈屋 in Japan  - well worth a visit and explore the history and tradition.  @Sendai  瑞鳳殿 ( 仙台市青葉區靈屋下23-2) ("Hu and Hu" are  Hu  Chia - yu   胡家瑜 and  Hu Tai-li  胡台麗) Note 279   'koko' Questions -  Hu Tai-li  胡台麗 Hu in her Saisiyat reports criticized (and discredited) Lin's 1956 report for  1. Lin not including 'koko' in the 'koko ta'ay' - a general term used today representing the short-statured people.  2. Lin for using  豆/趙 clan version instead of 朱 clan . See HERE .  Hu also raised a 'koko' question with Saisiyat locals when she investigated 'koko' word origin and was told 'koko' means woman...

Chocolate Mole Sauce - @ Yucatán Mexico 'Mongolian' yogurt  @ Beijing 2019 Grape beer (traditional) available but I didn't order.  Best honey and best matsutake I have had. @Yunnan Homemade matsutake   (songrong - 松茸) and homemade honey are central-southwest Yunnan household items. Notes from 2019 -  The Mongols collected four beverages - These four fermented beverages are: grape wine from the vineyards of Tarim, the kara kumis (fermented mare's milk) reserved for the nobles, mead (bal = Turkish-Mongolian name for honey) and the rice or millet beer, a speciality from nearby China. - I was seeing 'Mongolian Yogurt' everywhere in Bejing 2019 - and later I realized it means 'yogurt sweetened with honey'. - The story I was told: Yogurt in Beijing was a Mongols accidental product when they stored milk under horse saddles, travelled and turned sour. -The most delicious yogurt I have had was in Shangri-la prepared by the Tibetan. - The best honey I had was in K...

Pu' 本 means Taiwan. (Page 51) "As such, the Puyuma name for the Amis was historica lly Papian meaning slave" - I have said this hypothetical etymology is the weirdest! See HERE (Note 183). But I didn't have the evidence (origin of source) until last week! (1935 reports borrowed from my neighbor!) Pu' 本 means Taiwan. (1935 page 51). NOT Pu' 僕 means Slave.(2000) 70 years later - hypothetical etymologies go a bit wild!