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2 unusual facts about Gong


Mi Fang

In 219, Guan Yu launched an invasion against Cao Cao, leaving Mi Fang with the defence of the base city in Jiangling, and Shi Ren in Gong'an (公安, northwest of presentday Gongan, Hubei).

Shi Ren

He served at Gong'an in Jing Province, under Guan Yu, who was appointed by Liu Bei to guard Jing Province.


Androids of Mu

Emerging from associations with the hippy-orientated Here & Now, Nik Turner, Gong's Daevid Allen and Gilli Smyth, the Androids of Mu gathered together under the apron of the Frestonia squatter community in Notting Dale, West London, notable in its time for producing non-conformist music.

Barris Industries

Yet another prominent employee was comedian Chris Bearde, who co-created and co-produced The Gong Show in both '70s and '80s versions.

Catapilla

Calvert went on to play in Gong off-shoots, The Invisible Opera Company Of Tibet and Mother Gong with Daevid Allen and Gilli Smyth.

China National Offshore Oil Corporation

CNOOC has been accused of participating in the persecution of Falun Gong by collaborating with the Chinese Communist Party to send Falun Gong CNOOC employees to labour camps and mind-control facilities, reducing their pay and preventing them from receiving benefits (or regular wages) unless they renounce their beliefs.

Coloured Stone

The band performs using guitar, bass, drums, and Aboriginal instruments - didjeridu, bundawuthada (gong stone) and clap sticks - to play traditional music such as the haunting "Mouydjengara", a whale-dreaming song of the Mirning people.

Didier Malherbe

Malherbe has also joined them on various tours, and has appeared with Gong and Hadouk at all Gong Family Unconventional Gatherings in 2004 and 2005 at the Glastonbury Assembly Rooms, and 2006 at the Melkweg in Amsterdam, at which Gong's set was filmed and released as a DVD.

Drum Workshop

This drum was developed with the input of drumming great Marco Minnemann, who helped DW make their model unique from other drum companies' gong bass drums.

Duke Yansheng

The 11th-century Song Emperor Renzong later elevated the 46th-generation descendant to the rank of duke (gong).

Eat a Bowl of Tea

:Mei Oi is the stunningly beautiful wife of Ben Loy and the daughter of Lee Gong and Jung Shee, still living in Sunwei, China, Others admire Mei Oi for her comely appearance and her level of education, as schooling for women was rare in her circumstances.

Emperor Jiemin of Northern Wei

When Yuan Gong was informed of this, he, in fear, fled to Shangluo Mountain (上洛山, in modern Shangzhou, Shaanxi), but was captured and returned to Luoyang.

Emperor Wencheng of Northern Wei

Consort Yujiulü, sister of Yujiulü Pi (郁久閭毗) the Prince of Hedong, posthumously honored as Empress Gong

Falun Gong outside mainland China

"Small communities, such as Jehovah's Witnesses, Baha'is, Ahmadis, Falun Gong and others are sometimes stigmatized as "cults" and frequently meet with societal prejudices which may escalate into fully fledged conspiracy theories," said the rapporteur at the UN general assembly.

Fish Rising

The album was recorded just prior to Hillage's departure from the band Gong, and many of the players on this album are from that band: Bassist Mike Howlett, drummer Pierre Moerlen, keyboardist Tim Blake and saxophonist Didier Malherbe.

Fo Shan Ting Da Bo Gong Temple

Fo Shan Ting Da Bo Gong Temple is a Chinese temple in Singapore located in Pulau Ubin.

Fortify Software

Fortify's technical advisory board was composed of Avi Rubin, Bill Joy, David A. Wagner, Fred Schneider, Gary McGraw, Greg Morrisett, Li Gong, Marcus Ranum, Matt Bishop, William Pugh and John Viega.

Gong ageng

Actual pitch will vary, but a fine gong ageng of example of the Nusantara Museum of Delft was measured to have a fundamental tone of 44.5 Hz.

Gong farmer

Despite being well-rewarded, the gong farmer's job was considered by historians on The Worst Jobs in History television series to be one of the worst of the Tudor period.

Gong Sung-jin

Gong Sung-jin (born April 20, 1953) is a member of the Grand National Party (also known as the Hannara Party) in South Korea, representing the Gangnam District of Seoul.

Gonggar Dzong

The fortress of Gonggar Dzong (gong dkar rdzong) is near the confluence of the Tsangpo and Kyichu Rivers.

Gongman

The Muppet Show opening, with Gonzo swinging at the "O" in Muppet Show, and having bad things happen (i.e. breaking the "O" or the gong-beater exploding) might also be a parody.

Hamateur Night

The premise of the film is rather simple; it features a vaudeville-style amateur talent night with a format that resembles the much later television program The Gong Show in that it features a judge who strikes a gong to stop the performance of any entertainer whom he deems bad.

Hare-Abian Nights

In a send-up of the "gong show" set in an Arabian palace (similar to the gong show in I Love to Singa), the short opens with a band Timbuk Two Plus 3 playing Sweet Georgia Brown trying to entertain the sultan, with the performance ending with the floor being dropped out from under them, sending the band into a crocodile pit below.

History of Falun Gong

2010 — On 22 April 2010, Beijing lawyers Liu Wei and Tang Jitian were permanently disbarred for defending Falun Gong practitioners.

Human rights in China

According to Pulitzer prize-winning journalist Ian Denis Johnson, the government mobilized every aspect of society, including the media apparatus, police force, army, education system, families and workplaces, against Falun Gong.

Jane Kim

She said it was "inappropriate" the way her predecessor Chris Daly's attempted to protect Falun Gong followers' rights.

Joey Ayala

Some of the Filipino ethnic instruments Ayala is known to use include the two-stringed Hegalong of the T'Boli people of Mindanao, the Kubing, the bamboo jaw harp found in various forms throughout the Philippines, and the 8-piece gong set, Kulintang, the melodical gong-rack of the indigenous peoples of the southern part of the country.

Judge Dee stories

Van Gulik found in the 18th century Di Gong An (Chinese:狄公案 Pinyin: dí gōng àn, lit. "Cases of Judge Dee") an original tale dealing with three cases simultaneously, and, which was unusual among Chinese mystery tales, a plot that for the most part lacked an overbearing supernatural element which could alienate Western readers.

Kanjar Ro

Ro's pre-Crisis background still exists, however, as his Gamma Gong is kept in the Justice League Watchtower's trophy room.

Kenneth Richmond

Though he made a memorable appearance as the wrestler Nikolas in Jules Dassin's Night and the City, Richmond was most recognizable as the shirtless gongman banging the enormous gong preceding the opening credits for J. Arthur Rank's famed British productions of the Rank Organisation (movies such as Great Expectations, Black Narcissus, The Red Shoes, and Kind Hearts and Coronets).

Lee Holden

In collaboration with Grand Master Mantak Chia,one of the foremost qi gong experts in the world, he was instrumental in bringing the ancient Taoist teachings to western culture.

Live in Brazil: 20 November 2007

Gong Global Family – Live in Brazil 2007 is a live album and DVD by Gong in their Global Family format, recorded on 20 November 2007 at the SESI theatre in São Paulo, but not released until 2009 by Voiceprint, catalogue number VP520CD.

Mirja Boes

She had guest appearances on "TV total", "Elton.tv", "Anke Late Night", "open muzzle", "Clueless Genius" and the "Gong Show".

Neigong

Neigong, also spelled nei kung, neigung, or nae gong, refers to any of a set of Chinese breathing, meditation and spiritual practice disciplines associated with Daoism and especially the Chinese martial arts.

Pierre Moerlen's Gong

Amid a flurry of lineup changes in the mid-1970s, including the departure of founding members Daevid Allen and Gilli Smyth, Gong drummer Pierre Moerlen found himself in charge of the band and with two albums remaining on their Virgin recording contract.

Scott Sternberg

In the 1990s, Sternberg wrote, executive produced and directed the documentary The Road to Hollywood, hosted and executive produced the game show Let's Go Back, and executive produced The Quiz Kids Challenge, Wheel 2000, Jep!, As Seen On, Extreme Gong, Solo en America, and Great Pretenders.

Shoko

Shōko, a small gong used in the gagaku music of Japan

Sigh of His Highness

In 1860, during the Second Opium War, as the allied armies of Britain and France closed in on Beijing, the Xianfeng Emperor flees and orders Prince Gong to stay behind for the peace negotiations.

Sodagreen

After A-gong's return from the army in 2011, the band released their eighth album, What is Troubling You in November, on the same day as the album releases of Mandopop heavyweights Jay Chou and Eason Chan.

Spirits Burning

Spirits Burning is a musical collective that has released a combination of ambient, jazz and full-on space-rock with input from many of the genre's luminaries, most notably Gong's Daevid Allen and members of Hawkwind.

Stefan Gumbs

He made his big screen debut in Ken Loach’s ‘Looking For Eric’ and went on to win a Best Actor gong at the Ibiza Film Festival for his role in indie feature Rebels Without A Clue.

Tuff Gong

In Rockstar North's Grand Theft Auto IV, Tuff Gong is featured as one of the many radio stations.

Universiti Sultan Zainal Abidin

In October 2010, the university conducted discussions with the delegation from Universiti Islam Sultan Sharif Ali (Brunei Darussalam) at the Gong Badak campus regarding future academics co-operation with the Faculty of Contemporary Islamic Studies, UniSZA.

Zorch

More recently, Zorch took part in the three day 2006 Gong Unconvention at the Melkweg, Amsterdam, where Basil Brooks also took part in the Steve Hillage Band set with Hillage, Miquette Giraudy, Mike Howlett, and Chris Taylor.


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