China Cultural Chronicles April 27, 2012
- Suzhou Humble Administrator's Garden, China
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- Forbidden City Museum 故宫博物院 (Beijing 北京)
- Lingyin temple,Hangzhou
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- Lingyin temple,Hangzhou
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- 'Angry Birds Land' to open in Tampere, Finland
Photo taken on April 25, 2012 shows the general view of the Angry Birds Land built in Sarkanniemi Adventure Park, Tampere, Finland. The Angry Birds Land in Sarkanniemi Adventure Park began to be built in the winter of 2011 and will be open to the public on April 28, 2012. The "Angry Birds" game developed by the Finnish game company Rovio for touch screen smart phones has quickly become popular around the world with a great success since it was launched at the end of 2009. [Xinhua/Zhao Changchun]
- Top Chinese travel agency's profits up 67 pct
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下载安装Flash播放器China International Travel Service Ltd., the country's largest travel agency, said Thursday its net profits jumped 67.18% year-on-year to 684.9 million yuan (108.83 million U.S. dollars) in 2011.
The company's revenues rose 32.11% to 12.69 billion yuan. Earnings per share increased 66.95 percent from one year earlier to 0.78 yuan, according to the company's annual report filed to the Shanghai Stock Exchange.
The company attributed its profit surge to booming travel demand and the launch of new travel routes, which have catered to a greater variety of consumers.
Despite a gloomy global economic outlook, the company said it will increase its rate of expansion in overseas markets, adding that it expects fiercer competition among domestic travel agencies this year.
The company's shares dipped 3% to 28.14 yuan as of 1:30 p.m. Thursday.
- Spring in China: Wuzhen
- Giant Buddha statues of Yungang grottoes
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The Yungang Grottoes are ancient Chinese Buddhist temple grottoes near the city of Datong in the province of Shanxi. They are excellent examples of rock-cut architecture.
The site is located about 16 km south-west of the city of Datong, in the valley of the Shi Li river at the base of the Wuzhou Shan mountains. They are an outstanding example of the Chinese stone carvings from the 5th and 6th centuries. All together the site is composed of 252 grottoes with more than 51,000 Buddha statues and statuettes. In 2001, the Yungang Grottoes were made a UNESCO World Heritage Site
Source: wikipedia - Buddha in Yungang grottoes
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The Yungang Grottoes are ancient Chinese Buddhist temple grottoes near the city of Datong in the province of Shanxi. They are excellent examples of rock-cut architecture.
The site is located about 16 km south-west of the city of Datong, in the valley of the Shi Li river at the base of the Wuzhou Shan mountains. They are an outstanding example of the Chinese stone carvings from the 5th and 6th centuries. All together the site is composed of 252 grottoes with more than 51,000 Buddha statues and statuettes. In 2001, the Yungang Grottoes were made a UNESCO World Heritage Site
Source: wikipedia - Giant Buddha statues in Yungang grottoes
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The Yungang Grottoes are ancient Chinese Buddhist temple grottoes near the city of Datong in the province of Shanxi. They are excellent examples of rock-cut architecture.
The site is located about 16 km south-west of the city of Datong, in the valley of the Shi Li river at the base of the Wuzhou Shan mountains. They are an outstanding example of the Chinese stone carvings from the 5th and 6th centuries. All together the site is composed of 252 grottoes with more than 51,000 Buddha statues and statuettes. In 2001, the Yungang Grottoes were made a UNESCO World Heritage Site
Source: wikipedia - Beijing 北京 - The Lama Temple 雍和宫 དགའ་ལྡན་བྱིན་ཆགས་གླིང་
- Peony Flower Festival heats up in Henan
The 30th Peony Flower Festival is currently underway in Luoyang, the capital city of central China's Henan province, and the event has seen increasing numbers of visitors since mid April. As the center of culture and economics for as many as 13 dynasties throughout history, Luoyang is often praised as the "City of the Peony". In Chinese tradition, the peony flower is a symbol of royalty and wealth. The festival, featuring 1200 varieties of peony flowers in bloom, runs until May 5. [Photo:CRIENGLISH.com]
- Full Moon over the Lake Manasarovar, Tibet
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The Moon Is A Very Important Symbol
In Tibetan Buddhism
The moon is one of the most important symbols in Tibetan Buddhism. The calendar is based on the cycles of the moon and is composed of either 12 or 13 lunar months, each beginning and ending with a new moon. A thirteenth month is added approximately every three years.
In Tibetan Buddhism there are certain rituals like the taking of vows, self-initiation and the making offerings that should be practiced on the full and new moon days. They are considered very auspicious days.
In the language of Tibet, Monday is called 'Day of the Moon' or Moonday which is very similar to Monday in english!
Moon in Tibetan words is 'Dawa' written in the Tibetan. It is one of the more popular names for a male in Tibet. Female named Dawa excists but it is not a common name for a girl.
According to one of the more popular Tibetan myths, Yama, the lord of death lives in the moon. When there is a solar eclipse, the Tibetan people say that 'Yama is eating the moon!'.
www.tibetanlife.com/tibetan-moon.html
People born on Monday will often be called Dawa. Monday is 'Sa' or 'Za Dawa', Za meaning planet. People born on Sunday will often be called Nyima. Yes, you got it, Nyima means 'Sun'. Sunday is 'Za-Dawa'. The other days of the week are named after planets.
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