China Cultural Chronicles July 23, 2012
- China, 18.07.2012 from galiop 1.3
- Ferris Wheel
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- Picturesque scenery in Hongcun Village
Hongcun Village is located in Yixian County at the foot of the southwestern slope of Huangshan Mountain, Anhui Province. With morning mist, stone bridges, white walls, water lily ponds and hills, it has been described as a village out of a traditional Chinese ink painting. Besides halls, pavilions and temples, the village consists of 160 ancient residences. These architectures, with fantastic stone carvings, were built during the Ming and Qing dynasties and widely regarded as the best historic sites throughout China. [China.org.cn]
- Najiahu Mosque in Ningxia
The Najiahu Mosque, a traditional Chinese courtyard-style architecture built during the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) for Muslim's worship, is pictured in Ningxia Museum, a four-storey Islamic building newly built in the capital city Yinchuan in 2008, with a collection of nearly 40,000 treasured historical items. [China.org.cn]
- Stunning aerial view of Britain
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Adjust font size: - Unparalleled landscape of Tianmen Mountain attracts visitors
Tourists tour through mountain cable way at the National Forest Park of Tianmen Mountain in central China's Hunan Province, July 21, 2012. As one of the most representative natural sceneries of Zhangjiajie, Tianmen Mountain attracted visitors not only by its miraculous geographic landform and unparalleled landscape but also well known for its profound cultural connotations and famous humanistic sites. [Xinhua/Long Hongtao]
- Street Sweeper in Xi'an
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These old brooms may look primative to a Westerner, but they certainly get the job done.
- 2012/07/01：「慶祝達賴喇嘛尊者77華誕」活動紀錄
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Documentary photography work for Buddhism.
我拍攝的紀實攝影作品，影像內容是我的信仰：佛教，及其活動紀錄。
畫面中央者，是我的上師：尊貴的第三世夏祖談卻仁波切(Ven. Third Shartul Dhamchoe Rinpoche)
右方者，是格西仁波切。
畫面內容：活動中場休息時間，一位男子趨前向仁波切們做問候。 - Dongjiang Lake (東江湖) 15, Hunam Province
- Dongjiang Lake (東江湖) 16, Hunam Province
- Dongjiang Lake (東江湖) 13, Hunam Province
- Dongjiang Lake (東江湖) 14, Hunam Province
- Tibet will survive
- Night View, Beijing
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- Potala Palace inner courtyard, Tibet
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Aptly named after Mount Potolaka, the sacred mountain abode of the Bodhisattva of Compassion, Avalokiteshvara, the Potala Palace has been identified in different ages as the residence of Tibet`s two illustrious and kingly emanations of Avalokiteshvara - Songtsen Gampo during the seventh century and the Fifth Dalai Lama during the 17th century. The building which towers above the city of Lhasa rises from the slopes of Mount Marpori, for which reason it is known locally as Tse Podrang "Summit Palace". The outer section, known as the White Palace has functioned as the traditional seat of government and the winter residence of the Dalai Lamas, while the inner section known as the Red Palace contains outstanding temples and the reliquary tombs of eight past Dalai Lamas. In terms of global perception, it is this relic of Tibet`s past, present, and future national aspiration which, more than any other, symbolizes the country of Tibet, like the great wall of China "Great Firewall of China" or the Vatican in Italy.
This 13-storeyed edifice was among the world`s tallest buildings prior to the advent of the 20th-century skyscraper, and undoubtedly the grandest building in Tibet.
The interior area of the 13-storeyed Potala Palace is 130.000 sq m. The building is 118 m high, 366 m from east to west, and 335 m from north to south. There are 1000 rooms housing approximately 200.000 images.
Traditinally the chapels of the Potala Palace were only open to the public on set days such as the fourth day of the sixth lunar month, and in the fourth lunar month. Now, in the absence of the Dalai Lama, it has the air of a (dead) museum, and is accessible throughout the week.
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