China Cultural Chronicles August 14, 2012
- Beijing: beijing Zhongshan Park Classical garden 3 360° panorama by yunzen liu.
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The Zhongshan Park (Chinese: 中山公园/中山公園), is a former imperial garden and now a public park that lies just southwest of the Forbidden City in the Dongcheng District of central Beijing. Of all the gardens and parks surrounding the Forbidden City, such as the Beihai and Jingshan, Zhongshan is arguably the most centrally located of them all. The Zhongshan Park houses numerous pavilions, gardens, and imperial temples such as the Altar of Earth and Harvests or Altar of Land and Grain in some translations (Shejitan, 社稷坛), which was built in 1421 by the Yongle Emperor,[2] and it symmetrically opposite the Imperial Ancestral Temple, and is where the emperors of Ming and Qing dynasties made offerings to the gods of earth and agriculture. The altar consists of a square terrace in the centre of the park.By 1914, the altar grounds had become a public park known as the "Central Park". That park was then further renamed in 1928 after Sun Yat-Sen (Zhongshan Park), in memory of China's first revolutionary political leader who helped bring about the first republic era in 1911, which is what the park is known as today.[3] Many parks in China during that period also took on this name (see Zhongshan Park). The Zhongshan Park includes various halls and pavilions built for the members of the imperial family, stone archways and a greenhouse which houses fresh flowers on display all year round.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zhongshan_Park_(Beijing)360-degree panorama photography by yunzeng liu - slow growth
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street vendor with time on his hands - afternoon - Shangqiu, Henan, China
- Yangxindian - Hall of Mental Cultivation
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Beijing, Forbidden City, May 2011
During the Qing Dynasty, this hall was one of the most important buildings in the Forbidden City. Starting with Yongzhen (1723-1735), the emperors resided, held audiences and conducted state affairs in this hall. It is also the part of the palace where the deposed Emperor Xuantong (better known as Puyi) spent his last years in the Forbidden City. - Lhatse
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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lhatse - Dongjiang Lake (東江湖) 45, Hunam Province
- Dongjiang Lake (東江湖) 43, Hunam Province
- Dongjiang Lake (東江湖) 44, Hunam Province
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- Green pasture landscape, Tibet 2012
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Taktsang Lhamo (Langmusi in Chinese) is a beautiful small Tibetan town straddling alongside the river Druk chu, with a spectacular mountain view heralds the valley of the Druk chu, which stretches from the cliffs of Taktsang Lhamo at its source through Tewo and Drukchu counties to converge with the Jialing River in Guangyuan,Sichuan. Although Taktsang Lhamo itselfis the name traditionally given to the cave-shrine beside the higher monastery (Kirti Namgyel Dechenling locally called Gerda Gonpa), nowadays it applied to both monasteries and the township which they share in east Amdo.
While Rebkong and Labrang are mostly farming areas, Taktsang Lhamo is mostly a nomadic region. Large herds of yaks and sheep can be found and Tibetans live in traditional style tents during the summer and fall. Two large monasteries, Sertri and Kirti, are in the area. The town, lying at 3300m, is surrounded by mountains which are covered in snow for most of the year. Taktsang Lhamo offers excellent horse trekking through the grasslands and mountains.
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