China Cultural Chronicles October 7, 2012
- Crossing the Road
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- Cycling in the City
- Black Dog
- Moon festival 2012
- Moon festival 2012
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- Business dinner
- Food on Street
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- Mid Autumn Lantern Festival 2012 | Chinese Garden, Singapore
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While the earliest Chinese lanterns were created for practical use in the house and as entrance-way lighting, they eventually became highly ornamental, and a status symbol.
This is evident from how the red lanterns are extensively used in Qiao Family's Compound, built in the Qing Dynasty, as well as at the gates to the Siheyuan housing compounds, typical of Beijing, but also seen elsewhere in China.
It was also quickly discovered that the lantern made an excellent "flashlight", or portable light.
Some historical experts believe that the concept of street lighting in Europe stems from European contact with Imperial China, where "street lighting" had long existed in the form of the Chinese lanterns hanging on doors and gateways. - Moon festival 2012
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Moon festival 2012 in Paris, mairie du 13ème
Li-Chin Huang with pianist Laurent Couson - Shaman Festival, Tibet 2012
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During the Shaman festival, the women performed first, carrying long khata scarves in their hands. Afterwards, the men came forward, dancing while beating drums. A few men climbed on to the roof of the entrance of the temple grounds and lit sang, or juniper branches, as an offering. Next, one man with a long braid emerged from the temple, shaking and spitting. As the oracle, he served as a medium for the mountain god. He emptied bottles of alcohol on the ground as an offering and other men stood around him, clearing his way. Then, two boys on stilts came out and danced while beating drums.
blog.snowliontours.com/2012/06/shaman-festival-in-rebkong... - Shaman Festival, Tibet 2012
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During the Shaman festival, the women performed first, carrying long khata scarves in their hands. Afterwards, the men came forward, dancing while beating drums. A few men climbed on to the roof of the entrance of the temple grounds and lit sang, or juniper branches, as an offering. Next, one man with a long braid emerged from the temple, shaking and spitting. As the oracle, he served as a medium for the mountain god. He emptied bottles of alcohol on the ground as an offering and other men stood around him, clearing his way. Then, two boys on stilts came out and danced while beating drums.
blog.snowliontours.com/2012/06/shaman-festival-in-rebkong... - A snapshot of Shennongjia
- Former residence of Wang Zhaojun
Baoping, near the city of Yichang, Hubei Province, is a charming little village that has been preserved in its original state in order to honor the memory of a woman who was born there and became famous for her beauty. Wang Zhaojun, styled Qiang, was selected into the court in the reign of the Yuan Emperor in the Western Han Dynasty. She volunteered to be a peace envoy through her marriage to Huhanye Chanyu (king of the Xiongnu in ancient China) and became Ninghu Yanshi (Yanshi, the legal wife of Xiongnu's King). [Photo by Sun Hui/China.org.cn]
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