China Cultural Chronicles February 20, 2013

• Paris 13 (FR) - Chinese New Year - Nouvel an chinois 2013

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• Pu Xian Pu Sa

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  A little souvenir I got from the Big Buddha at Lantau Island in Hong Kong. This is the Dragon God which is also my Chinese Zodiac sign.
  
  Strobist info: one Canon 430ex ii fired at 1/32 power and bounced off roof from behind and above subject.
  
  Canon 550D + Sigma 50mm 1.4

• Miss lonly

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• Chinese New Year Austin 2013: quadtych

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  Working a trillion hours at the flower shop last week (for V-day) I had no capacity to even be on my feet Saturday (2-16-13) to take in the actual Chinese New Year celebration in Austin's Chinatown. So sorry I missed the fun! These are snippets from last years Festival.
  
  Chinatown Center
  10901 N. Lamar Blvd.
  Austin, Texas 78753

• Chinese New Year Austin 2013: diptych

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  Working a trillion hours at the flower shop last week (for V-day) I had no capacity to even be on my feet Saturday (2-16-13) to take in the actual Chinese New Year celebration in Austin's Chinatown. So sorry I missed the fun! These are snippets from last years Festival.
  
  Chinatown Center
  10901 N. Lamar Blvd.
  Austin, Texas 78753

• The old story, Tibet 2012

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  Labrang Tashikyil monastery is one of six great Gelukpa monasteries in Tibet and, although many small capels have yet to be restored, it is amongst the handful anywhere in Tibet that survived the Cultural Revolution relatively intact. It was founded in 1709 by the First Jamyang Zhepa Ngawang Tsondru (1648-1721), who was revered as an emanation of Tsongkhapa`s teacher Umapa Pawo Dorje. Within the Gelukpa hierarchy, the incarnations of Jamyang Zhepa are superseded only by the Dalai and Panchen Lamas. During his studies in Lhasa, where he was a contemporary of Desi Sangye Gyatso, he received his title `Jamyang Zhepa`(laughing Manjughosa), when a statue of Manjughosa (Jamyang) laughed at his prostrations. Returning to his homeland, he then founded the most powerful monastery in Amdo, under the patronage of Chahan Tendzin Ponjunang, a prince of the Qosot Mongolians.At its high point Labrang Tashikyil monastery housed 4000 monks, and when the Fifth Jamyang Zhepa passed away in 1947 there were 300 geshes, 3000 monks and 50-100 incarnate lamas. The precent incubent, the Sixth Jamyang Zhepa, who lives in Lanzhou, presides over a much depleted monastery where there are barely more than 1000 monks.
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