China Cultural Chronicles February 25, 2013
- Beijing: Quanjude Peking Roast Duck (北京和平門全聚德烤鴨店2), Beijing, CN 360° panorama by wongchichuen.
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Quanjude is a Chinese restaurant known for Peking Roast Duck and its longstanding culinary heritage since its establishment in 1864 in Beijing, China. There is a seven story restaurant on Hepingmen Ave., was a location that hand-picked by former Chinese Premier Zhou Enlai. Serving up to 5,000 meals a day, this restaurant covers a floor area of 15,000 square meters with over forty private dining rooms and can simultaneously seat 2,000 guests.全聚德是北京聞名的烤鴨店，創店於1864年。圖中為和平門西大街店，全國最大，是前總理周恩來指定選址興建的，樓高七層，面積1.5萬平方米，有超過40間包廂，可同時容納2000客人就餐。http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quanjude - Beijing: Quanjude Peking Roast Duck (北京和平門全聚德烤鴨店), Beijing, CN 360° panorama by wongchichuen.
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Quanjude is a Chinese restaurant known for Peking Roast Duck and its longstanding culinary heritage since its establishment in 1864 in Beijing, China. There is a seven story restaurant on Hepingmen Ave., was a location that hand-picked by former Chinese Premier Zhou Enlai. Serving up to 5,000 meals a day, this restaurant covers a floor area of 15,000 square meters with over forty private dining rooms and can simultaneously seat 2,000 guests.全聚德是北京聞名的烤鴨店，創店於1864年。圖中為和平門西大街店，全國最大，是前總理周恩來指定選址興建的，樓高七層，面積1.5萬平方米，有超過40間包廂，可同時容納2000客人就餐。http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quanjude - Lumbini Theme Park
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The Asia Pacific Exchange and Co-operation Foundation (APECF) is a Chinese-government-backed organisation, based in Hong Kong. It is controversially planning to invest US$3 billion in the small Nepalese town of Lumbini, birthplace of the Buddha, to create a 'Mecca' for Buddhists of all strands.[1]In June 2011, it was reported in the Chinese media to have signed an agreement with the United Nations Industrial Development Organization for the project, which will help Lumbini "transcend religion, ideology and race" in its work to rejuvenate the culture and spirit of Buddhism, according to executive vice chairman Xiao Wunan.[1][2]The investment is enormous, constituting almost 10 percent of Nepal's gross domestic product. However, neither the Nepalese government nor the local authorities were consulted about the project, they say.
The joint chairmen of APECF have varied backgrounds. They include Steven Clark Rockefeller Jr, a fifth-generation member of the Rockefeller family; Jack Rosen, chairman of the American Jewish Congress; Leon Charney, a real estate tycoon and former US presidential adviser; Prachanda, leader of the Unified Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) and former Prime Minister of Nepal; and Paras, the former Nepali crown prince whose father's monarchy was overthrown by Prachanda's forces. The executive vice-chairman of the foundation is Xiao Wunan. - Chinese New Year Parade 2013
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- Chinese New Year Parade 2013
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- Ai Weiwei: Remembering
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Ai Weiwei installation at the Haus der Kunst in Munich.
Ai Weiwei's memorial to the earthquake that took place in the Chinese province of Sichuan in 2008. The installation consists of 9,000 backpacks in five different colours that make up the sentence "For seven years she lived happily on this earth" in Chinese lettering – a sentence with which a mother of one of the earthquake victims commemorated her daughter.
See also "Sichuan schools corruption scandal" - Ai Weiwei: Remembering
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Ai Weiwei installation at the Haus der Kunst in Munich.
Ai Weiwei's memorial to the earthquake that took place in the Chinese province of Sichuan in 2008. The installation consists of 9,000 backpacks in five different colours that make up the sentence "For seven years she lived happily on this earth" in Chinese lettering – a sentence with which a mother of one of the earthquake victims commemorated her daughter.
See also "Sichuan schools corruption scandal" - Ai Weiwei: Remembering
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Ai Weiwei installation at the Haus der Kunst in Munich.
Ai Weiwei's memorial to the earthquake that took place in the Chinese province of Sichuan in 2008. The installation consists of 9,000 backpacks in five different colours that make up the sentence "For seven years she lived happily on this earth" in Chinese lettering – a sentence with which a mother of one of the earthquake victims commemorated her daughter.
See also "Sichuan schools corruption scandal" - Ai Weiwei: Remembering
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Ai Weiwei installation at the Haus der Kunst in Munich.
Ai Weiwei's memorial to the earthquake that took place in the Chinese province of Sichuan in 2008. The installation consists of 9,000 backpacks in five different colours that make up the sentence "For seven years she lived happily on this earth" in Chinese lettering – a sentence with which a mother of one of the earthquake victims commemorated her daughter.
See also "Sichuan schools corruption scandal" - Waiting for the train
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Vanaf de muur kan je de stad rustig bekijken. In het noorden ligt het treinstation en daar wachten grote groepen reizigers in de schaduw van de muur tot hun trein eindelijk aankomt. Een grappig schouwspel.
- Xi'an City Wall
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De stadmuur van Xi'an is een indrukwekkend bouwwerk. Je kan in een uurtje de hele muur rond fietsen en dat is met die hitte en smog een aardige prestatie. Maar toch ook zeker de moeite waard.
- Bell Tower
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Xi'an zelf heeft ook wel moois te bieden. De Bell Tower bijvoorbeeld, prachtig verlicht midden op één van de drukste verkeerspleinen van de stad.
- Chinese New Year Parade 2013
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- Horn players at the Thanka unveiling, Tibet 2012
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Tibetan reed shawm or oboe (Tib. rgya gling/ saying "gyaling" རྒྱ་གླིང༌). This shawm is made from a hardwood bore, such as teak or black rosewood. It is highly decorated with an eloborate, gilded copper, bel-shaped trumpet end, and a reed mouthpiece with a small resonator made of beaten metal. Its wooden bore has six or seven holes with an upper back-hole for the thumb, similar to the Western recorder. however, unlike the Western recorder or oboe, it is played with the hands reversed, the left hand fingering the lower notes and the right hand the upper.
The Tibetan oboe or gya gling derives from the north Indian shenai, which in turn is of Arabic origin. The gya gling has a variable pitched tuning, and is very difficult instrument to master. Like the long horns (dung chen) and the short horns (kang gling), the gya gling are always played in pairs.
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