Sunset in Dali

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Dali, Xizhou

Fuxing Rd from the South Gate. Dali, Yunnan.

Dali, Xizhou

Corner in Fuxing Rd, Dali, Yunnan.

Night market at the south of the South Gate. Dali. Yunnan

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The sacred Taishan mountain

The sacred Taishan mountain

Taishan Mountain, life and death in Chinese culture, according to the work of Edouard Chavannes  Mountains are, in China, divinities. They are considered as nature powers who act in a conscious way and who can, therefore, be made favourable by sacrifices and touched...

Family of characters 欠 qian

Family of characters 欠 qian

 欠 qiàn – yawn; owe/ short of, lacking. The upper part evolved from the pictogram of an open mouth. A person人with an open mouth is yawning, or trying to compensate for the lack of air. 欠缺    qiànquē – lack/ be deficient of (lack + lack) 欠债    qiànzhài – owe a debt...

The Temple of the Soul Retreat in Hangzhou In 1930s

The Temple of the Soul Retreat in Hangzhou In 1930s

On the left side was a densely wooded rocky hill. Its steep slope was carved into fantastic figures of unicorns, leogryphs and other mythological animals, and statues of gods and saints. They had been fashioned out of rock by the monks more than fifteen centuries ago....