2006 China Trip Impression
Tujia people welcoming guests from faraway with food/music ... and dance ... Changyang, Wuhan. |
and some more ... (Wuhan). |
Some traditions ... candy figures ... knife-sharpening ... continue in Beijing, and Beizheng (Liaoning). |
Some aspects of the religious life in Beijing ... |
the grave of Matteo Ricci -- a missionary key to the communication of the East and West, though little known now (Beijing) |
... in Beizheng (Liaoning) and Wuhan ... |
as well as some fortunetelling activities ... (Wuhan) |
Next to this historical site, Huanghelou, there was such as meeting ... (Wuhan) |
Not far from this tribute, Clear River (Qing Jiang), to the Yangtze River (Chang Jiang) ... is the Great Three Gorge Dam ... functioning on its first day ... |
Far in the Northeast, a place less traveled by ... the east end of the Great Wall ... the broken bridge from the Korean War ... Dandong (Liaoning) |
A "made in China" garment factory ... a step across North Korea (Dandong, Liaoning) |
Back in Beijing, history (Yuanming yuan) ... ... and realities are mixed together ...
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... in singing and performing, calligraphing, playing majiang, and spontaneous singing, Beijing. |
... but China is indeed beautified ... regardless of style ... |
... even with a sign of "green world for the future" ... |
Created on August 25, 2002. Updated on Sept. 15, 2008. (c)