In our litigious society, a place like this would never be available for the common person to experience in this way. Those chain/board pathways are a personal injury lawyer's wet dream.
Excellent pics and info, as always, Billy. Thanks!

Damn, I think I'll past on that trip....leave it to the younger set to bring back pictures.

Billy, what have you been doing? Where are you now, still working for Thompson? Are you still having fun or has some woman tied you down?;)

I massaged the first picture a little.

Billy, I haven't seen any of your gorgeous pictures before today.

They took my breath away - you have a real talent both for photography and the captions you apply. Amazes me that can describe images so poetically and succinctly - AND in a foreign language!

A few pages back (I started from page 1) you mentioned Tripataka Hall, but without further explanation. Is this the same as Tripitaka of Journey to the West (Xi You Ji) fame?

I understand it's also a generic term for a Buddhist monk of a certain level.

Billy, thanks for posting information about these pictures. I saw one of them on a random Live Journal page a while back, and posted it over in the WTF thread, but didn't know anything about the place. It's really amazing. I'd be afraid to go there.

It is said that some people fall down to die from the stepupstairs every year.

Thanks for your kind concers. I changed to a new job into a Candian company this year. I live in Dalian, Liaoning. I think you can figure out where I am from Google Earth. No, I am looking for right one to make relation. Unfortunately, I have not met.

The photos were sent by one friend of mine. I have never been to the Mt. Huashan so I cant tell you where it is on this photo. I heard there are many that steps there. Very dangerous!

A Canadian Company? Maybe they'll transfer you to the home office. ;)

I tell you what. I don't think of myself as someone with agoraphobia. But just looking at those pictures make my gut tighten up.

My extreme fear of falling keeps me from seeing places like this in person. Thank you so much for the pictures!!

I wonder what all the padlocks are for, along the chains?
They don't seem to be splicing chains together, maybe they are memorials? You know, like crosses beside the road marking fatalities. :eek3:

*tour guide voice*
...and over here we have the padlock marking the tragic dogshit slide of '97...

To keep idiots from stealing the chains? After all, there's not much else there that you can call "safety equipment".

I don't think so, there's too many of them that are just hanging on a link that couldn't be securing anything. Also, there seems to be a bunch of different kinds, but that may be a supply problem over the pre-capitalist years.:D

lost the key, duh.

Donghai Gongyuan
 

Donghai Gongyuan (East Sea Park)
I went to park on 23 Oct.

chelonian

sculpture

bride & groom

One family

It is also a batleship museum.

Who are they?

So cute

Blue sea blue

Billy,

I notice that one of the brides is wearing white. Is that a new thing over there? I thought white was for mourning in China?

Now many brides take the wedding photos in white but they wear Chinese style clothes on the weddings.

Thanks, Billy. I always look forward to seeing your new pictures.

I was wondering about the bride in pink. I didn't know they normally didn't wear white.

The Cellar: learn something new every day!

Chinese brides traditionally wear red, pink is a reasonable compromise.

Are you asking the name of the animals? We would call them otters.

You might call them otters, but that probably wouldn't change the fact that they're seals. Harbor seals is my best guess.

Wow, upon closer inspection I see that it is glaringly obvious they are seals. Apparently I had a lobotomy last night in my sleep.

You otter known better! :lol2:

Thanks Billy, that's a beautiful park. :thumb2:

canon a510
 

Something about creativeness...:right:

Street in Chinese National Holiday
 

Oct. 1 is the Chinese National Holiday. Many cities were adorned by lots of beautiful flowers.

I just took some photos thsi evening on my way to hotel from work.

I often stay in the hotel back of Chinese National Flag.

They try to put the different flowers into some geometrical shapes. Unfortunately, I don't know the names of flowers.

The road cross close to my hotel

Yellow & Red

grass or flower?

Look like a small forest

Yellow & Purple

Can you give me your viewpoints about the flowers?

Hm, 10/10 is natl. day here, but I dunno if i wanna risk getting Billy blocked from the Cellar...

Billy, I don't know about all of the others, but the red flowers are called "Castle Flowers" here. They're some of my favorites. They also come in yellow, orange, and pink.

Its from the Coleus species - a flowering plant related to its more well known cousin Salvia divinorum and valued in certain parts of the world for its supposed hallucinogenic properties although the active ingredient has yet to be identified.

Thanks Billy, sounds like you've been doing a lot of traveling for your company. :thumbsup:

Tiananmen
 

Last week I went to Beijing and had a good week there. I will post you the photos that I took in the trip.

I think you guys have known some about Tiananmen.

1: Chinese National Theater
2. Red wall of Forbidden City

One big problem: Cant see the pix if not sign in. I don't think it is a good idea for the changes. Please try to return the original status. Or I cant share the photos with friends.

I was very lucky that it was sunny. So the photos look well.

Long Live the People's Republic of China
Long Live Wold Peace

CEO Mao

HuaBiao: I don't know it's English name.

Lion

More photos will come soon. I will not post if you don't like and I cant show this thread with pix to my friends who are not members of cellar!

We always love your pictures, Billy!

You get to travel a lot, that's fantastic!

yeah, why can't we view pics if not logged in nowadays?

I worry that it's a side-effect of the hack attempt. I will be upgrading the entire forum soon (hopefully tonight) and that should take care of it.

Please carry on posting Billy - I love your photos!