12-03-2004, 04:26 AM | #76 |
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2=Droplight Most Chinese women, including my mother, believe the Kwan-yin. I feel that the light remembers the stories and history. Last edited by Billy; 12-03-2004 at 04:28 AM. |
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12-03-2004, 04:51 AM | #78 |
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The pavilion stands, but all the masters past away.
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Wonderful pictures, Billy! Thanks for posting them. I very much hope to visit China someday.
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I like the pavilion too.
The geometry of the roof is interesting. The "rafters" aren't spaced evenly around the center point of the roof. The roof covers a rectagular room, so as it reaches the apex, the angles of the rafters aren't quite identical. But they are symmetrical. The lattice covering of the roof looks awkward the way it lines up against the rafters. It probably looks fine from the inside as long as you don't look up and stare directly at it. A symmetrical lattice would have been very difficult to pull off. Last edited by glatt; 12-03-2004 at 11:40 AM. |
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I'm still waiting for more pictures of beautiful women.
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12-03-2004, 06:52 PM | #85 |
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Sedan Chair Ago the emperors, officers, rich people took sedan chair as traffic tool. In the wedding, the bride also sit on the sedan chair from her home to husband's home. The SC in this pic is a wedding chair.
Bellows I don't know the bellows's function becasue I just see here. |
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More lantern All the master's children and the last wife of the master live in the USA now.
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12-03-2004, 07:06 PM | #87 |
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Coir Rincoat Ago the Cinese people use this raincoats in rain. I knew it in Chinese books when I was young.
Couplet There are the tablets at the gate and room walls to show the masters' personalities. In Chinese New Year we also put the red couplet on the gate walls. The Chinese New Year is coming. Please let me know if you want to get the Chinese style cards. I am glad to post you. |
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Kwan Yin Restaurant
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Kwan Yin is a Bodhisattva, known as the goddess of compassion. She has a very wide appeal that crosses all religions, because she represents a very universal theme.
We have a stunning example in the Nelson-Atkins Museum here in KC... http://www.nelson-atkins.org/collect...l/bodhisat.htm ...although the photo scarcely does it justice. I can't even tell you how many people I have talked to over the years who have said that sitting before this amazing work in its perfect setting has brought immense peace and serenity to them. It is absolutely true. There is a palpable sense of calm, renewal and love in this part of the gallery. I've felt it all my life, but only after becoming Pagan was I able to understand what was happening. A very, very powerful deity is Kwan Yin.
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Gate with Couplets. There are two couplets with in two different sides. I did not take the other similar gate.
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