susan daly’s china photos- 2004. terrain from 37,000 ft

Susan Daly’s

China Photos- 2004

Terrain from 37,000 ft.

Calligraphy Lecture

Summer Palace Symbol of Emperor & Empress

Dowager Empress Cixi’s stone boat

Morning Tai Chi at Beijing University

Lamma TempleBuilt by the Emperor for the Dali

Lama of Tibetan Buddhism.Whenever the Dali Lama visited Beijing,

he stayed in this temple. It is still an active Buddhist temple.

Lamma Temple offering

Temple of Heaven

Thunder storm

Deluge at Temple of Heaven

A Beijing Policeman on

duty in Tiananmen

Square.

Tiananmen GateEntrance to the Forbidden City

Mao Zedong’s Tomb

Beijing’s Forbidden City

• The Forbidden City was built by the Ming dynasty. Once it was completed no commoners were allowed inside under penalty of death. The city was reserved for the Emperor and his family. An army of imperial servants and eunuchs also lived inside to take care of the imperial family. Only the Emperor may have a golden roof.

Entrance to the Hall of Supreme Harmony where

the Emperor held audiences.The

dragon way was to impress visitors.

Roof Guardians

Imperial Dragonsas

downspouts

Dragon detail

Gate at entrance to the Wall.

Great WallBadaling section

outside Beijing

Ancient graffiti in Chinese !

Locks lined the Great wall along certain sections.These are promises kept by family members.

Our first Chinglish sign

It IS as steep as it looks !

Painting inside a temple near the wall.

High School visitWelcome by a student.

Ms. Daly talks to a freshman.

XianThe western capitol

Historically this city was the starting point of the Silk Roads. It is a

crossroads of cultures as a result of cultural diffusion.

A farmers grave in his field.

Sunflowers from our train

Tang Museum

Huaqing Winter Palace

A Daoist monk

A six foot dragon detail

Big Wild Goose Pagoda

Mosque at Xian shows spread of Islam to China along the Silk

Roads.

The first Emperor was Shi Huangdi who created the unified nation of

China. It takes the name of his dynasty, the Qin . He also left behind a massive tomb complex with over 7,000 lifesize

soldiers made of terra cotta.

Pit # 1

An officer and his horse

An archer without his

bow.

Pit # 2Ceremonial

Guards

Terra Cotta soldiers waiting to be put back

together. This is a massive job that will take many years.

Silver & gold bridle

An ad for the movie “ Troy “ in Chinese.

Making noodles by hand in a few minutes.

The little town of Baodingshan

Buddhist lanterns

Baodingshan Grotto in Dazu .China10,000 religious statues carved in rock

Confucius and a guardian demon

Bodhisatva Guanyin

A grumpy looking court official.

In the next slide, Jeff ,our guide is explaining how the son is carrying his elderly parents

which shows the influence of Confucian traditions.

Buddhist Wheel of life being held by a demon. He

can’t stop it.

3 Buddhist figures

Our guide Jeff is explaining the carvings we are learning about

at Dazu.

Leshan has the largest carved stone Buddha in the world. It is best seen from the river. 100 people could fit on the top of

Buddha’s hand.

Leshan

Chinglish

Sanxingdui Neolithic Bronze Museum

A 14 foot tall bronze tree with many branches.

Very large face masks in bronze.

Chengdu,China is the gateway to Tibet. It is also the area

where the panda lives and the World Wildlife Panda Breeding

center is there.

Panda Group

Nap time !!

What a delight this was!

Chengdu’s Brocade

River.

A typical family compound in the country.

The dam at Duijiangyan was built 2200 years ago to stop the flooding which was

destroying the crops on the Chengdu plain. It is still being used and making that plain a

very fertile area. The simple bamboo technology was effective and ingenious.

Looking towards a new dam being built

upstream.

A swinging bridge across the river.

Two Kings Daoist Temple honors the builder of the dam.

Incense burner and a map of the dam

Nanjing River Bridge

Red Guards holding up

Mao’s Little Red book.

Nanjing Massacre Museum

A huge pebble field represents the victims.

Sun Yixian’s Masoleum in Nanjing

Democracy & Livelihood

Nationalism

Ming Dynasty Sacred WayNanjing,China

The Chinese unicorn

Map to the Ming Sacred Way

Nanjing Museum

Jade Gallery

Shanghai

Shang Bronzes

Shanghai Museum Bronze Gallery

Shanghai Urban Planning Center

A crowded street scene in Shanghai

Yu Chinese Gardens

The Chinese dragon does not breathe fire.It carries a pearl in its mouth. If it loses that

pearl it will die.

Where Chinese Communist Party was started.

Jin Mao Tower in Shanghai.

The Chinese Government intends for Shanghai to be

the economic center of all Asia and is

building to reach that goal.

Shanghai from the Jin Mao

Tower. Pearl TV tower in front

with round bumps.

Typical apartment buildings

Pepsi & Starbucks signs

Typical small store owned by a family

Jade Buddhist Temple

Hong Kong does not feel like China. It clearly shows the influence of the British.

From the custom of afternoon tea to driving on the other side of the road, Hong Kong

feels western and is making money as fast as it can.

Hong Kong from the air

High Tea at the Peninsula Hotel A time to say goodbye to our traveling friends.

Flying over China from 37,000 feet.