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