In the eastern area of the Huaqing Hot Spring, a tablet hangs in the room, and is inscribed with three golden Chinese characters Hua Qing Chi (the Huaqing Pool),Shanghai Travel, written by Guo Moruo. In this area, there are the Lotus Pavilion, the Feixia Pavilion, the Five Chamber Hall, the Three Chamber Hall, and the Hovering Rainbow Bridge with a pavilion on each side. The Spring Eulogy engraved on the stone walls is among the elaborate works of stele art in the country. ¡¡¡¡ ¡¡¡¡The center area is a museum of imperial bathing pools built in the Tang Dynasty. In this area, there are the Lotus Flower Pool, the Chinese Flowering Crabapple Pool, the Crown Prince Pool, the Stars Pool, the showroom of cultural relics and the medicinal herbs used by the emperor during the bath. It is said that Emperor Xuanzong and his concucine Lady Yang both bathed here with medical herbs and that is said to be the reason why Emperor Xuanzong was able to lead a dissolute life in his seventies and his concubine Lady Yang gained his favor for such a long time. ¡¡¡¡ In the western area, there are the Nine-Dragon Pool and the Feixia Hall. To the north of Feixia Hall, a big fresco, made up of 90 white marbles,China Pictures, is 9.15 meters high and 3.6 meters wide. The painting on the fresco is about Emperor Xuanzong's first meeting with Lady Yang in Lishan Palace in the 28th year of his reign.
Nov 28, 2009
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¡¡¡¡First built in the Southern and Northern Dynasties (386-581) and named the Chongde Ancestral Temple, the temple was renamed the Erwang Temple after Li Bing and his son were appointed as kings in the Song Dynasty (960-1279). The extant buildings were rebuilt in the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911). The buildings in the temple were arranged according to the terrain of the mountain, and are magnificent and elegant.
Nov 27, 2009
Shanghai Travel - Liaocheng is a city that combines lake, river and city
¡¡Liaocheng is a city that combines lake, river and city. The world-famous Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal is just like a dragon that flies over the city. The largest man-made lake north of the lower reaches of the Yangtze River -- the Dongchang Lake -- looks like a silk ribbon surrounding the ancient city. The Guangyue Building, a key cultural relics site under the national protection in the city,Shanghai Travel, is the reputed as the tourist destination worth a visit even after sightseeing in the Yueyang Building and the Huanghe Building. The magnificent Iron Tower built in the Song (960-1279) and Jin (1115-1234) dynasties is the symbol of remoteness of Liaocheng. The world-famous Haiyuan Pavilion boasts a large collection of books and was one of the four major privately owned book collection buildings in the Qing Dynasty. First built at the end of the Northern Song Dynasty (960-1127), the Lion Building is characterized by carved girders and painted ridgepoles and famous far and wide for the legend that Wu Song had fought with and killed Ximen Qing here. The unique Linqing Mosque, magnificent dagoba, Cao Zhi's tomb situated at the west piedmont of Ayu Mountain, and world-famous Jingyang Hillock where Wu Song fought with tigers, etc.,China Pictures, are all crystal of the wisdom of the ancient people and glitter with the effulgence of cultural art of the Chinese nation. ¡¡¡¡ ¡¡¡¡Liaocheng was proclaimed as a national level historical and cultural city by the State Council in 1994.
Nov 26, 2009
China Pictures - Discover the beauty of ShaoxingLocated
Discover the beauty of ShaoxingLocated ,China Picturesin the northern part of Zhejiang Province and south of Hangzhou Bay, with its long history and many celebrities, Shaoxing is a famous historical and cultural city that boasts beautiful lakes and rivers. ¡¡¡¡Legend has it that as early as 4,000 years ago, Da Yu (Yu the Great) of the Xia Dynasty (2100-1600BC) went to Shaoxing for water-control projects. During the Spring and Autumn Period (770-476BC), Goujian, king of the Yue State, made Shaoxing the capital and named it Yuechi. In the Southern Song Dynasty (1127-1279), it was renamed Shaoxing, which has lasted until now. Shaoxing is also the birthplace of many famous scholars, writers and artists, including Cai Yuanpei, a famous educator, late premier Zhou Enlai, and Lu Xun, the novelist, as well as the heroine Qiu Jin. ¡¡¡¡Shaoxing is world famous for its gorgeous scenes along its waters. Its many rivers, big and small, span 1,900 kilometers, running vertically and horizontally -- just like streets in northern China -- with various stone bridges at their crossroads. Shaoxing boasts 229 ancient bridges, which constitute a site rich in man-made landscapes that have won the city the title "Hometown of Bridges." ¡¡¡¡Residential houses in Shaoxing are of a simple style and brilliant in color, with blue bricks, gray walls and black corridor columns, retaining the typical style of Song architecture (960-1279). Bathed in the bright sunshine, the structures look light and handy, simple but elegant. ¡¡,Shanghai Travel;¡¡In Shaoxing, there are many places worth visiting. Tourists can climb Houshan Mountain, visit Da Yu's Mausoleum, Censer Hill and Qinwang Mountain on its outskirts or the ancestral residence of Zhou Enlai, Lu Xun memorial and former residence of Cai Yuanpei.
Nov 25, 2009
China Pictures - The ancient city was in a shape of irregular rectangle
The ancient city was in a shape of irregular rectangle, with the remains of the eastern wall about 3,895 meters long and 14 meters wide, the western wall 4290 meters long and 20 meters wide, the northern wall 3,700 meters long and 25 to 30 meters wide, and the southern wall destroyed and submerged by the Luo River. The city has a perimeter of 14 kilometers, and its wall was 1-2 meters high with the highest point at 7 meters in the northern part. The city wall had 12 gates that connected to the streets inside the city. A total of 24 streets, 20-40 meters wide, were built in the city. According to historical record, each street was divided into three ways, of which the central one was for high officials and the side ways for ordinary citizens. The city was separated into the palace, yamuns, and gardens. Main palace buildings included the southern palace and the northern palace. Record has it that the Deyang Palace, the northern palace built in the Eastern Han Dynasty, had a capacity of over 10,000 and a flight of steps of 2 zhang (1 zhang =3.3 meters). With jade steps and golden columns,China Pictures, it was like the palace on the Moon with pearl shade hanging over its jade gate. ¡¡¡¡ ¡¡¡¡Outside the south gate were the famous Three Yong constructions built according to social etiquette, namely Mingtang, Biyong and Lingtai. This special style of ancient capital construction in China continued to the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911). The Mingtang took a square shape, with each side of 240 meters long. Built in the center was a round foundation stone, which had a diameter of 62 meters. As the foundation for the main building, it was designed according to the traditional rule of square sky and round earth and acted as the place for the Son of Heaven to offer sacrifice to gods or ancestors. Important activities presented by the Son of Heaven were held here, including the announcement of political policies, meeting with high officials,Shanghai Travel, sacrificial ceremony, celebrating and awarding ceremony, and official appointment.
Nov 24, 2009
China Pictures - the main body is in Chinese regular script, in 26 lines, each line containing
The Renovated Ganying Tower Stele of Huguo Temple (Xixia Stele) was originally in the Huguo Temple of Liangzhou (today's Wuwei City), but now is in Museum of Wuwei City of Gansu Province. ¡¡¡¡The stele was chiseled in the fifth year (1094) of the Tianyou Min'an reign of the Western Xia Dynasty (1038-1227), being a rare relic of stele inscriptions in the Xixia (Western Xia) language. The Xixia Stele is 2.5 m high and 0.9 m wide, with epigraphs on both sides. On one side is inscribed an epigraph in Xixia language, in the ancient style of script. The title is "Epigraph of the Imperial Ganying Tower"; the text is in the regular script of Xixia language, there are 28 lines and each line contains 65 characters. Another side is inscribed with the epigraph in Chinese. The title is Epigraph of the Renovated Stele of Ganying Tower of Huguo Temple; the main body is in Chinese regular script,China Pictures, in 26 lines, each line containing 70 characters. The upper part of both the first line and the second line has been deformed. Around the epigraph are carved scroll patterns, and on each sides of the title is a carved musician Bodhisattva, in a dancing pose. On top of the superscription is a cloud-shaped cover. The line-engraved musician Bodhisattva, the cloud-shaped cover, the scroll design and so on, are gracefully made, looking very vivid. It is one of the very rare art treasures of the Western Xia period. ¡¡¡,Shanghai Travel;¡ ¡¡¡¡The content of the text in Xixia language is basically the same as that in Chinese, but the way of narration in the time order is quite different. The two versions were not translated from one to another, but written separately and then inscribed on the stele. The epigraphs record the leaning of the Buddhist pagoda of the Huguo Temple in Liangzhou City in the third year (1092) of the Tianyou Min'an reign of the Western Xia caused by the earthquake, the empress and the emperor of Xixia issuing the imperial edict to revamp it, and so on. Although the texts in Xixia language and Chinese are not quite the same in the order of paragraphs and so on, the contents are basically the same, and you can study by comparing one with another. The epigraph in Xixia language provides us some precious historical data not seen in any historical records, and at the same time, it is also very valuable for the study on Xixia language.
Nov 23, 2009
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According to Carol P. Shaw in the book Flags (Running Press), the red of the flag is the traditional color of revolution; the large gold star represents "the Common Program of the Communist Party"; and the smaller gold stars represent the four classes united by the common program: the workers, the peasants, the petty bourgeois, and capitalists sympathetic to the Party (or "patriotic capitalists").
Bruce Tindall, 03 April 1996
Very early versions of the flag has been in use since the early 1920s by the Communist Party, but was modified to become the present national flag in 1949.
Xuess Wee York Ting , 25 September 1996
When I lived in PRC from 1987-88, I asked about the symbolism of the flag. I was told by several university professors and students on several different occasions that the large star represents the guiding light of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and the four small stars represent the four other political parties allowed in the PRC.
These parties accept the legitimacy of the CCP to run the government and that they will not advocate for any change in government. These other parties, whose names I never could ascertain, are basically toothless and lend legitimacy to the PRC's claim to be a multiparty system.
Steven Chapman, 16 August 1999
Whatever the present 'meaning' of the stars on the Chinese communist flag, I believe the original symbolism was the same as the original Republic flag - the Han people of China and the 4 other races (Manchurian, Mongolian, Tibetan, and Muslims). The first republican flag was 5 horizontal stripes red yellow blue white black, which IMO was a very handsome flag. Andrew Yong, 16 August 1999
All books which mention the symbolism of the starlets on the PRC flag have the same explanation. There are at present 8 small parties besides the Communist Party: Revolutionary Committee of the Kuomintang, Democratic League, Democratic Society for National Construction, Society for Furthering Democracy, Democratic Laborers and Peasant Party,Taiyuan Travel, Zhi Gong Dang (Party of Common Interests), Jiusan (=3 September) Society, Democratic Self Determination League of Taiwan, All-Chinese Union of Industrials and Merchants, (that makes 9; one of them might be the coordinating committee - I translated this from the Fischer Weltalmanach 1988) The Statesman's Yearbook 1993-94 and the CIA's World Fact Book 1996-97 confirm the existence of 8 parties besides the CP, which are controlled by the CP.
Jarig Bakker, 16 August 1999
This is a quote from the New York Consulate of the PR of China and other 'official' websites. "The national flag of the People's Republic of China is red in colour, rectangular in shape, with five stars. The proportion between the length and height of the flag is three to two. The five five-pointed yellow stars are located in the upper left corner. One of them, which is bigger, appears on the left, while the other four hem it in on the right.
The red colour of the flag symbolizes revolution; the stars take on the yellow colour in order to bring out their brightness on the red ground. The larger star represents the CPC, while the four smaller ones, the Chinese people. The relationship between the stars means the great unity of the Chinese people under the leadership of the CPC.
The national emblem of the People's Republic of China is Tiananmen in the centre illuminated by five stars and encircled by ears of grain and a cogwheel. The ears of grain, stars, Tiananmen and cogwheel are painted golden, and the inner part of the circle and hanging ribbons are painted red because these two colours are traditional Chinese colours representing auspiciousness and happiness.
Tiananmen symbolizes the unyielding national spirit of the Chinese people in their fight against imperialism and feudalism; the ears of grain and cogwheel represent the working class and the peasantry; and the five stars stand for the great unity of the Chinese people under the leadership of the CPC."
About 6 years ago, we had a delegation of engineering students visit us (a chemical plant). I brought my small hand flag of the PRC and put it on the luncheon table with the American Flag. I was very surprised at the very strong reaction to seeing their national flag, and the young visitors were almost in tears when they spotted their flag (homesick after 2 weeks). I asked the "chaperone" - they were all female - about the symbolism of the flag, and she gave the political party interpertation, not the usual one cited "peasants, workers, bourgeoisie, and capitalists"
Jerry Lorigan, 17 August 1999
A different interpretation is that the bigger star stands for the Han (Chinese Chinese) and the others for Manchus, (inner) Mongolians, Tibetans and Uyghurs, just like the previous stripped flag -- but I guess that this is out of fashion these days ;-)
The official interpretation, referring the bigger star as the party and the smaller simply the "Chinese people",Taiyuan Tours;, not referring specifically any meaning for each of them is vague enough to fit any of the earlier explanations.
Antonio Martins, 17 August 1999
The five-star red flag - The national flag of The People's Republic of China (Beijing: Morning Glory Publishers, 1997), gives this interpretation of its symbolism:
The national flag of the People's Republic of China is the five-star red flag. The red color of the flag is the symbol of the revolution, signifying that the political power of the People's Republic of China is achieved through bloodshed and lives laid down by countless revolutionary martyrs who marched forward wave upon wave in the heroic struggles for the revolution. In the upper-left corner of the flag there are five-pointed yellow stars, of which the big one represents the Communist Party of China and the four small ones the people of all ethnic groups of the country. One point of the big star points right up the flag and of the four small ones each has a point pointing towards the centre of the big star. This shows that the Chinese Communist Party is the force at the core of the leadership of the Chinese people of all ethnic groups who unite closely as one round the Party. With the color of the stars in yellow this means the great cause of socialism has a bright future. With the flag-staff painted white, that is to suggest flawless purity and loftiness."
This explanation differs from the interpretation of the large star as representing the Communist party and the smaller stars as representing the four classes.
Jan Oskar Engene, 10 November 1999
From http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/ap/19990930/wl/china_the_50th_1.html China Ready for 50th Anniversary
By ELAINE KURTENBACH Associated Press Writer
BEIJING (AP) - Huge red lanterns bounced in the breeze and the national flag waved from doorsteps and children's fists as workers in Tiananmen Square put the finishing touches on lavish celebrations that will mark communist China's 50th anniversary.
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Despite the genuine patriotism shared by many Chinese, the authorities were taking no chances. Neighborhood committees - the communist government's local enforcers - ordered residents to display flags. Any household with a flag deemed too old had to pay $3 for a new one. Mark Sensen, 01 October 1999 Ethnic flags
Today in a report on TV, I saw a Games of Nationalities in China: 54 recognized minorities or nationalities marched under their own flags. Unfortunately was only a small report and only two flags show. One is light blue with elaborate emblem en canton. Another is red with three white Chinese characters. I believe that some nationalities have flag own (and recognized) and others have not yet adopted one, and marched under red flag with the name of their nationality. But is important know that the nations in China has a right to a flag own: 54 new flags undocumented!!!
Jaume Oll? 19 August 1999
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