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QuYuan Garden on the West Lake,
Hangzhou, capital of
Zhejiang Province (brief
travel intro) (Wikipedia
entry) in SE China (100 miles from Shanghai) |
May 1998 |
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Moon Mirroring Garden on the West Lake. This is an isle on
the West Lake inside which there is a smaller lake. Near the isle there are
three towers (not in the photo) on the lake called "Three Towers Mirroring
the Moon", the namesake of the garden. |
May 1998 |
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A Garden in Hangzhou near Zhejiang Univ. Note the
Chinese-style window creates a picture frame for the scene afar, which is a
typical architectural style in SE Chinese gardens that helps to create many
scenes in limited space. |
May 1998 |
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The Pagoda of Six Harmonies, on the bank of QianTang River
outside Hangzhou. The undergraduate programs of College of Business,
Zhejiang U is in walking distance. I visited the pagoda many times during my
master's program.
Harmony is a key Chinese value. |
This picture is from a postcard |
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Classroom Building #3 of Zhejiang
Univ (also: Wikipedia
entry), my alma
mater, which is very strong in engineering and constantly ranked number 4~6
in China. |
May 1998, after giving a seminar
on e-commerce in the university |
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Pudong new district in Shanghai, which is the
new financial center of China. At center of the picture is the Shanghai TV
tower. |
May 1998, during an
international business symposium |
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Skyline of Xiamen (Wikipedia
entry), my hometown, a SE port city
which was forced to open as one of the first five "Treaty Ports" to the British in 1840s after the British defeated
Chinese Empire (Qing
Dynasty) in the infamous 1840 Opium War (British sold opium - drug - to Chinese
people and that was banned by then China Empire. The British waged a war to
protect the drug business).
Xiamen city is an important tourism destination for her sub-tropical scenery
and climate, featuring giant rocks, white-sand beaches, and tropical fruits. |
January 2002 |
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The Sunlight Rock on the isle of GuLangYu of
Xiamen city. The rock is a giant whole piece of about 300 feet tall.
The rock is also named ShuiCaoTai ("commanding platform of navy") - in
1660s, ZHENG, Cheng-Gong (spelt CHENG Cheng-Kung in Taiwan; "Kogxinga"
- "The Noble with the Empire's Family Name" from the local
Fujian/Taiwan dialect - in western history literature), a general of Ming Dynasty, trained his fleet here and later took
the Chinese island of Taiwan back from the occupation of Dutch Eastern
Indian Company. The general is widely respected in both Chinese mainland and
Taiwan - there is a Cheng-Kung Univ in Taiwan. |
A postcard picture - I visited
the park hundreds of times since I grew up on the isle of Gulangyu. |
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Learning Tai-Ji (Tai-Chi), an ancient Chinese
martial art and exercise, from my father, outside the Memorial Museum of
General ZHENG Cheng-Gong. |
June 1998 |
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Old country homes in suburb of Xiamen. This
style is very common and typical in the provinces of Fujian and Taiwan -
because over 90% of residents in Taiwan migrated to the island from southern
Fujian 1600s-1949, and people of both provinces share the same sub-culture
within the Chinese culture: dialect, foods, clothing, festivals, worships,
ancestral trees, and many rituals. |
July 1998 |
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Nan (South) Pu-Tuo Buddhist Temple in Xiamen,
first built in the 7th century (T'ang Dynasty). Buddhism is the largest
religion in China, which is very peaceful. |
Postcard picture |
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Huang-Hua (yellow flower) Hts. Memorial in
Guangzhou (Canton, near Hong Kong), in memorial to martyrs died in an
uprising against the Chinese Empire (Qing Dynasty) in 1910. A major uprising
the next year (1911) ended the rule of the Emperor and established the first
republic in Asia - the Republic of China, which ruled the whole China
1912-1949 until it was defeated by the Chinese communists and moved its seat
to Taipei, Taiwan Province, China in 1949 and has since ruled the island
province. |
Postcard picture
(I visited the park in May 1993) |
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A Statue of Liberty on top of the Tomb of the
Martyrs at Huang-Hua Hts. Memorial. The Chinese Revolution (overthrowing the
Qing Empire and establishing the Republic of China) was deeply influenced by
the American Revolution. Dr. Sun Yat-Sen, the founding father of the
Republic of China (now in Taiwan) - who is respected in both Chinese
mainland and Taiwan - created a "Principles of Three 'People' ":
independence of Chinese people (from the Western colonial powers),
prosperity of individual people, rights for individual people
(civil rights), which is called "San (three) Min (people) ZhuYi (Ideology)" |
Postcard picture
(I visited the park in May 1993) |
| Wu-Ling-Yuan Mountains, in Hunan Province -
yes, the "Hunan" in Hunan restaurants :-) |
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Picture from Chinese tourism web
site |
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Temple of Heaven in Beijing, where Chinese
emperors of Ming (1368-1644) and Qing (1644-1911) dynasties prayed the heaven
for good harvest for the farmers of the country. |
Picture from Chinese tourism web
site (visited 1971 and 1988) |
| The Forbidden City in Beijing - palace of Ming
(1368-1644) and Qing (1644-1911) dynasties. There is a Palace Museum in both
Beijing and Taipei (Taiwan Province), the latter holds more precious items
of royal treasures when the Republic of China government moved to Taipei in
1949. |
The Palace Museum (Forbidden City) in Beijing has over 9,000 rooms, and is
the largest ancient palace that still stands. |
Picture from Chinese tourism web
site (visited 1971 and 1988) |
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