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We went to a cool little lake in Baoding and rented a paddle boat. Lots of people were fishing off the sides of the lake.
A Chinese Baoding ball. One of two similar steel balls with a ceramic covering. They contain a metal ball inside each that causes the balls to chime when rotated. Baoding balls are used by rotating two or more balls repeatedly in the hand. Intended to improve finger dexterity, relax the hand, or aid in the recovery of muscle strength and motor skills after surgery. The ceramic coating has been chipped and scratched from occasional use (just for fun). The ball is about an inch and a half in diameter.
Shot for Macro Mondays, Dutch Angle
It's common in China (and in Chinatown for that matter) for older retired people to gather in parks or public places to sing or play instruments together.
The Dazu Rock Carvings[1] (Chinese: 大足石刻; pinyin: Dàzú Shíkè) are a series of Chinese religious sculptures and carvings and UNESCO World Heritage Site located in Dazu District, Chongqing, China. The carvings date back as far as the 7th century AD, depicting and influenced by Buddhist, Confucian and Taoist beliefs. Some are in rock-cut cave shrines, in the usual Chinese Buddhist style, but many others are rock reliefs carved into the open rock faces. Listed as a World Heritage Site in 1999, the Dazu Rock Carvings are made up of 75 protected sites containing some 50,000 statues, with over 100,000 Chinese characters forming inscriptions and epigraphs.[2] The sites are located in Chongqing Municipality within the steep hillsides throughout Dazu District, located about 165 kilometers west of the urban area of Chongqing. The highlights of the rock grotto are found on Mount Baoding and Mount Beishan. —- WikiPedia
For some reason I just love the expression on this dad and daughters face. They seem to be having a lot of fun! Quite a contrast to the next bike that came by...
Taken in a back alley in Baoding, Hebei Province.
"Listed as a World Heritage Site, the Dazu Rock Carvings are made up of 75 protected sites containing some 50,000 statues, with over 100,000 Chinese characters forming inscriptions and epigraphs. The sites are located in Chongqing Municipality within the steep hillsides throughout Dazu County, located about 60 kilometers west of the urban area of Chongqing. The highlights of the rock grotto are found on Mount Baoding and Mount Beishan."
---Wikipedia
For my wife, my other half.
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PHOTO RECIPE
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Ingredients:
Chinese baoding balls
white paper for bottom and background
50mm F1.8 II +Canon 40D
White plastic diffuser
How it's done:
Simply set balls on paper, with paper bent up to provide background. Compose with one ball behind the other. Set aperture small enough to get good focus on one ball, and leave other in bokeh-liscious blurr.
I used the on camera flash, diffused through handheld white plastic diffuser. Manual exposure. Import RAW file to Adobe, do some contrast magic and pop it to flickr for your enjoyment and my ego!
What do you think? Not bad for a simple shot or it sucks?
This family did not seem so happy to be biking around in the morning. Also, their vegetables seem a little sad.
Taken in a back alley in Baoding, Hebei Province.
A bronze statue of Dr. Norman Bethune: Born in Gravenhurst in 1890, he was a thoracic surgeon and an early advocate of socialized medicine as a member of the Communist Party of Canada. He innovated medicine with his use of a mobile blood transfusion unit during the Spanish Cicil War. He also created travelling blood banks and created a mobile surgical unit while working during the Second Sino-Japanese War in support of the Chinese Communist Party. He died in November of 1939 in Baoding, China.
The statue is in front of the Terence Haight Carnegie Centre in Gravenhurst's Heritage Square on Muskoka Road South
Dazu Rock Carvings
The Dazu Rock Carvings[1] (Chinese: 大足石刻; pinyin: Dàzú Shíkè) are a series of Chinese religious sculptures and carvings and UNESCO World Heritage Site located in Dazu District, Chongqing, China. The carvings date back as far as the 7th century AD, depicting and influenced by Buddhist, Confucian and Taoist beliefs. Some are in rock-cut cave shrines, in the usual Chinese Buddhist style, but many others are rock reliefs carved into the open rock faces. Listed as a World Heritage Site in 1999, the Dazu Rock Carvings are made up of 75 protected sites containing some 50,000 statues, with over 100,000 Chinese characters forming inscriptions and epigraphs.[2] The sites are located in Chongqing Municipality within the steep hillsides throughout Dazu District, located about 165 kilometers west of the urban area of Chongqing. The highlights of the rock grotto are found on Mount Baoding and Mount Beishan.
--- Wikipedia
Baoding balls, also known as Chi balls, Chinese exercise balls, Chinese meditation balls, Chinese medicine balls, and healthy balls.
Dutch: Meridiaankogels.
"People think that I work out but it's all t'ai chi." - Lou Reed
The Dazu Rock Carvings[1] (Chinese: 大足石刻; pinyin: Dàzú Shíkè) are a series of Chinese religious sculptures and carvings and UNESCO World Heritage Site located in Dazu District, Chongqing, China. The carvings date back as far as the 7th century AD, depicting and influenced by Buddhist, Confucian and Taoist beliefs. Some are in rock-cut cave shrines, in the usual Chinese Buddhist style, but many others are rock reliefs carved into the open rock faces. Listed as a World Heritage Site in 1999, the Dazu Rock Carvings are made up of 75 protected sites containing some 50,000 statues, with over 100,000 Chinese characters forming inscriptions and epigraphs.[2] The sites are located in Chongqing Municipality within the steep hillsides throughout Dazu District, located about 165 kilometers west of the urban area of Chongqing. The highlights of the rock grotto are found on Mount Baoding and Mount Beishan. —- WikiPedia
This is in a Buddhist Temple that is right on the border between Hebei and Beijing (about an hour outside of Baoding.) I actually don't really like how this turned out, it seems tilted.
in my bedroom, for Macro Mondays relaxation theme. And I find curvy shapes more inducive to relaxation than sharp corners.
i recall getting a good laugh when someone once asked me what i was doing and i candidly replied that i was playing with my chinese balls, which i fondly call these chinese medicine balls. i bought my baoding balls in 2001 when we visited shenzen, china. they are used by rotating two or more balls repeatedly in the hand which is supposed to improve finger dexterity, relax the hand and energy circulation of the body through the yin and yang melody caused by bells within the balls
Iron Balls of a type dating back to the Ming Dynasty. If you roll these balls around in your hands daily they are supposed to give"fine results of keeping your brain in good health with high intelligence and good memory, relieving fatigue , drowning your worries and moreover, prolonging your life"
For Macromondays theme: Wisdom
Baoding balls are metal balls small enough to hold in one hand. They are also known as Chinese "balls for ball practice" exercise balls, Chinese health balls, Chinese meditation balls, and Chinese medicine balls. Baoding balls are used by rotating two or more balls repeatedly in the hand.
Just about every day in Baoding we had breakfast on the street. SO delicious! You tiao (oil stick is the literal translation), wonton soup, red bean congee, and other things that don't really have english names. I could eat like that every day.
Some Chinese officers of the Kuomintang party are discussing a defense plan of a city during the wake of the Second Sino-Japanese War, although not everyone agreed with the plan and one of the soldiers has a strong opinion of that plan.
Chinese officers were compared to the regular infantry and depending on which rank, equided with more higher quality clothing and boots, depending on the case of generalisation. Officers were mostly responsible for providing their own uniforms and since most of them came from the elite of society. This was reflected in the quality of their uniforms. Most officers wore a service dress of khaki wool, comprising of a ski-type cap (Helmets were also used), boots or leggings or just leather shoes, a brown leather belt in a ‘’Sam Browne’’ style with a pistol holster. The caps were of the same style as the regular men, but made with better material.
Most officers also studied at the Baoding Military Academy and the Whampoa Military Academy.
This scene however was loosely based on a setting in one of the main cities in China, especially China.
This scene was actually based on a concept that was left on paper for a brickfilm about the Second Sino-Japanese, but left on the paper. The reason was because of the lack of time and the length of the brickfilm was already that great. Another factor was the lack of officer uniforms that were suitable for animation.
Brickizimo, was kind enough to sent me the parts. They are an company located in the EU that sells, brickmania kits, brickarms, all that good stuff, here’s a link to their store:
Link to the brickfilm:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=cQfZf7B0pr0
Custom torso’s: TheMinifig.co
Custom: weapons/gear: Brickarms
Great treasure of masterpieces dated 9th century to 13th century. The grand masters and their disciples took decades to century to complete pieces on a cliff face 3 to 7 storey high. Quite often such task, the master who started off never live long enough to see his complete creation. This small group of rock carving is from the late Tang dynasty in Dazu, Baoding Shan. There are about 70 over such sites small to large collection scattered around Dazu county, 160km west of Chongqing, China. Baoding is among the best collection and still well preserved. The intricate face features are still intact except the coat of original coloured paint is gone or faded off.
I have been to another ancient great rock carving site stretching 1km long, 10 storey high, called Longmen in Louyang, but they are in a very sad condition except the very large one. This collection in Dazu is small and excellent.
i recall getting a good laugh when someone once asked me what i was doing and i candidly replied that i was playing with my chinese balls, which i fondly call these chinese medicine balls. i bought my baoding balls in 2001 when we visited shenzen, china. they are used by rotating two or more balls repeatedly in the hand which is supposed to improve finger dexterity, relax the hand and energy circulation of the body through the yin and yang melody caused by bells within the balls
Taken on December 14, 2002, when my son's then best friend came over to help decorate the Christmas tree. View larger on black.
Since my last upload was from my newest digital camera, I may as well post one from my first ever digital camera. The EXIF data is fictional; it was not really called "Crap Cam 2002", although it should have been. Maybe later on I will rummage through a drawer to find this cheap camera and fill in some more accurate info.
This was taken at 1280x1024. I cropped it square and did some Selective Gaussian Blur to remove noise (and sharpness), and I tinkered with Colour, Curves, Screen & Multiply layers, local contrast enhancement, yadda, yadda, resulting in a kinda cute pic. :-)