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Summer palace (UNESCO World Heritage site) - 388

Chinese Garden of Friendship, Darling Harbour, Sydney (wiki)

Very end of autumn day.

I expected autumn colours but there wasn't much autumn here.

Air was cold and warm sunlight was really nice.

Zhangjiajie National Park, China

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China

Cina- Shanghai- Pudong, visto dal Bund

An ancient and historic place with a tranquil environment. A good place for an ancient traditional chinese scenic shot.

China

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The Lantern Festival is a Chinese festival celebrated on the fifteenth day of the first month in the lunisolar Chinese calendar. It marks the final day of the traditional Chinese New Year celebrations.

22 february 2016.

Submitted: 26/02/2016

Accepted: 18/03/2016

A worker grooms the 500 year old rice terrace in Guilin, China.

Buildings at the Coalport China Museum, part of the Ironbridge Heritage Museums in the Servern Valley Gorge, Shropshire. This is part of the UNESCO Site

Tracks on the sands of Western China

Chinese temple in Ho Chi Minh City

China

China

Por el río Yangtsé

Happy Friday!

Happy Friday!

Captured for Macro Mondays theme: tea.

midjourney creation

The early morning sunlight wakes up the rice terraces… it was amazing to see how the farmers build the terraces into the side of a mountain.

South China Sea, December 2015. Sea bird and stormy clouds.

Traditional Bamboo rafts on the Shanhu Lake, Guilin - China

Voordat we verder gaan met valburg eerst nog even 2 nieuwere plaatjes. Op 17 april trok de 193 729 van LTE met speciale kleuren van de ECS-Eurocargo de china shuttle. Hier komt de trein door station Apeldoorn heen om 15:25 Cdirs

binomial name: Hamamelis mollis

シナマンサク

Excalibur CZ

Holmskioldia sanguinea - Chinese hat plant

Family: Lamiaceae

Native to the Himalayas

The magic of chinese lanterns at The Los Angeles Arboretum.

Los Angeles. California.

While out and about we dropped into have a look at this Chinese temple.

“Man” literally means civil while “Mo” is martial. The Man Mo Temple is dedicated to the King Emperor Man and Holy King Emperor Kwan. The two gods were human. Man, the Civil God, known as Cheung Ah Tse was born in 287A.D. during the Chin dynasty. He was said to have jurisdiction over the destinies of the lives of government officials. He was granted the title “King -Emperor Man Cheong” by an emperor in Yuan dynasty. Kwan, the Martial God, is known as Kwan Wan Cheung, Kwan Tai or Kwan Yue. He was born in 160A.D. during the period of Three Kingdoms. He was a great warrior and was always associated with righteousness and loyalty. He was deified by an emperor of the Ming dynasty as “Martial God”. Kwan Tai is also well worshipped on his own. There are many Kwan Tai Temples in Hong Kong too.

At the exhibition A Chinese Journey in 2018 in Noordbrabants Museum in Den Bosch (Netherlands). Showing modern Chinese art.

More Chinese modern artists at:

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China Cove, Point Lobos, Carmel, California.

Sunset in Huangshan China

OK, the last picture of this specific pavilion, I promise. But it's so übercool, I love it.

Disney's Hollywood Studios - Walt Disney World, Florida

Another China image from the archives. . . food sampling in a marketplace, Qingdao. . .

@ San Francisco Chinese New Year Festival and Parade

I was down on my knees (not an easy job for someone my age) looking to get a photo of these little asters when this huge mantis flew over my shoulder and landed right in front of me. I estimate it was about 6 inches (15 cm.) long. My research indicates the Chinese Mantis is not native to the US but was brought here nearly 200 years ago as a deterrent to other small insects. They can still be purchased here for that purpose or for pets!