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China, Beijing,…autumn sunset over the Forbidden City, the “Zǐjinchéng”, in China now it is usually called Gùgōng, is the centre of Beijing. The Palace was for 276 years, 1368 –1644 the Chinese imperial palace from the Ming Dynasty & until the end of the Qing Dynasty, established in 1636 & ruling China from 1644 to 1912.
Built from 1406 to 1420, was it the home to twenty-four Chinese emperors, from the Ming dynasty & 1420 until the end of the Qing dynasty before the abdication of Puyi in 1912. The Palace served as the home of emperors, their family circle, as well as the ceremonial & political centre of Chinese government for over 500 years.
The 980 buildings complex with officially 9.999 rooms, as a room is considered the space between four pillars. The palace represents traditional Chinese impressive architecture, it influenced cultural & architectural developments in East Asia.
The whole complex was built without a nail or a screw only with dowels & interlacing, the general renovation which started in 2002 is done with same technics & craftsmanship as in past hundreds of years & will need a couple of more years, by the year 2020, 85% by 2020 to be finalized & open to the public. During the imperial centuries it was forbidden to build any house higher than the Palace buildings, hence during thunderstorms it was the main object in Beijing to be hit by lightning
After the establishment of the People's Republic of China in 1949, some damage was done to the Forbidden City as the country was flounced up in revolutionary fanaticism during the Cultural Revolution. However, further destruction was prevented when Ordered by Mao Zedong, the Premier Zhou Enlai, sent an army battalion to guard the Forbidden City to prevent further devastation.
Zhou Enlai was the first Premier of the People's Republic of China, Mao Zedong was the Chairman, founding father & intellectual leader of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China.
The Imperial Palace, built in only 14 years from 1406 to 1420, is a rectangle covering 720,000m2 with 961 mtr from north to south & 753 mtr from east to west. Crossing the Forbidden City through to the Tiananmen Gate, which is decorated with a portrait of Mao Zedong, the forecourt & the Meridian Gate to the north gate on Jingshan Hill it is a length of slightly more than 1,5 km. The Forbidden City is enclosed by a 7,9 mtr high & 6 mtr wide defensive wall, which has a circumference of 3,430km, surrounded by a 52 mtr wide ditch.
The Forbidden City is documented as one of the most important five palaces in the world, with an area of 72ha it is the largest & ancient palatial structure in the world
The palace is 960 mtr long & 750 mtr wide, has formally 9,999 rooms, a room being the space between four pillars. The Forbidden City is enclosed by an almost 8 mtr-high defensive wall, which has a circumference of 3,430km.
Since 1925, the Forbidden City has been under the charge of the Palace Museum, whose extensive collection of artwork & artefacts were built upon the imperial collections of the Ming & Qing dynasties.
Approximately 15 million tourists visit the palace every year.
About 25% of the museum's former collection is since the Chinese Civil War located in the National Palace Museum in Taipei, both museums descend from the same institution.
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1000cc Right hand sidecar grasstrack action at Frittenden is about to end as the front forks of No 80 are about to snap. The crew were thrown off but were unhurt.
This is one of the fabulous prizes possible for the three winners of the contest - each may choose any item of their choice from the Avenue Classics Collection!
It's only one day away now! Tomorrow our Oh Snap! Photo Contest will begin at Open Latte Cafe at MIll Pond. Stop by the landing point at the cafe to pick up the Official Rules today! Winners will receive prizes valued at thousands of lindens from Avenue Classics!
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A Dutch F-16 lifts off for its afternoon mission during the 2017 Tigermeet, which was held at Landivisiau in north west France.
It would be easy to assume that J-001 was the first F-16 built for the Dutch, but in fact it was one of the last batch built by Fokker for them in 1990. '001' is merely a contraction of the US assigned serial 88-0001.
Landivisiau, Brittany, France
14th June 2017
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I spent a little time in downtown Salem today between rain squalls. This is one of the interior walls in one of our favorite lunch spots.
Explore! Nov. 11, 2009 #410
...I'll do all those sewing tasks I've been planning!
ODC "procrastination"
(Procrastination is easy - if you don't add things to your To Do list, they aren't there to make you feel guilty.)
Did some promo work with OWP from Tallahassee a few weeks back...
This is one of the fun shots we did.
Let me know what you think!
strobe: ring flash thru moon unit.
Whatever happens tomorrow, we had today.
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“Live each day as if it's our last', that was the conventional advice, but really who had the energy for that?
Better by far to simply try and be good and courageous and bold and to make a difference. Not change the world exactly, but the bit around you.
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Cherish your friends .... Live passionately .... Experience new things. Love and be loved....
David Nicholls
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Amazing little creatures. I caught this one while in Florida, but I had to grab a shot before I released him.
Excerpt from winterstations.com:
One Canada
Design Team: University of Guelph, School of Environmental Design & Rural Development – Alex Feenstra, Megan Haralovich, Zhengyang Hua, Noah Tran, Haley White & Connor Winrow, Lead by Assistant Professor Afshin Ashari and Associate Professor Sean Kelly (Canada)
Description
The Indigenous Peoples in Canada are an inspirational example of resilience due to their ability to withstand adversity and persevere through generations of oppressive colonial policies. Historic injustices persist, including the effects of cultural genocide from the residential school system of Canada. Here we symbolize bridging the gap between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Peoples through gathering. Accomplished through the support of the seven grandfather teachings, represented by the seven rings of the installation, that originated with the Anishnabae Peoples, passed down through generations that ensures the survival of all Indigenous Peoples: Wisdom, Love, Respect, Bravery, Honesty, Humility, and Truth. Orange represents the National Day of Truth and Reconciliation, and the reality that the support of non-Indigenous Peoples, as Indigenous Peoples assert rights to self-determination, will strengthen relations and begin to redress the historic wrongs. Orange is displayed in the ropes where the pattern pays homage to the creation of drums, where the ropes were weaved to honour culture. The installations flow towards the lifeguard stand reinforces the strengthening of the relationship and that the protection of Canada hinges on the unity between peoples. We aim to symbolize movement to a new relationship, one based on mutual respect that honours Indigenous treaties and rights. The road forward is long and nonlinear, but we commit to take the journey together.
One of only 2 new moths for the night, & didn't find either until I was already taking down my sheet.
Wishing you all a grand new week.
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An orchid in a deep forest sends out its fragrance even if no one is around to appreciate it.
Confucius
We're fortunate to have had more than a few great kitties as part of our family. This one, Sydney, was very special. Here she is getting a kiss from my daughter about a month before she got out of the house and was taken by coyotes. I still miss her.
"Se guardi le stelle in cielo ricorda che ognuna è un desiderio, e che tu puoi sempre scegliere in cosa sperare, credere, sognare" Stephen Littlewood
Un piccolo paese di montagna sembra fatto da una manciata di stelle cadute dal cielo sul fianco della montagna.
Sarò all'estero tutta la settimana. A presto :)
These baby sparrows have amused us as we come and go peeping over their nest as we come in and out the door. Now the 1st has flown away. I was lucky enough to be home for lunch and outside when it flew off.
This geodesic delight is wild onion courtesy of our neighbor, Jonathan. We have a few transplants from his collection -- now in our yard. They all look like bucky balls. Nature-inspired geometric goodness. Yeh!
On a smoky afternoon on the edge of town . In the distance you can just make out some horses and one of them decides to come over and make contact .
Summerland Way
Grafton
North Coast . NSW
Saint Isaac's Cathedral or Isaakievskiy Sobor is a large architectural landmark cathedral that currently functions as a museum with occasional church services in Saint Petersburg, Russia. It is dedicated to Saint Isaac of Dalmatia, a patron saint of Peter the Great, who had been born on the feast day of that saint. It was originally built as a cathedral but was turned into a museum by the Soviet government in 1931 and has remained a museum ever since. In 2017, the Governor of Saint Petersburg offered to transfer the cathedral back to the Russian Orthodox Church, but this was not accomplished due to the protests of St Petersburg citizens opposing the offer.
The neoclassical exterior expresses the traditional Russian-Byzantine formula of a Greek-cross ground plan with a large central dome and four subsidiary domes. It is similar to Andrea Palladio's Villa Capra "La Rotonda", with a full dome on a high drum substituted for the Villa's low central saucer dome. The design of the cathedral in general and the dome in particular later influenced the design of the United States Capitol dome, Wisconsin State Capitol in Madison, Wisconsin, and the Lutheran Cathedral in Helsinki.
The exterior is faced with gray and pink stone, and features a total of 112 red granite columns with Corinthian capitals, each hewn and erected as a single block: 48 at ground level, 24 on the rotunda of the uppermost dome, 8 on each of four side domes, and 2 framing each of four windows. The rotunda is encircled by a walkway accessible to tourists. 24 statues stand on the roof, and another 24 on top of the rotunda.
ONE-HEARTED( 相思)
When those red berries come in springtime,
Flushing on your southland branches,
Take home an armful, for my sake,
As a symbol of our love.
- Wang Wei -
Wang Wei (simplified Chinese: 王维; traditional Chinese: 王維; pinyin: Wáng Wéi; 699–759[1]) and also known by other names such as Wang Youcheng, was a Tang dynasty Chinese poet, musician, painter, and statesman. He was one of the most famous men of arts and letters of his time. Many of his poems are preserved, and twenty-nine were included in the highly influential 18th century anthology Three Hundred Tang Poems.
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