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Wuhou Shrine (which I usually mistakenly call “Wuhou Temple,” though I think I’ve seen signage to that effect) is an interesting museum to literature/history. I call it a temple because it feels like a temple. As it’s not religious, though, it’s just a shrine.
So, what is it a shrine to? The Romance of the Three Kingdoms. That book (along with Dream of Red Mansions) is one of the most famous and most important of ancient Chinese literature. I’m ashamed to say I haven’t read either yet, though. Having said that, the following summary is a mashup of signage around the grounds and Lonely Planet China (2011).
Directly from LP: “Surrounded by gardens with mossy cypresses draped over walkways, this temple honors several figures from the Three Kingdoms period, including Emperor Liu Bei and legendary military strategist Zhuge Liang, who was immortalized in one of the classics of Chinese literature – Romance of the Three Kingdoms (San Guo Yanyi).”
And from signage near the entrance to the museum: “Wuhou Shrine of Chengdu, the largest museum (140,000 square meters) for the history of Three Kingdoms, displays about 50 life-size statues of the administrating staff from the monarchic Kingdom of Shu and preserves some ancient buildings, of which some were renovated in 1672 AD. As early as in Tang Dynasty and Song Dynasty, the honorable and reputable shrine was a tourist destination.”
In my experience from what I’ve seen here and around China and South Korea, I’ll say the following things…
1. Wuhou Shrine feels as much like any religious temple as any Confucian Temple. (Since Confucianism isn’t really a religion, I don’t know why those are called temples and this isn’t.)
2.It’s very well-maintained and has a very parklike quality to its visit, which makes this one of the nicer places to spend time in Chengdu.
3.It’s impressive that a museum to history/literature is this…extensive. And this old. If the signage is accurate, the Tang Dynasty ended in 907 AD, if memory serves me right which makes this museum – in this location – over 1,000 years old. I think “impressive” is a huge understatement.
4.Like anything that old, it’s so hard to know what’s original, what’s renovated. I think it’s safe to assume every one of the buildings has been renovated. (If 1672 was the last renovation, I would be impressed, but since all of them have electricity…hard to believe that.) But what about the landscaping? How much of that is original? Those sorts of questions are curious to me.
5.Speaking of original, there is a burial mound for Liu Bei. It is 12 meters tall and encompassed by a 180-meter long wall. According to official Three Kingdoms records, Liu Bei died in 223 AD and was buried here (later joined by his two wives, Madam Gan and Madam Wu). However, I swear that I’ve read elsewhere that it’s inconclusive that Liu Bei is actually buried here. Whether he is or not, this is an impressive mound.
6.My final comment about Wuhou Shrine is that it’s just a beautiful park – especially in spring – with magnolias in bloom. (This first posting will highlight that; it’s from mid-March 2015. I’ll eventually have two subsequent Wuhou shoots to join this first group.)
As always, please feel free to leave questions or comments. I hope you enjoy the pictures and descriptions.
Dundalk overwhelm Bangor in All Ireland Final
by Roger Corbett
Bangor’s amazing run in the All Ireland Junior Cup came to an abrupt end when they were comprehensively beaten by Dundalk, eventually losing by 55-5.
Where do you start when trying to relate and absorb the events of Saturday’s final at Chambers Park? Firstly, congratulations to worthy winners Dundalk who nullified the Bangor attack, then went on to produce some stunning plays which racked up no less than 8 tries, each by a different player. For Bangor’s part, they were unable to respond to the intensity of Dundalk’s game, and lacked the cutting edge which their opponents used to great effect.
The day started full of promise, as the strong support from North Down made their way to Chambers Park in Portadown, knowing Bangor would be fielding their best team. Once again, the pundits had Bangor as the underdogs – just as they had done so in the previous three rounds! In confounding the experts earlier, Bangor produced some awesome performances against top quality opposition to get to the final. Dundalk had produced some convincing wins in the early rounds of the competition, but had struggled to get past CIYMS in the semi-final, just managing to squeeze ahead at the second time of asking. However, with a number of key players returning to the side in time for this game, they were now back at full strength and would be a formidable force to contend with.
Having won the toss, captain Jamie Clegg elected to play into the stiff wind in the first half. For the first 5 minutes, Bangor doggedly retained possession and tried to play their way into Dundalk’s half through a series of determined forward moves. However, little ground was made and, when possession was finally lost, the Dundalk back line produced a burst that simply cut through the Bangor defence resulting in an easy touch down under Bangor’s posts for a 7-0 lead.
Bangor stuck to their plan and slowly, but patiently, got their attack moving forward, eventually winning a penalty to the left of Dundalk’s posts, but Mark Widdowson’s kick into the wind drifted just wide of the mark.
The contrast in play between the two teams was becoming clear, with Bangor trying to keep the ball close while Dundalk were throwing it wide. The latter strategy was proving to be the more effective as, with 20 minutes gone, a quick back line move with players looping around resulted in an overlap on the right wing which gave a clear run in to again, score under the posts. A further 9 minutes later, they did it again and, although the Bangor defence had sensed the danger and moved across to cover it, their tackling let them down allowing Dundalk to get over in the right hand corner, taking their lead to 19-0.
By now, Bangor were trying to hang on until half time when they could regroup and come out with the wind at their backs. Dundalk, on the other hand were anxious to press home their advantage and give them a more comfortable lead. To Bangor’s credit, although camped on their own line for lengthy spells, they dug in and managed to hold on until the referee’s half time whistle.
As the teams reappeared from the dressing rooms, it was obvious Bangor were ringing the changes, particularly in the backs. With the wind advantage having lessened considerably, Bangor got the second half underway. It was now Dundalk’s turn to adopt the slow, steady approach, just as Bangor had done earlier. However, their more confident off-loading and support play was, once again, taking play deep into Bangor’s territory. Frustration at not being able to gain possession and take play out of their danger area eventually resulted in a yellow card for Clegg after a succession of penalties. Dundalk kicked the penalty to touch, won their lineout and drove for the line. Although initially held up by the Bangor defence, Dundalk’s repeated drives were eventually rewarded with another converted score, extending their lead to 26-0.
From the touchline, the Bangor faithful had felt that if their players had managed to score first in the second half, they may have been able to mount a fight-back and close the gap to their opponents. As it was, this Dundalk score simply bolstered their confidence and pushed Bangor deeper into trouble. With Bangor still a man down, Dundalk added to the score with a penalty and then another score in the corner. Everything was now working for the Leinster men, as even the difficult touchline conversion into the biting wind successfully split the posts, bringing the score to 36-0.
As the game entered the final quarter, and with Dundalk all but holding the cup, Bangor were now on the ropes. By contrast, the Dundalk players were in almost total control, and were not going to slow down now. In a 10 minute spell, they ran in a further 3 tries, making the scoreline 55-0. By now, any sense of dejection the Bangor supporters may have been feeling was now moved to feelings of sympathy for their players. However, pride was at stake and once again Bangor rallied as the game entered its final minutes. At last, the forwards got within striking distance of the Dundalk line and, although their repeated attacks were repelled, they finally managed to do what their opponents had done so effectively, and quickly passed the ball wide to Davy Charles. Even though they were 55 points ahead, the Dundalk defence made Charles work hard to drive through the tackles and score Bangor’s consolation try, bringing the final score to 55-5.
From Bangor’s point of view, the final score doesn’t tell the whole story of this competition. While the final may have resulted in a sad anti-climax for Bangor, the remarkable journey to get there will be remembered for some time. On the day, Dundalk were by far the better side, and Bangor would have to concede that their game was not up to the usual standard. However, there is no doubt the experience of competing at this level is something to relish and the goal now will be to secure a top four place in the league and try again next year.
Everybody at the club has nothing but the highest respect and praise for what has been achieved this year by not just the 1sts, but all the senior teams, and one poor result isn’t going to change that – the welcome at Upritchard Park for the returning players is testament to that. With that in mind, the players now need to put this disappointment behind them and provide the best possible response against a struggling Portadown side at home in the league next Saturday.
Bangor side: J Leary, A Jackson, P Whyte, F Black, G Irvine, R Latimer, J Clegg, C Stewart, R Armstrong, K Rosson, D Charles, M Aspley, M Weir, M Widdowson, C Morgan
Subs: S Irvine, O McIlmurray, D Kelly, M Rodgers, C Harper, D Fusco, M Thompson
Bangor scores: D Charles (1T)
Dundalk Storm To Title Dundalk 55 v Bangor 5 from KnockOn.ie
Dundalk Scorers: Christopher Scully, Owen McNally, Jonathan Williams, John Smyth, Ultan Murphy, Tiernan Gonnelly, James McConnon and Stephen Murphy 1 try each. Ultan Murphy 6 cons, 1 pen.
Bangor Scorers: David Charles 1 try.
In front of a big crowd at Chambers Park on Saturday afternoon Dundalk delivered a stunning and ruthless display to see off the challenge of Bangor and capture the All Ireland Junior Cup title for the very first time.
Three first half tries had them firmly in control at 19-0 ahead having played with the elements at the Portadown venue during the first half and while the wind dropped somewhat after half time the Dundalk intensity most certainly didn’t as they cut loose scoring five more tries.
Dundalk returned to a heroes welcome at their Mill Road clubhouse on Saturday night after a display of pure brilliance throughout the afternoon.
Precision, pace and skill from the Louth men from start to finish left Bangor playing second fiddle for long periods.
The stroop effect notes that you expect to see the words that describe a colour in that colour; and if you don't, you get really confused :). This was done in both English and Chinese :)
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It seems like people like this kind of thing. I think it's OK and useful.
1. Dupe background layer (command/control + j) and put Layer 1 in softlight blending mode.
2, Go Filter > Stylize > Glowing edges and move all sliders to the right and click OK.
3. Gaussian blur that layer about 20.
4. Go command/control + option/alt + shift + e to create a new layer with all the edits. It's called "stamp visible"
5. Put that layer in Hardlight blending mode and go Filter > other > Highpass and set it at about 100.
I also wrote an action for this and you can get it at my website www.allangengler.com click on PS actions and it's "Weird Effect."
PRATTVILLE, Ala. -- Air Force Honor Guard team members twirl their M-9 rifles in rapid succession to simulate a domino effect during a demonstration at Prattville High School Jan. 31.
One of the effects I got using the Droste Effect plug in for Adobe's Pixel Bender. See my blog at wp.me/p1aWsn-8W to download the free plug-in and where to get the Droste Effect. Note this beautiful texture is not by me but was downloaded from www.flickr.com/photos/8078381@N03/2794952545/,
Seattle Flickrites is doing Tilt Shift or Miniature Effect this week. My plan had been to use a Modified Brenizer approach, but that didn't work out, so I just grabbed a single frame and am posting that to the group.
I'll have to work on that Brenizer Method to see the best way to shoot this photo.
This photo use the T/S effect from Photoshop, not the Toy effect from in camera.