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"Adventure in the Land of the Ancient Gods"
LADAKH : Day 2
A woman selling vegetables such as turnip and some pure organic vegetables at Nurla village.
The village located on the main road from Alchi to Temisgam.
© Sayid Budi ~ All rights reserved 2011
Starting in the 1960s and 70s, almost every household in Hong Kong had a folding metal gate called a “Collapsible Gate” (欖閘) at their front door. These “Collapsible Gates” had a number of thin, flat iron bars neatly interlaced and fixed to form a diamond shape, so they were also sometimes called "Diamond Gates". (菱形閘)
Although the gates seem simple enough, they were quite tricky to make. First of all, the long bars were arranged vertically. These were called the "Big Bodies" (大身), then the short bars were placed over them diagonally. These were called "Lan Zi" (欖仔).
The bars were then assembled on the ground to a mantra of "One Lan Zi takes three Big Bodies."
The holes in the iron bars had to be accurately measured and drilled in advance, and the tightness had to be mastered carefully when screwing everything together to avoid the bars being too loose, or too tight so the gate would not open and close smoothly.
These simple “Collapsible Gates” can be said to be the ancestors of a whole family of iron gates. For example, by adding a large iron plate in the middle, the gate became a "Slab Gate, while adding a long and narrow iron plate and modifying the structure created a "Folding Gate". There were also the iron gates with flower motifs on the iron plate, and these, naturally, became "Iron Gates with Flowers."
These old gates not only reflect traditional Hong Kong craftsmanship, but also symbolise the wisdom of everyday life for local folk at that time.
For example, in the old days in the market, many people actually lived at the back of their stalls.
The stalls had no windows, so the gates, which had large openings and offered plenty of ventilation could be used as partitions which solved a number of problems all at the same time.
Even in the humid weather in Hong Kong, the ventilated gate could be used as a vent, so that wooden furniture and sundries would not deteriorate.
In the Central Market, we took these symbol of traditional craftsmanship and the wisdom of the “Collapsible Gate” as inspiration for our designs, reinterpreted the gates in wood and placed them between the stores as screens and used them to display goods at the same time.
六、七十年代開始，家家戶戶都喜歡於門口裝設一款叫「欖閘」的鐵閘。欖閘的外型簡單，由多條幼鐵枝整齊地交錯固定，組成一個個菱形，所以又叫做「菱形閘」。
雖然看似簡單，但其實欖閘的製作相當考功夫。首先，垂直排列、長及到地的長鐵枝叫「大身」，斜放的短鐵枝叫「欖仔」，然後，以口訣「一欖三！一條欖仔攬三條大身。」的方式，將鐵枝排列於地上組裝。鐵枝上的洞要預先準確量度鑽好，上螺絲時又要掌握好鬆緊度，避免太鬆鎖不緊鐵枝，或者太緊令鐵閘關節無法順暢開合。
另外，簡單的欖閘亦可以說是大部分鐵閘的始祖：在欖閘中間加上一塊大鐵板就變成「板閘」，欖閘加上窄長鐵板和改成人字結構，就變成「摺閘」，在摺閘的鐵板上面通花，就成了「通花鐵閘」。
鐵枝組成的欖閘，不但反映出傳統工藝，亦象徵當時民間的生活智慧。當年很多人前舖後居，店舖沒有窗戶，開口大、通風同時可以作為間隔用的欖閘，就解決了所有問題。即使在香港天氣潮濕，通風的欖閘都能作為通氣口，令木製傢俬和雜貨商品不易變壞。
在中環街市，我們以欖閘這個傳統工藝智慧象徵作設計靈感，用木材重新演繹，放在商店之間作為屏風，同時用於展示貨品。
Another photo of Collapsible Gate ：
flic.kr/p/7UFAtk
I thought this was a rather strange, but interesting scene along the Pride parade route. What was going on under the Pride flag, I have no idea. Whatever it was everyone was attentive and fixated on the performance.
Yes, I distorted the perspective I like that on some tableau-esque kind of scenes. It makes it seem long or deeper . . . etc.
If I could draw, I always liked the texture and look of those colored oil-sticks. I watched several people work in those and I like how a thumb or forefinger rubbed on the applied color can feather,, blend, create shade and other various techniques.
So I tried to duplicate the smudged effect, darker shadows, and an absence of sharply defined features. I also like to use boosted highlights for a number of visual reasons. One certainly is to call attention to them and their different positions, and add a bit of depth.
This is all more instinctual then any formal training. It's like some young fellow who was blowing smoke said, "You certainly know a lot about wine." Well, I don't. I really don't. No false modesty. So proceded to spin a yarn around the ritual of a tableside wine opening.
And I'm serious, this young meathead, leaned close so as not to drop a single one of my verbal pearls.
After the sacred Reading of the Label, , cork feeling, sniff 'n swirl and whatever else, I concluded with, "Then you come to the final test . . . You drink deeply and ask yourself, 'Does this swill taste good to me?'"😇
The look on his face was priceless, like he just found out there is no Santa Claus.
During World War II, the prison was occupied by the Japanese and most of its buildings were damaged by bombing. The prison was re-opened for use in 1946 after restoration. When Hong Kong was later declared a port of first asylum for Vietnamese refugees, Victoria Prison became a transit and repatriation centre. It was subsequently developed into an institution with modern management facilities for accommodating discharged inmates of both sexes prior to repatriation or deportation. The prison buildings were declared monuments on 8 September 1995, together with the adjacent former Central Police Station and the former Central Magistracy. It was officially decommissioned on 12 March 2006. It is currently under renovation and will be reopened as the Tai Kwun Centre for Heritage and art.
The Days We Wear Masks 20210207
Hong Kong’s traditional Lunar New Year flower markets opened on Saturday for the festive period amid stringent coronavirus crowd-control measures.
Authorities have installed infrared sensors at the entrances and exits of each area to keep track of the number of people inside, to guard against Covid-19 infection risks at the city’s 15 major flower markets.
The measures are in line with the administration’s latest target to reduce daily coronavirus cases to fewer than a dozen by Lunar New Year towards the end of next week, in a bid for an economic revival.
An alert system on television, radio and the internet based on traffic light signals is being used to indicate crowd capacities at the flower markets. A red alert will be issued when capacity has been exceeded.
(20210206 SCMP)
Faces from Minneapolis Pride 2018. The nice thing about editing months after the event, is that by the time next April rolls around I will have enough to print for a Pride theme showing at a local coffee house. Kind of a primer for Mpls Pride 2019.
Fall will be upon us soon, and then of course Winter. My enthusiasm for outdoor photos in Winter wanes a bit.
Meanwhite. I culled these out . . . wimples and veils seem to have made a comeback this year at Pride. Haven't seen so many wimples and veils since I was in Catholic elementary school taught by Franciscan nuns.
Os pés calejados são frutos da bota usada para campo e pisa do cacau na barcaça.
Ubaitaba - BA - Brasil
Saihoji (西芳寺, Saihōji), more commonly known as Kokedera (苔寺), is one of Kyoto's Unesco World Heritage Sites. Entrance to this templerequires a reservation made well in advance by mail.
Kokedera means Moss Temple, referring to the temple garden's estimated 120 different varieties of moss. Visitors to the temple can walk through this spectacular garden, which has strongly influenced subsequent Japanese garden design.