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Alexander Wu, piano, Francisco Roldán, guitar, Danny Mallon, percussion and Hilliard Green, bass
Alexander Wu, piano, Francisco Roldán, guitar, Danny Mallon, percussion and Hilliard Green, bass
Alexander Wu, piano, Francisco Roldán, guitar, Danny Mallon, percussion and Hilliard Green, bass
Alexander Wu, piano, Francisco Roldán, guitar, Danny Mallon, percussion and Hilliard Green, bass
Alexander Wu, piano, Francisco Roldán, guitar, Danny Mallon, percussion and Hilliard Green, bass
Alexander Wu, piano, Francisco Roldán, guitar, Danny Mallon, percussion and Hilliard Green, bass
Free Crochet Christmas Patterns at Karla's Making It
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"Ozark Zigzag Salamander, or "Plethodon angusticlavius" has middorsal stripe reddish (sometimes yellowish-purple) and zigzagged with irregular margins.”
Alexander Wu, piano, Francisco Roldán, guitar, Danny Mallon, percussion and Hilliard Green, bass
Alexander Wu, piano, Francisco Roldán, guitar, Danny Mallon, percussion and Hilliard Green, bass
Alexander Wu, piano, Francisco Roldán, guitar, Danny Mallon, percussion and Hilliard Green, bass
Alexander Wu, piano, Francisco Roldán, guitar, Danny Mallon, percussion and Hilliard Green, bass
My first completed quilt (note - definitely not the first quilt I've started!). I used Crazymomquilt's zigzag pattern and Oh Fransson's binding tutorial - both absolutely fabulous!
Zigzag Larkspur (Delphinium patens) - Photographed at Rancho San Antonio Open Space Preserve near Cupertino, California.
Alexander Wu, piano, Francisco Roldán, guitar, Danny Mallon, percussion and Hilliard Green, bass
Alexander Wu, piano, Francisco Roldán, guitar, Danny Mallon, percussion and Hilliard Green, bass
Introducing our newest pet - ZigZag the green anole.
He jumped right at the first cricket we offered him and immediately began to turn brown.
Mutianyu is possibly the second-most known section of the Great Wall after Badaling. Many heads of state have visited the Great Wall and they usually choose one of these two sections, probably for their easy access; both have cable cars ascending to the wall. For Americans reading this, President Clinton chose to see Mutianyu while Presidents Nixon and Reagan went to Badaling.
Mutianyu isn’t a long section – only a 3 kilometer hike, atop a ridge, so it’s not terribly steep (especially compared to a section like Juyongguan) – but it is quite pictureseque. It’s famous for its views of the surrounding mountains and also for its Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) watchtowers.
Getting to Mutianyu is a little cumbersome. From the heart of Beijing, you need to go to Dongzhimen Station and transfer to a bus in the long distance bus hall. It’s about an hour to an hour and a half trip northeast to Huairou County, then a private car for another 30 minutes or so to the wall. The drivers will usually wait for you as long as you don’t spend more than a few hours there. (I hiked about ¾ of the way out and back in about 3 hours, counting stops for shooting.)
Mutianyu is also a good choice because there are other sections of the wall nearby. The wild Jiankou section has basically been left untouched, and makes for extraordinary photography. As it’s also among the most dangerous sections because of its lack of upkeep, I’ll save that shoot for the spring. (Look here for a return to Badaling or Huangyaguan in winter should there be enough snow.) Other areas of the wall slightly farther out from Beijing, but also northeast of town include Simatai and Jinshanling in Miyun County and Hebei province, respectively, where I will also try to visit in the spring. Last but not least is the Huanghua section, also near Jiankou and Mutianyu.
This history of the wall – especially of the architecture – is impressive, as is its modern use as a tourist attraction/trap. The wall was built by poor Chinese or prisoners (such as the Juyongguan section, which literally translates as: “to live…criminal…(mountain) pass,” which reflects that it was built by prisoners. Many people worked to death on the construction of this massive wall.
In many sections of the wall, there is a famous quote by Chairman Mao in which he says, “You are not a man until you have visited the Great Wall of China.” (I take this tongue in cheek as this same man also encouraged Chinese to be resourceful and use the bricks of the wall as construction materials.)
The world at large seems to be rather taken with the romance and history of the wall. It seems to me that the world feels this way more than most Chinese. I’ll make that assumption based on the fact that a lot of sections of the wall are in disrepair or, in the case of the Datong section, dismantled. Also, in conversations with Chinese, most seem to have a rather nonchalant attitude towards seeing the wall and don’t think much about its historical context – including people who live close enough to travel there easily.
All in all, the wall offers many different panoramas, each section slightly different from the other, and each having a reasonably-priced admission of ~50 RMB during peak season and a little less between November and March. Outside of the Beijing area, there are also some rather notable sections of the wall (such as the eastern and western termini which end in the ocean and desert, or in Shanxi province near Datong where the bricks have all been torn down and all that remains are earthen mounds where the watchtowers once were).
As long as I live in China, I will continue to try to visit different sections of the wall to highlight some of the differences (albeit many are subtle) and to highlight that the wall has an enigmatic meaning and symbolism, contributing to the complexities of China.