Urban Impression - Page 18

404Error · 04-12-2005, 11:48 AM

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Originally Posted by Promenea

The stone people look like they were designed to hold something in their lap that fit into that hole in the bottom or is that for some other purpose?

Maybe a really big stick of incense?

xoxoxoBruce · 04-13-2005, 09:52 PM

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Originally Posted by Happy Monkey

The one without a head looks like his hands broke as well, showing that there is a matching hole in the hands. Looks like they held a flagpole or a tentpole. If there were five, perhaps there was one for each corner and one for the center.

I agree...some kind of poles.

Billy · 06-08-2005, 04:03 AM

I went to Mt. Huangsha (Yellow Mountain) in company tour. It is famouse by its strange pines, stone, cloudy sea and warm spring.

The first pic is the No. 1 pine in Mt. Huangshan. Its name is Welcoming Guest Pine because it looks like hands to welcome guests.
The second is Seeing-Off Pine.

Billy · 06-08-2005, 04:06 AM

Lover's Pine
Black Tiger Pine

Billy · 06-08-2005, 05:44 AM

Harp Pine
Comity Pine. It has many big and small trunks.

wolf · 06-08-2005, 10:38 AM

Very nice! The trees are like bonsai without pots!

Billy · 06-08-2005, 10:59 AM

Wolf, you are totally right. The pots are the stones. All the pins have lived in the stones more than 1,000 years old.

glatt · 06-08-2005, 11:10 AM

do they prune the trees like bonsai trees are pruned (trimmed?) They have very unusual shapes.

BrianR · 06-08-2005, 12:39 PM

Welcome back Billy, we've missed you!

Clodfobble · 06-08-2005, 12:59 PM

The "Seeing Off" pine is my favorite.

xoxoxoBruce · 06-08-2005, 10:36 PM

I agree......seeing off.
But the Comity (committee?) pine intrigues me.
Nice pictures Billy, thanks.

wolf · 06-09-2005, 12:33 AM

Without checking a dictionary, I think Comity means friendship or community togetherness?

wolf · 06-09-2005, 12:34 AM

Social Harmony.

For some reason I'm reminded of that episode of The Prisoner where Number 6 is declared unmutual.

Billy · 06-09-2005, 01:04 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by glatt

do they prune the trees like bonsai trees are pruned (trimmed?) They have very unusual shapes.

No one pruned them. The shapes were made by the large wind on the high mountain. The wind would cut the small upwind trunks. So they are what they are now.
I think it should be community togetherness

xoxoxoBruce · 06-10-2005, 09:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Billy

The wind would cut the small upwind trunks. So they are what they are now.

Do you mean upwind branches?

06-08-2005, 04:03 AM	#258
Billy Professor Join Date: May 2003 Location: Germany Posts: 1,462	Mt. Huangsha Tour I went to Mt. Huangsha (Yellow Mountain) in company tour. It is famouse by its strange pines, stone, cloudy sea and warm spring. The first pic is the No. 1 pine in Mt. Huangshan. Its name is Welcoming Guest Pine because it looks like hands to welcome guests. The second is Seeing-Off Pine. Attached Images

06-08-2005, 04:06 AM	#259
Billy Professor Join Date: May 2003 Location: Germany Posts: 1,462	Lover's Pine Black Tiger Pine Attached Images Last edited by Billy; 06-08-2005 at 05:22 AM.

06-08-2005, 05:44 AM	#260
Billy Professor Join Date: May 2003 Location: Germany Posts: 1,462	Harp Pine Comity Pine. It has many big and small trunks. Attached Images

06-08-2005, 10:38 AM	#261
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	Very nice! The trees are like bonsai without pots! __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

06-08-2005, 10:59 AM	#262
Billy Professor Join Date: May 2003 Location: Germany Posts: 1,462	Wolf, you are totally right. The pots are the stones. All the pins have lived in the stones more than 1,000 years old. Last edited by Billy; 06-08-2005 at 11:05 AM.

06-08-2005, 11:10 AM	#263
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	do they prune the trees like bonsai trees are pruned (trimmed?) They have very unusual shapes.

06-08-2005, 12:39 PM	#264
BrianR Cleverly disguised as a responsible adult Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Dallas, TX Posts: 3,338	Welcome back Billy, we've missed you! __________________ Never be afraid to tell the world who you are. -- Anonymous

06-08-2005, 12:59 PM	#265
Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	The "Seeing Off" pine is my favorite.

06-08-2005, 10:36 PM	#266
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	I agree......seeing off. But the Comity (committee?) pine intrigues me. Nice pictures Billy, thanks. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

06-09-2005, 12:33 AM	#267
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	Without checking a dictionary, I think Comity means friendship or community togetherness? __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

06-09-2005, 12:34 AM	#268
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	Social Harmony. For some reason I'm reminded of that episode of The Prisoner where Number 6 is declared unmutual. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

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