Urban Impression - Page 23

Billy · 07-17-2006, 10:10 PM

I knew Yuanmingyuan from the Yuanyingguan picture in my history in elementary school.

Billy · 07-17-2006, 10:16 PM

Dashuifa

Happy Monkey · 07-18-2006, 05:34 AM

Wow, that is some gorgeous stonework.

Happy Monkey · 07-18-2006, 09:21 AM

Lord Elgin, as in the Elgin Marbles? Man, he cut a swath through foreign stonework, didn't he?

Ibby · 07-18-2006, 11:27 PM

No offence, billy, but that's exactly the kind of thing they would tell you.

BigV · 07-20-2006, 01:54 PM

SCF, please. This isn't my monitor.

Very, very funnyfunnyfunny, Beestie. As usual. : props:

footfootfoot · 07-21-2006, 04:30 AM

Ha! I Love it.

Sundae · 09-12-2006, 01:40 PM

Billy, I haven't seen any of your gorgeous pictures before today.

They took my breath away - you have a real talent both for photography and the captions you apply. Amazes me that can describe images so poetically and succinctly - AND in a foreign language!

A few pages back (I started from page 1) you mentioned Tripataka Hall, but without further explanation. Is this the same as Tripitaka of Journey to the West (Xi You Ji) fame?

I understand it's also a generic term for a Buddhist monk of a certain level.

glatt · 09-12-2006, 02:11 PM

Billy, thanks for posting information about these pictures. I saw one of them on a random Live Journal page a while back, and posted it over in the WTF thread, but didn't know anything about the place. It's really amazing. I'd be afraid to go there.

Billy · 09-12-2006, 07:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by glatt

I saw one of them on a random Live Journal page a while back, and posted it over in the WTF thread, but didn't know anything about the place. It's really amazing. I'd be afraid to go there.

The photos were sent by one friend of mine. I have never been to the Mt. Huashan so I cant tell you where it is on this photo. I heard there are many that steps there. Very dangerous!

xoxoxoBruce · 09-12-2006, 08:23 PM

A Canadian Company? Maybe they'll transfer you to the home office.

dar512 · 09-12-2006, 11:16 PM

I tell you what. I don't think of myself as someone with agoraphobia. But just looking at those pictures make my gut tighten up.

wolf · 09-13-2006, 01:28 AM

My extreme fear of falling keeps me from seeing places like this in person. Thank you so much for the pictures!!

xoxoxoBruce · 09-13-2006, 04:48 AM

I wonder what all the padlocks are for, along the chains?
They don't seem to be splicing chains together, maybe they are memorials? You know, like crosses beside the road marking fatalities.

dar512 · 09-13-2006, 08:59 AM

*tour guide voice*
...and over here we have the padlock marking the tragic dogshit slide of '97...

07-17-2006, 10:10 PM	#1
Billy Professor Join Date: May 2003 Location: Germany Posts: 1,462	I knew Yuanmingyuan from the Yuanyingguan picture in my history in elementary school. Attached Images Last edited by Billy; 07-17-2006 at 10:14 PM.

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Billy Professor Join Date: May 2003 Location: Germany Posts: 1,462	Dashuifa Attached Images

07-18-2006, 05:34 AM	#3
Happy Monkey I think this line's mostly filler. Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: DC Posts: 13,575	Wow, that is some gorgeous stonework. __________________ _________________ \|...............\| We live in the nick of times. \| Len 17, Wid 3 \| \|_______________\| [pics]

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Happy Monkey I think this line's mostly filler. Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: DC Posts: 13,575	Lord Elgin, as in the Elgin Marbles? Man, he cut a swath through foreign stonework, didn't he? __________________ _________________ \|...............\| We live in the nick of times. \| Len 17, Wid 3 \| \|_______________\| [pics]

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09-12-2006, 01:40 PM	#8
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	Billy, I haven't seen any of your gorgeous pictures before today. They took my breath away - you have a real talent both for photography and the captions you apply. Amazes me that can describe images so poetically and succinctly - AND in a foreign language! A few pages back (I started from page 1) you mentioned Tripataka Hall, but without further explanation. Is this the same as Tripitaka of Journey to the West (Xi You Ji) fame? I understand it's also a generic term for a Buddhist monk of a certain level. __________________ Life's hard you know, so strike a pose on a Cadillac

09-12-2006, 02:11 PM	#9
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	Billy, thanks for posting information about these pictures. I saw one of them on a random Live Journal page a while back, and posted it over in the WTF thread, but didn't know anything about the place. It's really amazing. I'd be afraid to go there.

09-12-2006, 08:23 PM	#11
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	A Canadian Company? Maybe they'll transfer you to the home office. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

09-12-2006, 11:16 PM	#12
dar512 dar512 is now Pete Zicato Join Date: May 2003 Location: Chicago suburb Posts: 4,968	I tell you what. I don't think of myself as someone with agoraphobia. But just looking at those pictures make my gut tighten up. __________________ "Against stupidity the gods themselves contend in vain." -- Friedrich Schiller

09-13-2006, 01:28 AM	#13
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	My extreme fear of falling keeps me from seeing places like this in person. Thank you so much for the pictures!! __________________ 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

09-13-2006, 04:48 AM	#14
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	I wonder what all the padlocks are for, along the chains? They don't seem to be splicing chains together, maybe they are memorials? You know, like crosses beside the road marking fatalities. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

09-13-2006, 08:59 AM	#15
dar512 dar512 is now Pete Zicato Join Date: May 2003 Location: Chicago suburb Posts: 4,968	tour guide voice ...and over here we have the padlock marking the tragic dogshit slide of '97... __________________ "Against stupidity the gods themselves contend in vain." -- Friedrich Schiller

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