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Chinese Invention
- on 03.05.09
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China’s Mystic Waters
- on 02.25.09
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Jiuzhaigou means “valley of nine villages,” because it once harbored
nine, but other numbers are more significant now. About 80 hotels are
clustered cleanly at the mouth of a Y-shaped, 20-mile-long valley in
the Min Mountains of central China, where 280 buses wait to shuttle
this day’s 18,000 or so visitors up the very pretty route.
National Geographic Photo Gallery
Thousand-Hand Guanyin
- on 01.30.09
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As long as you are kind and there is love in your heart
A thousand hands will naturally come to your aid
As long as you are kind and there is love in your heart
You will reach out with a thousand hands to help others
Guan Yin is the bodhisattva of compassion, revered by Buddhists as the Goddess of Mercy. Her name is short for Guan Shi Yin. Guan means to observe, watch, or monitor; Shi means the world; Yin means sounds, specifically sounds of those who suffer. Thus, Guan Yin is a compassionate being who watches for, and responds to, the people in the world who cry out for help.
There is an awesome dance, called the Thousand-Hand Guanyin .
Considering the tight coordination required, their accomplishment is
Nothing short of amazing, even if they were not all DEAF. Yes, you
Read correctly. All 21 of the dancers are complete deaf-mutes . Relying
Only on signals from trainers at the four corners of the stage, these
Extraordinary dancers deliver a visual spectacle that is at once
Intricate and stirring. Its first major international debut was in
Athens at the closing ceremonies for the 2004 Paralympics.
But it had long been in the repertoire of the China Disabled People’s
Performing Art Troupe and had traveled to more than 40 countries.
Its lead dancer is 29-year-old Tai Lihua, who has a BA from The Hubei
Fine Art s Institute. The video was recorded in Beijing during the Spring
Festival celebrations this year.
Happy Chinese New Year
- on 01.26.09
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Happy Chinese New Year, and welcome to the Year of the Ox!