Scenic Splendor of China »

[9 Jul 2009 | Comments Off | 632 views]
Top 6 Tourist Caves in China with Google Earth Links

[sources]:1.3.4 nipic.com | 2. 向往成都 | 5. wikipedia | 6. fx222222
A cave is a natural underground void large enough for a human to enter. — wikipedia
Karst is a very unique geology pattern that creates magnificent landscapes. In a previous post, I showed you top 5 karst peak forests in China. Today, I will lead you to go underground and show you how lime stone karst pattern creates gorgeous caves beneath the peak forests.
Just like the karst peak forests, most karst caves here are located in the same area …

Misc »

[6 Jul 2009 | 2 Comments | 54 views]
ChinaBlog.cc: My First Six Months of Blogging

Six month ago, on Jan 7th, ChinaBlog.cc came online. I’d like to make a review here and share some thought about my experience of authoring this blog.
1. Posts: I posted 61 posts and 9 pages in these six months as of 07/04/2009. They received 52 comments in total.
2. Visitors and pageviews: In June, Chinablog.cc had 986 visitors and 1686 pageviews. According to a technorati survey, I have median level visitors, but less than median level PVs.

Museum »

[2 Jul 2009 | Comments Off | 97 views]
Guojizibai Pan: Evidence of Successful Enfeoffment of Zhou Dynasty

source:1. wikipedia | 2. Logan | 3. fjedu.gov.cn
Name: Guojizibai Pan | 中文名: 虢季子白盘
Dated to: ~816 B.C. | Culture: Western Zhou Dynasty
Unearthed: ~1820-1850A.D. @ Baoji, Shaanxi | Current location: National Museum of China
Dimension: length 137.2cm, width: 86.5cm height 39.5cm
One of three most precious heavy bronze wares from western Zhou Dynasty

Art »

[30 Jun 2009 | Comments Off | 1,401 views]
Paper Cut: Art Happens When Paper Meets Scissors

Easiest and most popular folk art
Since paper was invented by Cai Lun in Han Dynasty, no wonder paper cutting was also originated in China around 2000 years ago. The oldest surviving paper cut out is a symmetrical circle from the 6th century found in Xinjiang, China.
Paper cutting is probably the most popular Chinese folk art because of its simple material, low cost, immediate production, broad adaptation, variety of design and vivid presentation. One can very easily get access to a piece of paper and try one’s own creativity with …

Music »

[24 Jun 2009 | One Comment | 845 views]
Colorful Clouds Chasing the Moon: What A Beautiful Night Sky

Colorful Clouds Chasing the Moon
In 1932, Ren Guang, a great Chinese musician, was the director of programme department of  record company EMI (Shanghai). At that time, together with another famous Chinese musician Nie Er, he wrote a number of Chinese orchestral music for an album by EMI Chinese orchestra. “Colorful clouds chasing the moon” is one of them, composed in 1935.