May 4 2021

Xiaozhan Training Station 小站练兵

小站练兵 (1895). Photos are from Judge Zhou.

知名度为何不如五四? 再次全程参观,发展有不少改动,去袁化的改动,相信不是园方本意. 无语,无奈.


May 2 2021

Hu Yaobang Memorial

胡耀邦同志纪念馆 is at Wencang Road, Liuyang city, Hunan province. The general admission is free. Photos are from Tantan 谈谈.


Apr 23 2021

Imperial Ancestral Temple 太庙

This temple is Built in 1420. It’s behind Tiananmen, opposite to ZhongShan Park. Photo courtesy of Victor.     

 


Apr 21 2021

Foguang Temple 佛光寺


Foguang Village, Doucun Town,
Wutai County, Xinzhou City
Shanxi Province
山西省忻州市五台县豆村镇佛光村

The buddhist temple is 80 miles NE of Taiyuan. The main hall – Great East Hall was built in the year 857, which was Tang Dynasty (618-907).

wiki Foguang Temple is a Buddhist temple located five kilometres from Doucun, Wutai County, Shanxi Province of China. The major hall of the temple is the Great East Hall, built in 857 AD, during the Tang Dynasty (618


Apr 19 2021

St. John’s Church 圣约翰教堂

St. John’s Church at 18 Shixi Jie,Canglang District, Suzhou, built in 1881. Photos by Feng Guoyin.

苏州圣约翰教堂: 苏州市沧浪区十梓街18号

 


Apr 18 2021

Mujia Garden 荫庐


景德路303号
Suzhou

Part of former Suzhou Hospital that was created by American missionaries, it’s commonly known as Mujia Garden, east of Waicheng River. Children’s Hospital is within.

俗称慕家花园, 荫庐位于景德路儿童医院院内

The white mosaic tile can be purchased at $21.90 per sq. ft. They aren’t identical but similar.

 

Dec 26 2020

Qianmen 前门

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In 1950s: A beautiful drawing from the following post on News Sina caught my eyes. The caption reads: A bird’s-eye view of Qianmen (Front Door) in the 1950s, by Zhao Xishan. This article is about the memory of 孔庆普 Kong Qingpu, how old Beijing was demolished.

五十年代的 鸟瞰前门, 赵锡山老人手绘图

回忆:我是怎样拆掉北京城墙的
从1368年起,历经明、清两代,北京的城墙基本成型,至民国时期整体布局依然得以保存。新中国成立初期,政府也对旧城进行了考察、修复工作。但自1953年起,风向转变,首都交通改善工程大步向前迈,城墙、城门、牌楼成为


Oct 4 2020

Liu’s Temple 刘秉璋陈列馆

The Temple/ exhibition hall is opened on Oct 4th, 2020.

Unfortunately, we can’t attend due to the COVID-19 pandemic.


Apr 12 2020

With love, from Hefei

The Liu temple is processing well. They began to work 来自家乡的信息和照片.

2020.4.12 ⇓


Apr 7 2020

Five Genii 五仙观

Temple of the Five Immortals in Guangzhou (Canton), from LOC: