Roof

Sometimes it's the intriquite things that amaze you. This is the roof structure at the Guandong Museum of Folk Handicrafts in Guangzhou. Julia just recently told me that the number of horizontal posts under the roof represent different social classes. Certain classes used to have more or less posts depending on their status. Sounds like Indian castes to me!

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April 30th 2006
Guangzhou is to the west of America as Dalian is to the east. People in Guangzhou are relaxed and take time in their lives to truly spend freely. People in Dalian are busy - never have time to do anything but study and work. Guangzhou is full of greenery and has water running through it. Dalian has no greenery and has water running on two sides of it. These are some of the observances I've ma ... read more

Asia » China » Guangdong » Foshan

For centuries China stood as a leading civilization, outpacing the rest of the world in the arts and sciences, but in the 19th and early 20th centuries, the country was beset by civil unrest, major famines, military defeats, and foreign occupation. A... ... read more

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