Buddha in Paronirvana
This is just one of thousands of treasures within the desert mountain near Dunhuang. The Buddha is some 55 feet long, and has been at rest here for a thousand years.
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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. ... [read more]
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. ... [read more] Blog: #119 Teaching at Taizhou Teachers College, China (Part 2,The Silk Road near DUNHUANG, Gansu)
Date: September 20th 2009
***** "It is with deep sadness, that I heard of the recent events and tragedy at my former school in Miami. From so far away, in Taizhou, China, I wish to share in your pain and suffering, that must be overwhelming you, my dear friends and collegues and students at Coral Gables H.S. My memories of almost 20 years with you were of great joy and satisfaction, and I wish I could be there with y ... read more
Date: September 20th 2009
***** "It is with deep sadness, that I heard of the recent events and tragedy at my former school in Miami. From so far away, in Taizhou, China, I wish to share in your pain and suffering, that must be overwhelming you, my dear friends and collegues and students at Coral Gables H.S. My memories of almost 20 years with you were of great joy and satisfaction, and I wish I could be there with y ... read more
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After 38 years as a Foreign Language Teacher and Foreign Language Dept. Chair at Coral Gables Sr. H.S., and A.J. Professor of German at the University of Miami, I have left Florida in June of 2006, where my home is in Miami Beach, Florida, USA. I have just signed a sixth year teaching-contract with Taizhou Teachers College in the city of Taizhou, located about 3hrs north of Shanghai in Jiangsu Province in CHINA.
I thought it would be informative for others and rewarding for me personally, to log the progress of my efforts from beginning to end, as a Travel and Photo Journal. I app... full info
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