Blogs from Henan, China, Asia - page 16

Asia » China » Henan July 16th 2008

I must apologize to everyone. I can not answer any emails tonight. I got to read them all - guess that was lucky. Every time I go to reply to a message though it says the server is timed out. Such is my luck. I thought it might be the computer, but this computer is the same. I will try to answer everyone tomorrow. So sad. ... read more

Our new home

Asia » China » Henan July 14th 2008

Dieck

It is nice to be settled in our new home and to begin our work. Megan and I have felt like traveling salesman so far! Since departing Los Angeles at 12:30am on the 6th of July, we have not spent more than one night in the same place! Tonight will be our second night in our new home! While in Beijing we spent the night in a new hotel ROOM every night (3 nights). The we spent the night on the train coming to Xinyang. Next we moved into a nice hotel right across the street from where I have taught and lived in the past, however that was also only a one night stay! The next day, Sunday, we moved down the road a couple miles to what will be our home for the next ... read more

China - Kaifeng

Asia » China » Henan » Kaifeng July 9th 2008

1048 armed Buddha

BossManBing

After seven weeks in China, my VISA had all but expired, so I head for a small city called Kaifeng, a four hour bus-ride from Luoyang, in hopes of getting an extension. Unfortunately, because of the Olympics, 2008 is China's 'Special Year' and VISAs are hard to come by. In Kaifeng they could only give me a 10 day extension from that day - not much point when I still had 13 days left on the current one. I book a train ticket to Nanjing, the old Capital of China, but it leaves me two days to kill in Kaifeng. I visit the Da Xianguo Si - the Prime Minister's Temple, and see an amazing gold-plated carved Buddha, which took 58 years to carve and was made from a solitary tree. It has 4 faces and ... read more

China - Luoyang

Asia » China » Henan » Luoyang July 9th 2008

Longmen Grottoes

BossManBing

I took a seven hour train ride to Zhenzhou, arriving late, and then a three and a half hour bus-ride to the town of Luoyang. The next day I was up early to get the public bus out to the Longmen grottoes. They obviously didn't get too many foreign tourists on the bus, as pretty much everyone stared at me for the 50 minute journey... It was worth it though, as the Longmen carvings were brought to us by the same folks that gave us the Yungang caves, after they'd moved their capital from Datong to Luoyang. The carvings were incredible and much more liufe-like than anything I'd seen in China thus far, but many of them had been damaged by either fire, water or the Red Guard during the Cultural Revolution. I spent most of ... read more

My younger sisters in USA

Asia » China » Henan » Zhengzhou July 2nd 2008

Addision and her mum &dad

Sarah liu

Time goes so fast! Several monthes have past .I miss my younger sisters,AddIsion & Ellie &Emma,here are some pictures of them.Hope they are happy in the other world. Gold bless them! Love them! ... read more

Singapore mum and dad triped in henan and xi an

Asia » China » Henan » Luoyang June 29th 2008

Sarah liu

At the beginning of the 2008,my singapore triped in henan and xi an. Here are some pictures of them. We began zhengzhou ---kaifeng---luoyang---xian--beijing--singapore.... read more

Longmen and Hangzhou

Asia » China » Henan » Luoyang June 16th 2008

Stone Buddha

Yuan Ming

((After the experience of living in the Hong Kong Temple, I returned to China for 30 days. There I came to two places, very magical and mystical places. Here I want to share, through some poems and photos, my deep love and appreciation that I feel when in China, especially when in such places as these)) Longmen (Dragon Gates)~These Buddhist...caves, more like a portion of a river valley that has been scultped into a window giving view of the Buddhist conceptualized universe, have been chissled, carved, crafted and adored for over 1500 long and slow years, while the river peacefully made its course. And I wrote this poem there to express my awe and wonder and appreciation and perception. Ancient River Yi How long have you carried messages to the sea As even now you bring ... read more

Congratulations :Adoption Family Andrew &Dana(11th---17th of JUNE)

Asia » China » Henan » Zhengzhou June 15th 2008

Yan Yan (Grace)

Sarah liu

I have worked for adoption family for some time,i was touched a lot.When i saw the children in the orphanage ;when i saw the family ;when i saw the happy face;when i heard the laugh ,i can not image my feeling.I am a simple girl ,but i am easy to be touched. Andrew &Dana ,they are very kind and nice person.They already adopted one child,her name is niaomi.she is a sweet girl,i like her too much.Anna is the second child for the family.I can understand their feeling ,most of the time,i wanted to write something ,but just feel confused what should i write .I am poor at writing.But i feel my heart ,the god told me to do something more for the world ,so i made a decision.It will change all my life ,i guess. ... read more

You Want An Audience Start A Fight

Asia » China » Henan » Luoyang June 4th 2008

It was a Tuesday in China at the time

the soul cultivator

We arrived by train on Tuesday afternoon, then left by train on Wednesday night. This is what happened in between.... read more

Traveling The Most Dangerous Road In China?

Asia » China » Henan June 2nd 2008

The Most Dangerous Road In China?

FreeSpirit

Guoliangcun was another one of those small towns that was incredibly difficult to find. We left Shaolin in the early hours and got on a local bus to Luoyang and then made our way to the long distance bus station in Dengfang. At first we struggled to find the long distance bus station, because everyone kept pointing us in different directions. I got the feeling they didn't have a clue what we were asking and they just wanted to get rid of us. Occasionally we would approach people for directions that would give us a confused look and then proceed to run down the road to get away from us! We found this reaction to our presence hysterical! We eventually found our way and got on a long distance bus for a days travel. We made ... read more

Brief history of China

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...more history

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