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# 79. Backlite Stupa at Magao Caves
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#80. Cotton plant
#81. Wind mills along the roads
#81. Wind mills along the roads
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#82. Rocky hills - it's a common sight as you travel along the roads of Turpan, Hami.
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#83. Mehhhh....give way to us.
#84. 2008 Beijing Olympic Mascot Yingying 迎迎 (the Tibetan Antelope).
Like the Five Olympic Rings from which they draw their color and inspiration, Fuwa 福娃 serves as the Official Mascots of Beijing 2008 Olympic Games, carrying a message of friendship and peace -- and good wishes from China -- to children all over the world.
Designed to express the playful qualities of five little children who form an intimate circle of friends, Fuwa also embody the natural characteristics of four of China's most popular animals -- the Fish, the Panda, the Tibetan Antelope, the Swallow -- and the Olympic Flame.
Each of Fuwa has a rhyming two-syllable name -- a traditional way of expressing affection for children in China. Beibei is the Fish, Jingjing is the Panda, Huanhuan is the Olympic Flame, Yingying is the Tibetan Antelope and Nini is the Swallow.
When you put their names together (Bei Jing Huan Ying Ni) 北京 欢迎你 "Welcome to Beijing," offering a warm invitation that reflects the mission of Fuwa as young ambassadors for the Olympic Games.
#84. 2008 Beijing Olympic Mascot Yingying 迎迎 (the Tibetan Antelope).
Like the Five Olympic Rings from which they draw their color and inspiration, Fuwa 福娃 serves as the Official Mascots of Beijing 2008 Olympic Games, carrying a message of friendship and peace -- and good wishes from China -- to children all over the world.
Designed to express the playful qualities of five little children who form an intimate circle of friends, Fuwa also embody the natural characteristics of four of China's most popular animals -- the Fish, the Panda, the Tibetan Antelope, the Swallow -- and the Olympic Flame.
Each of Fuwa has a rhyming two-syllable name -- a traditional way of expressing affection for children in China. Beibei is the Fish, Jingjing is the Panda, Huanhuan is the Olympic Flame, Yingying is the Tibetan Antelope and Nini is the Swallow.
When you put their names together (Bei Jing Huan Ying Ni) 北京 欢迎你 "Welcome to Beijing," offering a warm invitation that reflects the mission of Fuwa as young ambassadors for the Olympic Games.
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#85. Having a serious discussion.....
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YeeKhai,
The bluish shadow is as what it is taken, a nautral phenomenon which don't have to be corrected. In fact, a lot of people would photoshop the sky to become bluish. I refer blue sky than white, it gives a good contrast to the photos.
Thanks.
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#86. Hey, Who has the right of way? the answer is obvious, right?
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#87. Full load of cotton wool after a good harvest.
#88. Lonely horse
#89. Kashhar tents along the roads
#88. Lonely horse
#89. Kashhar tents along the roads
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#90. Han Dynasty Tomb of Leitai at Wu Wei (雷台汉墓， 武威）
Located in Leitai Park on Central Beiguan Rd., Wuwei City, Gansu Province, the Leitai Tomb of the Eastern Han Dynasty is a large brick-chambered tomb of late Eastern Han Dynasty discovered by local farmers in 1969 beneath an old locust tree. The tomb is famous for its bronze galloping horse unearthed.
Leitai is a rectangular rammed terrace 8.5 meters high, 106 meters long from north to south and 60 meters wide from east to west. It was an ancient place for sacrificing the Thunder God, which was named after the Temple of God of Thunder built in middle Ming Dynasty on a terrace as high as about ten meters. According to the inscriptions on the chest of the horse tomb figure unearthed, it was the tomb of "Shou Zhang Ye Zhang Zhang Jun" (General Zhang of Zhang Ye) built between 186 to 219 A.D. The tomb passage is 19.34 meters long, with front, middle and rear chambers as well as three side chambers on both left and right sides. Unearthed from it there were 231 pieces of artifacts including gold, silver, bronze, iron, jade, bone, stone and pottery articles as well as 99 ceremonious bronze chariot and horse figures, among which the one of the greatest artistic level is the bronze galloping horse。
#91. Symbolic Horse Statue at the Tomb of Leitai
#92. At the entrance...raining and cold.
Located in Leitai Park on Central Beiguan Rd., Wuwei City, Gansu Province, the Leitai Tomb of the Eastern Han Dynasty is a large brick-chambered tomb of late Eastern Han Dynasty discovered by local farmers in 1969 beneath an old locust tree. The tomb is famous for its bronze galloping horse unearthed.
Leitai is a rectangular rammed terrace 8.5 meters high, 106 meters long from north to south and 60 meters wide from east to west. It was an ancient place for sacrificing the Thunder God, which was named after the Temple of God of Thunder built in middle Ming Dynasty on a terrace as high as about ten meters. According to the inscriptions on the chest of the horse tomb figure unearthed, it was the tomb of "Shou Zhang Ye Zhang Zhang Jun" (General Zhang of Zhang Ye) built between 186 to 219 A.D. The tomb passage is 19.34 meters long, with front, middle and rear chambers as well as three side chambers on both left and right sides. Unearthed from it there were 231 pieces of artifacts including gold, silver, bronze, iron, jade, bone, stone and pottery articles as well as 99 ceremonious bronze chariot and horse figures, among which the one of the greatest artistic level is the bronze galloping horse。
#91. Symbolic Horse Statue at the Tomb of Leitai
#92. At the entrance...raining and cold.
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Patrick,
Thanks for your compliments. Yes, you are right, that is my intent to pre-amp interested party who plan for the visit. I believe we will only visit the place once and probably not to re-visit again.
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#93. Display of the marbled mini-horses and soldiers which were unearthed.
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Daoyin,
Thanks for your compliments.
I gathered the information from the travel guide book and also from google websites
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#94. Water refilling station - along the road of Xinjiang
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