Longman Grotto Xiangshan Temple Bai Garden Temple and the Tomb of Bai Juyi in Luoyang Henan1-28-2012 скачать в хорошем качестве

Longman Grotto Xiangshan Temple Bai Garden Temple and the Tomb of Bai Juyi in Luoyang Henan1-28-2012

Visiting Longman Grotto, Xiangshan Temple, Bai Garden Temple and The Tomb of Bai Juyi in Luoyang, Henan, China on 1-28-2012 by Ralph the Rat and BR Dirt Photography I took the pictures and made the video, but the music is not mine. Here are the links to the videos that I pulled the music from. 湯茜 - 醉相思 Beautiful Chinese Music [美丽的中国音乐]    • 湯茜 - 醉相思 Beautiful Chinese Music [美丽的...   崔子格 • 奮不顧身【Beautiful Chinese Girls】Traditional Dance    • 崔子格 • 奮不顧身【Beautiful Chinese Girls】Tr...   西藏天籟之音    • 西藏天籟之音   These are pictures taken from my first visit to the area with two friends. It was very cold to the point the waterfalls were frozen. Interestingly the koi ponds didn't freeze even the ones on the mountain toward the top in the two temple areas. I plan on putting the diary into a book format to raise money for additional classes and raise money for Florida Foster Care Program and One Million Words that brings schools supplies and food to low-income schools and orphanages in Asia. From Wikipedia The Longmen Grottoes (simplified Chinese: 龙门石窟; traditional Chinese: 龍門石窟; pinyin: Lóngmén Shíkū; lit. 'Dragon's Gate Grottoes') or Longmen Caves are some of the finest examples of Chinese Buddhist Art. Housing tens of thousands of statues of Shakyamuni Buddha and his disciples, they are located 12 kilometres (7.5 mi) south of present-day Luoyang in Henan province, China. The images, many once painted, were carved as outside rock reliefs and inside artificial caves excavated from the limestone cliffs of the Xiangshan (香山) and Longmenshan, running east and west. The Yi River (Chinese: 伊河) flows northward between them and the area used to be called Yique (伊阙; 'The Gate of the Yi River'). The alternative name of "Dragon's Gate Grottoes" derives from the resemblance of the two hills that check the flow of the Yi River to the typical "Chinese gate towers" that once marked the entrance to Luoyang from the south.[4] There are as many as 100,000 statues within the 2,345 caves, ranging from 1 inch (25 mm) to 57 feet (17 m) in height. The area also contains nearly 2,500 stelae and inscriptions, hence the name “Forest of Ancient Stelae", as well as over sixty Buddhist pagodas. Situated in a scenic natural environment, the caves were dug from a 1 kilometre (0.62 mi) stretch of cliff running along both banks of the river. 30% date from the Northern Wei and 60% from the Tang dynasty, caves from other periods accounting for less than 10% of the total.[3] Starting with the Northern Wei Dynasty in 493 AD, patrons and donors included emperors, Wu Zetian, members of the royal family, other rich families, generals, and religious groups. Xiangshan Temple Xiangshan Temple is one of the earliest of the ten temples at Longmen. It is located in the midsection of the east hill. The name 'Xiangshan' is derived from the name of the spices "Xiangge" found extensively on these hill slopes. It was reconstructed some time in 1707, during the reign of the Qing Dynasty, patterned on an old temple that existed there. Longmen Grottoes Administration, expanded the temple in 2002, by adding the "Belfry, the Drum Tower, the Wing Room, the Hall of Mahavira and Hall of Nine Persons, Eighteen Arhats, the Villa of Chiang Kai-shek and Soong Mei-ling". New additions included board walks, compound wall and a new gate from the southern end of the temple.[9] Bai Garden temple Tomb of Bai Juyi Bai Garden is temple situated on the Pipa peak, to the north of the east hill (Xiangshan Hill). It was re-built in 1709 by Tang Youzeng of the Qing Dynasty. The temple is surrounded by thick vegetation of pine and cypress trees.[9] Tomb of Bai Juyi The Tomb of Bai Juyi on the east bank is that of the well-known poet during the Tang Dynasty who lived in Luoyang during his later years. The tomb is located on the hill top. It is approached from the west bank after crossing a bridge across the Yi River. The tomb is a circular mound of earth of 4 meters height with a circumference of 52 meters. The tomb is 2.80 meters high and has the poet's name inscribed on it as Bai Juyi.