Lions, Dragons, Elephants Enduring symbols of protection, good luck, family values, and good Feng Sui energy are at almost every entrance in China. In the picture the male lion holds the world under its right paw, depicting strength. Whilst its female partner pets a lion-cub, shows caring and family connectivity; … Read more
PEARL RIVER CITY The mega city of Guangzhou in Guangdong province is sprawled over both sides of the Pear River. Once known as ‘Canton’ a mispronunciation of Cantão, transcribed from Guangdong by the Portuguese and the easiest way to pronounce Guangzhou for Westerners is ‘GwanJoe’. The city has several crossing … Read more
The Bon: first religion in Tibet China has imposed a great many modernisations in Tibet. Many are for the good of the population…abolishing serfdom, building roads, sanitation, housing, education; it becomes somewhat reminiscent of the sketch in Monty Pythons ‘The Life of Brian’: “what have the Romans ever done for … Read more
Street Life – Cleaners In every city in China you will see people cleaning the streets, caring for the trees and plants, even monitoring road crossing points. Most are paid by the city but quite a few are volunteers. The street cleaners dress up in overalls, face-masks and hats. The … Read more
Older than we thought! China had a series of walls centuries before they were built of stronger bricks and became what we are aware of today. For many centuries BC warring states in China fought each other, hence many border fortifications were constructed out of earth and mud. Later, these … Read more
Walls around a state of the mind Human nature has shown us in historical terms that Emperors and probably most if not all those that rule others are inwardly insecure and fearful of being deposed. Modern psychology confirms this as many in positions of power inwardly worry about loss of … Read more