Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/11/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thanks Tina - and Jayanand, I just thought to ask because it is so well known and historic, but I haven't seen any recent photos. Peter On 21/11/2014 16:13, Tina Manley wrote: > I took lots of photos of the mosque in Xi-an. Here are a couple: > > http://www.pbase.com/tinamanley/image/79696607 > > http://www.pbase.com/tinamanley/image/79696618 > > More photos of people than the mosque, though. > > Tina > > On Fri, Nov 21, 2014 at 10:18 AM, Jayanand Govindaraj <jayanand at > gmail.com> > wrote: > >> Peter, >> Thanks for looking. The mosque is in very good condition, and in heavy >> use, >> but it is a Chinese style building, not a domed mosque that is common >> everywhere else. I generally do not photograph these historic, over >> photographed buildings, mainly because I seldom find anything new about >> them to visually show, and generally just use them as backdrops. Here is >> video from the internet: >> >> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1eNZ-8kFK64 >> >> Cheers >> Jayanand >> >> >> On Fri, Nov 21, 2014 at 3:06 PM, Peter Dzwig <pdzwig at summaventures.com> >> wrote: >> >>> Amazing Jayanand. My personal favourite is the General, but I like the >>> people >>> around Xi'an as well. Do you have any shots of the Mosque itself? I would >>> be >>> interested to see what sort of state it is in. >>> >>> Peter >>> >>> On 13/11/2014 13:35, Jayanand Govindaraj wrote: >>>> The next stop was Xi'an, the home of the Terracotta Army. The Army was >>>> buried to protect the founder of the first dynasty in China. Emperor >> Qin >>>> (of the Qin Dynasty), near his burial mound, from enemies he might >>>> encounter in his afterlife around 210 BC. The figures are 10-15% larger >>>> than life size, as befits a ghost's army, and the detail on their >> bodies >>> is >>>> quite amazing. In due course, everybody forgot about it, until a >> farmer, >>>> digging a well under his lands in 1974, stumbled upon it. The walls had >>>> fallen on the army, grave robbers had stolen the weaponry, and flooding >>> had >>>> ruined the figures as well, leading to a painstaking and gargantuan >>>> reconstruction task. There is enough still hidden here to keep >>>> archeologists busy for a century more, I think - there are supposed to >> be >>>> 60 pits around, full of the emperors help for the hereafter, and only >> 4-5 >>>> have been dug up, fully or partially. The Emperor's necropolis has not >>> been >>>> opened as yet for fear of what oxidation would do to the things inside. >>> The >>>> Terracotta Army is very well documented, so here are a few shots from >> the >>>> three pits open to the public, giving an idea of what is there: >>>> >>>> >>> >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/China/China-20141017-1854.jpg.html >>>> >>> >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/China/China-20141017-1954.jpg.html >>>> >>> >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/China/China-20141017-1884.jpg.html >>>> >>> >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/China/China-20141017-1966.jpg.html >>>> >>>> The museum and grounds are wonderfully laid out and maintained for both >>>> maximum safety for the contents, as well as ease of viewing for the >>> hordes >>>> who pass by every year: >>>> >>>> >>> >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/China/China-20141017-1992.jpg.html >>>> >>> >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/China/China-20141017-2023.jpg.html >>>> >>>> Xi'an, surprisingly has a big Muslim population, and is home to The >> Great >>>> Mosque and its lovely green grounds. Luckily, on the day we went, there >>> was >>>> a funeral service going on someone important in the community, so there >>>> were quite a few people around.: >>>> >>>> >>> >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/China/China-20141017-2580.jpg.html >>>> >>> >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/China/China-20141017-2062.jpg.html >>>> >>> >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/China/China-20141017-2596.jpg.html >>>> >>> >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/China/China-20141017-2050.jpg.html >>>> >>>> Surrounding the mosque was an enchanting covered market, selling, as >> most >>>> such markets do, utterly flimsy, cheap and useless stuff: >>>> >>>> >>> >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/China/China-20141017-2617.jpg.html >>>> >>> >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/China/China-20141017-2622.jpg.html >>>> >>> >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/China/China-20141017-2635.jpg.html >>>> >>> >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/China/China-20141017-2565.jpg.html >>>> >>>> Everybody was zipping around the bazaar in electric vehicles, either >>> bikes >>>> or tuk-tuks: >>>> >>>> >>> >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/China/China-20141017-2657.jpg.html >>>> >>> >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/China/China-20141017-2077.jpg.html >>>> >>>> Finally, people shots to end the first day in Xian: >>>> >>>> >>> >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/China/China-20141017-2063.jpg.html >>>> >>> >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/China/China-20141017-2067.jpg.html >>>> >>> >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/China/China-20141017-2028.jpg.html >>>> >>> >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/China/China-20141017-2098.jpg.html >>>> >>>> Please see LARGE >>>> >>>> Comments and criticism, as ever, welcome. >>>> >>>> Cheers >>>> Jayanand >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Leica Users Group. >>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>>> >>> >>> -- >>> >>> =========================================================== >>> Dr Peter Dzwig >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > > > -- =========================================================== Dr Peter Dzwig