Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/11/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]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 >