hua shan, China's holy white mountain

NeilLNeilL Registered Users Posts: 4,201 Major grins
edited December 8, 2007 in Journeys
Closer to the gods...



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But wait, there's more...
"Snow. Ice. Slow!" "Half-winter. Half-moon. Half-asleep!"

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  • Chrissiebeez_NLChrissiebeez_NL Registered Users Posts: 1,295 Major grins
    edited December 7, 2007
    very cool photo! what an intruiging place!

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  • NeilLNeilL Registered Users Posts: 4,201 Major grins
    edited December 7, 2007
    Chrissiebeez_NL wrote:
    very cool photo! what an intruiging place!

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    Thanks for looking and commenting!

    And I like your "Bad weather ahead - Beach at duindorp '07".
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  • Chrissiebeez_NLChrissiebeez_NL Registered Users Posts: 1,295 Major grins
    edited December 7, 2007
    NeilL wrote:
    Thanks for looking and commenting!

    And I like your "Bad weather ahead - Beach at duindorp '07".

    thanks! :D

    i really like the trail leading into the foggy house, its very inspirational and nicely captured.
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  • kozmixkozmix Registered Users Posts: 11 Big grins
    edited December 7, 2007
    Awsome place, the fog brings something mystical.
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  • NeilLNeilL Registered Users Posts: 4,201 Major grins
    edited December 7, 2007
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    HuaShan is 120 kilometers (about 75 miles) east of Xi'an City, Shaanxi Province. It is described as 'The Number One Precipitous Mountain under Heaven'. It is one of the five sacred mountains of China. From a distance the five peaks of Huashan appear to form the shape of a 'flower' (hua in Chinese), hence the name 'Huashan' - 'Flower Mountain'. There are several influential Taoist temples on the mountain where emperors of past dynasties made pilgrimages, making Huashan the holy land of Taoism. The mountain is a creamy white granite and the green of the bushes and trees that grow on its slopes is a beautiful contrast. The highest of the five peaks is South Peak, 2,160 meters (about 7,087 feet). A cable car can take you up the first 1,000 meters. After that, it's climbing the precipitous, narrow and slippery steps and paths. All the provisions for the facilities, shops, and a small hotel, at various points are carried on the shoulders of men. Some other men earn cash by setting themselves up in a spot and singing traditional songs, and very beautifully, so that wherever you are on the mountain comes on the air this haunting or jaunty music. Newlyweds climb the mountain to attach a red ribbon and a padlock to the hand chains to demonstrate the strength of their bond. You are amazed at elder Chinese men and women climbing unflaggingly up to the heavens. You can look across chasms at serene monasteries seemingly inaccessibly perched on nearly vertical granite cliffs. On a summit you can enter the ancient presincts of a temple, and after making your offering, be startled by the sonorous gong struck by an attendant monk, a sound which seems to come from and be reabsorbed by the mountain under your feet.
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  • NeilLNeilL Registered Users Posts: 4,201 Major grins
    edited December 7, 2007
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  • NeilLNeilL Registered Users Posts: 4,201 Major grins
    edited December 8, 2007
    kozmix wrote:
    Awsome place, the fog brings something mystical.

    Thanks for looking and commenting. I like your Lisbon pics, very carefully executed pics with an unusual viewpoint.
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