A gallery of photos taken in China over the years that I thought were dominated by lines.
A tour of Chinese lines in black and white
Category Archives: China
China red
When I think of China I think of the color red. These are some photos from trips I took there in 2014.
The Chinese love the color red. It symbolizes fire and happiness…along with a lot of other things. This article talks a bit about that: Lucky numbers and colors in Chinese culture.
China red is a classic paint color and Pantone has a Chinese red:
PANTONE 18-1663 TPX Chinese Red
Color Values:
- RGB 190 34 57
- HEX/HTML BE2239
How does this compare to the reds I actually saw in China?
Around the world in trees
A final post of trees from all over for Becky’s Square Trees-31…and a big thank you for hosting this fun challenge.
Hanging out to air
For Monday Washing Lines by Have bag, will travel.
This make-shift washing “line” is a pole laid across the corner of construction fencing. Often times migrant workers camp at or near the site where they work. Winnie-ther-Pooh and Piglet always make me smile…how about you?
A reflection on being human
A laundry line is something you see almost every where you go. In some ways it could be a symbol or metaphor for being human. We all need the shelter of clothing and sanitation.
I took this photo on my first trip to China, in the spring of 2014. Since then I have been to China about 10 times, to visit my son who lives there and works teaching English. I have always found the Chinese people to be friendly, welcoming and caring.
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Flat bottom boat vendors
A little mid-week madness. The photo prompt reminded me of these vendors in sampans that came up to the river cruise boats at White Emperor City on the Yangtze River.
For Cee’s Mid-week Madness, hosted this week by the Heart to heart blog. Here is the prompt image if you want to play along:
Sun and moon pagodas
Some silver and gold for Cee’s Mid-week Madness Challenge: silver or gold.
Postcards from a different time
A time when we could be out and about.
I tried out some of the suggestions in Sandy’s post. This is using the media plus text block.
King Penguins
Volunteer Point
Falkland Islands
These are from messing about in Canva:
Happy memories to all.
For the Friendly Friday Photo Challenge: Postcards from the Past.
Skylines
Once I started going through old photos for skylines I found I couldn’t stop. To keep the post a moderate length I put them into a slide show. These are all from China, but taken over several years and representing a variety of cities.
Waterfront in Qingdao. 
Kites flying on the waterfront in Qingdao. 
Another view of Qingdao, this time looking down. 
Chongqing through the mist. 
Boats and bridges as well as buildings define the skyline of Chongqing. 
The Bund in Shanghai, viewed from a boat on the Huangpu River. 
Looking the other way: a view of the ultra modern Pudong skyline in Shanghai from a boat on the Huangpu River. 
The pagoda of White Emperor City on the Yangtze River with the Wu mountains of the Qu Gorge (western most of the Three Gorges) behind it. 
Old and new on a peaceful morning looking out at the new city of Fengdu (relocated because of the construction of the Three Gorges Dam) from the ancient Fengdu Ghost City temple complex. 
A view of Xi’an from the top of the Great Goose Pavilion. 
The Forbidden City in central Beijing, photo taken from the Jingshan (coal hill) park. 
The Great Wall of China snakes along the skyline for many miles, this view is of the Mutianyu section, north of Beijing. 
Construction cranes at the Beijing Capital Airport and the mountains beyond it at sunset. 
A fairytale view on a smoggy morning in Weifang, Shandong Province, China. 
Sunrise in Penglai, Shandong Province.
Random reflections
A gallery of reflections from a trip to Guilin China in May of 2019. Beautiful area, May is rainy season, so there were plenty of reflections, even on the walkways. It is on my list to go back at a different time of year. Alas.
A more philosophical reflection
Answer versus solution
I remember a conversation with my father-in-law where he, a PhD mechanical engineer, expounded on the difference between a solution and an answer. I believe the conversation came up with regard to some, rather esoteric, topic related to computers and their ability to solve problems, numerical integration maybe? it was an awfully long time ago. His point, which was totally correct, was that the computer can give you an answer, but not a solution.
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The start of the trek to the top
Tai’an is at the base of the sacred mountain Taishan, where the emperors would go to the Dai Miao temple at the base of the mountain then to the top to perform certain rites. I was really impressed that they went up until I learned that they were carried up on a litter. I am very impressed by the guys who carried the emperor up. There are some super steep areas. My son was quite relieved that I chose to take the cable car (after I learned that the emperors didn’t do it!). He admitted later that he was trying to figure out how to carry both our backpacks and prevent me from falling.
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