us as . Paloma confessed that he did not like his Chinese name, especially because "goat" much of its age. He was born in times of Mao and his parents, like many others since then, he had Red name. Of course, many of the lucky children who were born on August 8, 2008 have been registered under the name of Olympics. Within a few years, dominate the world and to commemorate the event.
Guilin Our guide also told us the story of his name. & Ea
Along Suzhou, Hangzhou received the title of "paradise on earth" and the truth is that it is justified.
(As always, with full screen option is better.)
Unlike other large Chinese cities, Hangzhou, which has six million inhabitants, has grown quite smooth, apparently because the former mayor had prohibited build homes high altitude to preserve its beautiful environment. Unfortunately with the change of mayor, has also changed estto regulation and, so far in the suburbs, also in Hangzhou start growing skyscrapers.
The jewel is the unique Hangzhou West Lake, a place of ensueñoe romantic stories, with four small islands, two dams, bridges such as the emblematic Puente Roto and beautiful gardens fifteen kilometers bordering its perimeter. Embellished by a poet to whom the emperor ordered the construction of one of its banks, "the city of love" is the scene of many legends among which the Lady White Snake. (With many variations, the story is a typical cSOURCES OF siren, which has shifted to the romantic: The White Snake longed to become human. Whether he got it and took the form of a beautiful woman. A rainy day in the Broken Bridge saw a handsome young man who offered his umbrella and fell in love with him. They married and lived happily until a monk suspected the true nature of the girl and persuaded her husband to give him a potion that devolveríaa its first form. This was the case and, seeing her in the form of a snake, her husband died in shock. The White Snake then began a pilgrimage in search of magic medicineas they could resurrect it, until finally a god took pity on her and gave her life for her beloved. The two young men were still in love despite their different nature, but the monk was also committed to ending the Snake. She begged to be allowed to live until the birth of the child she was expecting. Finally, when the child was born, was condemned to eternal captivity under the Leifeng pagoda. So the story ends, but other times he gives a happy ending with the reunion of two lovers. In fact, we heard that a few years ago suffered Leifeng pagoda collapses and the people of Hangzhou said the White Snake ibe) attend at night to show
Impressions of West Lake, directed by filmmaker Zhang Yimou, with music by Kitaro. A marvel of color, light, music and beauty in which some three hundred people move on a huge stage a few inches below the surface of the lake, so that they seem to walk on water. (In youtube there are some fragments of the show, like this: Tents and lotuses. After most of the morning touring the West Lake, we went to the Temple of Hidden Soul, a mountain with hundreds of Buddha sculptures crowned by a spectacular temple, but by then I was too dead even to take pictures. One of the most important Buddhist temples in China and, although surprising, it seems that hosts a large number of young monks even today opting for this kind of life of austerity and meditation . despuésy Some recovered a bit in the afternoon
Jose told us, tour guide, and Johnny, the local guide in Shanghai. It turns out that the Chinese are superstitious as you can imagine. So, in Spain some are reluctant to black cats or Tuesday 13, but in China these issues reach economic significance.
For starters there is the issue of numbers. The 4 is bad luck (I think it is phonetically similar to the word for "death") and 8 is the luckiest number. Conclusion: to buildios integer which eliminates the fourth floor, with many four phones are practically reserved for foreigners (and then are surprised that no one calls them, lol), a plate with four reduces the value the car and it increases if you have eight ... etc. We go slowly with the issue of tuition, which brings them. Given the huge escalation in the demand for cars in China, the government has limited the number of registrations, which gives rise to a competition first to register the car and second, get a license plate "desirable." In Hong Kong can directly bid on certain fees. In other places, are given in strictorder, but then those with greater economic capacity to buy their place in the other expected to have before your car or to grab a lucky number, ie with eight. And if not, there is another easy solution that allow some millionaires buy their own cars to eight, then "pull" the car and stay with registration with eight for supercochazo. It's the sweet deal he made a friend of our guide that he bought a new car with the money from selling his battered pileup that looked, however, a full enrollment of eight. (Incidentally, note that there is little utility in China, almost all cars arehigh range. I guess because only the new rich class and urban areas can access this right. People in rural or urban underemployment continues to go on foot or by bike. "Girls with mask, sleeves or umbrella, to keep them out of the sun, and brown is considered to be typical of rural and white skin is only permissible talking about feminine beauty. Another peculiarity of the Chinese fleet is that as recently as its economic takeoff, filling the roads of novice drivers. An additional factor to enhance its traffic chaos. In large cities like Beijing to reduce pollution, circular prohibiting certain daysXC
I said that the four da bad luck because it suggests death, but in Dazu, a village stuck in the past, we saw miniature coffins are sold as amulets because the name that designates it seems phonetic cally to the word fortune. Something similar occurs with the word "bat" and as a result of this animal figures appear in many old buildings whose tiles have inevitably this "brand."
Then there is the Feng Shui, we in the West may seem an exotic decorative, but in China is taken very, very seriously. Up
