Wednesday, June 10, 2009

Kungfu Fighting......

I swear every building you see in China is of historical value. Shaolin is suppose to be one of them. In my trip to China this had to be the least interested place I visited. The reason being is because reading and watching on TV so much it feel like I had been there before. The pictures here are not all that great because what I really wanted to take was the monks itself but there was so much obstruction by the government official


This is the entrance of Shaolin Temple inside out.....nothing special (in my eye)......


"The life of monks" If only I could do a photoshoot on this topic. From observation their lifestyle is just like you and me, wearing mostly branded item like Nike and Adidas.....Nothing humbles about the lifestyle.


The all mighty and secretive monk in yellow.

Saturday, June 6, 2009

The Faces in Anyang.......

My biggest passion in photography is taking human interest. no beauty can compare to a facial expression on a person face.


This old lady was just sitting outside of Yin Ruins doing absolutely nothing when I decide to take the picture. After the first shot I was sure she will either scold me or move away but instead she just continued to sit there and pose for me. Her expression also gotten cuter after a few more shot.


Because of the cold weather the kids are all so cute. They all have very rosy cheek......

Friday, June 5, 2009

Anyang Yin Ruins........

When we reached Anyang it was a bang on the head because it was like going back 10yrs in time as compared to Beijing (cosmopolitan city). Anyang is known as one of the eight ancient capital of China.....for more info sure you can google about it.....


This is the beautiful scenery we passerby on the bus.....everywhere you go it feel like infinity space in front of you.


The image of bicycles are set in the mind of most people when speak of China. I only see them when we reach Anyang. In Beijing I saw lots more of Audi


The first stop in Anyang was to Yin Ruins (Yinxu), it was the capital for late Shang in Chinese history. It was also the first capital site to be discovered. This picture above show the entrance of the Yin Ruins. beyond the gate is the burial site of Palace, temple complex and royal cemetery.


Yin Ruins covers huge area of space that was once buried ground for the Shang history. The area now is being covered back up after the archaeology discovery.


The reason for our visit was to see the Oracle bone inscription (The origin of Chinese character)More than 160,000 pieces of oracle bones with inscription are found here in Yin Ruins


This is the Yin Ruins Museum which house the oracle bones inscription and other artifact.


This is the oracle bone inscription.


Another place to check out within the Yin Ruins is the small museum that house the discovery of the Chariot Pits.


Many bronze vessel and object was discovered in the excavation. The most impressive one is the largest bronze objects. This is the Simuwu Ding also knows as the Great Quadripod.


This is my favourite picture. China have such great history but are slowly polluted by modernization. It is worth it?.


My ending picture will be the beautiful architect. It is beautiful there.

Thursday, June 4, 2009

The Modern Train Ride......

After the first night in Beijing, we took an early train (bullet train) to Anyang. China is know for it huge population. Every where you go there is people and I can feel it the most at the train station. Although my picture does not show the huge crowd but in the waiting area there is just to many people for me to take out my camera. we were basically glue to each other as we head out to the train.

D bullet train......

The Grand Launch...........

I have attended my share of launching event however this is the first time in my life where I'm impress of one. This launch was done in a very creative and stylish way. From the moment we arrived at the venue, I was mesmerise by the old theater architecture....


A very Chinese traditional welcome......

This is the Beijing Dong Yuan Theater


A mixture of old and new styles of performance to start off the night..


This is the starter.....

This is Fioe Gras........

Last but not least the desert........

The food served that night was cater by Hyatt, it was nothing short of 7 star standard because the objective for me is not the food, so I only take a few short. The shot was taken because I luv the creative way in which they were present. It was like a piece of art work.... I only had three shot here but believe me there was lots more dishes in between........