Entering the Village

Posted on August 27, 2013 Posted in buildingTagged Ming Dynasty, wall, ZhujiayuLeave a comment

School Begins

Posted on August 26, 2013 Posted in building, NeighborhoodTagged constructionLeave a comment

I have no idea why they decided to add on to the new school building. I didn’t walk by during school hours, but I will tomorrow. I wonder if they’re using this building now or not. It’s dangerous to enter with all this construction, but in China you never know. Safety first is for babies here.

What’s for Dinner?

Posted on August 23, 2013August 23, 2013 Posted in FoodTagged Chinese cuisine, Chinese food, pork, restaurantLeave a comment

A Jinan special, Orange Pork.

Hutong Door

Posted on August 20, 2013 Posted in building, downtown, Historic, hutongTagged China, door, hutong, JinanLeave a comment

What you find off the beaten track.

Dem Bones

Posted on August 19, 2013 Posted in museum, peopleTagged artifacts, bones, Shandong Provincial MuseumLeave a comment

Ancient bones from Shandong Province’s earliest inhabitants.

Weekly Photo Challenge: Carefree

Posted on August 17, 2013 Posted in Blogging Challenge, Buddhism, peopleTagged postaday2013, postaweek2013, statue, Thousand Buddha Mountain9 Comments

1. Each week, we’ll provide a theme for creative inspiration. You take photographs based on your interpretation of the theme, and post them on your blog anytime before the following Friday when the next photo theme will be announced.

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Weekly Photo Challenge: Carefree (daily post)
Weekly Photo Challenge: Carefree (flickr comments)
Weekly Photo Challenge: Carefree (mittened hands)
Weekly Photo Challenge: Carefree (joy and woe)
Weekly Photo Challenge: Carefree (ruined for life)
Weekly Photo Challenge: Carefree (travel, garden, eat)
Weekly Photo Challenge: Carefree (chittle chattle)
Weekly Photo Challenge: Carefree (beijing daily photo)
Weekly Photo Challenge: Carefree (cee’s fun photo)
Weekly Photo Challenge: Carefree (ese’s voice)
Weekly Photo Challenge: One Shot, Two Ways (daily post)
Weekly Photo Challenge: One Shot, Two Ways (rural iowa pastor)
Weekly Photo Challenge: One Shot, Two Ways (flickr comments)
Weekly Photo Challenge: One Shot, Two Ways (lucid gypsy)
Weekly Photo Challenge: One Shot, Two Ways (broken light)
Weekly Photo Challenge: One Shot, Two Ways (beijing daily photo)
Weekly Photo Challenge: One Shot, Two Ways (chittle chattle)
Weekly Photo Challenge: One Shot, Two Ways (my life in focus)
Weekly Photo Challenge: One Shot, Two Ways (this, that and the other)
Weekly Photo Challenge: One Shot, Two Ways (minnesota transplant)
Weekly Photo Challenge: One Shot, Two Ways (skp foto)
Weekly Photo Challenge: One Shot, Two Ways (jinan daily photo)
Weekly Photo Challenge: One Shot, Two Ways (no fixed plans)
Weekly Photo Challenge: One Shot, Two Ways (just snaps)
Weekly Photo Challenge: One Shot, Two Ways (life’s so sweet)
Weekly Photo Challenge: One Shot, Two Ways (mixer upper)

2013

The Doorstep

Posted on August 15, 2013August 15, 2013 Posted in UncategorizedTagged eastside, home, Jinan, residenceLeave a comment

Imperial Casual

Posted on August 12, 2013 Posted in Antiques, Art, museumTagged robe, Shandong Provincial MuseumLeave a comment

In Imperial China only the emperor wore yellow. This cloth jacket, without magnificent embroidery, would have been for casual wear.

Travel Theme: Architecture

Posted on August 11, 2013August 11, 2013 Posted in building, museumTagged architecture, China, modernLeave a comment

If you would like to build upon Ailsa’s theme and join in this week’s travel photo challenge (everyone’s welcome), here’s what to do:

Create your own post and title it Travel Theme: Architecture
Include a link to this page in your post so others can find it too
Get your post in by next Thursday, as the new travel theme comes out on Friday
Don’t forget to subscribe to keep up to date on the latest weekly travel themes.

“I call architecture frozen music.” – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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Weekly Photo Challenge: One Shot, Two Ways

Posted on August 10, 2013 Posted in Blogging Challenge, Traditional, Weekly Photo ChallengeTagged art, Chinese art, dailypost2013, Great Helmsman, Mao, mural, outside, portrait, postaday2013, postaweek2013, village, Zhujiayu12 Comments

in Zhujiayu, outside Jinan

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