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2008.01.04

The Great Wall in Badaling, Beijing



Beijing


Badaling (八达岭) is the site of the most visited section of the Great Wall of China, approximately 50 miles (80 km) northwest of urban Beijing city in Yanqing County, which is within the Beijing municipality. The portion of the wall running through the site was built during the Ming Dynasty, along with a military outpost reflecting the location's strategic importance.The highest point of Badaling is Beibalou, approximately 0.63 miles (1,015 m) above sea level.
The portion of the wall at Badaling has undergone heavy restoration, and in 1957 it was the first section of the wall to open to tourists. Now visited annually by millions, the immediate area has seen significant development, including hotels, restaurants, and a cable car. The recently completed Badaling Expressway connects Badaling with Beijing city.
 
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Old Fishing Town of Shuanglang by the Erhai Lake - 洱海湖畔 双廊古镇
Dali City, Dali Prefecture, Yunnan Province, SW China




汪的世界你不懂1 by fanbaoxian, on Flickr


汪的世界你不懂 by fanbaoxian, on Flickr


双廊55 by fanbaoxian, on Flickr


双廊10 by fanbaoxian, on Flickr


海地生活 by fanbaoxian, on Flickr


双廊52 by fanbaoxian, on Flickr


by fanbaoxian, on Flickr


聆海沐月 by fanbaoxian, on Flickr


双廊5 by fanbaoxian, on Flickr


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The Ancient Yueyang Tower - 岳阳楼
Yueyang City, Hunan Province, Central China


Yueyang Tower is famous due to its literary associations, namely the piece Yueyang Lou Ji (Memorial to Yueyang Tower) written by renowned Song Dynasty Poet Fan Zhongyan (范仲淹 989-1052 AD)


Attached with the Classical Chinese Poem Yueyang Lou Ji (岳陽樓記 Memorial to Yueyang Tower) from Wikisource.org



岳陽樓記
作者:范仲淹 (北宋)

慶曆四年春,滕子京謫守巴陵郡。越明年,政通人和,百廢具興,乃重修岳陽樓,增其舊制,刻唐賢今人詩賦於其上;屬予作文以記之。

予觀夫巴陵勝狀,在洞庭一湖。銜遠山,吞長江,浩浩湯湯,橫無際涯;朝暉夕陰,氣象萬千;此則岳陽樓之大觀也,前人之述備矣。然則北通巫峽,南極瀟湘,遷客騷人,多會於此,覽物之情,得無異乎?

若夫霪[1]雨霏霏,連月不開;陰風怒號,濁浪排空;日星隱耀,山岳潛形;商旅不行,檣傾楫摧;薄暮冥冥,虎嘯猿啼;登斯樓也,則有去國懷鄉,憂讒畏譏,滿目蕭然,感極而悲者矣!

至若春和景明,波瀾不驚,上下天光,一碧萬頃;沙鷗翔集,錦鱗游泳,岸芷汀蘭,郁郁青青。而或長煙一空,皓月千里,浮光躍金,靜影沉璧;漁歌互答,此樂何極。登斯樓也,則有心曠神怡,寵辱皆忘,把酒臨風,其喜洋洋者矣。

嗟夫!予嘗求古仁人之心,或異二者之為,何哉?不以物喜,不以己悲,居廟堂之高,則憂其民;處江湖之遠,則憂其君。是進亦憂,退亦憂;然則何時而樂耶?其必曰:「先天下之憂而憂,後天下之樂而樂」(歟![2]) 噫!微斯人,吾誰與歸!

時六年九月十五日。






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