Showing posts with label china. Show all posts
Showing posts with label china. Show all posts

Friday, September 5, 2008

40 - Wu-chi-Li, China

Thursday, July 24, 2008

24 -Guma (P'i-Shan), China


Just over the mountains from Kashmir.

Wednesday, July 23, 2008

23 - Feng-huang, China



County in W Hunan province.
Fenghuang are mythological Chinese birds that reign over all other birds. The males are called Feng and the females Huang. In modern times, however, such a distinction of gender is often no longer made and the Feng and Huang are blurred into a single feminine entity so that the bird can be paired with the Chinese dragon, which has male connotations. The Fenghuang is also called the "August Rooster" (traditional Chinese: 鶤雞; pinyin: kūnjī) since it sometimes takes the place of the Rooster in the Chinese Zodiac. In the West, it is commonly referred to as the Chinese phoenix.


Tuesday, July 22, 2008

22 - Erh-t'ai, China



In Xinjiang, W of the Mongolian frontier.

Wednesday, July 16, 2008

16 - Yüan-ling, China



On the meridian that bisects Hai-nan.

Thursday, March 27, 2008

23 - Urn Island, Hong Kong

Not a lot of U's in SE China, at least in the pinyin system used in my Times Atlas. Urn Island is in the NE part of the Hong Kong territories. Seems to be the island now known as Tai Tau Chau (大頭洲). Here's some footage that may be of 大頭洲, or if not that, shot from 大頭洲 looking elsewhere.