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Holiday in China
06 months ago
Chinese Architecture
China becomes the most popular country that has many populations in the world. It is the third largest country besides Russia and Canada. There are many interesting facts that make people interested to visit this country. Panda is the famous animals who live in China and become the mascot of this country. It has the ancient history and ancient culture and tradition. There are many dynasties that ruled China and left the ancient civilizations such as historical objects.
Just like in the Chinese movie, it shows you the ancient civilization such as weapons, building, war, and many more. Having holiday in China will be the best adventure and experience. There are many interesting fun facts about China for people who want spend their holiday here. China is the first country that invented ice cream and there are many ice cream shops in this country. Not only ice cream, paper, gun powder, and fireworks are also invented here.
There is some traditional musical instrument that was invented in China. Shanghai is the best town in China that provides many interesting places that you can visit. There are Yuyuan Gardens, The bund, Dianshan Hu Lake, Shanghai Museum, Oriental TV Tower, and Four Cornered Pagoda.
Kai Tak Remembered
07 months ago
Kai Tak
More than a decade has already passed since the former Hong Kong International Airport at Kai Tak closed for business on July 6 1998 to be replaced by the superb new facility built on reclaimed land at Chek Lap Kok on Lantau Island. The two airports are like chalk and cheese; one futuristic, the other was long past its sell by date; but there are still plenty who mourn the demise of the old place. Many are pilots who readily recall the adrenalin rush as they guided their aircraft along the instrument guidance system (IGS) just a few hundred feet above densely populated Kowloon tenements towards the infamous orange and white painted checkerboard. When this was in view and the aircraft correctly aligned at a height of just 675 feet (206 metres), a sharp 47 degree turn was required to take the aircraft through a sweeping curve before levelling out 150 feet (46 metres) from the runway threshold.
At night, a unique lighting system set precisely at 400-foot intervals on rooftops and specially built gantries guided pilots towards the runway centre line. As final approach was imminent the spacing between the lights decreased to 200 feet. The need to use lights to guide pilots in this way, enforced a ban on flashing neon signs throughout Hong Kong to avoid distracting inbound pilots. The weather was often bad; typhoons, microbursts and severe crosswinds added to the workload of pilots and in many respects Kai Tak was a major accident waiting to happen. A few errant aircraft did end in the shallow waters of Kowloon Bay and it was indeed fortuitous that no commercial airliners ever came down on the crammed dwellings of Kowloon or missed the turn to end up ploughing into Lion Rock. This was due mainly to extremely good aviation skills, excellent air traffic control and, more specifically in the early days, an amazing element of luck. The airport certainly had its share of incidents and many aviation enthusiasts will have seen the video on ‘You Tube’ that shows how close a Korean Air Boeing 747 came to disaster during an extreme weather landing. (more…)
The Great Temple of Confucius in Qufu
19 months ago
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in Architecture
There are many temples of Confucius in China, but the largest and most important one is situated at Qufu of Shandong Province. Qufu, praised as “the Oriental Jerusalem” by Europeans, is the hometown of Confucius. Temple of Confucius, the former residence of Confucius, once was the place where the ancient emperors offered their sacrificial services to Confucius. It was first constructed as early as 478BC (200 years earlier than the Great Wall) and rebuilt and expanded many times in the following dynasties. The Temple of Confucius is one of China’s three ancient buildings which include Forbidden City in Beijing, the Mountain Resort and its Outlying Temples in Chengde and Temple of Confucius in Qufu. (more…)
The Great Wall of China
01 year ago
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in Architecture
Great Wall of China
The Great Wall of China is one of the 7 wonders of the world. I guess all of you have heard about “The Great Wall of China” at some point of time, it may have been when you were in school or when you were growing up. If you haven’t you should really look it up either on the computer or on your camera mobile Phones. Most camera Mobile phones have access to the internet, so you can look it up right away!
Did you know that The Great Wall of China is not a continuous stretch of wall? It is a collection of walls that continues along the hills on the southern edge of the Mongolian plains. Many people do not know that fact. It was built way back in 221-206 BEC with mud and stones, supported with wooden frames to prevent the Mongol nomads from entering the Chinese territory. (more…)