[Leica] Xi'an

[Peter Dzwig]

Thanks Tina - and Jayanand,

I just thought to ask because it is so well known and historic, but I haven't
seen any recent photos.

Peter

On 21/11/2014 16:13, Tina Manley wrote:
> I took lots of photos of the mosque in Xi-an.  Here are a couple:
> 
> http://www.pbase.com/tinamanley/image/79696607
> 
> http://www.pbase.com/tinamanley/image/79696618
> 
> More photos of people than the mosque, though.
> 
> Tina
> 
> On Fri, Nov 21, 2014 at 10:18 AM, Jayanand Govindaraj <jayanand at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> 
>> Peter,
>> Thanks for looking. The mosque is in very good condition, and in heavy use,
>> but it is a Chinese style building, not a domed mosque that is common
>> everywhere else. I generally do not photograph these historic, over
>> photographed buildings, mainly because I seldom find anything new about
>> them to visually show, and generally  just use them as backdrops. Here is
>> video from the internet:
>>
>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1eNZ-8kFK64
>>
>> Cheers
>> Jayanand
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Nov 21, 2014 at 3:06 PM, Peter Dzwig <pdzwig at summaventures.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Amazing Jayanand. My personal favourite is the General, but I like the
>>> people
>>> around Xi'an as well. Do you have any shots of the Mosque itself? I would
>>> be
>>> interested to see what sort of state it is in.
>>>
>>> Peter
>>>
>>> On 13/11/2014 13:35, Jayanand Govindaraj wrote:
>>>> The next stop was Xi'an, the home of the Terracotta Army. The Army was
>>>> buried to protect the founder of the first dynasty in China. Emperor
>> Qin
>>>> (of the Qin Dynasty), near his burial mound, from enemies he might
>>>> encounter in his afterlife around 210 BC. The figures are 10-15% larger
>>>> than life size, as befits a ghost's army, and the detail on their
>> bodies
>>> is
>>>> quite amazing. In due course, everybody forgot about it, until a
>> farmer,
>>>> digging a well under his lands in 1974, stumbled upon it. The walls had
>>>> fallen on the army, grave robbers had stolen the weaponry, and flooding
>>> had
>>>> ruined the figures as well, leading to a painstaking and gargantuan
>>>> reconstruction task. There is enough still hidden here to keep
>>>> archeologists busy for a century more, I think - there are supposed to
>> be
>>>> 60 pits around, full of the emperors help for the hereafter, and only
>> 4-5
>>>> have been dug up, fully or partially. The Emperor's necropolis has not
>>> been
>>>> opened as yet for fear of what oxidation would do to the things inside.
>>> The
>>>> Terracotta Army is very well documented, so here are a few shots from
>> the
>>>> three pits open to the public, giving an idea of what is there:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/China/China-20141017-1854.jpg.html
>>>>
>>>
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/China/China-20141017-1954.jpg.html
>>>>
>>>
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/China/China-20141017-1884.jpg.html
>>>>
>>>
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/China/China-20141017-1966.jpg.html
>>>>
>>>> The museum and grounds are wonderfully laid out and maintained for both
>>>> maximum safety for the contents, as well as ease of viewing for the
>>> hordes
>>>> who pass by every year:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/China/China-20141017-1992.jpg.html
>>>>
>>>
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/China/China-20141017-2023.jpg.html
>>>>
>>>> Xi'an, surprisingly has a big Muslim population, and is home to The
>> Great
>>>> Mosque and its lovely green grounds. Luckily, on the day we went, there
>>> was
>>>> a funeral service going on someone important in the community, so there
>>>> were quite a few people around.:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/China/China-20141017-2580.jpg.html
>>>>
>>>
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/China/China-20141017-2062.jpg.html
>>>>
>>>
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/China/China-20141017-2596.jpg.html
>>>>
>>>
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/China/China-20141017-2050.jpg.html
>>>>
>>>> Surrounding the mosque was an enchanting covered market, selling, as
>> most
>>>> such markets do, utterly flimsy, cheap and useless stuff:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/China/China-20141017-2617.jpg.html
>>>>
>>>
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/China/China-20141017-2622.jpg.html
>>>>
>>>
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/China/China-20141017-2635.jpg.html
>>>>
>>>
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/China/China-20141017-2565.jpg.html
>>>>
>>>> Everybody was zipping around the bazaar in electric vehicles, either
>>> bikes
>>>> or tuk-tuks:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/China/China-20141017-2657.jpg.html
>>>>
>>>
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/China/China-20141017-2077.jpg.html
>>>>
>>>> Finally, people shots to end the first day in Xian:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/China/China-20141017-2063.jpg.html
>>>>
>>>
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/China/China-20141017-2067.jpg.html
>>>>
>>>
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/China/China-20141017-2028.jpg.html
>>>>
>>>
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/China/China-20141017-2098.jpg.html
>>>>
>>>> Please see LARGE
>>>>
>>>> Comments and criticism, as ever, welcome.
>>>>
>>>> Cheers
>>>> Jayanand
>>>>
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