Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/11/15
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]informative captions + beautiful photographs and Shopper - stopped me for the longest time. Stunningly beautiful subject superbly captured a note off the iPad, George On Nov 13, 2014, at 10:15 AM, Douglas Barry <imra at iol.ie> wrote: > I like Shopper, but then again you probably guessed that :-) > > You're improving my knowledge of China. X'ian looks fascinating and has > well over eight million people living in it - twice the population of > Ireland! > > Douglas > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jayanand Govindaraj" <jayanand at > gmail.com> > To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org>; "PSM" <psm-1857 at > googlegroups.com> > Sent: Thursday, November 13, 2014 1:35 PM > Subject: [Leica] Xi'an > > >> 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 >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information