Exhibition of China's intangible cultural heritage | Patan Museum | China Cultural Centre | Nepal
An exhibition of New Innovation of Handicraft - China's Intangible Cultural Heritage kicked off on Wednesday, offering Nepali people insight into China's rich and abundant art and culture.
The two-week event, jointly organized by China Cultural Center in Nepal, Network of International Culturalink Entities and China Arts and Entertainment Group, is being held in the Patan Museum.
The exhibition has showcased the latest development in achievements of the Chinese handicrafts, which is the most intuitive expression of vitality and charm of the traditional Chinese culture, according to the organizer.
Under the exhibition of filigree inlay or fine metal crafts, there are products like jewelries like sachet set, brooch, earrings, handbag, bottle with flowers and pearls among others.
Besides the display, two renowned Chinese artists also showcased their creation on the spot in the area of filigree inlay and carving lacquer to the visitors.
The exhibition is quite colorful. I am glad to see unique Chinese items full of art and history, Nirajan Tiwari, a tourism professional, told Xinhua.
People from various walks of life including cultural professionals, students, and art enthusiasts visited the first-day exhibition. The exhibition will conclude on Nov. 20.
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Japan Trip 2014 Tokyo Akihabara Trains Run JR Sōbu Main Line bridge Chūō-dōri Pedestrian zone
Sōbu Main Line
The Sōbu Main Line (総武本線 Sōbu-honsen) is a Japanese railway line operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East) in Japan. It connects Tokyo with the east coast of Chiba Prefecture. It runs through the cities of Funabashi, Chiba, and Chōshi. Its name derives from the old provinces of the area which it serves: Musashi (武蔵国), Shimōsa (下総国) and Kazusa (上総国). Its official line color is yellow.
Akihabara
Akihabara (秋葉原) is a district in the Chiyoda ward of Tokyo, Japan. The name Akihabara is a shortening of Akibagahara (秋葉が原, autumn leaf field), which ultimately comes from Akiba (アキバ), named after a fire-controlling deity for a firefighting shrine built after the area was destroyed by a fire in 1869.
Akihabara gained the nickname Akihabara Electric Town (秋葉原電気街 Akihabara Denki Gai) shortly after World War II for being a major shopping center for household electronic goods and the post-war black market.[2][3] Nowadays, Akihabara is considered by many to be an otaku cultural center and a shopping district for video games, anime, manga, and computer goods. Icons from popular anime and manga are displayed prominently on the shops in the area, and numerous maid cafés are found throughout the district.
Pedestrian zone
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Pedestrian zones (also known as auto-free zones and car-free zones, and as pedestrian precincts in British English) are areas of a city or town reserved for pedestrian-only use and in which some or all automobile traffic may be prohibited. They are instituted by communities who feel that it is desirable to have pedestrian-only areas. Converting a street or an area to pedestrian-only use is called pedestrianisation.
Pedestrian zones have a great variety of attitudes or rules towards human-powered vehicles such as bicycles, inline skates, skateboards and kick scooters. Some have a total ban on anything with wheels, others ban certain categories, others segregate the human-powered wheels from foot traffic, and others still have no rules at all. Many of Middle Eastern casbas have no wheeled traffic, but use donkey-driven or hand-driven carts for freight transport.
Europe
The term pedestrianised zone is used in British English, and most other European countries use a similar term (French: zone piétonne, German: Fußgängerzone, Spanish: zona peatonal, Italian: area pedonale).
The first purpose-built pedestrian street in Europe is the Lijnbaan in Rotterdam, opened in 1953. The first pedestrianised shopping centre in the United Kingdom was in Stevenage in 1959.
A large number of European towns and cities have made part of their centres car-free since the early 1960s. These are often accompanied by car parks on the edge of the pedestrianised zone, and, in the larger cases, park and ride schemes. Central Copenhagen is one of the largest and oldest: It was converted from car traffic into pedestrian zone in 1962 on November 17 as an experiment and is centered on Strøget, a pedestrian shopping street, which is in fact not a single street but a series of interconnected avenues which create a very large pedestrian zone, although it is crossed in places by streets with vehicular traffic. Most of these zones allow delivery trucks to service the businesses located there during the early morning, and street-cleaning vehicles will usually go through these streets after most shops have closed for the night.
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Chinese army puts on show of military might for Xi Jinping
China’s president addresses 7,000 service personnel as the country starts a fresh round of training in Hebei province, just outside Beijing. Xi stressed the importance of real-combat training and winning wars
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Japan Holiday Video 2012
This is a video for me, Kit and Bob's holiday to Japan from August 2012.
The footage was shot across Tokyo, Osaka, Hiroshima and Kyoto. Featuring many of their sights and sounds.
And featuring Hello Kitty Land, Studio Ghibli Museum, Pokemon Centre, Horror Hosptial, Alcatraz ER, Shibuya Crossing, Osaka Castle, Golden Temple and many more Japanese goodies.
Also some extremely bad Karaoke!
00:18 - 01:02 - Hotel
01:03 - 4:04 - Tokyo
4:05 - 7:52 - Crazy Japan, Arcades, Ghibli Musuem, Hello Kitty Land, TV
7:53 - 10:55 - Osaka, Hiroshima, Kyoto
10:56 - End - Bad Karaoke
Let me know what you think and ask any questions about the trip or Japan.
Guide to Tokyo
Guide to Tokyo for independant and curious travellers. Best neighborhoods, foor recommendation, transport and customs.
Japan Trip 2013 Tokyo Harajuku Station entrance in Shibuya 27
This station building was erected in 1924.
It is the oldest wooden station building in Tokyo.
Harajuku Station
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Harajuku Station (原宿駅 harajuku-eki?) is a railway station in Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East). The station takes its name from the area on its eastern side, Harajuku.
Lines
This station is served by the Yamanote Line. It is also adjacent to Meiji-Jingumae Station on the Tokyo Metro Chiyoda Line, and is marked as an interchange on most route maps, although there is no physical connection between the two stations.
Station layout
The station consists of a single island platform serving two tracks. An additional temporary platform is located on the west side of the station usable by trains traveling towards Shinjuku which is used when major events occur in the area, especially around New Year when many people visit Meiji Shrine.
The main entrance is at the southern end of the station. A smaller entrance leading to the centre of the platform is convenient for Takeshita Street, a famous area in Harajuku. Takeshita Street is a popular shopping street and the Takeshita Street entrance to Harajuku Station is often very crowded. This congestion creates a bottleneck on weekends when scores of tourists and locals arrive and leave the shopping areas in and around Takeshita Street.
Outside of the Imperial train platform
To the north of the station there is a separate platform serving a loop on the east side of the freight line for use by the Imperial train.35°40′27″N 139°42′14″E
Platform edge doors are scheduled to be installed on the platforms during fiscal 2014.
Harajuku
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Harajuku (原宿 meadow lodging) About this sound listen (help·info) is the common name for the area around Harajuku Station on the Yamanote Line in the Shibuya ward of Tokyo, Japan.
Every Sunday, young people dressed in a variety of styles including gothic lolita, visual kei, and decora, as well as cosplayers spend the day in Harajuku socializing. The fashion styles of these youths rarely conform to one particular style and are usually a mesh of many. Most young people gather on Jingu Bridge, which is a pedestrian bridge that connects Harajuku to the neighboring Meiji Shrine area.
Harajuku is also a fashion capital of the world, renowned for its unique street fashion.Harajuku street style is promoted in Japanese and international publications such as Kera, Tune, Gothic & Lolita Bible and Fruits. Many prominent designers and fashion ideas have sprung from Harajuku and incorporated themselves into other fashions throughout the world.
Harajuku is also a large shopping district that includes international brands, its own brands, and shops selling clothes young people can afford.
National Museum – Tour – Beijing – Audio guide – MyWoWo Travel App
The National Museum is divided into six levels. The Ancient China collection is on the lower level, while The Road of Rejuvenation Collection is divided between the second and third floors.
The most famous object in the Ancient China collection is the teeth of Yuanmou Man. It is the oldest trace of hominids in Asia. It has been dated to between 1 million and 1.7 million years, and belongs to the Homo Erectus species, even earlier than Neanderthal Man.
The Road of Rejuvenation features historical objects such as the Chinese Flag raised by Mao on the day of the foundation of the People's Republic, or the abdication papers of the last emperor, Puyi, dated February 12, 1912, which brought an end to an empire that had lasted more than 2000 years.
The remaining rooms contain both temporary and permanent exhibitions, such as the fine collections of coins, ceramics – with finely decorated vases dating as far back as the Stone Age – and exquisite Ming and Qing porcelain.
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Japan Trip 2012 Tokyo Harajuku Station Shibuya.
This station building was erected in 1924.
It is the oldest wooden station building in Tokyo.
Harajuku Station
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Harajuku Station (原宿駅 harajuku-eki?) is a railway station in Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East). The station takes its name from the area on its eastern side, Harajuku.
Lines
This station is served by the Yamanote Line. It is also adjacent to Meiji-Jingumae Station on the Tokyo Metro Chiyoda Line, and is marked as an interchange on most route maps, although there is no physical connection between the two stations.
Station layout
The station consists of a single island platform serving two tracks. An additional temporary platform is located on the west side of the station usable by trains traveling towards Shinjuku which is used when major events occur in the area, especially around New Year when many people visit Meiji Shrine.
The main entrance is at the southern end of the station. A smaller entrance leading to the centre of the platform is convenient for Takeshita Street, a famous area in Harajuku. Takeshita Street is a popular shopping street and the Takeshita Street entrance to Harajuku Station is often very crowded. This congestion creates a bottleneck on weekends when scores of tourists and locals arrive and leave the shopping areas in and around Takeshita Street.
Outside of the Imperial train platform
To the north of the station there is a separate platform serving a loop on the east side of the freight line for use by the Imperial train.35°40′27″N 139°42′14″E
Platform edge doors are scheduled to be installed on the platforms during fiscal 2014.
Harajuku
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Harajuku (原宿 meadow lodging) About this sound listen (help·info) is the common name for the area around Harajuku Station on the Yamanote Line in the Shibuya ward of Tokyo, Japan.
Every Sunday, young people dressed in a variety of styles including gothic lolita, visual kei, and decora, as well as cosplayers spend the day in Harajuku socializing. The fashion styles of these youths rarely conform to one particular style and are usually a mesh of many. Most young people gather on Jingu Bridge, which is a pedestrian bridge that connects Harajuku to the neighboring Meiji Shrine area.
Harajuku is also a fashion capital of the world, renowned for its unique street fashion.Harajuku street style is promoted in Japanese and international publications such as Kera, Tune, Gothic & Lolita Bible and Fruits. Many prominent designers and fashion ideas have sprung from Harajuku and incorporated themselves into other fashions throughout the world.
Harajuku is also a large shopping district that includes international brands, its own brands, and shops selling clothes young people can afford.
Rail transport in Japan
Rail transport in Japan is a major means of passenger transport, especially for mass and high-speed travel between major cities and for commuter transport in metropolitan areas.
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Bill Schnoebelen - Interview with an ex Vampire (7 of 9) - Multi - Language
Part 7 of the most in depth information on vampires out there. There are vampire clubs where wannabe yuppies drink each other's blood and wear black and talk about the Lessor Keys of Solomon.
One detail is that the fangs actually grow out and it's mostly and automatic response.
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