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Post by chefying on Nov 27, 2014 7:51:45 GMT
In another room inside the White City Temple was a map showing the areas occupied by each of the Three Kingdoms, and their population. The Wei Kingdom was by far the largest and theoretically, strongest. The moon waxes and wanes, kingdoms form and fall, I travel and return. Much fun had been had, and much money have been spent. I hope my photos did not bore you too much; I did my best to tie in the photos with events from the Book.
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Post by siuyiu on Nov 28, 2014 2:43:11 GMT
if this is boredom, cans i has some more, please sir?
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Post by Qin Warrior on Nov 28, 2014 5:39:11 GMT
Suggestion : What about posting the story of Romance of Three Kingdoms on this forum, and then at the same time post the pictures of the places right after the story? I.e : after the story about Guan Yu's death, then you can put pictures of the temple of Guan Yu, etc. That would be awesome, imho!
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Post by chefying on Nov 28, 2014 7:45:05 GMT
What about posting the story of Romance of Three Kingdoms on this forum, and then at the same time post the pictures of the places right after the story? I.e : after the story about Guan Yu's death, then you can put pictures of the temple of Guan Yu, etc. That would be awesome, imho! You are correct, Qin Warrior, but I feel it would be more appropriate to do so in a different thread. This one is Real Locations in Wuxia Books, perhaps that thread would be better served to have a title like, say... "Story of Three Kingdoms with Pictures?"
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Post by Qin Warrior on Nov 28, 2014 8:41:02 GMT
What about posting the story of Romance of Three Kingdoms on this forum, and then at the same time post the pictures of the places right after the story? I.e : after the story about Guan Yu's death, then you can put pictures of the temple of Guan Yu, etc. That would be awesome, imho! You are correct, Qin Warrior, but I feel it would be more appropriate to do so in a different thread. This one is Real Locations in Wuxia Books, perhaps that thread would be better served to have a title like, say... "Story of Three Kingdoms with Pictures?" Yes. a new thread is a wise choice. Looking fwd for it!!
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Post by chefying on Dec 7, 2014 6:23:37 GMT
As I have mentioned before, I visited Huashan recently. I shall skip the details of getting to 华阴市 Huayin City, about 120 kilometers East of Xian. I took the most expensive and easiest route, via cable car up the West Peak (RMB140 one way high season). This brings me about 2000 m up the hill. Had I taken the cheaper North Peak Cable Car (RMB80), I would be only about 1600 m up the mountain. The West Peak Cable car may be expensive, but the ride was about 20 minutes long and I felt it was worth every fen/penny/cent. However, it is a long walk from the bus stop to the cable car station. At last, Huashan! The blurb on HuashanView of Huashan from the bottom of the mountain
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Post by chefying on Dec 7, 2014 6:27:50 GMT
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Post by chefying on Dec 9, 2014 1:43:30 GMT
Huashan is more like a huge piece of granite rock with some trees growing on it. Granite surface of Huashan
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Post by chefying on Dec 9, 2014 1:43:48 GMT
The cable car took me up the West Peak, also known as the Lotus Peak. This is because Huashan is very closely linked to the Chinese legend Bao Lian Deng 宝莲灯 - Precious Lotus Lamp/Lantern. According to (variations) of this legend, Yang Jian a.k.a. Er Lang Shen 二郎神, the enforcer of Celestial Law, has a sister, Yang Chan a.k.a. San Sheng Mu 三圣母, the divine protector of Hua Shan. San Sheng Mu has a Precious Lotus Lantern which shines and dispel evil. One day, a scholar passed by Hua Shan and, in violation of the Celestial Law, they fell in love. San Sheng Mu then gave birth to a son Chen Xiang 沉香. When this liaison between a Celestial Being and a mere mortal was discovered, Er Lang Shen caught and imprisoned San Sheng Mu under HuaShan. However, Chen Xiang and his father escaped. Many years later, Chen Xiang discovered his ancestry and learned magic skills to save his mother. With a huge axe, he arrived at Huashan, battled with his uncle Er Lang Shen, won and finally freed his mother. Temple dedicated to San Sheng Mu. Spent a night here, froze my ass off. Preparing for the morning prayers at Temple dedicated to San Sheng Mu. Rock evocative of Chen Xiang splitting HuaShan to save his mother from her imprisonment. Physical interpretation of the axe used by Chen Xiang to split HuaShan
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Post by chefying on Dec 11, 2014 3:41:44 GMT
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Post by siuyiu on Dec 11, 2014 6:53:21 GMT
so, chefying, did you get to practise your qinggong while climbing huashan? ;P and were there any heroes worthy to go a few rounds of the sword with you? your story about er lang shen and san sheng mu actually reminded me that tvb did an adaptation of the story eons ago, starring leeza wang and simon yam as the goddess and mortal, respectively. i can't remember for sure, but i think er lang shen was played by lo hoi-pang. the odd things i find in my memory box!
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Post by chefying on Dec 15, 2014 8:51:13 GMT
so, chefying, did you get to practise your qinggong while climbing huashan? ;P and were there any heroes worthy to go a few rounds of the sword with you? I think my qinggong improved while I was there. I had with my my trusty backpack with my clothes and all. And thank goodness too, because it was freezing up there at night. I put on all the clothes I had, two pairs of socks, my hat (fake wool - real wool makes me itch) and my scarf (also fake wool)and I was still cold. More cold stories later. Anyway, I had to do all my climbing with my backpack and I actually survived, so I figure my qinggong must have improved. As for a swordfighting exchange with other worthy heroes, I had none; and because of that, I had that empty feeling in my heart..., and suddenly I emphatised with the sadness of Dugu QiuBai. This old story must have been replayed many a time, each time with some slight differences - after all, fairy tale are re-told according to the story teller's imagination.
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Post by chefying on Dec 15, 2014 9:01:27 GMT
So I arrived at top of the West cable car station, and found I had to climb up to the West Peak. Also, my accommodation was up there.
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Post by chefying on Dec 17, 2014 4:21:15 GMT
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Post by siuyiu on Dec 17, 2014 4:23:38 GMT
chefying fanTAStic scenery! makes the trek up worthwhile, hmm?
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