Photo Essay - A Spring Morning Walk In Zijingshan Park
Photo Essay - A Spring Morning Walk In Zijingshan Park
Zijingshan Park is located in Zhengzhou, in Henan Province, where we lived at the time. It is quite a bit farther north from where we are now - it snows up there, and doesn't in Chongqing, where I will most likely spend the rest of my life. This photo essay was posted on the Creative Arts group more than 5 years ago. I have remastered the photos, updated the commentary a bit and reposted it on the Front Page so that more than 3 people can see it (that is how many commented on it before).
Spring had sprung in China - lots of colour, even though it was not too bright a day then. But it was a nice Sunday morning for a walk in the park.
1. A cascade of colour. I have no idea what the significance of the rooster is.
2. Dressed in ethnic group attire to match the colourful flora.
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4. There will always be something to make the little kids happy.
5. A gentle brook leads to a small lake.
6. An angel in a kind of floral heaven.
7. The small lake that was the destination of the brook.
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9. Goldfish that flock to crumbs thrown in the water.
10. Pay the equivalent of 15 US cents, and you can rent a rod and fish for them.
11. So much beauty, so much colour - and photographers galore.
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13. Wait a sec. I thought that WAS an EmergencY Sign - Of course there could be an emergency to get to the toilet.
14. Eat enough of those strawberries and it COULD be an emergency to get to the toilet.
15. There's no end to the variety of snacks available.
16. And this guy seems to be everywhere here.
Put a little colour into your lives.
Your statement here reminds me of a story my mother use to tell about my brother when he was a kid. Mom told him it was time to go to bed, he had been coloring at the table and, he picked up his box of 64 crayons and, headed for the bedroom, the crayons were meant to stay out of the bedroom so my mom asked, "Frank, why are you taking the crayons to your room?" Frank stopped and, thought for a minute and, then said to her, "Mom, I want my dreams in technicolor."
LOL. Out of the mouths of little kids.
Yeah and, even now, to this day, he denies he even said it but, if you knew him you would say yeah, he said that.
By the way, I love all the color up there. Nice job.
That put a lot of color into the morning here in Missouri.
Well done essay. Fishing for goldfish is a new one on me.
Did you see the quotation at the top of the page?
Yes, I did see it...Sitting Bull, perfect.
Buzz,
The ethnic group attire in picture number 2 sort of reminds me of traditional attire found in some eastern European regions.
Do you recall the region the folks in this picture represent?
I assume it's an ethnic group located generally in the area of Zhengzhou. Keep in mind, of course, that the ethnic groups are minorities, and are FAR outnumbered by the Han.
This Mongolian dance dress looks close with the decorative cloth dangling from her sash.
If Mongolian is right, history tells us that would make sense to see something similar in parts of eastern Europe.
Yes, almost identical decoration - Mongolia is just north of China - the ones in my photo might well be Mongolian, or dressed as such.
This is eastern Europe and closer to the dress in your picture number 2.
It's not likely that the persons in my photo were Europeans. They may have been from Inner Mongolia, or they may have been from an ethnic minority close to there. It looked like they were ready to put on a performance, but I never saw it.
I agree.
Looking at that traditional dress leads me to believe it's origins came from the waves of Mongolian invaders into Europe.
Dear Friend Buzz: Great snaps.
Please keep them coming.
E.
Thanks - another photo essay will be posted today.
Your photo essays represent roses among the thorns!
Even roses have thorns - I just wish there were more flowers than thorns. One could almost say that that is a metaphor for the Front Page.