Flickr Picks – China – Hua Shan
July 3rd, 2008 by Stephen Cronin [Shortlink]Flickr Picks: My favourite China related finds from Flickr, the photo sharing website. Click on the image to visit the photo's home page on Flickr.
Darren On The Road posted several photos of Hua Shan:
More great photos from Darren On The Road. Darren’s photos of Hua Shan are breathtaking. There’s no other word to describe it.
I’ve always been a sucker for mountains in the mist. Wait a minute, that’s cloud, not mist! Hua Shan is really high up – 2160 metres (which is 7087 feet) – although I’d guess Darren wasn’t at the very top.
Darren’s photos inspired me to find out a little more about Hua Shan, so here is a quick quote from Wikipedia’s entry on Hua Shan (or Mount Hua as it is known in English):
Mount Hua is located in the Shaanxi Province, about 100 kilometres east of the city of Xi’an, near the city Huayin. Hua was historically the location of several influential Taoist temples, and was known as a centre for the practice of traditional Chinese martial arts.
I love the pagoda on the edge of the mountain. That’s very Chinese. They’ll build pagodas and temples anywhere, no matter how difficult it must be to build it. The bottom left photo shows ribbons which have been tied onto the trees, presumably by climbing out on the branches, with nothing below them.
However, the most amazing photo is the last one: A photo of the path with nothing underneath it. Seems that’s for walking on! Amazing.
Disclaimer: This photo was not taken by me. It was shared by a third-party on Flickr, under a Creative Commons license. For details on the license, see the photo's home page on the Flickr website.
