Yet another banquet! Chengdu
Song Liang, Zhong Bo, Prof Gu, Prof Spear, Jen, and others.
Pavillion, Qingyanggong, Chengdu
Daoist architecture: 8-sided wooden pavillion built without nails
Pavillion urn, Qingyanggong, Chengdu
Note the Daoist symbols: 8 sets of broken and unbroken lines. I'm sure they are deep and meaningful.
Horoscope, Qingyanggong, Chengdu
Dragons and "fu", Qingyanggong, Chengdu
Laozi and turtle's bottom, Qingyanggong, Chengdu
The likeness on this tablet is Laozi, one of the fathers of Daoism.
Baby Laozi, Qingyanggong, Chengdu
Laozi is always depicted with a long grey beard...
bonsai park, Baihua Tan, Chengdu
bonsai park, Baihua Tan, Chengdu
bonsai park, Baihua Tan, Chengdu
shao kao for dinner, Chengdu
river viewing pavilion, Wang Jiang Lou, Chengdu
This park is dedicated to a poet, and apparently contains 200 different types of bamboo.
Wang Jiang Lou, Chengdu
wall carving, Wang Jiang Lou, Chengdu
Sichuan University building, Chengdu
Wenshu Yuan, buddhist temple, Chengdu
elephant holding up the world, Wenshu Yuan, buddhist temple, Chengdu
elephant on the roof, Wenshu Yuan, buddhist temple, Chengdu
microhydro project, Sichuan
These rain-fed tanks are dotted over the landscape (and connected to each other), supplying water while reducing the risk of Schistosomiasis infection.
brick shed, Sichuan
spreading poo, Sichuan
In rural areas, often the only available fertiliser is human excrement (so we wash our vegetables carefully).
smokestacks and vegetables, Sichuan
Apparently the factory in the background has polluted the local groundwater.
algal bloom, Sichuan