A trip to XiaMen 厦门

A short story for the Chinese New Year. The Spring Festival is about a new year, a new beginning. A time of renewal, and hope and a fresh start, a time of good-will. For example, fireworks, apart from being a joy to all, are to scare away bad spirits. One can see this symbolize the breaking of old habits of thought - a spring clean of the mind.

Includes TianAnMen Square, the Forbidden City (Palace Museum) and the Temple of Heaven. Video by LimeWave.com, which has photos and videos for a number of places around the world.

Filmed in the summer of 2010.

Including the Dragon's Backbone hike to Big Wave Bay. A lovely film ... A short bonus film - the view from Victoria Peak, by Francis So ...

Filmed in 2011 ...

Beautiful scenes from the blue sky city of BeiJing ...

Filmed in the late summer of 2010.

Posted in respect to Iraq born architect Zaha Hadid, who sadly died today (31st March 2016). Galaxy SOHO opened in November 2011 as an office, retail and entertainment complex. An excellent example of a unique perspective, this building, in north east Beijing, with characteristic natural forms and curves, with futuristic outlook, opened in 2014.

ShiChaHai, 2018

The CCTV food series featuring food production, food culture, cooking and dishes. English narration. 1 Gifts of nature 2 The story of staple foods 3 Inspiration for change 4 The taste of time 5 Secrets of the kitchen 6 A perfect blend of five flavors 7 Our farm

Just some of the places in this beautiful, large park in the blue sky city of Beijing ...