Sunlight of my youth...

...in the city I was born.

The Hague

Holland

Ladykiller II

My grandson Liam at 9 months

Opening up with important words

I found these words written on one of the walls of the 
splendid university (in the city of Jin Hua in the Province 
of Zhejiang), which has a total floor space of 1.000.000 
square meters (including living quarters for students) 
in the middle of 220 hectares perfectly well kept green. 
The University, which specializes in teaching education 
with multiple branches of learning, has an enrolment 
of 25.500 undergraduates and 2.650 members of 
teaching staff. The university makes strenuous 
efforts to open up to the outside world. In 
recent years ties of academic exchange
and cooperation have been set up with 

92 foreign universities and research 

 institutes in 42 countries
Jin Hua
China.

陰陽 = Yin Yang

The surname of most of the inhabitants of the Zhuge Bagua village 

is "Zhuge".Nearly all of them descend directly  from Zhu Geliang,

politician, strategist and militarist during the period of the three 

Kingdoms (184-280 AD).The layout of the village is in the 

shape of an eight-sided diagram which encircles the central 

part, which is partially composed of water and partially of 

land, both entangled with each other into the shape of two 

black and white fish. The nine different zones of the 

diagram, including the central part, represent nine 

major areas of life: prosperity and abundance, 

fame and reputation, relationships, family, health, 

creativity and children, skills and knowledge, 

career and helpful people.

Zhuge Bagua Village

Zhejiang

China

Another source of silence

Huang Shan,

China

Colours, silence and serenity

Buddhist temple in Zhejiang

China

Killing stairs...

...but so worthwhile!

There are no mountain paths in China, only up and
down going stairs!One hundred steps up, then
forty down, then eighty up and sixty down...

I have done this for nearly five hours  but
the landscape of "Yellow Mountain"
is breathtaking and is worthwhile
the effort!

Huang Shan, Province of Anhui

China

Serious talks in China

Huang Shan

China

Beautiful China...

...with its enormous contrasts

Huangh Shan 

(Yellow Mountain)

China