Friday, October 31, 2008

西藏 - 林芝

林芝被稱為西藏的江南,以世界上最深的峽谷──雅魯藏布江大峽谷著稱于世。 林芝地處藏東南雅魯藏布江下游,平均海拔3000米,海拔最低的地方僅僅900米,氣候濕潤,景色宜人。其首府八一鎮位于尼洋河畔,是該地區政治經濟及文化中心。綠色的林芝離不開大山的懷抱,喜馬拉雅山脈和念青唐古拉山脈似兩條巨龍由西向東地平行伸展。

布久喇嘛嶺寺
布久喇嘛嶺寺位于林芝縣布久鄉,屬紅教,是林芝地區最大最重要的藏傳佛教場所。
布久喇嘛嶺寺依山傍水,佛殿庭院掩映綠蔭之中,院內藏犬成群。整個寺院形狀內呈正四角,外底層屋簷共有二十角,第二到第三層屋簷為八角,佛殿高20余米,內徑10余米,上覆金頂,呈塔形,四面牆體分以白蘭紅綠四色塗之,非常漂亮。
布久喇嘛嶺寺有著名的蓮花生大師踐石遺跡,寺內精美的壁畫也堪稱藏東一絕。





Thursday, October 16, 2008

Thursday, October 9, 2008

Beijing's 798 District

798 stands for much more than a three digit number: in Beijing these numbers symbolize the country's cutting edge art movement led by the Chinese vanguard, unchained artistic personalities with alternative life goals. Wild and unconquered attitudes waft inside 798's free and rambling atmosphere. This area feels a kinship to what can be discovered and sensed along the Left Bank in Paris or around Greenwich Village in NYC.