Tag: Statue

The Giant Buddha

Standing at about 75 metres tall in Leshan, Sichuan Province in China. Construction was started in 713, led by a Chinese monk named Haithong. He hoped that the…

Telephone Bronze

Seen by Shanxi Nan Lu metro station with the familiar guards standing blurred in the background. Shanghai :: May 2010.

Rabindranath Tagore :: Indian Poet

Rabindranath Tagore renowned Indian poet and philosopher, won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1913, the first Asian to receive this honour.  India’s National Anthem “Jana Gana Mana”…

Chinese Dragon

I guess this might be the start of a series of blogs from my summer vacation around China.  This was taken in Shanghai, not too far from where…