Friday, May 19, 2017
ORIGIN OF CHINESE DESIGN
ORIGIN OF CHINESE DESIGN
ORIGIN OF CHINESE DESIGN
Gardens can be traced back to ancient times in China, but always included the same basic elements. After the Han dynasty, Daoist ideals of disengaging from worldly concerns gave a rationale for gardens as environments in which an individual could escape the often harsh demands of a politically engaged civic life.
Gardens were originally simple retreats for contemplation set in nature. Early exponents of the ideal of retreat from public life, like the legendary Seven Sages of the Bamboo Grove of the Six Dynasties period, merely sought their own retreat in a ready-made natural setting such as a wooded area or mountain stream. From the Han dynasty onward, some individuals built more elaborate precincts that were based on the models of the imperial grounds. One aristocrat lost his life for assuming for himself this royal privilege, flaunting his wealth with a collection of natural specimens similar to those previously found only in the emperors Hunting Park.
Daoist immortals were believed to inhabit remote mountain peaks and practice secret methods of elixir-making there. Portraits of other religious figures, like the Buddhist lohan at the left, were often situated in a landscape with magical qualities. The deer in this painting is a symbol of the Buddha because it is believed a deer was one of his early incarnations.
Certain plants and animals were favored for gardens because of their associations with overcoming the limits of ordinary life. Some trees or plants, for example, grew against harsh odds, such as difficult terrain, and certain animals, such as cranes, seemed to possess an ability to survive in ways beyond human capability.
What objects can you identify in this painting that might have carried such symbolic associations?
Fengshui (or wind-and-water, or geomancy) also played a large role in the form a garden would take. The natural environment was interpreted by the fengshui master as a living organism, the alteration of which could positively or negatively affect the lives of people in contact with it for generations to come.
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The lore of mountains and rocks, important in Chinese religion and art, was also an indispensable part of garden landscape design. Large rocks placed by themselves or groupings of smaller rocks served as analogies for mountains, which were considered sacred sites and potential resting places for immortals.
One of the most common implements found in tombs from the Han dynasty onward was the incense burner. Below is a typical example of this kind of object.
What features of a mountain would appeal to a Daoist?
Which features do you see here, and why might they be so exaggerated?
The emperor, as guardian of the realm, sought to demonstrate a harmonious relationship with and an intimate knowledge of the forces of nature. The imperial parks were vast in territory and kept an abundance of all imaginable plants and animals, almost like a museum. Such parks replicated the emperors realm in miniature, with man-made lakes and mountains often corresponding to real geographical features. They reinforced the emperors role as the Son of Heaven.
By the Tang dynasty, a tradition of painting the royal hunting parks as paradise landscapes had developed. This gradually came to be applied to representations of landscapes in general.
What might be the purpose of depicting such a dramatic contrast between size of people and mountains in the scene below?
Sometime during the Tang dynasty, miniature landscapes in trays (or penjing), composed of rocks, plants and water, began to take the place of the censers (see above). These small-scale landscapes still retained their otherworldly associations. Especially favored were highly contorted rock and plant specimens. Scholars often kept these dwarfed landscapes on their desks, and one Tang dynasty court magician was said to have cultivated the ability to disappear into his tray landscape at will. Collecting unusual rock and plant specimens became common literati pastimes from the Song Dynasty onward.
The selection of plants for the garden also carried meaning. Private garden builders at first followed the examples of the emperor in collecting exotic plant and animal life in a complete miniaturized version, or microcosm of the realm. In the Song Dynasty, however, many scholars took up garden planning as a cultivated pursuit, writing handbooks on growing a wide number of flower varieties and the collecting and appreciation of unique and valuable rock specimens. There were many private retreats in the estates of scholars in and around the larger cities of Kaifeng, Hangzhou, and Luoyang.
Garden construction reached a peak during the Ming and Qing dynasties, as landholding aristocratic and scholar elite families moved their main residences from the countryside to urban and suburban areas of southern cities. Suzhou in particular became a place of refined culture, renowned for its canals and mild climate, as well as the ready availability of garden building expertise.
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Thursday, May 18, 2017
Outrageous Retcon of a Beloved Comic Characters Origin!
Outrageous Retcon of a Beloved Comic Characters Origin!
Thanks to Brad Curran for letting me know about this outrage. Now, Id like to think that I am a reasonable enough of a fellow, and I wont fly off the handle at an innocuous change to a characters origin. But this is just too much. TOO MUCH, I say. The creators involved clearly have NO respect for the characters origin. NONE, I say! Now, before you click on the "Read More," please prepare yourself for a real shock to your system.
The year was 1971.
We should all have been prepared for it, but we werent.
The cover of Amazing Spider-Man #94 mentions the re-telling of the origin, but it cannot even BEGIN to prepare us for the disrespect about to be heaped upon the Amazing Spider-Man, one of the most beloved superhero characters ever!
Right off the bat, there is a problem. The spider bite occurs the same, but LOOK at Peter Parker!
THIS is how Peter Parker is supposed to look - a normal, geeky looking guy.
Look at how they retconned Peter into looking like!
Hes practically a jock!!
Next, Amazing Spider-Man #94 introduces a fight that NEVER happened in the original version!
And the fight makes no sense! Think of Spider-Mans secret identity!!
Luckily, the new version follows the original with the jumping in the air part.
Original...
New version...
However, right after that, the original version says...
The new version?
THEY RET-CONNED CRUSER HOGAN OUT OF THE COMIC!
Can you believe it?
One of the most important figures in Spider-Man history, and he doesnt even appear in Spider-Mans origin?!?!
Next problem is Spider-Mans costume.
The original version made sense. First Spider-Man created the costume, THEN he invented the webspinners.
In the new version?
LUNACY!
Webspinners THEN costume!
WHY ARE THEY DOING SO MANY RIDICULOUS RETCONS?!?!
The next disaster is the encounter between Spider-Man and the robber.
In the original, it makes perfect sense - Spider-Man meets the robber as hes leaving after a TV special (which has been perfectly set up by his wrestling victory).
The new, disrespectful version?
It makes NO sense!
Spider-Man meets the robber as hes ENTERING the TV station! ENTERING?!?! Do they think were morons or something!?!? And without the wrestling scenes, we have no idea HOW Spider-Man even GOT a TV special!!! OUTRAGE!!
The final outrage is Spider-Mans confrontation with the robber.
Heres the logical, original version.
Now, heres the over-the-top retconned version...
I feel like plucking my eyes out and setting them on fire, with the outrage I have at the changes these HACKS made!!
TOTAL disrespect for the characters.
Who WERE these hacks?
#94...lets see the credits....
Stan Lee and John Romita?
It FIGURES.
Marvel Editors in Chief always have a way of screwing Spider-Man over.
I smell an online petition a-brewing!!
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Tuesday, May 16, 2017
Origin Of Ratha Yatra Story Of Ratha Yatra History Of Ratha Yatra
Origin Of Ratha Yatra Story Of Ratha Yatra History Of Ratha Yatra
To slaughter Lord Krishna and Balram, Kansa, their maternal uncle, welcomed them to Mathura. He sent Akrur with a chariot to Gokul. As asked, Lord Krishna, alongside Balram, sat on the chariot and left for Mathura. The enthusiasts commend this day of flight as Rath Yatra.
Euphoric enthusiasts praised the day when Lord Krishna, aftr vanquishing the malevolent Kansa, gave them darshan in Mathura in a chariot with his sibling, Balaram.
Aficionados in Dwarika praised the day when Lord Krishna, joined by Balaram, took Subhadra - his sister, for a ride on a chariot to demonstrate the citys quality.
When Lord Krishnas rulers asked for mother Rohini to portray the numerous intriguing passionate scenes (ras lilas) of Lord Krishna with the Gopis. Rohini- - thinking of it as inappropriate of Subhadra to hear such scenes (Leela)- - sent her away. Still, the Vrajkatha soon retained Subhadra alongside Krishna and Balram, who at this point had showed up on the scene. While they were totally immersed with the stories arrived Narad. On finding the kin standing together still, he asked, "May you three gift darshan in this way until the end of time." The shelter was allowed. Whats more, the three everlastingly live in the Puri Temple of the Lord Jagannath.
There is an energizing story of Lord Krishna turning into the Sarathi - driver of Arjunas chariot, amid the 18-day skirmish of the Mahabharata.
At last, a story which has been passed on from mouth to mouth, tells what happened after the cremation of Lord Krishnas mortal body.
At the point when Shri Krishna was being cremated in Dwarika, Balaram, greatly disheartened with the advancement, hurried out to suffocate himself into sea with Krishnas mostly cremated body. He was trailed by Subhadra. In the meantime, on the eastern shore of India, King Indradyumna of Jagannath Puri envisioned that the Lords body would coast up to the Puris shores. He ought to construct a monstrous statue in the city and bless the wooden statues of Krishna, Balaram and Subhadra.
The bones (asthi) of Lord Krishnas body ought to be placed in the empty in the statues back. The fantasy worked out. The lord found the chips of bone (asthi) and took them. Be that as it may, the inquiry was who might cut the statues. It is trusted that the Gods planner, Vishwakarma, landed as an old woodworker. He made it clear that while cutting the statues no one ought to aggravate him, and on the off chance that anyone did, he would vanish leaving the work unfinished.
A few months passed. The restless Indradyumna opened the entryway of Vishwakarmas room. Vishwakarma vanished quickly as he had cautioned some time recently. In spite of the unfinished statues, the ruler purified them; setting Lord Krishnas heavenly soot in the empty of the statue and introduced them in the sanctuary.
A superb parade is done with the statues of Lord Krishna, Balaram and Subhadra, consistently, in three huge chariots. The enormous chariots are pulled by aficionados from Janakpur to the sanctuary in Jagannath Puri. The statues are changed like clockwork - the new ones being fragmented moreover.
The Jagannath Puri Temple is one of the four most consecrated sanctuaries in the four bearings of the India- - the other three being: Rameshwar in South, Dwarka in West and Badrinath in the Himalayas. Perhaps, the sanctuary in Jagannath Puri is the worlds exclusive sanctuary with the statues of three divinities who are kin - Lord Krishna, Balabhadra and Subhadra.
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Wednesday, May 3, 2017
Ouija Origin of Evil 2016 English Movie Download 300mb HDCAM
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Friday, April 7, 2017
Ouija Origin of Evil Full Movie DVDrip HD Free Download
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