There is a large population of  Tuvans in the area.

There have been sightings of large lake creatures in the waters. A video was taken and shown in the local Chinese media where numerous unidentifiable creatures can be seen. And the water’s colour of the Kanas lake changes incredibly oftentimes.

I wanted to feature Tom on the Blog of Dreams because of the intense passion and deep commitment his photos and writing seem to commit to understanding China. He does not seem to be content with the metropolises of Beijing or Shanghai, but has a deep interest in looking at parts of China that are often forgotten about or little-known to foreigners who have spent a short amount of time here. Most of us know that we need to go to Sichuan to see pandas, but how many of us are familiar with the Yao Minority people or Guizhou’s minority village of Zengchong? Tom’s articlulate stories and photos on both of these places are worth a thoughtful read.

More of Tom’s photos and articles can be seen on his China photo website, http://tomcarter.org.

Gansu’s ethnic and geographical diversity is extraordinary. From Northwestern University for Nationalities, where 48 of China’s 56 ethnic groups are in attendance, to the Bing Ling Buddha, I have been nowhere else on earth so vastly varied. It is a cultural feast of sights, sounds, and culinary delights.

My first day in Lanzhou, a modern city near the head of the Yellow River, followed a 90-minute plane tip from Beijing. We flew almost even with the tops of several distant peaks and chased west after the Great Wall which long ago took a bit more time to make the trek.

The picture above was taken from a boat while riding to the Bing Ling Temple at the Maijishan Grotto. The Grotto, known as an ancient Oriental sculpture gallery, among the 48 tentative sites along China’s section of the Silk Road selected for inclusion as a World Heritage Site . About a mile to the right of this scene are remnants of the Great Wall standing watch over the lake created by the Yellow River dammed for an enormous hydroelectric project above Lanzhou.

Around Gansu are relics of times past, but not so easily forgotten. This picture is of a shelter built to escape the Japanese during their incursions into China. This bunker was 100-meters below one of the area’s first Qing-era Taoist temples and next to a modern Villa built for a visit by Jiang Jieshi (known to many westerners as Chang Kai Chek) and left untouched as a monument despite less than two weeks of use by the the general and his wife.

It is not unusual to at once see a Lama playing with a pup and living near Sui, Qing or Ming dynasty dwellings or relics being tended to or re-constructed by ethnic Muslim workers.

China was once known for incredible dialectical theological and religious traditions and a capacity to comfortably subsume them into a worship style that was uniquely Chinese. It was not uncommon to see, as in the picture below, a monk reading the Sutras and wearing both Buddhist and Taoist garb. The sign below him solicits donations for animal protection.

My hosts, during my four day stay, were professors of history and Archaeology from the Nationalities University. With the mountains as a backdrop both the old and ultra-modern new campuses are magnificent. The new school, with enviable modern facilities, encompasses an incredible 20,000 mu (48,000 acres), but I preferred the traditional architecture of the older, smaller campus within the city limits of Lanzhou:

A few of my gracious guides in front of the 27 Meter Buddha near the Bing Ling Temple:

Part III Tomorrow…..

Today’s picture comes from Cyphen, a member of the Photography Association of Sun Yat-Sen University. It was taken at West Street in Yangshuo, Guilin. By showing wooden dolls in kimonos instead of a traditional Chinese folk costume, the photographer wanted to gives us a picture of how commercialization and internationalization have changed this hot tourist spot known for its natural beauty.

West Street is one of the oldest districts in Yangshuo and hosts over 100,000 visitors from abroad annually, and its well-traveled cafes can deliver foods and flavors from around the world. Yangshuo has become a hospot for intercultural interaction.

To see your photos here, send them to or .

今天的照片是由Cyphen提供的，Cyphen是中山大学摄影协会的一名成员。照片的拍摄地点是在桂林，阳朔的西街。其中我们看到木偶身着和服而非我们猜测的中国民族服饰，西街受商业化和全球化的影响由此可见一斑。
西街是阳朔最古老的旅游区之一。她每年都将接待来自全球各地多达十万的游客。西街上大大小小，熙熙攘攘的餐馆能为观光的游客献上来自全球各地的美食。她也逐渐成为一个国际文化的集散地。
想在这里看到你的照片吗？请把它们发送到 或者 吧。

中文

This week’s photos come from Guangzhou native Lydia Kong, who is now studying in the US. Her recent trip to Tibet was full of wonderful and interesting photos, including these yaks.

While the Yak isn’t the most noble or graceful looking creature, they are intergral part of the Tibetan experience for travelrs, and yak butter tea (as well as yak meat) is a delicacy everyone should try at least once.

To see your photos here, send them to or .

这一周的相片是由来自广州的Lydia Kong提供的，她目前正在美国读书。最近的一次的西藏之旅把无数的美丽和神奇装进了她的胶卷，其中包括这些牦牛。
牦牛不算是最高贵或最典雅的生物，但它们的存在对于西藏旅行者来说却是不可分割一部分。牦牛油茶（以及牦牛肉）就值得所有人试试。
想在这里看到自己的照片，请发到 photos@blogofdreams.com 或者dawei@blogofdreams.com

中文

This week’s photos come to us from Guangzhou native Lydia Kong, who is now a student at William and Mary in the United States.  Her photos cover a range of experiences she had in Tibet, including a chance to meet with these monks from the Sera  Temple near Lhasa, debating and dicussing the great books and stories of Buddhism.

To see more of Lydia’s photos, head to her site.  To see your photos here, send them to or .

我们这一星期的照片是由来自广州的Lydia Kong提供的，她本人正在美国威廉和玛丽学院读书。Lydia的相片体现了她在西藏丰富的体验，其中包括与这群正在探讨佛经的拉萨色拉寺僧侣们的偶然相遇。
想欣赏更多Lydia的照片，请点击Lydia的网站。想在这里看到自己的照片，发到 或者 吧。

中文

This week’s photos come from Lydia Kong and her trip to Tibet.  To see more of her photos, head to her site.  To see your photos here, send them to or .

这周的相片取自于Lydia Kong的西藏之旅。想看更多她的相片，请点击她的网站。想在这里看到自己的相片，请发送到 photos@blogofdreams.com 或者dawei@blogofdreams.com。

中文

This week’s photos come to us from Lydia Kong, a student in the US, and her trip to Tibet. First here is her picture of a temple at Baijusi in Tibet.

Check here this week to see more photos from Lydia and her trip to Tibet!  And to see your photos here, send them to or .

本周的相片是由Lydia Kong提供给我们的，她正在美国读书，相片的内容是关于她的西藏之旅。
相片里的这个就是西藏的白居寺。
这周我们还会给你带来更多的Lydia西藏之行的相片。如果你想在这里看到自己的，请发送到 photos@blogofdreams.com 或者 dawei@blogofdreams.com。

Today’s photo comes from Daz and features a small alleyway in Yunnan Province, a province known for its scenery, unique ethnic minorities, curious food, and its mountains.  While this photo does not feature any of these remarkable parts, it captures something essential about China and its many small, curious alleyways:

To see your photos on the blog, send them to or .  Keep dreaming!

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Today’s photo comes from Daz and features a small alleyway in Yunnan Province, a province known for its scenery, unique ethnic minorities, curious food, and its mountains.  While this photo does not feature any of these remarkable parts, it captures something essential about China and its many small, curious alleyways:

To see your photos on the blog, send them to or .  Keep dreaming!

]]> http://blogofdreams.com/2007/09/19/yunnan-china-photo-2/feed/ 1 http://blogofdreams.com/2007/03/09/link-it-forward-creating-a-network-for-china/ http://blogofdreams.com/2007/03/09/link-it-forward-creating-a-network-for-china/#comments Fri, 09 Mar 2007 10:55:26 +0000 Yanzhi http://blogofdreams.com/?p=15 One of the many goals of the China Dreamblogue is to create a strong, pro-China internet presence in the blogosphere. To do this, we need your help. And as we create our pro-China network, we would also like to help the people who want to be part of this network by giving them a way to increase their SEO power and their ability to monetize their site. Sound complicated and difficult? The process is deceptively simple and powerful.

We’ve created an idea called link it forward. Similar to the internet memes and the Thinking Blog tag that recently moved through a number of English-language blogs about China, our idea will travel rapidly through pro-China blogs. In addition, this idea will help to create links–as many as four thousand–to your site through a trickle-down method.

There are five simple steps:

1. Take this list of 8 blogs and put them in a post on your blog. The first three blogs, Onemanbandwidth, The China Dreamblogue, and Sinotrading, remain on the list.
2. At the top of the moveable list, put a link to your blog.
3. Remove the link from the bottom of blog.
4. Send your updated list to at least five other people.
5. If you want, create a new moveable list of five blogs you think deserve some links. Be kind and include the permanent list as well.

Perma-List:

• Onemanbandwidth
• The China Dreamblogue
• Sinotrading

The Moveable list:

• The Hao Hao Report
• East South North West
• The Cal Poly MBA Trip
• China Law Blog
• The Opposite End of China

The numbers work out well for you. You will have approximately five rounds on the list. On the first round, you’ll get five links. On the second, you’ll get 25 (each of the five people you sent the list to will get five more people to put your link on their site). The third round nets you 125, the fourth 525, and the fifth 2,625. Your grand total (should everyone follow Link it Forward) will be 3,305 links. And if you get linked to again by another blog, you can start the process all over again to earn another 3,000 links.

To monetize your blog or site please click on the links found on the front page of this blog.

China Dreamblogue的其中一个目标是在因特网上创建一个强大的，支持中国的互联网。实现这个目标，我们需要你的帮助。在我们建造我们中国的友好互联网的同时，我们将会帮助那些支持我们的人，把他们的博客推到网络排名的最前列。这个过程既简单又有效。

我们已经有一个构想，称为“链接在一起”（Link it Forward），与“网络媒母”（internet memes）相类似。“Link it Forward”（ 链接在一起）会以很快的速度在支持中国的博客上移动。另外，这个构想可以使你的网站的链接数量增加几千个以上。

以下是六个简单的步骤：

1. 按照以下的说明列两组博客的目录然后放到您的博客上。第一组名单是三个固定的博客：Onemanbandwidth, The China Dreamblogue, 和Sinotrading。这三个博客的连接必须永远的保留和不可改变。
2. 在第二组上，把您自己的博客连接放在目录的第一位上。
3. 把所有在第二组目录上的连接排名依次向下移动一位。即排第一的移到第二位，排第二的移到第三位等等（第五位的移到第一位）。
4. 这就是说排第五的应该要完成一个循坏回到第五的位置上。
5. 将你的更新了的列表发给至少5个其他博客。您发的越多，您就能获得更多的链接。如果您有一百个人，那就快点去做吧。
6. 如果您想的话，还可以另外创建一个您认为有价值的列表。请也同样包括那个不变名单（即onemanbandwidth, china dreamblogue 和 sinotrading）

请记住，不要改动或者改变第一组名单和不要在第二组名单上加上第六个链接。同样，通过第一组名单所得到的广告收益将用作慈善用途。而从第二组“link it forward”上所得的收益将有您自己支配。我们会为您列举一些能够推算您自己网站价值的地方。

第一组（长期不变得目录）：

Onemanbandwidth

The China Dreamblogue

Sinotrading

第二组（可更新的目录）：

您的博客

您朋友的博客

如果理想的话，您大约会有比从前翻5倍的链接量。

第一个循环，您会得到5个链接。

第二个循环您会得到25个链接（跟您建立链接的那5个人每人会给您带来5个新的链接）

第三个循环您会有125个链接，第四个有625，第五个有3，125个。

如果每个人都按照Link it Forward的方法，您最后会得到3，905个链接。如果您同时又跟其他博客建立同种方法的链接，您将会得到另外3，000多个的链接。有了这上千个的 连接，您就能从Google Adwords（Google搜索引擎营销）那里得到相应的收益了。现在就请按本页底部的Google Adwords按钮来看一下您的网站的价值吧。

这是为了兴趣；这是为了提高中国博客在西方搜索引擎的排名；这更是为了中国的慈善事业出一分力（因为限定组中的3个博客将会把全部广告收益捐献给中国的慈善机构）；同样也能增加中国博客在互联网上的知名度。

让我们一起link it forward(链接在一起)吧！