Guangfu, China
Weekend trip to Town of Guangfu and temple
Taijiquan in Guangfu / China - Teil 2
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Teil 2 eines Dokumentarfilms über Taijiquan - entstand während meines rund 3-monatigen China-Aufenthalts im Sommer 2016 bei Meister Yang Jian Chao in Guangfu 广府, der Geburtsstätte des traditionellen Yang-Stils. Auf Wunsch des in Guangfu heimischen Filmemachers soll gezeigt werden, wie sich ein ausländischer Taiji-Schüler der chinesischen Kultur und dabei vor allem dem Taijiquan aus dem Ursprungsort des Yang-Stil-Taijiquans nähert. Der Film entstand in nur wenigen, aber sehr anstrengenden Drehtagen, an denen Meister Yang Jian Chao und ich i.d.R. morgens ohne Vorankündigung abgeholt wurden, um dann an den verschiedensten Ecken von Guangfu interviewt sowie beim Training, bei Museumsbesuchen u.a. gefilmt zu werden.
Meister Yang Jian Chaos website: yongnian-taiji.com
苏州山水光福（4K百集人文旅游风光片）Mountain water Guangfu (4K Humanities Tourism Scenery Series)
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光福，山清水秀，人杰地灵；客到光福，徜徉于清山绿水之中，沐浴着阳光，呼吸着清新的空气，感受大自然对这方土地的恩赐和眷顾；枕青山面太湖，湖光山色，水天一览；天人合一的文化自然景观，令人流连忘返。光福，取山水之光，汲天地之福！
光福镇，位于江苏省苏州市西南郊区，距苏州市中心21.5公里。光福地处长江中下游太湖平原，属丘陵盆地相间地区，山与水互为萦绕，交相辉映，素有“湖光山色，洞天福地”的美誉。
古往今来，光福这块风水宝地曾孕育了无数英才、文人学者、爱国志士；秀山丽水，春梅秋桂，自然成为达官绅士、文人墨客们的游览胜地。他们爱恋此处山水，或隐居、或长眠于此，光福因此而更显彰著。
元末大书画家、诗人倪云林独爱光福秋韵，后来干脆隐居下来，为光福写下了《饮耕渔轩》等诗歌十多首、《耕渔轩图》等多幅画作。明宣德五年（1430年），历史上著名清官况钟，以及四百年后的江苏巡抚林则徐，先后在光福镇铜观音寺为民祈福求雨。明朝著名散文家，与顾炎武齐名而并称“顾、归”的归庄，对邓尉梅花情有独钟，曾先后八次到邓尉山探梅、赋诗咏梅抒怀。清朝大诗人、“一代诗宗”王士祯二十八岁时因爱邓尉梅花慕名而来，把邓尉作为自己的第二故乡。清代小说家，著名文学家曹雪芹更是与光福玄墓山有着密切关系，在其巨著《红楼梦》中二次写到玄墓山。国民党元老、近代名士李根源于1926年3月间亲到光福访古，踏遍光福山水，访遍名人高士，阅遍碑卷志传，并将访古内容写进了《吴郡西山访记》和民国《吴县志》。国民党元老、著名诗人、书法家于右任曾四次到邓尉看桂赏胜，赋诗吟诵，留下一段文坛佳话。
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Plum trees in Xiangxue Village of Guangfu Town along Taihu Lake in Suzhou City of east China’s Jiangsu Province present a unique picture. Every household in the village plants plum trees. As the early spring comes, plum blossoms are all over the village, extending more than 30 li (15 kilometers). Such a scenery has lasted for more than 300 years.
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净土灵岩山（4K百集人文旅游风光片）Spirit perfect place Lingyan Mountain (4K Humanities Tourism Scenery Series)
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灵岩山地处太湖之滨，紧邻木渎古镇，海拔182米。因盛产灵芝石而得名。 山上多奇石，巨岩嵯峨，怪石嶙峋。
灵岩山，自2500年以前的春秋时起，这里就屡屡受到皇家的眷顾。是春秋时代吴王夫差馆娃宫的旧址，也是越国献西施的地方。
800余年后，东晋大官陆玩，在灵岩山建私家别墅，晚年舍宅为寺，这是灵岩山结缘佛教的开端。
此后，南朝梁武帝听闻这里有名叫智积的菩萨显圣，而扩建灵岩山寺。南宋孝宗皇帝在灵岩山为抗金名将韩世忠修建蕲王墓及蕲王祠。
清朝康熙皇帝南巡途中，多次登临灵岩。他的孙子乾隆皇帝更在馆娃宫的遗址上，再度建起了行宫。
灵岩山寺，这座千年梵刹，自东晋司空陆玩舍宅为寺，智积菩萨开山，迄今已有1600余年历史。它是我国著名的佛教净土宗道场，在海内外闻名遐迩。
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枫醉天平山（4K百集人文旅游风光片）Maple Red Tianping Mountain (4K Humanities Tourism Scenery Series)
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天平山是一座名山。但凡名山，一是自然景观奇特，二是人文景观独步。奇特的自然景观和独步的人文景观，二者水乳交融，造就了名闻遐迩的天平胜景。
天平有四大胜景，一胜在奇石。这里，山上奇石嶙峋，危耸峭峻，层层叠叠，林立其上，宛如封建时代大臣朝见皇帝时所用笏板一样，故人们俗称为“万笏朝天”。
二胜在清泉。其中尤以白云泉著称。该泉为山石裂隙之水汇聚成泉，泉水常年不涸，水味甘洌，为饮用佳品，是天平山镇山之宝。
三胜在红枫。三百八十余株枫香树，至今大都老而弥坚，成为天平山的一大景观。每当仲秋，红灿灿的一片，尤胜二月之花。这儿数百年来，已成为我国著名的赏枫胜地。
四胜在圣迹。自唐代以来，天平山就是旅游胜地。这里，留下了白居易、范仲淹、高启、沈周、唐寅、文徵明、康熙、乾隆等历史名人的众多遗迹。
天平山为国家太湖风景名胜区木渎景区主景点之一，与灵岩山绵延相连，位于苏州城西约14公里，海拔221米，山势高峻，因山顶平正而得名。
天平山集古典园林与自然风光于一身，融人文古迹与山林野趣于一体。山麓古枫成林，山腰泉水淙淙，丝连萦络，清澈透明、醇厚甘洌；枫红时节，红霞缭绕。丹枫烂漫景装成，要与春花斗眼明。虎阜横塘景萧瑟，游人多半在天平。秋到江南何处去，天平观枫最佳游。
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閬中古城是大陸現今保存最為完好的規模最大的古城之一,與山西的平遙古城,雲南的麗江古城,安徽的歙縣古城並稱為中華四大文化古縣城.閬中古城以自身獨特的山川風貌,優美的自然風光,濃郁的人文風情和別具特色的古城建築而享譽四方,名揚天下.閬中古城自古以來就有「閬苑仙境」,「巴蜀要衝」,「嘉陵第一江山」的美譽,引得無數文人墨客,才子佳人前來遊覽觀光,吟詩作畫,抒發豪情.閬中古城占據了天時,地利,人和,是一座自然地理環境和人文景觀完美結合的風水文化名城.
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Guangzhou | Wikipedia audio article
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00:02:23 1 Names
00:05:06 2 History
00:05:14 2.1 Prehistory
00:05:43 2.2 Nanyue
00:07:23 2.3 Imperial China
00:14:35 2.4 Modern China
00:14:43 2.4.1 Revolutions
00:15:20 2.4.2 Anarchism
00:15:58 2.4.3 Kuomintang rule
00:21:05 2.4.4 Communist takeover
00:23:07 3 Gallery
00:23:15 4 Geography
00:24:35 4.1 Natural resources
00:25:21 4.2 Climate
00:26:58 5 Administrative divisions
00:27:14 6 Economy
00:28:40 6.1 Local products
00:29:32 6.2 Industry
00:30:56 6.3 Science City
00:31:07 7 Demographics
00:32:41 7.1 Ethnicity and language
00:34:31 7.2 Metropolitan area
00:34:52 8 Transportation
00:35:01 8.1 Urban mass transit
00:36:26 8.2 Motor transport
00:37:43 8.3 Airports
00:38:45 8.4 Railways
00:40:11 8.5 Water transport
00:40:33 9 Culture
00:41:16 9.1 Religions
00:41:41 9.1.1 Daoism
00:42:24 9.1.2 Buddhism
00:43:51 9.1.3 Christianity
00:45:15 9.1.4 Islam
00:45:48 9.2 Sport
00:47:30 10 Destinations
00:47:39 10.1 Eight Views
00:48:03 10.2 Parks and gardens
00:48:12 10.3 Tourist attractions
00:48:27 10.4 Pedestrian streets
00:48:47 10.5 Malls and shopping centers
00:49:05 10.6 Major buildings
00:49:13 11 Media
00:51:09 12 Education
00:52:53 13 International relations
00:53:02 13.1 Twin towns and sister cities
00:53:17 14 See also
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Guangzhou (simplified Chinese: 广州; traditional Chinese: 廣州; Cantonese pronunciation: [kʷɔ̌ːŋ.tsɐ̂u] or [kʷɔ̌ːŋ.tsɐ́u] (listen); Mandarin pronunciation: [kwàŋ.ʈʂóu] (listen)), also known as Canton, is the capital and most populous city of the province of Guangdong in southern China. On the Pearl River about 120 km (75 mi) north-northwest of Hong Kong and 145 km (90 mi) north of Macau, Guangzhou has a history of over 2,200 years and was a major terminus of the maritime Silk Road, and continues to serve as a major port and transportation hub, as well as one of China's three largest cities.Guangzhou is at the heart of the most-populous built-up metropolitan area in mainland China that extends into the neighboring cities of Foshan, Dongguan, Zhongshan and Shenzhen, forming one of the largest urban agglomerations on the planet. Administratively, the city holds sub-provincial status and is one of China's nine National Central Cities. In 2015, the city's administrative area was estimated to have a population of 13,501,100. Guangzhou is ranked as an Alpha global city. There is a rapidly increasing number of foreign temporary residents and immigrants from Southeast Asia, the Middle East, Eastern Europe and Africa. This has led to it being dubbed the Capital of the Third World.The domestic migrant population from other provinces of China in Guangzhou was 40% of the city's total population in 2008. Together with Shanghai, Beijing and Shenzhen, Guangzhou has one of the most expensive real estate markets in China. In the late 1990s and early 2000s, nationals of sub-Saharan Africa who had initially settled in the Middle East and other parts of Southeast Asia moved in unprecedented numbers to Guangzhou, China in response to the 1997/98 Asian financial crisis.Long the only Chinese port accessible to most foreign traders, Guangzhou fell to the British during the First Opium War. No longer enjoying a monopoly after the war, it lost trade to other ports such as Hong Kong and Shanghai, but continued to serve as a major entrepôt. In modern commerce, Guangzhou is best known for its annual Canton Fair, the oldest and largest trade fair in China. For the three consecutive years 2013–2015, Forbes ranked Guangzhou as the best commercial city on the Chinese mainland.
Guangzhou | Wikipedia audio article
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Guangzhou
00:02:29 1 Names
00:05:12 2 History
00:05:21 2.1 Prehistory
00:05:50 2.2 Nanyue
00:07:32 2.3 Imperial China
00:14:53 2.4 Modern China
00:15:02 2.4.1 Revolutions
00:15:40 2.4.2 Anarchism
00:16:18 2.4.3 Kuomintang rule
00:21:30 2.4.4 Communist takeover
00:23:34 3 Gallery
00:23:43 4 Geography
00:25:04 4.1 Natural resources
00:25:52 4.2 Climate
00:27:32 5 Administrative divisions
00:27:48 6 Economy
00:29:16 6.1 Local products
00:30:09 6.2 Industry
00:31:35 6.3 Science City
00:31:46 7 Demographics
00:33:23 7.1 Ethnicity and language
00:35:15 7.2 Metropolitan area
00:35:36 8 Transportation
00:35:45 8.1 Urban mass transit
00:37:12 8.2 Motor transport
00:38:31 8.3 Airports
00:39:34 8.4 Railways
00:41:02 8.5 Water transport
00:41:25 9 Culture
00:42:09 9.1 Religions
00:42:34 9.1.1 Daoism
00:43:16 9.1.2 Buddhism
00:44:46 9.1.3 Christianity
00:46:11 9.1.4 Islam
00:46:46 9.2 Sport
00:48:30 10 Destinations
00:48:39 10.1 Eight Views
00:49:03 10.2 Parks and gardens
00:49:11 10.3 Tourist attractions
00:49:27 10.4 Pedestrian streets
00:49:48 10.5 Malls and shopping centers
00:50:06 10.6 Major buildings
00:50:14 11 Media
00:52:12 12 Education
00:54:01 13 International relations
00:54:11 13.1 Twin towns and sister cities
00:54:27 14 See also
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Learning by listening is a great way to:
- increases imagination and understanding
- improves your listening skills
- improves your own spoken accent
- learn while on the move
- reduce eye strain
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Guangzhou (simplified Chinese: 广州; traditional Chinese: 廣州; Cantonese pronunciation: [kʷɔ̌ːŋ.tsɐ̂u] or [kʷɔ̌ːŋ.tsɐ́u] (listen); Mandarin pronunciation: [kwàŋ.ʈʂóu] (listen)), also known as Canton, is the capital and most populous city of the province of Guangdong in southern China. On the Pearl River about 120 km (75 mi) north-northwest of Hong Kong and 145 km (90 mi) north of Macau, Guangzhou has a history of over 2,200 years and was a major terminus of the maritime Silk Road, and continues to serve as a major port and transportation hub, as well as one of China's three largest cities.Guangzhou is at the heart of the most-populous built-up metropolitan area in mainland China that extends into the neighboring cities of Foshan, Dongguan, Zhongshan and Shenzhen, forming one of the largest urban agglomerations on the planet. Administratively, the city holds sub-provincial status and is one of China's nine National Central Cities. In 2015, the city's administrative area was estimated to have a population of 13,501,100. Guangzhou is ranked as an Alpha global city. There is a rapidly increasing number of foreign temporary residents and immigrants from Southeast Asia, the Middle East, Eastern Europe and Africa. This has led to it being dubbed the Capital of the Third World.The domestic migrant population from other provinces of China in Guangzhou was 40% of the city's total population in 2008. Together with Shanghai, Beijing and Shenzhen, Guangzhou has one of the most expensive real estate markets in China. In the late 1990s and early 2000s, nationals of sub-Saharan Africa who had initially settled in the Middle East and other parts of Southeast Asia moved in unprecedented numbers to Guangzhou, China in response to the 1997/8 Asian financial crisis.Long the only Chinese port accessible to most foreign traders, Guangzhou fell to the British during the First Opium War. No longer enjoying a monopoly after the war, it lost trade to other ports such as Hong Kong and Shanghai, but continued to serve as a major entrepôt. In modern commerce, Guangzhou is best known for its annual Canton Fair, the oldest and largest trade fair in China. For the three consecutive years 2013–2015, Forbes ranked Guangzhou as the best commercial city on the Chinese mainland.
Guangzhou
Guangzhou, known historically as Canton or, less commonly as Kwangchow, is the capital and largest city of Guangdong province, People's Republic of China. Located on the Pearl River, about 120 km (75 mi) north-northwest of Hong Kong and north-northeast of Macau, Guangzhou is a key national transportation hub and trading port. One of the five National Central Cities, it holds sub-provincial administrative status.
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00:02:43 1 History
00:02:52 1.1 Etymology
00:05:47 1.2 Prehistory
00:06:17 1.3 Nanyue
00:08:06 1.4 Imperial China
00:16:00 1.5 Modern China
00:16:08 1.5.1 Revolutions
00:16:49 1.5.2 Kuomintang rule
00:22:26 1.5.3 Communist rule
00:24:39 2 Gallery
00:24:47 3 Geography
00:26:13 3.1 Natural resources
00:27:03 3.2 Climate
00:28:50 4 Administrative divisions
00:29:06 5 Economy
00:30:44 5.1 Local products
00:31:41 5.2 Industry
00:33:12 5.3 Science City
00:33:23 6 Demographics
00:35:05 6.1 Ethnicity and language
00:38:47 6.2 Metropolitan area
00:39:09 7 Transportation
00:39:18 7.1 Urban mass transit
00:40:51 7.2 Motor transport
00:42:14 7.3 Airports
00:43:22 7.4 Railways
00:44:54 7.5 Water transport
00:45:18 8 Culture
00:46:05 8.1 Religions
00:46:31 8.1.1 Daoism
00:47:16 8.1.2 Buddhism
00:48:52 8.1.3 Christianity
00:50:23 8.1.4 Islam
00:50:59 8.2 Sport
00:52:49 9 Destinations
00:52:59 9.1 Eight Views
00:53:24 9.2 Parks and gardens
00:53:33 9.3 Tourist attractions
00:53:49 9.4 Pedestrian streets
00:54:11 9.5 Malls and shopping centers
00:54:29 9.6 Major buildings
00:54:38 10 Media
00:56:42 11 Education
00:58:38 12 International relations
00:58:48 12.1 Twin towns and sister cities
00:59:04 13 See also
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Guangzhou (simplified Chinese: 广州; traditional Chinese: 廣州; Cantonese pronunciation: [kʷɔ̌ːŋ.tsɐ̂u] or [kʷɔ̌ːŋ.tsɐ́u] (listen); Mandarin pronunciation: [kwàŋ.ʈʂóu] (listen)), also known as Canton and formerly romanized as Kwangchow or Kwong Chow, is the capital and most populous city of the province of Guangdong in southern China. On the Pearl River about 120 km (75 mi) north-northwest of Hong Kong and 145 km (90 mi) north of Macau, Guangzhou has a history of over 2,200 years and was a major terminus of the maritime Silk Road, and continues to serve as a major port and transportation hub, as well as one of China's three largest cities.Guangzhou is at the heart of the most-populous built-up metropolitan area in mainland China that extends into the neighboring cities of Foshan, Dongguan, Zhongshan and Shenzhen, forming one of the largest urban agglomerations on the planet. Administratively, the city holds sub-provincial status and is one of China's nine National Central Cities. At the end of 2018, the population of the city's expansive administrative area is estimated at 14,904,400 by city authorities, up 3.8% year from the previous year. Guangzhou is ranked as an Alpha global city. There is a rapidly increasing number of foreign temporary residents and immigrants from Southeast Asia, the Middle East, Eastern Europe and Africa. This has led to it being dubbed the Capital of the Third World.The domestic migrant population from other provinces of China in Guangzhou was 40% of the city's total population in 2008. Together with Shanghai, Beijing and Shenzhen, Guangzhou has one of the most expensive real estate markets in China. In the late 1990s and early 2000s, nationals of sub-Saharan Africa who had initially settled in the Middle East and other parts of Southeast Asia moved in unprecedented numbers to Guangzhou, China in response to the 1997/98 Asian financial crisis.Long the only Chinese port accessible to most foreign traders, Guangzhou fell to the British during the First Opium War. No longer enjoying a monopoly after the war, it lost trade to other ports such as Hong Kong and Shanghai, but continued to serve as a major entrepôt. In modern commerce, Guangzhou is best known for its annual Canton Fair, the oldest and largest trade fair in China. For three consecutive years (2013–2015), Forbes ranked Guangzhou as the best commercial city in mainland China.