A tea shop in Dazhalan. My mother's name is Alice.
Dazhalan Lady in Red. I Tried to strike up a conversation with her but she wouldn't speak to me.
A massage palor in Dazhalan. Apparently they massage bicycles as well as people.
Two students in Liulichang. I teamed up with them and explored the art & calligraphy shops in Liulichang.
In the Qianmen Starbucks, January, 2010
A friend
An abandoned Korean War era MiG-15 in an elementary school playground adjacent to Yanshan Park
Qianmen during Latern Festival
An old man in a noodle shop in Dazhalan
A qilin
Lantern Festival at Qianmen
National Center for the Performing Arts - the "Bird's Egg"
Yōnghé gōng - 雍和宫 - Lama Temple
Inside the Lama Temple
Entrance to Zhihua Si - Zhihua Temple - in Beijing; March 25, 2010
A cabinet for storing Buddhist scrolls, at Zhihua Temple
Zhihua Temple
Monks playing traditional instruments in the Zhihua Temple
Me at the entrance of the Cao Xueqin Memorial Hall, April, 2010
Statue of Cao Xueqin at the Cao Xueqin Memorial Hall. Cao Xueqin (1715 or 1724 - 1763 or 1764) was a Qing Dynasty writer and painter, best known as the author of "A Dream of Red Mansions," one of the four great classical novels of Chinese literature.
Jiang Chunmei at the entrance to the Cao Xueqin Memorial Hall, near the Beijing Botanical Garden
Cao Xueqin
Beijing Botanical Garden
Beijing Botanical Garden
Beijing Botanical Garden
Me and some students at the Reclining Buddha Temple
Wofo Si - Reclining Buddha Temple - within the Beijing Botanical Garden
Jiang Chunmei
Zhenzhu Hu - Zhenzhu Lake - in the Mentougou District, west of Beijing. I went hiking and boating with my student, Zhang Te, his mom and her friend. May 14, 2010
Zhang Te, his mom, and her friend
Zhang Te's mom and her friend
Zhang Te and me on the boat
A poem by the Tang Dynasty poet Li Bai
Zhang Te, his mom, and me having lunch after the boat ride
The Lu Xun Museum in Beijing
Lu Xun, famous Chinese writer, 1881-1936
Sculpture depicting a Lu Xun manuscript
A quote by Lu Xun
Jiang Chunmei at the Lu Xun Museum
A colorful ceiling
Beijing University - May 7, 2010
On the campus of Beijing University
Jiang Chunmei at Beijing University
Jiang Chunmei at Beijing University
Beijing University
Jiang Chunmei on the campus of Beijing University
A Japaese maple at Beijing University
A magpie
A qilin - a mythical animal - at Beijing University
Jiang Chunmei
A pagoda and a small lake on the campus of Beijing University
A lesson on teamwork at Beijing University
At Houhai you can ride a boat and have dinner while listening to pipa music
Ancient coins - in those days they had very, very big pockets
Roses in bloom in the courtyard behind my apartment building
"Red and Pink" - an outdoor art piece that I created with rose petals and pine needles
In June I joined a few of my students, plus students from other universities, on a 拓展训练 - a development training event - a weekend of hiking and camping in the mountains outside of Beijing
Two dogs having fun in the creek
Ruins of an old house
An old grindstone
Jiang Chunmei and other students
Jiang Chunmei, (one of my students, pink shirt), with other students from other schools
Me with some of the students
Two group leaders
Liu Xiaonan, one of the group leaders
Typical tan-colored rocks in the mountains surrounding Beijing
My students plan for my summer vacation
Class 081 at the Beijing Institute of Petrochemical Technology
Class 081 at the Beijing Institute of Petrochemical Technology
At an orphanage for handicapped children, located in a Beijing suburb. This little boy was born without legs.
The Great Wall at Huanghuacheng, north of Beijing city
The start of our hike on a sunny and hot day in August
A tower and a part of the Great Wall in ruins
A steep ascent
A steep descent
A dam and a reservoir at the Huanghuacheng Great Wall
Me on the Great Wall at Huanghuacheng
A steep and difficult part of the hike, on a ruined part of the Great Wall leading up to a watchtower
A walled village at Huanghuacheng, view from on top of the wall
At Huanghuacheng, at times hiking on top the Great Wall is like hiking on a trail through a forest
Nature reclaiming a part of the Great Wall
The Great Wall at Huanghuacheng
The Old Summer Palace, known in China as Yuanmingyuan (Gardens of Perfect Brightness), originally known as the Imperial Gardens; a vast complex of palaces and gardens where Qing Dynasty emperors resided. In 1860, during the Second Opium War, in retaliation for the capturing and torturing of two British envoys and some British and Indian troops, the palace was burned down. A gate to the palace was locked, and more than 300 eunuchs, maids, and workers in the palace were burned to death. The palace was sacked again in 1900 during the Eight-Nation Alliance invasion, and was further scavenged by Chinese treasure hunters, including during the Cultural Revolution. A fascinating and sad jumble of ruins, and not a place I would go to at night.
The remains of a stone bridge with weeping willows, in Yuanmingyuan
The remains of a bridge in Yuanmingyuan
The remains of the Haiyantang Zodiac fountain with its twelve bronze animal heads, in Yuanmingyuan
Yuanmingyuan
A colorful bridge in Yuanmingyuan
A lonely lion in Yuanmingyuan
Yuanmingyuan
Yuanmingyuan
Yuanmingyuan
The Huairou resevoir, north of Beijing city
Autumn leaves and sunlight
In a park in Beijing
An artist painting with ink and his hand
Kids playing in a hutong, a traditional alley or lane in Beijing
A bright red door in a Beijing hutong
Me with Alice and Teresa, BIPT class 91
Amanda, Alice, and Teresa, BIPT clss 91, Christmas Eve
Grace, Alice, and Teresa, BIPT class 91, Christmas Eve
Inside the Forbidden Palace
Inside the Forbidden Palace
Inside the Forbidden Palace
Chunmei, her students, and me, in the Forbidden Palace